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Yan
Yan may refer to: A Chinese surname created for Naming taboo. Emperor Ming of Han has a given name of Zhuang, and he renamed the Zhuang surname to Yan.State of Yan, a state in ChinaYan (musician), the lead singer of indie/rock British Sea PowerLift Engineering, known colloquially by Yan, a now out-o..
Yan'an
Yan'an (Chinese: 延安; Pinyin: Yán'ān; Wade-Giles: Yen-an), is a city in Shaanxi province, China. It was the destination of the Long March and the center of the Chinese communist revolution from 1935 to 1948. Chinese communists celebrate Yan'an as the birthplace of the revolution. Yan'an is ..
Yan'an Forum
From 1949 to 1976 all aspects of life in China, from steel-making to the kindergarten curriculum, from military strategy to woodblock printing, were dominated by Mao Zedong (1893-1976). In 1942 at the Yan'an Forum on Art and Literature (Yan’an wenyi zuotanhui), he laid out his cultural policy,..
Yan'an Xi Lu
Yan'an Xi Lu (延安西路) is a metro station in the city of Shanghai. This station is part of Line 3. In the future Line 4 will also stop here. ..
Yana
Yana can refer to: Yana (Buddhism), a Buddhist term (path).Yana River, a river in eastern Russia.Yana, Sierra Leone, a town in western Africa.Yana, a part of Kisarazu city, Japan.Yana people, a Native American people indigenous to north-central California.Yana language, language of the Yana peoples..
Yana's Friends
Yana´s Friends (Hebrew: החברים של יאנה, HaHaverim shel Yana), directed by Arik Kaplun, is an Israeli movie awarded the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1999. External links ..
Yanabi al-Muwadda
Part of the series on Hadith collections [ v]·[ d]·[ e] Most famous Sunni six major collections (Al-Kutub al-Sittah): Sahih Bukhari Sahih MuslimSunan al-SughraSunan Abi Da'udSunan al-TirmidhiSunan Ibn Maja/Al-Muwatta Shi'a collections: Nahj al-..
Yanachaga–Chemillen National Park
Yanachaga–Chemillen National Park ..
Yanacocha
Yanacocha is a gold mine in central Peru, considered one of the biggest and most profitable in the world producing over US$7 billion worth of gold to date. The 251-square kilometer open pit mine is situated about 18 kilometers north of Cajamarca, in high pampa, straddling the watershed. The World Ba..
Yanadani, Ehime
Yanadani (柳谷村; Yanadani-mura) was a village located in Kamiukena District, Ehime, Japan. On August 1, 2004 the village merged with the town of Kuma and two other neighboring villages to form the town of Kumakogen and no longer exists as an independent municipality. As of 2003, the village ha..
Yanagawa, Fukuoka
A low bridge in Yanagawa allows riverboats to pass through. Yanagawa (柳川市; -shi) is a city located in Fukuoka, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 41,048 and the density of 1,102.55 persons per km². The total area is 37.23 km². Yanagawa is popular with Japanese..
Yanagawa, Fukushima
Yanagawa (梁川町; -machi) is a town located in Date District, Fukushima, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 20,626 and a density of 248.72 persons per km². The total area is 82.93 km². External links [Yanagawa official website] in Japan..
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Shigenobu signature seal. Double page print from an illustrated shunga book by Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832), a pupil of Hokusai. Size: chubon; Colored ink on paper; ca.1820; Private collection Double page print from an illustrated shunga book by Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832), a pupi..
Yanagida, Ishikawa
Yanagida (柳田村; -mura) was a village located in Fugeshi District, Ishikawa, Japan. On March 1, 2005 the village merged with the town of Uchiura (from neighboring Suzu District) into the town of Noto and no longer exists as an independent municipality. As of 2003, the village had an estimated ..
Yanagihara Station
Yanagihara Station is the name of multiple train stations in Japan. Yanagihara Station (Ehime) - (柳原駅) in Ehime PrefectureYanagihara Station (Iwate) - (柳原駅) in Iwate PrefectureYanagihara Station (Nagano) - (柳原駅) in Nagano Prefecture This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation ..
Yanagihara Station (Iwate)
Yanagihara Station (柳原駅) is a railway station located in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Contents 1 Line2 Surrounding area3 History4 Adjacent stations Line JR East*Kitakami Line Surrounding area History May 15, 1963: Station is opened. Adjacent stations Stations ..
Yanagiman
Yanagiman is a Japanese musician, songwriter and arranger who have worked with many different artists, both Japanese and foreign. He was born in November 1960 in Kagoshima prefecture on the Japanese island of Kyūshu. As a child and teenager he lived in many different places across Japan, and from..
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu (柳沢吉保, 1658 – 1714) was a member of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. He served Tokugawa Tsunayoshi from an early age, eventually rising to the position of soba yōnin. He was the daimyo of the Kawagoe han, and later of the Kofu han; he retir..
Yanagita Station
Yanagita Station (柳田駅) is a JR East railway station located in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Contents 1 Line2 Surrounding area3 History4 Adjacent stations Line Ōu Main Line Surrounding area History 1926-11-17: Station begins operation. Adjacent stations Stations..
Yanagi Kotarou
Koutarou Yanagi (柳浩太郎, Yanagi Kotarou) is a young Japanese actor who plays in various movies, dramas, and stage events. He's most commonly referred to as "Yanagi". Contents 1 Statistics2 Roles3 Miscellaneous4 Accident5 References6 External links Statistics Y..
Yanahara, Okayama
Yanahara (柵原町; -cho) is a town located in Kume District, Okayama, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 6,793 and a density of 88.13 persons per km². The total area is 77.08 km². ..
Yanahuara
Yanahuara District is a suburb next to the city of Arequipa, in Peru. Yanahuara is well-known for its buildings built of sillar, a pearly white volcanic rock. Yanahuara has a small community called "Umacollo" which takes at least 1/4 of the city's area. It has many residential areas, mostly for M..
Yanai, Yamaguchi
Yanai (柳井市; -shi) is a city located in Yamaguchi, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 33,161 and the density of 259.35 persons per km². The total area is 127.86 km². The interchange and the expressway is located in the east. Yanai is bounded by Hikari. The city was..
Yanaikat-sey Mantaran Cheral
Yanaikat-sey Mantaran Cheral was a Chera king whoo ruled during the Sangam period (between the first and the third century CE). According to Sangam literature he was a contemporary of Pandya king Talaiyaalam-Kaanattu Seru Vendra Neduncezhian. Purananuru(PN:20,22,32,53 & 229) states that he participa..
