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Zhongshan ([ʈʂʊ́ŋ ʂán]; Chinese: 中山) alternately romanized via Cantonese as Chungshan is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation with 65,565,622 inhabitants. [ 1 ]
Zhongshan (Chinese: 中 山; pinyin: Zhōngshān) was a small state that existed during the Warring States period, which managed to survive for almost 120 years despite its small size. The origins of its founder are a matter of contention between scholars.
Zhongshan Kingdom or Zhongshan Principality (Chinese: 中山國) was a kingdom of the Han dynasty, located in present-day southern Hebei province. The kingdom was carved out of Changshan Commandery in 154 BC and granted to Liu Sheng , son of the reigning Emperor Jing .
Liu Sheng (simplified Chinese: 刘胜; traditional Chinese: 劉勝; pinyin: Liú Shèng; died 113 BC), posthumously known as King/Prince Jing of Zhongshan (Chinese: 中山 靖 王; pinyin: Zhōngshān Jìng Wáng), was a king/prince of the Western Han empire of Chinese history.
It is the location of the Zhongshan Municipal Government, and is the political, economic, and cultural centre the city, and is renowned for being the (ancestral) hometown of 32,000 overseas Chinese. [2] It covers 71.4 square kilometres (27.6 sq mi) and permanent population of 120,000. [2] Officially, it is a subdistrict (东区街道). [3]
It was the largest Christian church in Zhongshan. The buildings were in Gothic style, with the chapel in the front and the Guangzhi School (now Gaojiaji Primary School) in the back.) [3] [6] During political movements in China after the 1950s, Taiping Church was occupied by factories and units until the end of the Cultural Revolution. In the ...
Xiaolan (simplified Chinese: 小榄镇; traditional Chinese: 小欖鎮; pinyin: Xiǎolǎn Zhèn) is a town situated at the northwest periphery of the city of Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China.
"The Wolf of Zhongshan" (Chinese: 中山狼傳; pinyin: Zhōngshān Láng Zhuàn) is a popular Chinese tale that deals with the ingratitude of a creature after being saved. . The first print of the story is found in the Ming-dynasty Ocean Stories of Past and Present (Chinese: 古今說海; pinyin: Gǔjīn Shuōhǎi) published in 1544.