Anyang

For the city of the same name in South Korea, see Anyang, South Korea.

For the county of the same name administered by Anyang City, see Anyang County.

安阳市
Ānyáng Shì

Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
Area	7,355 km²
Population	5.25 million (2002)
GDP	¥21.35 billion (1996)
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	9
Township-level divisions	Unknown
Area Code	372

Anyang (simplified Chinese: 安阳; traditional Chinese: 安陽; pinyin: Ānyáng) is a prefecture-level city in Henan province, People's Republic of China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Anyang administers 4 districts, 1 county-level city and 4 counties.

• Beiguan District (北关区)
• Wenfeng District (文峰区)
• Yindu District (殷都区)
• Long'an District (龙安区)
• Linzhou City (林州市)
• Anyang County (安阳县)
• Tangyin County (汤阴县)
• Hua County (滑县)
• Neihuang County (内黄县)

History

Anyang is the site of the ancient Shang Dynasty (1600 BC - 1046 BC) capital known as Yinxu, or "the ruin of Yin" - the last capital of Shang Dynasty that was annihilated by the Martial King (Wu Wang) of Zhou Dynasty in the 11th century BC.

Anyang's Tangyin County was the seat of Yue Village, birth place of the famous Song Dynasty general Yue Fei.

The contemporary Anyang was constructed in 1368 AD during the Ming Dynasty.

Economy

Anyang's opening to the outside world has enabled its foreign economic relations and trade progress rapidly. Sixteen foreign-funded enterprises (Joint Ventures, cooperative enterprises and wholly foreign-owned enterprised) have been estatblished. Recently, Anyang has established an economic and technological development zone covering a total area of 22.8 square kilometers and issued a series of preferential policies to attract many domestic Chinese and foreign businesses. A multichannel, all-round foreign relations and trade network have been set up to lay a foundation for developing Anyang's economy.

Tourism

Anyang City is an ancient city with a history of over 3,000 years and used to be one of the Seven Ancient Capitals of China. It is one of the key birthplaces of Chinese ancient culture. Here are the primitive caves of 25,000 years ago, the overlapping stratums of the Yangshao Culture, Longshan Culture and Xiaotun Culture, the memorial mausoleums of ancient Emperor Zhuan Xie and Emperor Ku over 4,000 years ago, the first library of inscriptions on bones of tortoise shells (oracle bone), the Soul Spring Temple known as the "First Ancient Buddhist Temple in Henan", and 10,000-Buddha Ravine, as well as unique Wenfeng Pagoda, Xiuding Temple Pagoda and Mingfu Temple Pagoda. Anyang has a beautiful natural scenery. There are the Taihang Linlu Hill Scenic Area on the 400-kilometer Taihang Mountains and the grand 1,500-kilometer man-made Red Flag Canal. If you are interested in flying, you may visit the Anyang Aviation Sports School known as the "International Aviation Tourist Park" and take part in airplane and helicopter flying, parachuting, hang gliding, hot air balloon and other aviation sports.

External links

• Government website of Anyang (in Simplified Chinese)