italic title Taxobox name Oreta loochooana image image caption image2 image2 caption regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Drepanidae genus Oreta species O. loochooana binomial Oreta loochooana binomial authority Swinhoe, 1902 synonyms Oreta Oretella squamulata small Strand, 1916 small Psiloreta pulchripes formosicola small Matsumura, 1927 small Oreta loochooana is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in Japan , Korea , mainland China and Taiwan . ref cite web url http www.nic.funet.fi pub sci bio life insecta lepidoptera ditrysia drepanoidea drepanidae drepaninae oreta index.html title Oreta at funet publisher Nic.funet.fi date 2011 01 21 accessdate 2011 12 19 ref The wingspan is 30 37 mm. ref cite web url http gaga.biodiv.tw 9507bx 624.htm title gaga.biodiv.tw publisher gaga.biodiv.tw date 2010 03 24 accessdate 2011 12 19 ref The larvae feed on the leaves of Viburnum odoratissimun and Viburnum luzonicus Viburnum luzonicus var. formosanum . Pupation takes place on the leaf surface. ref cite web url http 140.112.100.38 chinese publication journal pdf t2201 t220103.pdf title Larval Morphology and Host Plants of Drepanidea Lepidoptera Drepanidae in Southern Taiwan format PDF date accessdate 2011 12 19 ref Subspecies Oreta loochooana loochooana Taiwan, Japan Ryukyu Oreta loochooana timutia small Watson, 1967 small China Szechwan, Kwangtung, Huan, Chekiang, Fukien References Reflist Category Animals described in 1902 Category Drepanidae Drepanidae stub ... more details
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no footnotes date October 2011 ref improve date October 2011 File Si Da Kou.jpg thumb 260px right Yau Lit, sitting at the right, as one of the Four Bandits Yau Lit b. 1864 12 December 1936 , pinyin You Lie Wade Giles Yu Lieh born Yau Kwai bok , Chinese style name styled Tui hau or Ling kwai was a Chinese revolutionary from Shunde District Shuntak , Guangdong Kwangtung . He is one of the Four Bandits , together with Sun Yat sen , Chan siu bak and Yeung Hok ling . Early Life Yau was born to a family of scholars. He entered a private school at the age of 5, and was educated under Luk Nam long , a famous scholar in his hometown, at the age of 10. Luk influenced Yau with his strong sense of distinction between the Manchu people Manchus and the Han Chinese Hans . Revolution In 1881, the 17 year old Yau Lit travelled to Shanghai , Incheon , the Northeast China Three Northeast Provinces and Nanking , joined the Hongmen during the journey and aspired to revolution. When he returned to Kwangtung, he entered the Canton Academy of Mathematics . Later, he worked at the Mathematics Branch of Shatin Bureau, Kwangtung, and was responsible for drawing the border between China and the then Annam French protectorate France occupied Annam . In 1892, Yau worked as a secretary at the Home Affairs Bureau Secretariat for Chinese Affairs of Hong Kong . One day, Yau visited Yeung Hok ling , his classmate at the Canton Academy of Mathematics, and was introduced to Sun Yat sen , a medical student from Yeung s hometown. Sun then introduced them to Chan Siu bak , his classmate at the Alice Memorial Hospital . The four frequently met at Yeung Yiu Kee , Yeung s family shop at 24 Gough Street , to discuss a revolution against the Qing Dynasty , and were collectively called the Four Bandits by their neighbours. Yau was a member of the Furen Literary Society , which was set up to spread the idea of revolution. He introduced Yeung Kui wan , the leader of Furen, to Sun, who h ... more details
Chinese t l cool tea p li ng ch j leong4 caa4 y l uhng ch h Image HK Stanley St Chinese herb tea shop.jpg thumb 200px A Chinese herb tea shop in Central Hong Kong Citations missing article date May 2009 Chinese herb al tea , also known as medicinal herbal tea , is a kind of tea soup made from purely Chinese medicinal herb s in Guangdong Kwangtung , China . It usually tastes Taste Bitterness bitter or lightly sweet and its colour is typically black or dark brown, depending on what kinds of herbs are used. Although it is referred to as tea , it seldom contains any part of the tea plant Camellia sinensis . The climate of Guangdong is sub tropical , with a primarily hot and humid climate. Cantonese people