Yanaizu, Fukushima
This article is about the town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. There is another town with the same name in Gifu Prefecture, see Yanaizu, Gifu. Yanaizu (柳津町; -machi) is a town located in Kawanuma District, Fukushima, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 4,..
Yanaizu, Gifu
This article is about the town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. There is another town with the same name in Fukushima Prefecture, see Yanaizu, Fukushima. Yanaizu (柳津町; -chou) is a town located in Hashima District, Gifu, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 13,1..
Yanaizu Station
Yanaizu Station (柳津駅) is the name of two Japanese railway stations. JR East's station in Tome, Miyagi on the Kesennuma Line. -- Yanaizu Station (Miyagi)Nagoya Railroad's station in Yanaizu, Gifu on the Takehana Line. -- Yanaizu Station (Gifu). There is also a station called Aizu-Yanaizu: JR..
Yanaizu Station (Miyagi)
Yanaizu Station Yanaizu Station (柳津駅) is a train station located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan (in the area that was formerly Tsuyama town). Contents 1 Line2 Surrounding area3 History4 Adjacent stations Line JR East Kesennuma Line Sur..
Yanai Shinsaku
Yanai Shinsaku was a major in the Japan Self-Defense Forces of Japan. In 1992, he suggested that a coup might be useful. He was consequently fired. See also History of JapanJapan Self-Defense Forces ..
Yanal Bog
Yanal Bog (Grid reference ) is a 1.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern edge of the North Somerset Levels, just north of the village of Sandford, Avon. It was notified as an SSSI in 1988. Contents 1 Site description2 Biological Interest3 See also..
Yanam
Yanam refers to a district in India: Yanam (India)a Yanomaman language of Brazil and Venezuela: Yanam language This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point dire..
Yanam (India)
Location of Yanam Yanam or Yanaon is a district of the Union territory of Pondicherry and a town in that district. It forms a 30 km2 enclave in the district of East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. It has a population of 32 000, most of whom speak Telugu and to a meagre extent Tamil. Contents 1&..
Yanam language
Yanam is a Yanomaman language spoken by approximately 560 speakers in Roraima, Brazil (460 speakers) and southern Venezuela near the Mucajai, upper Uraricáa, and Paragua rivers. Contents 1 Synonymy2 Regional variation3 External links4 Bibliography Synonymy Yanam is also k..
Yanar Dag
Yanar Dag (Azerbaijani: Yanar Dağ). translated as "Fire Mountain", is an ancient and visually-stunning fire which blazes continuously atop a mountain peak on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea. The Yanar Dag is about 10 meter (30 feet) wide wall of fire located on a mountain near Baku, the..
Yana (Buddhism)
For other uses see Yana (disambiguation). Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma..
Yana Gupta
Yana Gupta, model and actress, known for her cameo performances. Yana Gupta (née Synkova) (born c. 1979) (height 5'8" (1.73 m) at Brno, is a Czechoslovakian (now Czech Republic) model-actress currently working in India. She was married to Indian painter Satyakam Gupta, although they formall..
Yana Klochkova
Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (Ukrainian: Яна Олександрівна Клочкова; born August 7, 1982 in Simferopol) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold. Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400..
Yana language
Yana is an extinct language isolate formerly spoken in north-central California between the Feather and Pit rivers in what is now Shasta and Tehama counties. The language perished in 1916 with the death of Ishi, the last native speaker who spoke Yahi. Yana is fairly well-documented (mostly by Ed..
Yana River
The Yana River (Яна in Russian), a river in Sakha in Russia, located between the Lena to the west and the Indigirka to the east. It is 872 km in length. The area of its basin is 238,000 km², whilst its annual discharge totals approximately 25 cubic kilometres (20 million acre-feet. Most of ..
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture (}; }; Korean: 연변조선족자치주) is an autonomous prefecture in Jilin province, in the northeastern part of the People's Republic of China. Yanbian is south of Heilongjiang, east of Jilin's Baishan City, north of North Korea's North Hamgyong Province, a..
Yanbian University
Yanbian University (}; Korean: 연변대학교) is a provincial public university of the People's Republic of China, located at Yanji, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province. Founded in March 20, 1949, the university's aim is to educate the Korean minority in Northeast China. It is th..
Yanbu' al Bahr
NASA photograph of Yanbu' al Bahr Yanbu' al Bahr (Arabic: ينبع البحر "spring by the sea"), also known simply as Yanbu, Yambo, or Yenbo, is a major Red Sea port in the Al Madinah province of western Saudi Arabia. It is approximately 350 kilometers north of Jiddah (at [24°05�..
Yancey's Tavern
Yancey's Tavern is a historic structure located in Sullivan County, Tennessee on Island Road, the first wagon road in the state (1761). The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Contents 1 History2 Architectural details3 Current utilization4 ..
Yanceyville, North Carolina
[Yanceyville], first incorporated in 1833, is a town in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,091 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of [Caswell County][Geographic references#6GR6], and has been such since 1792 (although called Caswe..
Yancey Arias
Yancey Arias (born June 27 1971) is an American actor most noted for his work on television crime dramas, particularly his role as "Gabo" in the FX series Thief. Of Colombian and Puerto Rican descent, Arias was born and raised in New York City and attended Moore Catholic High School and St. John's..
Yancey County, North Carolina
Yancey County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population is 17,774. Its county seat is Burnsville6. Yancey County is one of the four dry counties in North Carolina, along with Clay, Graham, and Mitchell. Contents 1 History2 Law and government..
Yancey Thigpen
[] at NFL.com Yancey Thigpen(Born in 1969) is a former professional American Football wide receiver who played for the San Diego Chargers(1991), Pittsburgh Steelers(1992-1997), and the Tennessee Titans(1998-2000). Before his NFL career, he played for Winston-Salem State University. Thig..
Yanchang Lu
Yanchang Lu is a metro station in the city of Shanghai. This station is part of the northern extension of Line 1. ..
Yancheng
盐城市Yánchéng Shì Administration Type Prefecture-level city City Seat ..
Yanchep, Western Australia
Yanchep is located 56 km north of Perth, Western Australia. During the 1980s the area was home to some popular tourist attractions including Atlantis Marine Park and the Sun City Marina. The nearby Yanchep National Park includes cave walks, koala displays, and the Loch McNess lake. Suburbs of th..
Yanchep National Park
Yanchep is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 42 km north of Perth. The park is noted for its caves, native bush and koala colonies. It also offers cultural educational programmes offered in partnership with the local Nyoongar aboriginal people. Fact sheet Area: 28 km²Coordinates: &..
Yanco, New South Wales
Yanco is a small town in the Local Government Area of Leeton in South Western New South Wales, Australia. Yanco is a Wiradjuri aboriginal language word meaning the sound of running water. Yanco is located three kilometres from Leeton along the Irrigation Way. Yanco is home to the Powerhouse Museum, ..
