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The Chinese characters 北 ("north") and 京 ("capital") together mean the "Northern Capital". The name was first used during the reign of the Ming dynasty's Yongle Emperor, who made his northern fief a second capital, along with Nanjing (南京, the "Southern Capital"), in 1403 after successfully dethroning his nephew during the Jingnan Campaign.
Historical Names of Beijing; Year Name Dynasty Notes c. 11th century BC City of Ji 蓟城 State of Ji (Zhou dynasty) [Note 1] c. 7th century BC State of Yan (Zhou dynasty, Warring States) 221 BC Qin [Note 2] 206 BC State of Yan [Note 3] 202 BC Han: 106 BC - 318 AD City of Ji Youzhou 幽州 Han, Wei, Western Jin (晋) [Note 4] 319 Later Zhao ...
At the same time a Chinese barricade advanced to within a few feet of the American positions and it became clear that the Americans had to abandon the wall or force the Chinese to retreat. At 2:00 am on July 3 the foreigners launched an assault against the Chinese barricade on the wall with 26 British, 15 Russian and 15 Americans under the ...
Beijing or Peking opera is a traditional form of Chinese theater well known throughout the nation. Commonly lauded as one of the highest achievements of Chinese culture, Beijing opera is performed through a combination of song, spoken dialogue, and codified action sequences involving gestures, movement, fighting and acrobatics. Much of Beijing ...
The Peking Legation Quarter was the area in Beijing (Peking), China where a number of foreign legations were located between 1861 and 1959. In the Chinese language, the area is known as Dong Jiaomin Xiang ( simplified Chinese : 东交民巷 ; traditional Chinese : 東交民巷 ; pinyin : Dōng Jiāomín Xiàng ), which is the name of the hutong ...
Most major universities in China are known colloquially by an abbreviated form of their names. For example, Peking University, [note 1] whose Chinese name is "běijīng dàxué" (lit. Beijing University) is normally just referred to as "běidà", taking the first syllable of each word "běi" + "dà". The full names, which are much longer, are ...
The earliest Chinese name, Pihuang, was a combination of the xipi and erhuang melodies. As it increased in popularity, its name became Jingju or Jingxi, which reflected its start in the capital city (Chinese: 京; pinyin: Jīng). From 1927 to 1949, when Beijing was known as Beiping, Peking opera was known as Pingxi or Pingju to
The Battle of Peking (Chinese: 北京之戰), or historically the Relief of Peking (Chinese: 北京解圍戰), was the battle fought on 14–15 August 1900 in Beijing, in which the Eight-Nation Alliance relieved the siege of the Peking Legation Quarter during the Boxer Rebellion.