boil what are referred to as cooling herbs in Traditional Chinese medicine to made herbal tea, which is consumed in order to relieve the heat and humidity in the body. Therefore, Chinese herb tea is referred to as cold tea or cooling tea in the Chinese language. There are many kinds of cooling tea. Different kinds of tea are purported to cure or relieve a variety of diseases. Some teas are consumed to alleviate sore throats, some for flu, and others for a number of ailments. Cooling tea is quite popular in Guangdong, Macau and Hong Kong , as well as other subtropical locales. Citation needed date August 2007 Many families make their tea at home. Some families are herb tea specialists who open their own shops, selling different kinds of herbal tea. Some shops have been open for 150 years in Guangzhou and 50 60 years in Hong Kong . It is not hard to find these shops in Hong Kong. Citation needed date August 2007 In 1990s and 2000s, cold tea has been bottled, canned or boxed by some herbal tea specialists and is being sold in supermarkets in Asia and Asian supermarket Asian markets overseas as fewer and fewer families have time to make them at home. These products are usually sweetened and do not have their original flavours. Citation needed date August 2007 Chinese h ... more details
Refimprove date June 2007 Chinese name Xie surname Yip Yip Hon zh t s p Xi H n j Yip6 Hon3 1904 7 May 1997 was a gambling tycoon in Northern and southern China South China . His wealth was estimated to be HK 100 million. When date September 2009 In his childhood, he stayed in Kong Mun of Kwangtung , and usually participated in gambling with his pocket money . He was nicknamed Kwai Wong translated as Ghost King . ref citebook title Blood Brothers Crime, Business and Politics in Asia author Bertil Lintner year 2002 publisher Allen & Unwin isbn 1 86508 419 0 url http books.google.com books?id 7NRQP0fDhekC&pg RA1 PA112&ots 3hIQlfPZwW&dq 22Yip Hon 22&as brr 3&ie ISO 8859 1&output html&sig Y0somHZe1vi7Z6mBqOOkge6BzLM page 112 ref In his adulthood, he was in Macau , working for a casino of gambling tycoon Fu Lo Yung . He helped to crack down Teng Sik Tong , a gang of gambler s, who won by listening dice . After the crackdown, he became famous, and went to Shanghai . He gained a great sum of wealth in the casinos there, by his technique in listening dice, and then opened his own casino. He closed his business in Shanghai, and returned to Macau when the Second Sino Japanese War broke out. He soon got a casino license in Macau, and cooperated with Stanley Ho , Teddy Yip and Henry Fok to form Casino Lisboa, Macau Casino Lisboa . He later left the company, after arguments over shares and the business. He then started a chariot racing business, which was unsuccessful. In 1988, he pioneered a gambling business in international waters , by purchasing a cargo converted cruise ship named Princess of the Orient , and later selling it off for the which was bigger and solely a cruise ship to begin with. He gained initial success, but was unable to deal with a large number of competitors later. He subsequently sold his business to Heung s Brothers. A story about him circulated in the mid 1980s, on gambling in Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas in the United States . He su ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Distinguish Kwangtung Provincial Bank Canton Trust and Commercial Bank Bank of Canton Zh t was the first Chinese owned bank in Hong Kong . At the time, all the other banks in Hong Kong were foreign, primarily British, including the locally incorporated but British run Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation . 1912 Several Chinese residents of the US, including members of the Fok family, founded the Bank of Canton BoC . 1921 BoC established a branch in Bangkok . 1922 BoC established a branch in New York . 1931 BoC closed the New York branch. 1935 BoC failed. At the time it had branches in San Francisco , Bangkok , Shanghai , Guangzhou Canton and Hankou District Hankow . 1936 Dr. T.V. Soong reorganized BoC and it reopened. The Bank of Canton incorporated a subsidiary on July 1, 1936 in Macau , making it one of the longest established banks in Macau . 