Yanco Agricultural High School
Yanco Agricultural High School is a major co-educational agricultural secondary school located in the small town of Yanco in the Local Government Area of Leeton in south western New South Wales. The school is one of four agricultural high schools in New South Wales which include Farrer Memorial Agri..
Yanco Powerhouse Museum
Yanco Powerhouse Museum is located at Binua Street in Yanco, New South Wales Australia. Yanco Powerhouse was built to supply power to the MIA (Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area) in 1913 and was decommissioned in 1957 when the Snowy Mountains Scheme was completed. ..
Yancy Butler
Yancy Butler (born July 2, 1970) is an American television and movie actress. She is the daughter of Joe Butler, drummer for the 1960 rock group The Lovin' Spoonful. Butler majored in liberal arts, graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 1991. Her first major role was in the television series M..
Yancy Street Gang
The Yancy Street Gang are a gang, consisting of both kids and now-adult members from an earlier generation, from Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four title, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. They first appeared in Fantastic Four #15, but had previously been mentioned in numbers 6, 8 and 11. The adult me..
Yandabo
Yandabo is a village on the Ayeyarwady River in central Myanmar. It gives its name to the Treaty of Yandaboo, signed in 1826. ..
Yanderra, New South Wales
Yanderra ([34°19′S 150°34′E]) is a small village in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wollondilly Shire. There are a number of orchards nearby. Its name come from an Aboriginal word for the turpentine tree. Yanderra is between Bargo and Yerinbool on Remembra..
Yandex
Yandex (Russian: ) is a Russian search engine and one of the biggest Russian Web portals. It has been online since 1997. Its name can be explained as "Yet Another iNDEXer" (yandex) or "Языко́вый (language) Index". Besides the Russian word "Я" is translated to the English pronoun "I", "Я..
Yandina
Yandina is the name of two cities: Yandina, Queensland, AustraliaYandina, Solomon Islands, in the Russell Islands This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point d..
Yandina, Queensland
Yandina ([26°33′S 152°57′E]) is a Sunshine Coast hinterland town on the Bruce Highway, approximately 110 kilometres north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its current claim to fame is in being a ginger town. It is the home to the Buderim Ginger Factory. Yandina has a population ..
Yandina, Solomon Islands
Yandina is a city on Mbanika Island in the Russell Islands, in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands. It is a port city, and an airport (ICAO code: AGGY, IATA code: XYA). The Yandina police station was the scene of one of the opening events of the ethnic tensions, where a group of men raided ..
Yandina railway station, Queensland
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Yandro
Yandro was a science fiction fanzine published from 1953-1986 by Buck and Juanita Coulson. Over that period, they published 259 issues, the final issue not being distributed until 1991. Yandro's content covered a broad spectrum of topics and the 'zine won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 1965. ..
Yandro Miguel Quintana
Yandro Miguel Quintana Rivalta (born January 30, 1980 in Ciego de Ávila) is a Cuban wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 60 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. ..
Yandusaurus
Yandusaurus was a genus of hypsilophodontid dinosaur of the Bathonian age (middle Jurassic, approximately 169 to 163 mya) of China. A fast-moving biped, Yandusaurus had four toes on each foot and five fingers on each hand. It was 1 m (3 ft) to 1.6 m (5 ft) in length, and around 0.3 m (1 ft) in hei..
Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz
Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz (born October 8, 1981) is a taekwondo silver medalist from Cuba in the Women's Under 49kg event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Diaz defeated Yaowapa Boorapolchai of Thailand in the quarter-finals and Euda Carias of Guatemala in the semifinals but was defeated in the fina..
Yanfolila
Children in Yanfolila, attending the celebration of the first internet connection in town Yanfolila is a town in the Sikasso Region of Mali. Yanfolila has been connected to the Internet since January 2005, thanks to a satellite connection. ..
Yang
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yang may refer to: One half of the two opposing forces in Chinese philosophy, yin and yangYang (surname), the romanisation transliteration of several different Chinese family names. e.g. Edward Zhong Zhong YangYang is Experiment 50..
Yang-Baxter equation
The Yang-Baxter equation is an equation which was first introduced in the field of statistical mechanics. It takes its name from independent work of C. N. Yang from 1968, and R. J. Baxter from 1982. Contents 1 Parameter-Dependent Yang-Baxter equation2 Parameter-Independent Yang-Baxter e..
Yang-en University
Yang-en University (仰恩大学) is a private university located in Quanzhou, Fujian, China. www.yeu.edu.cn ..
Yang-Yin 13
Yang-Yin 13 was a generic role-playing game created in the mid to late 90's. It is currently out of print. Gameplay Yang-Yin contains many elements of simulationist gaming. It attempts to combine real world measurements with the dramatic meta gaming style. Inspired by the Chinese Yin-Yang Symbo..
Yanga
Yanga can refer to several people or places: Gaspar Yanga, who is often referred to simply as Yanga, was a leader of a slave revolt in Spanish colonial MexicoYanga is the name of the settlement in Mexico founded by Gaspar Yanga and his followersYanga R. Fernández is an astronomer at the University..
Yanga R. Fernández
Yanga (Yan) Roland Fernández (June 10, 1971 – ) is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Hawaii. Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter. Born in Mississauga, Ontario, he grew up in New York City, Minneapolis, W..
Yangbajing tunnel
Coordinates: [30°02′30″N, 90°36′00″E] The Yangbajing tunnel is the longest tunnel of some 3,345-meters long of the Qingzang railway (Qinghai–Xizang railway) which links Mainland China with the Tibetan capital of Lhasa across the high plateau of north-east China. It is 4,264 me..
Yangban
The Yangban were a well educated scholarly class of male Confucian scholars who were part of the ruling elite within Korea prior to 1945 and the republics period of Korean history. The name yangban, literally "both classes," refers to two kind of classes it consists of: munban (문반;文班), the ..
Yangcheng Lake
Yangcheng Lake (}; }) is a freshwater lake about 3 kilometers northeast of the town of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province, China. It is the most famous area of origin for the Chinese mitten crabs which are a considered a delicacy. Yangchen lake is located between Lake Tai and the Yangtze River. It ..
Yangchuanosaurus
Yangchuanosaurus was a theropod dinosaur that lived in China during the Late Jurassic, and was similar in size and appearance to its North American contemporary, Allosaurus. It hails from the Upper Shaximiao Formation and was the largest predator in a landscape which included the sauropods Mamench..
