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unusual facts about Shaanxi Province



Bai Qi

Born in Mei (now Mei County in Shaanxi Province), as commander of the Qin army for more than 30 years, Bai Qi was responsible for the deaths of a total over 890,000 enemy soldiers, earning him the nickname Ren Tu (人屠 human butcher).

Caesium-137

In 2009, a Chinese cement company (in Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province) was demolishing an old, unused cement plant and did not follow standards for handling radioactive materials.

Dou Xian

A native of modern-day Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, he was part of the powerful Dou clan which dominated court politics during his tenure.

Magnesium trisilicate

On March 12, 2007, Chinese health authorities seized and halted the use of magnesium trisilicate at Shaanxi Province KFC franchises, suspecting it to be a possible carcinogen.

Meng Huo You

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chinese historian Ban Gu recorded in the geography section of his Book of Han that a flammable liquid substance are found in the Gao Nu County, located in the northeast portion of present day Shaanxi Province.


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Caoyun system

Duke Mu of Qin despatched a large fleet of ships manned by Corvée labour from his capital at Yong (雍) in modern day Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province.

China National Highway 307

China National Highway 307 (G307) runs west from Qikou, Hebei towards Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, and ends in Yinchuan, Ningxia.

Chinese pagoda

This includes the two Ming Dynasty pagodas of Famen Temple and the Chongwen Pagoda in Jingyang of Shaanxi Province.

Huxian Airport

Huxian Airport is an airport, located about 15 miles south-southwest of Xianyang (Shaanxi Province) in the People’s Republic of China.

Jiefang Daily

After Shanghai was taken over by the People's Liberation Army from the Kuomintang government, the newspaper started publication on May 28, 1949 by continuing to use the name of the central government's former Party newspaper Jiefang Daily published in the communist base Yan'an in northern Shaanxi Province.

Lantian Man

Remnants of Lantian Man (called Lantian Ren; 蓝田人 in Chinese) were found in Lantian County (蓝田县; pinyin: Lántián Xiàn), in China's northwestern Shaanxi province, approximately 50 km southeast of the city of Xi'an.

Magi

These figurines, which are dated circa 8th century BC, were discovered during a 1980 excavation of a Zhou Dynasty palace in Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province.

Sverre Holth

In early 1941 he had a weakened condition and fled westward over the Yellow River to Shenmue in Shaanxi province, where he created a new mission.

Wang Bao

The actual Ganquan palace was located in what is now Chunhua County, of Xianyang region, Shaanxi province, China: the site of its remains are one of the Major National Historical and Cultural Sites of Shaanxi.

Wang Baoshan

While Wang Baoshan was born in Pingyi, Shandong his family would move to Baoji in Shaanxi to see him graduate to the senior team of the Shaanxi Province football club by the 1980 Chinese league season.

Weinan North Railway Station

The Weinan North Railway Station(渭南北站) is a railway station of Zhengxi Passenger Railway that located in Linwei District of Weinan city in Shaanxi province, China.

Workers' Party of Korea

The Yanan faction, led first by Mu Chong and then by Kim Tu-bong and Choe Chang-ik, were those Korean exiles who had lived in China's Shaanxi province and joined the Communist Party of China whose regional headquarters were at Yan'an.

Yanan

Yan'an, Chinese city in Shaanxi province, which was the Communist Party's capital from 1936 to 1948