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3 unusual facts about Taizhou


Luo Binwang

The red rice from Hailing 海陵, in modern Taizhou, Jiangsu will fill the storage, and as the yellow flag rises from the banks of the Yangtze, how distant can the Restoration be?

Nanjing–Qidong Railway

The railway serves several cities located between Nanjing and Nantong, in particular Yangzhou, Taizhou, and Hai'an.

Wu Jiaji

Wu was from Taizhou, Jiangsu, an area already known for radical intellectualism.


Guangzhouwan

Just prior to the Japanese surrender which ended World War II, the National Revolutionary Army, having recaptured Liuzhou, Guilin, and Taizhou, as well as Lashio and Mandalay in Burma, was planning to launch a large-scale assault on Kwangchowan; however, due to the end of the war, the assault never materialised.

Huangyan District

In 1994, Taizhou City was upgraded to a prefecture-level city, correspondingly Huangyan City was amalgamated in Taizhou City, and divided into two districts as Huangyan and Luqiao.

Jiangyan District

The Baima Temple (Chinese: 白马庙, meaning white horse temple) in Jiangyan (now in Taizhou) is the birthplace of the Navy of the People's Liberation Army.

The philosophy and one of the founders of 'Taizhou clique', Wang Dong (王栋) had been teaching in Jiangyan for decades, and his teaching place, Wanggong Temple ("王公祠") is now preserved as a museum.

Jintang Island

In 27 March 2008, there has been an accident involving a Taizhou freighter that hit the bridge construction site.

Taizhou high school

He graduated from Taizhou senior high school in 1959, and then went to Tsinghua University for further study.


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