1939 The government of Siam Thailand , during an outreak of widespread anti Chinese feeling, closed the local branch of Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation and the branches of BoC, charging the banks with facilitating illegal remittances by Chinese residents. 1953 BoC opened a branch in Singapore . 1968 By this time, BoC had already established branches in Malaysia and re entered Thailand . 1971 Security Pacific National Bank SPNB bought 69 of BoC. 1978 SPNB tried to acquire the remaining shares but talks broke down. 1979 BoC had nine licensed branches in HK and one each in Bangkok, Thailand, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. In addition, it owned a banking subsidiary in Macau. 1984 The boards of SPNB and BoC announced that SPNB wanted to acquire the ordinary and preference shares of the Bank of Canton it did not already own. The agreement stipulated that the management of Bank of Canton would remain in place and that Russell Fok would continue as chairman of the board. Furthermore, a company associated with Fok would be entitled, upon completion of the acquisition, to purchase ... more details
Tai Sing Loo 1886 1971 was a photographer of Pearl Harbor and many sporting events in Hawaii . From 1919 until his retirement in 1947, he served as an official Navy photographer. In that capacity, he photographed the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and the battleships, and recorded Very Important Person VIP visits and recreational events. He also photographed for the Interisland Steamship Company and was an accomplished landscape photographer. Some of his well known photographs include many of Duke Kahanamoku , Pearl Harbor before and after the bombing, celebrities and presidential visits to Hawaii. In 1984, the US Navy honored Tai Sing Loo with a calendar chronicling his career. Tai Sing Loo also helped to break the Japanese Codes that were put into false newspaper advertisements that detailed when the attack would occur and the formations of the planes for the attack. He was married to Florence Loo and had two sons and two daughters Franklin Ting Fai Loo 1934 2002 , Robert Ting Ho Loo, Florence Loo Baptist , and Evelyn Loo Lee . Tai Sing s father, Sam Choy Loo, almost contracted yellow fever just before he arrived in Hawaii in the 1880s on a ship called the Cassandra. The Loo family came from Kwangtung, China, Chung Shan Koon sheoung Doo Society . Sam Choy Loo was a Gold Leaf Sign Painter. Tai Sing had two brothers Tai Chung, Hoon Cowboy , three sisters names not known . Sisters married into the Choy family, Young Lum family Broom Factory . One daughter never married and is buried in a plot at the Pauoa Chinese Cemetery. Parents and brothers are buried in Manoa Chinese Cemetery. Tai Sing grew up in Honolulu in what is now Foster Gardens . The first listing of the Loo family was in 1908 in the Honolulu city directory and the 1910 Census. Tai Sing s mother used to pray for people at Kwan Yin Temple on Vineyard Boulevard and River Street. The only Christian of the Loo family, the others practiced Daoism and Buddhism and honored Kwan Yin. Tai Sing lived on the US mainland ... more details
Infobox military person name big Ou Zhen birth date 1899 death date 1969 birth place death place image caption nickname allegiance Image Flag of the Republic of China.svg 20px Flag of the Republic of China Republic of China serviceyears rank General commands battles laterwork Chinese name Ou surname Ou Ou Zhen , 1899 1969 , or Ou Chen, was a Kuomintang KMT army general from Qujiang District Qujiang , Guangdong . He was active in the Second Sino Japanese War during World War II . He was a commander in the Battle of Shanghai , the Battle of Wuhan leading the 4th Corps, particularly in the Battle of Wanjialing , the Battle of Changsha 1939 1st Changsha Campaign , the 1939 40 Winter Offensive , as well as the Battle of Changsha 1941 2nd and Battle of Changsha 1942 3rd Changsha Campaigns. He commanded Army Ou Chen in the Battle of Changteh Changteh Campaign , and the Changsha Hengyang Campaign of 1944. He again commanded 4th Corps in the Hunan Kwangtung Kiangsi Border Areas Operation in early 1945. ref name History of The Sino Japanese War Citation name Chang Ming kai title History of The Sino Japanese War 1937 