Yangdong Village of Wolseong
Yangdong Village of Wolseong or Yangdong Folk Village is a traditional village from the Joseon Dynasty. The village is located in Gandong, sixteen kilometers northeast of Gyeongju, Gyeongsang, South Korea and lies along the Hyeongsang River. Mt. Seolchang stands to the north of the village. The v..
Yangebup, Western Australia
Yangebup is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Located in the City of Cockburn, the suburb takes its name from the nearby Yangebup Lake, and was approved as the name in 1977. The suburb is located 26 km from the Perth GPO. Suburbs of the City of Cockburn Atwell | Aubin Grove | Banjup | Beel..
Yangel' (crater)
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Yanggakdo Hotel
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Yanggakdo Stadium
Yanggakdo Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people and was opened in 1989. ..
Yanggeum
The yanggeum is a traditional Korean string instrument. It is a hammered dulcimer. Unlike other traditional Korean instruments (most of which have silk strings), the yanggeum has metal strings. It is played by striking the strings with a bamboo stick. See also YangqinHammered dulcimer Sources ht..
Yanggu County
Hangul: 양구군 Hanja: 楊口郡 Revised Romanization: Yanggu-gun McCune-Reischauer: Yanggu-gun Statistics Area: 700.8 km² Population: 24,027(2000) Pop. density: 34 people/km² Administrative divisions: 1 eup, 4 myeon Y..
Yangiyer
Yangiyer (Uzbek: , Russian: ), a city (1991 pop. 29.600) in Sirdaryo Province, Eastern Uzbekistan. It was established in 1957 as part of the grand Soviet project to cultivate the naturally-saline virgin lands of Golodnaya Steppe, a vast area of about 10,000 square kilometres in Eastern Uzbekistan..
Yangiyo‘l
Yangiyo‘l (also spelled as Yangiyul) is a city in Uzbekistan's Toshkent Province, 20km from the city of Tashkent. It has a population of about 60,000 people. Industry in the area includes textiles and paper. In recent years, the city has had an outbreak of HIV, most prevalent among users of inj..
Yangjae Station
Yangjae Station Revised Romanization Yangjae-yeok McCune-Reischauer Yangjae-yǒk Hangul 양재역 Hanja 良才驛 Yangjae Station (양재역) is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 3. Contents 1 Citizens' Forest2 Yangjae Stream3 Flower Market4 Costco Yangjae5..
Yangjiang
阳江市Yángjiāng Shì Administration Type Prefecture-level city City Seat ..
Yangju
Hangul: 양주시 Hanja: 楊州市 Revised Romanization: Yangju-si McCune-Reischauer: Yangju-si Statistics Area: 310.10 km² Population: 159,891 2004 [link] Pop. density: 515.6 people/km² Administrative divisions: 1..
Yangmei
Yangmei can mean: Yangmei (fruit)Yangmei, TaoyuanYangmei, Guangdong (杨梅), part of Gaoming county, Guangdong, China This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to po..
Yangmei, Taoyuan
Yangmei (}; }) is an urban township in southern Taoyuan County of the Republic of China. The traditional residents are Hakka people, Contents 1 Geography2 Transportation3 Industry4 Education Geography Yangmei is one of the three largest towns in Taoyuan. The center is on..
Yangmin
A class in Choson Korean that was lower than the chung’in, composed of peasants, commoners and the working class. ..
Yangmingshan
Yangminghan National Park ..
Yangminshan Administrative Bureau
Yangminshan Administrative Bureau was an administrative body set up in 1949 by the government of the Republic of China to administer what is now Shilin and Beitou districts in Taipei. ..
Yangon
Yangon (Burmese: , population 4,082,000 (2005 census), formerly Rangoon), is the largest city of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and its former capital. The city is located at the convergence of the Yangon and Bago Rivers, and is about 30 km (19 mi) away from the Gulf of Martaban. Yangon is located at 16�..
Yangon Airways
Yangon Airways is an airline based in Myanmar, offering regularly scheduled and chartered domestic services from Yangon and other cities. Contents 1 Code Data2 History3 Destinations4 Fleet5 External links Code Data IATA Code: HK History Yangon Airways was established in ..
Yangon Division
Yangon Division is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is bordered by Bago Division in the north and east, the Gulf of Mottama in the south, and Ayeyarwady Division in the west. Yangon Division is situated between latitude 16° 20' north and 17° 50' north and longitudes 95° 45' east and 96�..
Yangon International Airport
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Yangon River
The Yangon River (also known as Rangoon River or Hlaing River) is an estuary that runs from Yangon to the Andaman Sea. The channel is navigable by ocean-going vessels and is thus plays a critical role in the economy of Myanmar. ..
Yangon Technological University
Yangon Technological University or the Yangon Institute of Technology (YIT) is also known as RIT (Rangoon Institute of Technology). It was the first engineering university in Myanmar. Located in Gyogone, Insein, Yangon, it offers a B.E. Engineering degree, and Masters and Doctorate programs. Afte..
Yangon University
Yangon University (also known as University of Yangon; formerly Rangoon Arts and Sciences University) is the oldest and most well-known university in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Contents 1 History1.1 Diamond Jubilee2 Campus3 Programmes4 Notable alumni5 Notes6 Ex..
Yangpachen
Yangpachen or Yangbajing, is a Tibetan town approximately 87 kilometers (54 miles) north-west of Lhasa, halfway to Damxung in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The town lies in an upland lush green valley surrounded by the tents of Nomads with grazing yak and sheep populating the hillside. The ..
Yangpu District
Yangpu District (杨浦区), meaning "Willow Bank", is one of the 19 districts in Shanghai. It is located in the northeast of Shanghai, bordering the Huangpu River on the east and south, Hongkou District on the west and Baoshan District in the north. The southern part of Yangpu District is only 4 km..
Yangpyeong County
Hangul: 양평군 Hanja: 楊平郡 Revised Romanization: Yangpyeong-gun McCune-Reischauer: Yangp'yŏng-gun Statistics Area: 878.21 km² Population: 83,367 2003 registration Pop. density: 94.9 people/km² Administrative divis..
Yangqin
The trapezoidal yangqin (揚琴; pinyin yángqín) is a Chinese hammered dulcimer originally from the Middle East (namely the Arabian Peninsula and Persia (modern-day Iran)). It used to be written with the characters 洋琴 (lit. "foreign zither"), but the first character changed to 揚 (also pron..
Yangquan
Yangquan is a prefecture-level city in the Shanxi province of China. As of 1998, it was estimated to have a population of around 450,000 people. Twinned Cities Chesterfield, UK ..
Yangquan No. 1 Prison
Yangquan No. 1 Prison is a prison in Yinying Town in Shanxi province of China. It is one of the largest prisons. It was founded in 1952. It is connected to Yinying Coal Mine, said to be a forced labour mine, which produces 1.38 million tonnes of high grad antracite per year. In 1992 it housed 7000 i..
