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7 unusual facts about Wuwei


Gulang County

It is part of the Wuwei prefecture, with the city of the same name being the prefecture seat.

Liangzhou District

It is part of the Wuwei prefecture, with the city of the same name being the prefectural seat.

Ma Buqing

Liangzhou District in Wuwei was previously his headquarters in Gansu, where he controlled 15 million Muslims.

Shiyang River

Agricultural oases are distributed in the Shiyang River catchment, with Wuwei being the main city of this region.

The catchment area of the Shiyang River covers about 41,600 km2, most of which lies within today's Wuwei prefecture-level city of the Gansu Province.

Wuwei

Wu wei (无为), idea evolving from Confucianism and tenet of Taoism philosophically describing the right way of action

Zhang Zuo

The news leaked, however, and Zhang Guan turned his army against the capital Guzang (姑臧, in modern Wuwei, Gansu).


Princess Meng

If it was Princess Meng, then she died in the Northern Wei capital Pingcheng (平城, in modern Datong, Shanxi) after Juqu Mujian's capital Guzang (姑臧, in modern Wuwei, Gansu) had fallen to Northern Wei forces and he had been taken captive, but she was still buried with honors due a princess.

Princess Tuoba

In 439, Emperor Taiwu conquered Northern Liang, and took Juqu Mujian as a captive to the Northern Wei capital Pingcheng (平城, in modern Datong, Shanxi), but because of Princess Wuwei's sake, continued to honor Juqu Mujian as a brother-in-law with the title Prince of Hexi.

Wei Daijia

At that time, Tufan posed a serious threat to Tang's western prefectures, and Emperor Gaozong made his son Li Xian the Prince of Pei nominally the commandant at Liang Prefecture (涼州, roughly modern Wuwei, Gansu) and made Wei his military advisor.


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