1945 2nd Ed. year 1971 publisher Chung Wu Publishing place Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China. ref After the Communist Party of China Communists gained control of mainland China , he fled to Taiwan in 1949. He died in Taipei , and was promoted to general posthumously. Military positions 1937 General Officer Commanding 90th Division 1938 1944 General Officer Commanding IV Corps 1944 General Officer Commanding Army Ou Chen 1945 General Officer Commanding IV Corps 1945 General Officer Commanding 99th Division References reflist External links http www.generals.dk general Ou Zhen China.html Generals from China Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ou Zhen ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1899 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1969 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ou Zhen Category National Revolutionary Army generals Category Taiwanese Hakka people ... more details
Tawalisi ca. 1350 C.E 1400 C.E. is a fabled Southeast Asian kingdom described in the journals of Ibn Battuta . ref Ibn Battuta, The Travels of Ibn Ba a, A.D. 1325 1354, vol. 4, trans. H. A. R. Gibb and C. F. Beckingham London Hakluyt Society, 1994 , pp. 884 5. ref Ibn Battuta said he reached Tawalisi after a sea voyage of 71 days, 34 of which were spent rowing due to no wind. He said he reached China from Tawalisi after a voyage of 17 days. The commentators have never been able to decide the port of departure for the 71 day voyage, and so have concentrated on the 17 day voyage from Tawalisi to China. ref William Henry Scott, Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study of Philippine History , ISBN 9711002264, p.83 ref A long list of guesses as to the location of Tawalisi have included Pangasinan, Luzon, Sulu, Celebes Sulawesi , Cambodia, Cochin China, the mainland province of Kwangtung, and practically every island in South Asia beginning with ta . ref William Henry Scott, Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study of Philippine History , ISBN 9711002264, p.83 ref Both Sir Henry Yule and William Henry Scott historian William Henry Scott consider Tawilisi and its warrior princess Urduja to be fabulous, fairy tale, fiction. ref William Henry Scott, Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study of Philippine History , ISBN 9711002264, p.83 ref But based on linguistics and considering the Chinese perspective in the 13th 14th centuries A.D., Tawalisi might be a Chinese pronunciation of Jawa rsi which could mean kingdom of Java or king of Java. While the original name of the duchess of the said land was actually spelled in Arabic by Ibn Battuta as WHR DJ in his Rihlah which might be misread as Urduja instead of reading it as Wahre Daja Bhre Daha due to the lack of geographical perspective and the lack of knowledge in the Arabic script congruent to the period when it happened. Bhre Daha was a title given to Dayah Wiyat literally means princess vagina , the twin sister of Bhr ... more details
Taxobox name Lexias dirtea image RN026 Adolias dirtea female.jpg image width 250px image caption Lexias dirtea , female image2 Nymphalidae Lexias dirtea.JPG image2 width 250px image2 caption Lexias dirtea , male. Mounted specimen status status system regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Nymphalidae genus Lexias species L. dirtea binomial Lexias dirtea binomial authority Johan Christian Fabricius Fabricius , 1793 synonyms Euthalia dirtea Fabricius, 1793 Papilio dirtea Fabricius, 1793 The Archduke , Lexias dirtea , is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae . Description Lexias dirtea has a wingspan of about convert 80 100 mm . In this species sexual dimorphism sexual dichromatism is extreme. In males the uppersides of the wings are mainly velvety black, with metallic blue green on the margins, while in the females the uppersides of the wings are mainly brownish, covered by several rows of yellowish whitish spots. Distribution This species can be found in India , Burma , Northern Thailand , Southern China , Laos , Cambodia , Vietnam , Myanmar , Malaysia , Sumatra , Java , Borneo and the Philippines . Habitat It lives primarily in virgin swamp forests. Subspecies Lexias dirtea dirtea North East India , Naga Hills Lexias dirtea khasiana Nort East India , Assam , Burma , Yunnan Lexias dirtea toonchai Northern Thailand Lexias dirtea agosthena Southern China Kwangtung , Laos , Cambodia , Vietnam Lexias dirtea merguia Southern Myanmar , Tenasserim , Southern Thailand , Malaysia Lexias dirtea montana Sumatra Lexias dirtea inimitabilis Siberut , Mentawei Island Lexias dirtea insulanus Bangka, Lingga , Singkep Lexias dirtea javana Western Java Lexias dirtea aquilus Anambas group Lexias dirtea baliaris Natuna Island Lexias dirtea chalcedonides Borneo Lexias dirtea annae Bawean Lexias dirtea palawana Philippines , Palawan ?? Lexias dirtea iwasakii Lexias dirtea bontouxi Southern Yunnan References http www.biolib.cz en taxon id622 ... more details
BLP IMDB refimprove only yes date February 2011 Infobox Chinese language singer and actor name Chin Siu Ho tradchinesename simpchinesename birth name Chin Ka Wah big big ancestry Sanshui, Guangdong pinyinchinesename qi n xia ha jyutpingchinesename cin4 siu2 hou4 birth date birth date and age 1963 1 26 mf y birth place Hong Kong yearsactive 1978 present Chin Siu Ho born January 26, 1963 is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist , notable for acting with Jet Li in Tai Chi Master 1993 film The Tai Chi Master and Fist of Legend . He is the older brother of actor Chin Kar lok . Filmography Ten Tigers of Kwangtung 1980 Legend of the Fox 1980 Two Champions of Shaolin 1981 The Rebel Intruders 1980 Masked Avengers 1981 Mahjong Heroes 1981 House of Traps 1982 Brave Archer 4 1982 Rolls, Rolls, I Love You 1982 Brothers From the Walled City 1982 Fast Fingers 1983 Ghosts Galore 1983 Demon of the Lute 1983 I Will Finally Knock You Down, Dad 1984 Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars 1985 The Man Is Dangerous 1985 Mr. Vampire 1985 Crazy Shaolin Disciples 1985 The Master Strikes Back 1985 The Seventh Curse 1986 The Story of Doctor Sun Yat sen 1986 Millionaire s Express 1986 Love Me Vampire 1986 The Final Test 1987 New Mr. Vampire 1987 Edge of Darkness 1988 In the Blood film In the Blood 1988 Vampire Vs. Vampire 1989 Into the Fire 1989 They Came to Rob Hong Kong 1989 The Blonde Fury 1989 The Nocturnal Demon 1990 Goodbye Hero 1990 New Kids in Town 1990 The Ultimate Vampire 1991 Dead Target 1991 Mr. Vampire V 1992 Come From China 1992 All Mighty Gambler 1992 Hero Dream 1993 Happy Partner 1993 The Beheaded 1000 1993 Tai Chi Master 1993 film Tai Chi Master 1993 Fist of Legend 1994 Don t Give a Damn 1995 Stooge, My Love 1996 Millennium Dragon 1999 Undercover Girls 1999 A Battle of Wits 2006 film A Battle of Wits 2006 Ticket film Ticket 2008 72 Tenants of Prosperity 2010 Vampire Warriors 2010 The Lost Bladesman 2011 External links imdb name id 0157785 name Siu hou Chin Persondata Metadat ... more details
Chinese pic Wonglokatea.jpg piccap sample can version t s j wong1 lo1 gat1 loeng4 caa4 p wang2 lao3 ji2 liang2 cha2 Wong Lo Kat zh t s , now known as Wanglaoji in mainland China, is a Chinese herbal drink, and one of the most popular drinks in China . Wong Lo Kat is the Cantonese transliteration of its name in Chinese characters . Wong Lo Kat originated in 1828 during the Qing Dynasty in Guangdong Kwangtung and Guangxi Kwangsi provinces of China, founded by a doctor Wong Chat Bong zh t s p Wang Zebang . Because the Wong family was the inventor of herbal tea brewing in southern China, the brand is synonymous with this type of drink. The recipe has been passed down through multiple generations to today s tea culture. ref http nf.nfdaily.cn nanfangdaily ndzk 200902270096.asp , nbweekly, 27 Feb 2009 ref The sales of the Wong Lo Kat brand is estimated at 2.244 billion RMB and sales at 12 billion RMB in 2008. In Mainland China it is available in red cans or small 250ml cartons in most convenience stores. Like many civilian and national entities after the Chinese Civil War , Wong Lo Kat became divided into two entities operating on the Mainland and outside of it. The Guangzhou Wanglaoji Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. succeeded Wong Lo Kat as a state owned enterprise in PRC , producing concentrate or other types of traditional herbal medicine. Wong Lo Kat s descendants established operations in Hong Kong . References Reflist External links http www.jiaduobao.com.cn en index.asp The JDB Group http www.wlj.com.cn EN Products WanglaojiHerbalTea.asp Guangzhou Wanglaoji Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. Category Chinese beverages Category Herbal tea Category Chinese tea China stub soft drink stub es T de hierbas Wong Lo Gat zh de Wong Lo Kat ... more details
