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19 unusual facts about Yan


BM-21 Grad

Its 40 tubes are mounted on a Shaanxi Automobile Works Yan'an SX2150 six-by-six truck, which unlike the original Russian version, has a cab protected by blast shields.

Hou Bo

Ms.Hou joined the Chinese Communist Party at the age of fourteen and spent seven years in Yan'an, where she became the photographer of the top leadership.

Ikarus Košava

Two years later, piloted by Rain, it was placed second in the same category at the WGC at Saint-Yan in France.

K'n-yan

Lovecraft also mentions K'n-yan in "The Whisperer in Darkness" (1930) and in his revision of Hazel Heald's "Out of the Aeons" (1935).

The underground realm was first described in detail in H. P. Lovecraft's revision of Zealia Bishop's "The Mound" (1940), in which it is discovered by the 16th century Spanish Conquistador Zamacona.

Kélétigui Diabaté

He reunited with Salif Keita in 1989, performing on Keita's album Ko-Yan, and appeared on albums by many other musicians, including Zap Mama, Ketama and Bonnie Raitt.

Pulau Bunting

Pulau Bunting is the northernmost in a row of islands off Yan district in Kedah.

Schweizer SGS 2-25

The 1956 Worlds were held in Saint-Yan, France and saw the SGS 2-25 flown in the two-place category, by Kemp Trager and Gene Miller.

The Emperor's Shadow

In one of the climaxes of the film, the king states his belief that through music he can "control the minds and hearts of the people", echoing Mao Zedong's Yan'an talks of 1942.

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

Filming locations in Shanghai include the overpass at Shaanxi and Yan'an roads, and the old houses on Julu Road.

Wong Po-yan

He subsequently became the member of the Preparatory Committee in 1996 which prepared for the transition of the sovereignty.

Yan-kit So

Born in Zhongshan, Guangdong province, she grew up in Hong Kong, where she graduated from University with a degree in history, and went on to acquire a DPhil at the University of London.

Yan, Kedah

It is also famous for Mount Jerai, which is the tallest peak in Kedah at 986 metres (3,235 ft) and is easily accessible from the town.Visitors can climb by stairs to the peak of Mount Jerai via Titi Hayun.

Yan'an

Yan'an has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwa) that borders on a steppe climate (Köppen BSk), with cold, dry, and moderately long winters, and hot, somewhat humid summers.

Yan'an Elevated Road

Part of the elevated expressway is decorated by blue neon lights, which were featured in James Bond movie Skyfall.

Yan'an Forum

Conversely, certain forms of art, such as the works of Beethoven, Respighi, Dvorak, and Chopin, were condemned in Party papers as "bourgeois decadence".

Yan'an Rectification Movement

One group was labeled "dogmatists," comprising Wang Ming, the 28 Bolsheviks, and those who had studied abroad and were deeply influenced by foreign theories, including Liu Bocheng, Zuo Quan, and Zhu Rui.

At the end of the Yan'an Rectification Campaign the CCP had developed an operational set of principles and practices that differed greatly from the centralized, functionally specialized, hierarchical, command-oriented approach imposed by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union.

Yanan

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


A Wicked Ghost

Lee reluctantly tells them the story: There was a Cantonese opera singer called Cho Yan-may in the village.

Badruddin Amiruldin

Badruddin was not a very well known politician in the early 1990s, and was a backbencher in Parliament as Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Yan in Kedah until his defeat in the 1999 general election to Nasharudin bin Mat Isa from PAS, losing by 182 votes.

Bai Yan

Yan won back-to-back ITF Men's Circuit titles in September before knocking off World No. 30 Radek Štěpánek at the Shanghai Masters the following month.

Chinese Dream Show

In the end of Season 3, Li Yan and Man Lingling, a couple from Changchun, Jilin Province won the show, which is called winning "the Most Popular Dreamer".

Empress Duan

Empress Duan Jifei (4th-century–5th-century), empress of the Chinese/Xianbei state Southern Yan (398-405)

Food steamer

The earliest yan steamer dating from about 5000 BC was unearthed in the Banpo site.

Fu Rong

Although he was away from the capital, he urged Fu Jiān not to incorporate so many Xianbei officials (particularly those from Former Yan's imperial Murong clan) into his own government, a suggestion Fu Jiān did not accept.

Geng Kui

In the autumn they defeated the troops of Yunzhong Commandery and killed Grand Administrator Cheng Yan, and besieged the Colonel Protector of the Wuhuan in the city of Macheng.

Gojoseon

As Gojoseon evolved, so did the title and function of the leader, who came to be designated as "king" (Han), in the tradition of the Zhou Dynasty, around the same time as the Yan (燕) leader.

High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University

It is also tied up with schools in hinterland China such as Yan'an and Jinggangshan by routine communication activities.

Huang Yanpei

During this time, he read Yan Fu's Tian Yan Lun (天演論) — a translation of Thomas Henry Huxley's Evolution and Ethics — and other books on Western ideas.

Huo Guang

In 86 BC, a conspiracy involving Liu Dan (劉旦), the Prince of Yan (燕王) and an elder son of Emperor Wu, was discovered, but the prince was not punished, presumably under Huo's decision, even though the other conspirators were executed.

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.

John Sells

John Sells was a colonel in the United States Army and the last commanding officer of the Dixie Mission, an American observation mission to Yan'an, China, in 1944 to investigate and establish official relations with the Chinese Communists.

Kiều Công Tiễn

Finally Liu Yan's army was defeated in the Battle of Bạch Đằng River where his son Liu Yuancao was killed in action, the emperor of Southern Han had to abandon his military campaign and Ngô Quyền thus successfully secured the country from invaders and marked the beginning of the independence of Vietnam from Chinese authorities.

