Baoji (宝鸡; Pinyin: bǎo jī) is a prefecture-level city in southwest Shaanxi province, China. ( Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a north-central province of the People's Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use A prefecture-level city ( or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and ( Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a north-central province of the People's Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National It has a population of 3,670,000 according to the 2001 Chinese census, making it the 25th largest city in China, and a surface area of 18172 km². To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions Areas between 10000 km² and 100000 km² are listed here The city itself has a population of approximately 800,000. Surrounded on three sides by hills, Baoji is in a valley opening out to the east. Its location is strategic, controlling a pass on the Qinling Mountains between the Wei Valley and the upper Han River. The Qinling Mountains ( are a major Mountain range located mainly in the Eastern province of Shaanxi, in China. Passing through Baoji is the ancient North Silk Road, the northernmost route of about 2600 kilometres in length, which connected the ancient Chinese capital of Xian to the West over the Wushao Ling Pass to Wuwei and emerging in Kashgar before linking to ancient Parthia. The Northern Silk Road is a Prehistoric Trackway in northern China originating in the early capital of Xi'an and extending north of the Wuwei is located in northwest central Gansu province In the north it borders Inner Mongolia, in the southwest Qinghai. Kashgar or Kashi (officially transliterated as Kaxgar in Uyghur; قەشقەر/K̡ǝxk̡ǝr, is an Oasis Parthia ( Middle Persian: اشکانیان Ashkâniân) was an Iranian civilization situated in the northeastern part of modern Iran [1]
Thriving early in the Tang dynasty, it has roots to 2000 BC,[2] but is now a large industrial center. The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by Railways first reached Baoji in 1937 and have been key to its modern growth. Baoji is also considered the gateway between western and eastern China since most trains from Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an pass through here on their way to Gansu, Sichuan, Xinjiang and Tibet (Lhasa). Fa Men Si (Famen temple), home to one of Buddha's finger bones, is also located in Baoji County. The Baoji area was home to the legendary Yangdi, one of the Han Chinese forefathers. Background Yang Guang was born in 569 during the reign of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou. Han Chinese ( are an Ethnic group native to China and by most modern definitions the largest single Ethnic group in the world. His tomb is located in the southern part of the city and his temple is located in the North.
People who are interested in the Three Kingdoms of ancient China can visit Zhuge Liang's Memorial Temple, about 20 km from Baoji. The Three Kingdoms period ( is a period in the History of China, part of an era of disunity called the Six Dynasties following immediately the loss of Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River ( valley in the Neolithic era Zhuge Liang (181–234 was Chancellor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China To get to the temple, take the bus from Baoji XinJianLu Bus Terminal to Gaodian, then transfer to taxi. Taxi fare to the temple from Gaodian is about 20-30 renminbi varying with seasons.
Ancient trackways
Tai Bai Shan (Taibai mountain) has some still-remaining traces of roadways built during the 3 kingdoms period, all generally unusable due to decay, but amazing to see because they were built by making wood plank bridges into the side of the mountain.
To the South of the of Baoji is the beginning of the plank road in the Qinling Mountains, there are also several natural sites, like the Jialing Jiang Fountainhead with it small waterfalls and forests. The Qinling Mountains ( are a major Mountain range located mainly in the Eastern province of Shaanxi, in China. A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water often in the form of a Stream, flowing over an Erosion -resistant rock A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria To the north is Bei Puo, a giant hill made of loess with a great view of the city and dotted with small farming villages that one can get some delicious local cuisine from.
A number of Longshan archaological sites have been found north of the Wei River[3] near the North Silk Road. Longshan culture ( was a late Neolithic culture in China, centered on the central and lower Yellow River and dated from about 3000 BC to The Wei River ( Simplified Chinese:渭河 Pinyin: Wei He Wade-Giles: Wei Ho is a River in west-central China and is the largest
References
- ^ Silk Road, North China, C.M. Hogan, the Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham
- ^ Baoji on line profile, retrieved Dec 9, 2007
- ^ "The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States", Li Liu, 2004, Cambridge University Press, 328 pages ISBN 0521811848
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