Yangra
Yangra (Ganesh I) is the highest peak of the Ganesh Himal, which is a subrange of the Himalayan range. Although not an 8000m peak, and little visited, it enjoys great vertical relief over the nearby valleys. Location Yangra, and the entire Ganesh Himal, lie between the Budhi Gandaki and Tri..
Yangsan
Hangul: 양산시 Hanja: 梁山市 Revised Romanization: Yangsan-si McCune-Reischauer: Yangsan-si Statistics Area: 484.16 km² Population: 212,845October 2004 registration [link] Pop. density: 439.6 people/km² Adminis..
Yangsanjab
Yangsanjab, Prince Öndür, was a Mongol prince of Khorchin Left Wing Middle Banner in southeastern Mongolia. He struggled against Chinese colonization of Mongolia. Unlike Ghada Meyiren, he rarely comes under the spotlight, probably because he was from the ruling class and unfit for the Marxist fram..
Yangsan College
Yangsan College is a private college located in Yangsan City, South Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It offers courses of study in fields including tourism, information technology, and automotive mechanics. See also List of colleges and universities in South KoreaList of Korea-related topicsEd..
Yangshao culture
The Yangshao culture (}; }) was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the central Yellow River in China. The Yangshao culture is dated from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC. The culture is named after Yangshao, the first excavated representative village of this culture, which was discovered in..
Yangshuo
The town of Yangshuo from a nearby karst peak. The Li river can be seen in the background. The visible pollution exists at most times. Yangshuo (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a small town in Guilin, Guangxi Province, China, and the seat of Yangshuo County. Surro..
Yangtze Insurance Building
The Yangtze Insurance is a 7 floor building in Shanghai and was completed from 1920s. It was built by architects P & T Architects Limited (Palmer and Turner). Reference [Buildings of the Bund] The Bund, Shanghai Asia Building | Shanghai Club | Union Building | Nissin Building | Chin..
Yangtze Patrol
The Yangtze River The Yangtze Patrol, part of the US Navy's Asiatic Squadron, existed under various names between 1854 and 1941. Under the "unequal treaties", the United States, Japan, and various European powers were allowed to cruise China's rivers and coastal waters, protecting their cit..
Yangtze Plain
The Yangtze Plain (Wade-Giles Ch'ang Chiang P'ing-yüan; Pinyin Chang Jiang Pingyuan is made up of a series of alluvial plains of along the Yangtze River and its major tributaries. The Yangtze Plain starts east of I-ch'ang (Hupeh province), China. The Middle Yangtze Plain is made up of parts of th..
Yangtze River
Afternoon light on the jagged grey mountains rising from the Yangtze River gorge The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America. The name Yangtze River, as well as various similar names..
Yangtze River Delta
Yangtze River Delta The Yangtze River Delta (Chinese 长江三角洲/長江三角洲 chángjiāng sānjiǎozhōu) or Yangtze Delta, generally comprises the triangular-shaped territory of Shanghai, southern Jiangsu province and northern Zhejiang province. The area lies at the heart of the regio..
Yangtze River Express
Yangtze River Express Airlines Company Limited (扬子江快运航空有限公司, or 扬子江快运 for short) is a cargo airline based in China. Established on 15 January 2003 as the second cargo airline in the country after China Cargo Airlines [link], it was majority owned by the Hain..
Yangtze Service Medal
Front and reverse of Yangtze Service Medal The Yangtze Service Medal is a decoration of the United States military which was created in 1930 for presentation to members of the U.S. Navy and United States Marine Corps. The Yangtze Service Medal is awarded for service in the Yangtze River Vall..
Yangudi Rassa National Park
Yangudi Rassa National Park is one of the National Parks of Ethiopia. Located in the Afar Region, its 5000 square kilometers of territory include Mount Yangudi and the surrounding Rassa Plains. This national park was proposed in 1977, but the steps needed to officially establish this park have not ..
Yangwon of Goguryeo
King Yangwon of Goguryeo (?-559, r. 545-559) was the 24th ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the eldest son of King Anwon. He was confirmed as heir to the throne in 533, the third year of King Anwon's reign. Although he was the heir, it is said that the ..
Yangyang County
Hangul: 양양군 Hanja: 襄陽郡 Revised Romanization: Yangyang-gun McCune-Reischauer: Yangyang-gun Statistics Area: 628.68 km² Population: 30,141(2000) Pop. density: 50 people/km² Administrative divisions: 1 eup, 5 myeon ..
Yangyang International Airport
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Yangzhou
扬州市Yángzhōu Shì Administration Type Prefecture-level city City Seat --> Subtropical monsoon climate with humid changeable wind; longer winters for about 4 months, summers 3 months and shorter springs and autumns, 2 months respectively; frost-free period of 222 days and annual av..
Yang (surname)
Yang is the transliteration of Chinese family name 楊/杨, also spelt as Yeung, which is 6th largest number of people with this surname in Mainland China. It can also be the transliteration of a very rare Chinese family name 羊, which is the chinese character for Goat or Sheep. Other v..
Yang Ang
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Yang Bo
Yang Bo (born September 8, 1973) is a Chinese gymnast. She is known for her work on the balance beam for which she created a move known as the "Yang Bo", which is rated as a D element in the Code of Points. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, placing 25th in the all-around. Her greatest accom..
Yang Buzhi
Yang Buzhi was born in 1098 in Qingjiang, Jiangxi Province, in China. He died in 1167. He is regarded as a master of ink paintings of plum blossoms in the Song Dynasty, and developed techniques which influenced later painters. He "resolved the depiction of flowering plum into a linear system buil..
Yang Chen
Yang Chen (Chinese: 楊晨; born January 17, 1974 in Beijing, China) is a professional football player. In 1997 he left Chinese club Beijing Guoan for Eintracht Frankfurt, then of the Bundesliga. Frankfurt were relegated, and following their failure the following year to reach promotion, Yang trans..
Yang Chengfu
Yang Chengfu, 1933 Yang Chengfu (Hanyu Pinyin), or Yang Ch'eng-fu (Wade-Giles) ( 楊澄甫, 1883-1936) is historically considered the best known teacher of the soft style martial art of Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan). His direct descendents, the many students he taught and their st..
Yang Chien-hou
Yang Chien-hou was the younger son of the founder of Yang style T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Yang Lu-ch'an, and a well known teacher of the soft style martial art of T'ai Chi Ch'uan in late Qing dynasty China. Yang Chien-hou's older brother, Yang Pan-hou, was the senior of Chien-hou's generation, and also an ..