File Si Da Kou.jpg thumb 260px right Yeung Hok ling, sitting at the left, as one of the Four Bandits Yeung Hok ling 1868 29 August 1934 , Chinese style name styled Lai ha was a Chinese revolutionary from Cuiheng Cuiheng Village , Zhongshan Heungshan , Guangdong Kwangtung . He is one of the Four Bandits , together with Sun Yat sen , Yau Lit and Chan Siu bak . Biography Yeung entered the Canton Academy of Mathematics in 1886. In 1888, he went to Hong Kong and stayed at Yeung Yiu Kee , his family shop on Gough Street , Sheung Wan . One day, Yeung introduced Yau Lit , his classmate at the Canton Academy of Mathematics, to Sun Yat sen , his old friend from Cuiheng. Sun then introduced them to Chan Siu bak , his classmate at the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese . The four frequently met at Yeung Yiu Kee to discuss a revolution against the Qing Dynasty , and were collectively called the Four Bandits by their neighbours. When Sun graduated in 1892, he had to borrow money from Hospital Kiang Wu to set up his own pharmacy in Macao , and Yeung persuaded his brother in law, Ng Tsit mei , to be Sun s guarantor. Sun was soon forced to Macao to redevelop his medical career in Shiqi District Shekkei, Heungshan , and Yeung sold a building in Rua Central to support him. In 1896, Yeung s father died to leave him some properties in Heungshan, Hong Kong and Macau he would later sell all these properties to finance anti Qing revolution. Later, Yeung worked at the China Daily founded by Chan Siu bak to advocate revolution. After the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, he lived in Macao as a commoner. He wrote to Sun in 1919 to apply for a job in the Republic of China Government . When Sun Yat sen established the Government in Canton in 1921, the Three Bandits were appointed as Sun s consultants, but Yeung resigned and returned to Macao after several months. In 1923 Sun re established the Canton Government and appointed Yeung as the special investigator in Hong Kong an ... more details
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File Wang Chonghui 01.jpg thumb Wang Ch unghui File Wang Chonghui 1937.jpg thumb 350px Wang Ch unghui talked about Sino Japan relationship with Japanese reporters as Foreign Ministers of the Republic of China in March,1937. Wang, Ch ung hui Chinese , b. 1881 d. 1958 was a prominent Chinese jurist, diplomat and politician who served the Republic of China from its foundation in 1912 until his death in 1958. He was a close associate of the republic s founding father, Dr. Sun Yat sen , an active member of the Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomintang , and a judge on the Permanent Court for International Justice in the Hage. Wang was born in Guangdong Kwangtung in 1881 and was educated in China, Japan, England, Germany and the United States. He returned to China from London in the autumn of 1911, and when the anti Manchu revolution of October 10 began, he became adviser to Chen Chimei Ch en Qi mei , the revolutionary military governor of Shanghai . He represented Kwangtung at the Nanking convention which elected Dr. Sun Yat sen provisional president of the Republic of China . In 1912, Wang was designated first minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of China . After the rise of Yuan Shih k ai , Wang was named minister of justice in the cabinet of Tang Shaoyi T ang Shao yi . He participated in drafting the republic s provisional constitution of 1912. Tang resigned in June 1912, and a month later Wang did the same. He moved to Shanghai and assumed the roles of vice chancellor of Fudan University Futan University and chief editor of the Chunghua Book Company . Though he stayed out of some major political events during the early anti Yuan era, in May 1916 he became deputy commissioner for foreign affairs of the military council in Guangzhou Canton , headed by Liang Qichao Liang Ch i ch ao and Cai E Ts ai O . Wang served as chief justice of the Chinese supreme court in 1920 and justice minister of the Peking or northern government of Li Yuan hung in June 1922. He briefly s ... more details
