X-Nico

unusual facts about Xian


Underground Project 131

The Project 131 site is located in the Gaoqiao Township (高桥镇) of the Xian'an District of the Xianning prefecture-level city in Hubei Province.


A Mobile Love Story

A Mobile Love Story (Simplified Chinese: 爱情占线; pinyin: Ai Qing Zhan Xian) is a twenty-one episode Chinese Romance Idol Drama starring Taiwanese heartthrob Wallace Huo and Mainland singer-actress Han Xue with Singapore superstars Christopher Lee and Yvonne Lim.

Bange

Baingoin County (Chinese: 班戈县; Pinyin transliteration: Bāngé Xiàn), in Tibet Autonomous Region, PRC

Battle of Ikh Bayan

Dou Xian brought the main body of his troops in triumphal progress north to the Khangai Mountains, west of present day Kharkhorin.

Changzhou No. 2 High School

Ancient monument corridor, Rong ci Pavilion and Jin xian Lane exemplify traditional history and culture.

Circle-Vision 360°

A system substantially similar is in use at the site of the Terracotta Army exhibit at Xian, China.

Distorted Music Festival

2005: Architect, Black Lung, Cambion, Converter, the Crystalline Effect, Defused Fusion, Delta of Venus, Enduser, EPA, Jetlag, Killjoy, Maladroit, Mechanised Convulsions, Mono No Aware, the Mutagen Server, Noistruct, n0nplus, Null Hypothesis, Scorn, Vespine, Xian.

Dong Zhuo

In 190, Dong deposed Emperor Shao and replaced him with the Prince of Chenliu, who became known as Emperor Xian.

Eberhard Knobloch

Since 1999 he has been a regular guest professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xian, China.

Eight Immortals

Derived from this, the Chinese proverb "The Eight Immortals cross the sea, each reveals its divine power" (八仙過海,各顯神通 ~, gè xiǎn shén tōng) indicates the situation that everybody shows off their skills and expertise to achieve a common goal.

Ge Fuyuan

Ge Fuyuan's brother Ge Xiyuan (格希元) served on the staff of Wu Zetian's son Li Xian and participated in Li Xian's project to write commentaries for the Book of Later Han.

Graphic pejoratives in written Chinese

Additional "dog" radical examples of exonyms include the ancient Quanrong 犬戎 "dog barbarians" or "dog belligerents" and Xianyun 獫狁 (written with xian 獫 or 玁 "long-snouted dog; black dog with a yellow face").

Great Rites Controversy

Instead, his own father Zhu Youyuan, the late Prince Xian of Xing, was posthumously elevated to the status of emperor; Yang Tinghe was forced into retirement; and other enemies and dissenters at court were beaten, imprisoned, or banished.

Hou Cheng

Hou Cheng later plotted with Song Xian and Wei Xu to betray Lü Bu, so he stole Lü Bu's horse, the Red Hare, escaped from Xiapi, and went to Cao Cao's camp, where he told Cao about their plot.

Huangxian

Huang County, or Huang Xian, former name of Longkou, a city in Shandong, China

James Munro Bertram

Together with Edgar Snow, they evacuated to Tientsin (Tianjin) with Zhou Enlai's wife Deng Yingchao disguised as Snow's household servant before finding their way back to Xian.

Jia Xian

Jia Xian invented the Jia Xian triangle around the first half of the 11th century, about six centuries before Pascal.

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.

Li Xian

Emperor Mozhu of Western Xia (r. 1226–1227), name Li Xian (李睍), Tangut emperor

Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (656–710), name Li Xian (李顯), Tang Dynasty emperor

Li Chengqi (679-742), also known as Li Xian (李憲), Tang Dynasty prince, son of Emperor Ruizong

Shuifu County

Shuifu County (Chinese: 水富县; Pinyin: Shuǐfù Xiàn) is a county under the jurisdiction of Zhaotong Prefecture-level City located on the boundary of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, and it is on the side of Jinsha River.

Trendy Man

The music video features guest appearance by Party Boys, Barbie Hsu, Dee Hsu, Jolin Tsai, Blackie/Hei Ren, Da Mu, Gua Ge, Xian Ge, Chai Zhi Ping, Lin He Long and Luo MaMa

Wu Xian

Wu County (Wu Xian), later Wuxian City, a former county and county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu

Xian H-6

Xian H-6I — Modified version powered by four Rolls-Royce Spey Mk 512 turbofan engines, originally purchased as spare engines for Hawker Siddeley Tridents in service with CAAC.

Yao Chong

Wu Zetian, while still carrying the title of emperor, was forced to yield the throne to her son Li Xian the Crown Prince (formerly emperor), and Li Xian was restored to the throne as Emperor Zhongzong.


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