Yixing

This article is about the city. For the 8th century monk, inventor, and astronomer, see Yi Xing. For the member of EXO, see Lay (entertainer).

Yixing 宜兴市
County-level city
Yixing Location within Jiangsu
Coordinates: 31°21′36″N 119°48′54″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city	Wuxi
Area
• Total	2,038.7 km2 (787.1 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,243,700
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	214200
Area code	0510
Website	www.yixing.gov.cn

The city is famous for its teapots

Yixing (simplified Chinese: 宜兴; traditional Chinese: 宜興; pinyin: Yíxīng) is a county-level city with a population of 1.24 million administrated under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in southern Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware.

History

Yixing county was established in 221 BC (Qin Dynasty) with the name of Yangxian (阳羡). Between 303 and 310 AD, the local aristocrat Zhou Qi, the eldest son of General Zhou Chu, suppressed three rebellions. Yangxian was then renamed Yixing (義兴, meaning righteousness and prosperity) to honor Zhou Qi. In 976, Yixing (義兴) was renamed Yixing (宜兴) because of the naming taboo of Emperor Taizong of Song, whose personal name is Zhao Kuangyi.

The renaming perhaps to be the allusion of a sentence in Doctrine of the Mean: "Righteousness is the accordance of actions ([義者宜也] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-han (help))"

Administrative divisions

Yixing is divided into four subdistricts and 14 towns:

Subdistricts

• Yicheng (宜城, the seat of the city)
• Fangqiao (芳桥)
• Qiting (屺亭)
• Xinjie (新街)
• Xinzhuang (新庄)

Towns

• Dingshu (丁蜀)
• Heqiao (和桥)
• Hufu (湖㳇)
• Gaocheng (高塍)
• Guanlin](官林)
• Taihua (太华)
• Wanshi (万石)
• Xizhu (西渚)
• Xinjian (新建)
• Xushe (徐舍)
• Yangxiang (杨巷)
• Zhangzhu (张渚)
• Zhoutie

Economy

Yixing is among the top 10 county-level cities in China.

External links

• Yixing Municipal Government website (In Simplified Chinese characters)