Hsiang shan County Chinese languages Chinese , Wade Giles Hsiang shan Hsien, Pinyin Xi ngsh n Xi n literally Fragrant Mountain also spelt Siang shan was a county in southern China. Since 1912, it was a county in Kwangtung Province , in the Republic of China . It was renamed Chung shan County in April 1925, in memory of the founder of the Republic of China, Sun Yat Sen . The county covered the modern day Zhuhai Zhuhai City and Zhongshan City in the Guangdong Province of the People s Republic of China PRC , and the Macau Macau Special Administrative Region of the People s Republic of China . History An island in a bay where three rivers emptied into the sea, Hsiang shan Island or Xiangshan Dao was part of the river delta, just separated from the continent by the distributary distributaries in the delta, until it became a peninsula sometime during the 17th century, but was still separated from the mainland by waterways. Administratively part of the Baoan County and Dongguan County in history, a Xiangshan Township was created in the 8th century during the Tang Dynasty within the Dongguan County, at the present day Shanchang of Zhuhai. The township became a separate county in the 12th century Northern Song Dynasty . Macau became a Portuguese settlement in the mid 16th century during the Ming Dynasty for a while, still under the overall jurisdiction of Xiangshan authorities ref Matteo Ricci and Nicolas Trigault , De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas . Page 140 in the English translation Gallagher 1953 . China in the Sixteenth Century The Journals of Matteo Ricci , Random House, New York, 1953. English translation of Trigault s Latin by Louis J. Gallagher. Ricci s transcription for Xiangshan is Hiam Xan . ref , and later a Portuguese colony. The colony was later expanded from a small settlement on the Macau Peninsula, to the entire peninsula, Ilha Verde, Taipa and Coloane. In December 1952, Yu min County was created out of islands from Hsiang shan Cou ... more details
cellpadding 3px cellspacing 0px bgcolor f7f8ff style float right border 1px solid margin 5px colspan 2 align center style border top 1px solid font size 36px line height 40px style background ccf border bottom 1px solid colspan 2 Hakka Kuen align right Pinyin k ji qu n align right Yale Romanization Cantonese Yale Cantonese haak3 ga1 kyun4 align right Hakka Chinese Hakka pinjim hak7 ga1 kien2 align right valign top Literally Hakka fist Multiple issues refimprove April 2008 citationstyle April 2008 Mergeinto Nanquan date April 2012 Chinese martial arts Hakka Kuen is a general term describing a variety of Chinese martial arts originating from the Hakka people Hakka community of Southern China and is considered to be an important style within Nanquan Southern Chinese Martial Arts . The Hakka heartland is located in the inland part of Guangdong Province east of the Pearl River Delta . According to the Dragon style teacher Steve Martin, Hakka Kuen was influenced by the style that the legendary monk Gee Sim Sim See taught in Guangdong and the neighboring province of Fujian in the 18th century. Regardless of the historical veracity of Gee Sim, the similarities between Hakka Kuen and the Fujian martial arts strongly suggests that the two are related. According to Leung Ting, the head of the WingTsun branch of Wing Chun , Their common features are that during fights, pugilists of these systems prefer short steps and close fighting, with their arms placed close to the chest, their elbows lowered and kept close to the flanks to offer it protection. Another characteristic of these two systems of kung fu is, unlike those of Kwangtung Province and Northern China, their boxing forms are rather simple ref name Ting1987 Citation author Ting, written by Leung Lee, chief translator Richard year 1987 title Wing Tsun Kuen isbn 962 7284 01 7 publisher International Wing Tsun Martial Art Association location Hong Kong oclc 52023542 ref The characteristic rounded shoulders and conca ... more details
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