Yang Chou
Yang Chou (????-????) an officer of Zhang Yang. When Zhang Yang came to ask for the assistance of Lu Bu, Yang Chou killed him out of fear, and joined up with Cao Cao. At one time, Yang Chou attempted to offer the decapitated head of his deceased lord to that of Cao Cao, but ended up getting killed b..
Yang Chu
Yang Chu (370-319 BC), was allegedly a Chinese hedonistic philosopher. An early alternative to Confucian thought, Yang Chu's surviving arguments, perhaps corrupt, appear primarily in one chapter of the Lieh Tzu. In Lieh Tzu it is said that Yang Chu believed that self-preservation, or "wei-wo", is ..
Yang Chuan-Kwang
Yang Chuan-Kuang, or C.K. Yang, is a former Olympic decathlete from Taiwan. Known as the "Iron Man of Asia," Yang won the gold for Taiwan in decathlon at the 1954 Asian Games. His most memorable competition was a duel with his friend and fellow UCLA schoolmate Rafer Johnson at the 1960 Summer Olym..
Yang Chuantang
Yang Chuantang is the Communist Party of China [CPC] Committee Secretary for the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. ..
Yang Chun
Yang Chun(杨春) is a character in the Water Margin. Yang Chun was from Jieliang Prefecture in Puzhou. He had long and skinny arms and lean frame, but he possessed great strength and used a long sabre in combat, thus earning him the nickname 'White-spotted snake'(白花蛇). Yang Chun was one of ..
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Flag of the Supreme Head of Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a Malay title usually translated as "Supreme Head", "Supreme Ruler" or "Paramount Ruler", is the official title of the constitutional head of state of the federation of Malaysia. The position is often categorized as "King" in Englis..
Yang di-Pertuan Besar
In Malay, Yang di-Pertuan Besar is literally "He Who Is Made Great" or "Great Ruler". This is a royal title In Malaysia The elected monarch of the state of Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia, himself one of the electors of the federal Yang di-Pertuan Agong.Other historical figures, especially*monarchs o..
Yang di-Pertuan Negara
Yang di-Pertuan Negara is a title in Malay that was means "Head of State", and is was used as an official title at various times in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Singapore In 1959, following revisions to the Constitution, which granted Singapore internal self-government, the ceremonial post of Ya..
Yang di-Pertua Negeri
Yang di-Pertua Negeri, literally the "head of state" in Malay, is the title of the largely symbolic state Governors of the Malaysian states of Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak, who are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or King of Malaysia. Before 1976, the heads of state of Penang, Malacca a..
Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak
Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak is the title of the largely symbolic state Governor of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, who are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or King of Malaysia. List of Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak Name Took Office Left Office Tun Abang Haji Openg 1963 1969 T..
Yang Fang Leiden
Yang Fang Leiden is a fictional, playable character from the Square Co., Ltd. RPG Final Fantasy IV. He is a very composed man who serves as the High Monk of Fabul. From a young age, Yang trained intensively until he became the most powerful martial artist among his peers. Despite his high positi..
Yang Feng
Yang Feng a notable cavalry commander of the late years of the Han Dynasty. During the beginning years of the coalition against Dong Zhuo, Yang Feng was a general under that of Li Jue. However, Yang Feng soon on abandoned Li Jue and became independent. Following the escape of Emperor Xian from Chang..
Yang Fu
Yang Fu a notable tactician of Liang, that at one time revolted against Ma Chao, which ultimately drove him off along with the help of Xiahou Yuan. Following the event of Cao Zhen's army finding much trouble at Chang Yu, by meeting a large army under Shu, Yang Fu was the one who advised that advised..
Yang Ge
Yang Ge (秧歌) is a style of celebration dance very popular in the countryside of Manchuria, China. Dancers typically use a red silk ribbon around the waist and swing the body to music. In different areas Yang Ge are done in different styles but all express happiness. The origins Yang Ge are uncle..
Yang Guifei
Yang Guifei (楊貴妃 "Secondary-consort Yang") (June 1, 719 — July 15, 756), born Yang Yuhuan (楊玉環), was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. She was the beloved consort of the Xuanzong emperor. She was killed (together with her sisters and her cou..
Yang Guo
The fictional character Yang Guo (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ) is the protagonist in the 1959 Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jinyong. One of the best-loved characters in writer Louis Cha's list of fictional heroes, Yang Guo came to epitomize yout..
Yang Guozhong
Yang Guozhong (楊國忠 Pinyin: yang2 guo2 zhong1) (d. July 15, 756) was an official who achieved high rank due to his relation with Emperor-Consort Yang Guifei. Yang Zhao (楊釗) was her distant cousin, a gambler and a wastrel, though not without political cunning. He received the given name Gu..
Yang Hao
Yang Hao (杨昊; b. 21 March 1980) is a Chinese volleyball player. Yang currently plays club ball for Liaoning, and has played for the national team during many of its recent successes. External links [Profile at Liaoning Women's Volleyball Homepage] ..
Yang Hong
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Yang Hsiung
Yang Xiong (Yang Hsiung) lived from 53 BC. to 18 AD. He was a Chinese Daoist, poet, and author. His views were materialist. He didn't believe human nature was inherently good as Mencius had written, nor inherently bad as Xunzi had written, but came into existence as a mixture of both. His works incl..
Yang Hu
Yang Hu (羊祜) (221-278), courtesy name Shuzi (叔子), was a Jin Dynasty (265-420) general whose great advocacy for plans to conquer the Eastern Wu finally persuaded Emperor Wu to carry them out, but he would not live to see the plans implemented. He was known for his humility and foresight. Bo..
Yang Hu-ch'eng
Yang Hu-ch'eng (d. October 1949) was a Chinese warlord and Nationalist general during the Chinese Civil War. A bandit of unknown origins, Yang Hu-ch'eng had become a popular warlord of Shensi Provence (Shaanxi) by 1926. Following the defeat of Feng Yu-hsiang and Yen Hsi-shan's rebellion in 1930, Y..
Yang Huai
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Yang Huangming
Dr. Huanming Yang is a professor and the director of the Beijing Genomics Institute, at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China. Yang has a PhD from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and did his post-doctoral trainings in Europe (at CIML, INSERM/CNRS, Marseille, France, 1988–90) an..
Yang Hui
Yang Hui (楊輝, c. 1238 - c. 1298) was a Chinese mathematician who worked on magic squares and binomial theorem. One contribution of him is "Yang Hui's Triangle" which is the same as Pascal's Triangle, discovered independently. External links [Yang Hui at MacTutor] ..
Yang Huimin
redirect[[Template:Portal]] Yang Huimin (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}) was a Girl Guide during the battle of Shanghai who supplied a Republic of China flag and brought supplies to besieged defenders of the Sihang Warehouse. Her actions proved inspiring to the defenders, who flew ..
Yang Jian
Yang Jian can refer to: Erlang Shen, the mythological Chinese GodEmperor Wen of Sui, founder and first emperor of China's Sui Dynasty, Although both subjects can be referred by the romanized name Yang Jian, the Chinese characters for both subjects differ markedly. This is a [disambiguationdis..
Yang Jiang
Yang Jiang (Traditional Chinese:楊絳), born 1911 as Yang Jikang (杨季康), is a Chinese playwright, author, and translator. She has written several successful comedies, and is the first person to produce a complete Chinese version of Don Quixote from the Spanish original. Widow of the scholar-n..
Yang Jianli
Yang Jianli (Traditional Chinese: 楊建利, Simplified: 杨建利) is a Chinese dissident with U.S. residency. Yang Jianli, a Tiananmen Square activist in 1989, came to the United States, earned two Ph.D.s (Ph.D., Political Economy, Harvard University and Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Californi..
Yang Jiye
Yang Jiye or Yang Ye (楊繼業/楊業) (?-986 AD) was a general in Later Han Dynasty and Northern Song Dynasty military persona and strategist. ..
Yang Jun
This article is part ofthe War of the Eight Princesseries. Eight Princes Sima Liang Sima Wei Sima Lun Sima Jiong Sima Ai Sima Ying Sima Yong Sima Yue Other key figures Emperor Hui Emperor Huai Empress Yang Zhi Empress Jia Nanfeng Empress Yang Xianrong ..
Yang Kaihui
Yáng Kāihuì (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; courtesy name: Yúnjǐn 云锦; 1901 – November 14, 1930) was the second wife of Mao Zedong from 1920 to 1927. She was born in Bancang village, Changsha, Hunan and was the daughter of Yang Changji, head of the Hunan First Normal Sc..
Yang Kang
Yang Kang is a character from Jin Yong's book, The Legend of the Condor Heroes. He was the sworn brother of Guo Jing and the father of Yang Guo. Yang Kang was also a disciple of Mei Chaofeng and Quanzhen priest Qiu Chuji. His biological father was Yang Tiexin and mother Bao Xiruo. He was known as W..
Yang Kui
Yang Kui 楊逵 (also Yang K'uei, 1906-1985) was a prominent writer in Taiwan's Japanese colonial period. He was imprisoned by the Kuomintang government from 1949 to 1961. His most famous work is The Newspaper Man 送報夫. Written in Japanese, it is the story of a young Taiwanese student struggli..
Yang Lee
Yang Lee in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. Yang Lee　(リー・ヤン Lee Yang) is a video game character from the Street Fighter fighting game series. Contents 1 Appearance2 Story3 Trivia4 See also Appearance Yang bears a striking resemblance to Trowa Barton from Gu..
Yang Lian
Yang Lian (杨炼) is a Chinese poet associated with the Misty Poets (朦胧诗) and also with the Searching for Roots school. He was born in Switzerland in 1955 and raised in Beijing, where he attended primary school. His education was interrupted by the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution after ..
Yang Lin
Yang Lin(杨林) is a character in the Water Margin. Yang Lin was from Zhangdefu. He had a round head, large ears, straight nose and squarish mouth, beautiful eyes and a narrow waist with broad shoulders. He was often armed with an iron spear and was nicknamed 'Multi-coloured leopard'(锦豹子). ..
Yang Liping
Yang Liping is the director, choreographer and star of a show called "Dynamic Yunnan" that is drawing sellout crowds all over China. She is expected to travel to Europe and the United States in 2005. External links and references [The Peacock Princess of China] "Ever since Yang Liping won..
Yang Liu
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Yang Liwei
Yáng Lìwěi (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ) (born June 21, 1965) is a taikonaut of the People's Republic of China. He was the first man sent into outer space by the space program of China, and his mission, Shenzhou 5, made the PRC only the third country to independently send peop..
Yang Lu-ch'an
Yang Lu-ch'an or Yang Luchan, 楊露禪, also known as Yang Fu-k'ui (楊福魁) (1799-1872), born in Kuang-p'ing (Guangping), was an influential teacher of the soft style martial art known as T'ai Chi Ch'uan in China during the second half of the 19th century, known as the founder of Yang style T'..
Yang Manchun
Yang Manchun is the name given to the Goguryeo commander of Ansi Castle in the 640s. Ansi Castle was located on the Goguryeo-Chinese border, probably not far from modern-day Liaoyang. Yang is sometimes credited with saving the kingdom by his refusal to surrender the castle to invading Tang forces. ..
Yang Ming
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation is an ocean shipping company based in Taiwan. It was founded in 1972. It currently operates 74 vessels, including container ships, bulk carriers, ore/coal carriers, and supertankers. The Yang Ming Group includes a logistics unit and other services. ..
Yang Neumann
Yang Neumann is a fictional character in the Macross universe. He is a character in the anime show Macross Plus, where he is the chief engineer of the Shinsei Industries' YF-19 in the Project Super Nova History A brilliant variable fighter designer and a genius hacker at only sixteen, Yang is a t..
Yang Pan-hou
Yang Pan-hou (Yang Banhou, 楊班侯, 1837-1890) was an influential teacher of T'ai Chi Ch'uan in Ch'ing dynasty China. He was the senior son of Yang Lu-ch'an to survive to adulthood. Like his father, he was retained as a martial arts instructor by the Chinese Imperial family. He eventually became..
Yang Pu (footballer)
Yang Pu (born 30 March, 1978 in Beijing) is a Chinese football player. He plays for Beijing Guoan. He plays for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. ..
Yang Qiu
Yang Qiu known as one of the "8 knights". Yang Qiu was the one that sent an emissary of peace to Cao Cao through Ma Chao's persuasion. However, after he knew of Han Sui falling out of the forces under Ma Chao, Yang Qiu decided to join Cao Cao as well. After the Battle of Tong Gate was over, with the..
Yang Ruifu
Yang Ruifu (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}), courtesy name Jieqing, was a Chinese military officer. Born in 1902 in Jinghai County, Tianjin, he joined the National Revolutionary Army in 1921, assigned the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division. He rose through the ranks from squad, plat..
Yang Seo Won
Yang Seo Won Co, Ltd. (hangul:양서원) is a Korea's publishing house company. established in 1992. headquartered in Munbal-Ri Gyoha-Eup Paju Gyeonggido, Seogyo-Dong Seongbuk-Gu Seoul, Korea. It is psychology, education, science, handicap, welfare, culture, job, work, advocate publishing products. ..
Yang Shangkun
Yang Shangkun PinyinYáng Shàngkūn Simplified Chinese杨尚昆 Traditional Chinese楊尚昆 Order:2nd President Term of Office:April 8, 1988–March 27 1993 Predecessor:Li Xiannian Successor:Jiang Zemin Date of Birth:1907 Date of Death:September 14, 1998 Place of Birth: Tongnan, Sichuan, C..
Yang Shao-hou
Yang Shaohou 楊少侯 (1862-1930) along with Yang Chengfu 楊澄甫 (1883-1936) represent the third generation of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 楊氏太極拳. Although Yang Shaohou studied Tai Chi Chuan from his father Yang Jianhou 楊健候 (1839–1917), it is said that he mainly learnt from hi..
Yang Shou-chung
Yang Shou-Chung, The eldest son of Yang Ch'eng-Fu (from his first marriage) began training in his family's style at age 8. His training in the traditional family style of Tai Chi Ch’uan, which would be considered brutal by today’s standards. By age 14 he had begun to work with his father as a t..
Yang Shuo
Yang Shuo (}; }; April 28 1913, Penglai, Shandong Province - August 3, 1968) was a Chinese lyricist and essayist who produced over a hundred works. He committed suicide during the Cultural Revolution by overdose on sedatives. ..
Yang Song
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Yang style Tai Chi Chuan
Yang style (楊氏) T'ai Chi Ch'uan in its many variations is the most popular and widely practised style in the world today and the second in terms of seniority among the primary five family styles of T'ai Chi. The Yang family first became involved in the study of T'ai Chi in the early 1800s. Th..
Yang Tae Young
Yang Tae Young (born July 8, 1980, Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean 2004 Olympic medalist in artistic gymnastics. Yang made his World Gymnastics Championships debut in 2001, competing with the eighth-place South Korean team in Ghent. He also participated in the 2003 Worlds in Anaheim, where h..
Yang Ti-liang
Yang Ti Liang (楊鐵樑) (born 1929 in Shanghai, China) is a retired judge in Hong Kong and a former Chief Justice of Hong Kong (1988-1996). He was the first ethnic Chinese to hold the office under British colonial rule. Yang was born in Shanghai, into an old, wealthy and influential family. His ..
Yang Wanli
Yang Wanli or Yang Wan-Li (楊萬里) was a Chinese poet, (1127–1206) born in Jishui, Jiangxi. He was one of the "four masters" of Song Dynasty poetry. Written during the final exile of the Song to Hangzhou, the poems celebrate the beauties and mysteries of nature, flora and fauna, much as the f..
Yang Wei
Two Chinese athletes have their names romanized as Yang Wei. See: Yang Wei (badminton player)Yang Wei (gymnast) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point dir..
Yang Wei (badminton)
Gold medal Badminton Women's doubles Yang Wei (Simplified Chinese: 杨维, pinyin: Yáng Wéi) (born 13 January 1979 in Guangdong province) is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Yang competed for China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in wome..
Yang Wei (gymnast)
Yang Wei (Simplified Chinese: 杨威, pinyin: Yáng Wēi) (born February 8 1980 in Xiantao, Hubei province) is a male gymnast from China. He earned a silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics behind the great Alexei Nemov as well as a gold medal with his team. In 2003 he won the gold medal with his..
Yang Wen-li
Yang Wen-li is a character in Legend of the Galactic Heroes. ..
Yang Wenhui
Yang Wenhui (Traditional Chinese: 楊文會; Simplified Chinese: 杨文会; Hanyu Pinyin: Yáng Wénhùi; Wade-Giles: Yang Wenhui; 1837-1911) was a Chinese lay Buddhist reformer who has been called "The Father of the Modern Buddhist Renaissance". His courtesy name was Rénshān (仁山). He was a ..
Yang Wenjun
Yang Wenjun, born 25 December 1983 in Sichuan province, is a Chinese flatwater canoer. He won the Canadian canoe C-2 500m gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics with partner Meng Guanliang - China's first-ever Olympic medal in the sport. Yang's first major international success came at the 2002 ..
Yang Xianyi
Yang Xianyi (Chinese: , Wade Giles: Yang Hsien-yi), a Chinese translator of literature into English, was, along with his wife Gladys, responsible for some of the most frequently read English translations of Chinese literature of the 20th century, through his work for the Foreign Languages Press. One..
Yang Xianyin
Yang Xianyin (Traditional Chinese:楊憲益), born 1915, is a Chinese translator, known for rendering many ancient, and a few modern, Chinese classics into English, including Dream of the Red Chamber. Born into a wealthy banker family, he was sent to Oxford to study Classics in 1936. There he marri..
Yang Xinhai
Yang Xinhai (Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ; 1965–4 February 2004) was one of the worst serial killers in China's history. He confessed to killing 65 people in central China from 1999 to 2003. At night, he would enter his victims' homes, and kill everyone inside with axes, meat cleavers ..
Yang Xiong
Yang Xiong(杨雄) is a character in the Water Margin. Yang was good-looking, and had flowery tatoos all over his body. He had thick eyebrows, phoenix-like eyes and a few strands of beard. He resembled Guan Suo, the 3rd son of Guan Yu, but was paler in complexion than Guan Suo so his was nicknamed ..
Yang Xiu
Yang Xiu was an officer of Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period of China, the son of esteemed Han dynasty officer Yang Biao and a nephew of the powerful warlord Yuan Shao. He was executed by Cao Cao in 218 AD because of a misunderstanding of Cao Cao's orders (when he interpreted a night signal..
Yang Xiuqing
Yang Xiuqing (Chinese 杨秀清, Wade-Giles Yang Hsiu-Ch'ing), (died September 2/3, 1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion. The Taiping Rebellion was a massive insurrection against the government of China launched in the 1850s. Led by a charismatic convert to Christianity,..
Yang Xuanzhi
Yang Xuanzhi (Chinese:楊衒之) was a Chinese writer and translator of Mahayana Buddhist texts into the Chinese language, during the 6th century, under the Northern Wei Dynasty. He wrote "Stories About Buddhist Temples in Luoyang" (Chinese: [洛陽伽藍#..
Yang Xuefei
Yang Xuefei Yang Xuefei (杨雪霏, surname Yang) is an award-winning Chinese classical guitarist born in Beijing, China in 1977. Contents 1 Early years2 Further education3 Awards4 Performances5 Quotes6 External links6.1 Audio and video Early years Yang be..
Yang Yan
Yang Yan (Chinese 杨炎, Wade-Giles Yang Yen), (727-781) was an 8th century minister and reformer of the Tang dynasty Emperor Dezong. Yang served for less than two years. Dezo