Laskar Pelangi

The Bangka Belitung Provincial government declared some of the locations used in the film as areas of importance to culture and tourism in 2010, and provincial tourism chief Yan Megawandi said the decision was "primarily" made to help raise funds for the Muhammadiyah elementary school on which the film and novel's story are centered.

Laurent Korcia

Korcia performs regularly with conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Charles Dutoit, Daniele Gatti, Valery Gergiev, Emmanuel Krivine, Kurt Masur, John Nelson (conductor), Michel Plasson, Manuel Rosenthal, Yutaka Sado, Tugan Sokhiev, Vladimir Spivakov, Yan-Pascal Tortelier, and Walter Weller.

Lift Engineering

Potential problems with Yan lifts began to surface as early as 1985, when the upper bullwheel on the Teller lift at Keystone Ski Resort in Colorado disconnected from the main gearbox shaft.

Lim Ju-hwan

One day, she discovers and saves two castaways on the shore of the sea: William, a young nobleman from England played by Pierre Deporte, and Yan, a Dutch merchant living in Japan from the Dutch East India Company played by Lee Sun-ho.

Material Queen

As Chu Man becomes closer to Jia Hao, her goal of nabbing the real estate tycoon Yan Kai Ming (Daniel Chan) becomes less of a priority.

Microwave International New Media Arts Festival

1,200 metres across Victoria Harbour (James Powderly and MC Yan tagging from Central ferry, with Evan Roth and the local crew controlling the set up in front of the Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui).

Murong Yi

The Western Yan people—400,000 men and women—then abandoned Chang'an, which had been the Former Qin capital but was captured by the prior Western Yan ruler Murong Chong -- to head back to their homeland in the east.

Nac Mac Feegle

In The Art of Discworld, cover artist Paul Kidby acknowledged Connolly as the inspiration for Yan's look.

Natland

Yan, Hamilton and Woody of the rock band British Sea Power were raised in the village, as was their former manager Roy Wilkinson.

Penn Yan, New York

David Bordwell, prominent American film theorist, film critic, and author, grew up on a farm near Penn Yan.

Pugu Huai'en

With An Lushan having been assassinated by his own son An Qingxu early in 757, An Qingxu was the new emperor of Yan, and after Tang and Huige forces recaptured Chang'an, they recaptured Luoyang as well, forcing An Qingxu to flee to Yecheng.

Salivary diagnostics

Abstract #1179, “Salivaomics Knowledge Base (SKB)”, by W. Yan et al., of UCLA, USA, to be presented at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2008, in Trinity I-Exhibit Hall of the Hilton Anatole Hotel, during the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research.

Sam Yan

The intersection area is served by the Sam Yan Station of the MRT, which connects to the Chamchuri Square complex and Wat Hua Lamphong in the intersections' northeastern and southeastern corners, respectively.

Sihcao Wetlands

It is located in Tainan City's Annan District, and consists of the area bounded by the southeastern side of the Luermen River, the southwestern side of Xi-Bin Road, and the northern side of the Yan-Shui River.

Skip the Use

Skip the Use is a French band with electro funk, rock and punk influences founded in 2008 with musicians from Ronchin, near Lille and made up of Mat Bastard (vocals), Yan Stefani (guitar), Jay Gimenez (bass), Lio Raepsaet (keyboards) and Manamax Catteloin (drums).

Stephen Yan

Stephen also has produced travel and variety shows called Wok's Up? for CBC, Yan's Wokking for BCTV, and several half-hour travel specials on Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Walt Disney World, Malaysia, Singapore, and Fiji.

Tavia Yeung

Having graduated from the 13th TVB Artistes Training Course in 1999, Tavia starred in numerous MTVs and after a few minor roles in series such as Street Fighters and When Dreams Come True, she caught the public’s attention with her role as Ah Yan in The Awakening Story (starring Liza Wang and Damian Lau), in which she portrayed the younger sister of Maggie Cheung Ho Yee with whom she bore a remarkable resemblance.

The Diary of Ma Yan

The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese School Girl (马燕日记) is the diary of Chinese schoolgirl Ma Yan (), edited and published in the West by French journalist Pierre Haski.

The PuLi Hotel and Spa

The PuLi Hotel and Spa is a luxury hotel in China that is located in Jing'an District, Shanghai, between NanJing West Road and Yan An Road.

The Wandering Songstress

The song has been covered by numerous singers, including Li Xianglan in the 1944 Japanese film Yasen gungakutai (野戦軍楽隊, Military Combat Music Band), Bai Guang, Teresa Teng, Tsai Chin, Wakin Chau, Adia Chan (in Cantonese), Lin Bao (林寶, in Wu dialect), Song Zuying, Zhang Yan (張燕).

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.

Xiagu Danxin

In 2006, the novel is adapted into a Chinese television series titled The Patriotic Knights, starring Chen Long as Jin Zhuliu, Stephanie Hsiao as Shi Hongying, Wallace Chung as Li Nanxing and He Meitian as Gongsun Yan (renamed to Zhong Yanyan in the series).

Yan Xishan

In the spring of 1938 the Japanese redistributed many of their forces away from Shanxi, and Yan succeeded in re-establishing his authority, setting up a headquarters in the remote, mountainous district of Qixian.

After Yan's time Shanxi became of site of Mao Zedong's "model brigade" of Dazhai: a utopian communist scheme in Xiyang County that was supposed to be the model for all other peasants in China to emulate.

Yan Yan Mak

From 2005, after become the collaborator with Hong Kong singer Cantopop singer Denise Ho, Yan Yan has produced numeral music videos, music short films and TV Commercials.

Yeon

Yeon, Yun (燕, 延, 連) is a Korean surname, from Chinese surname family name Yan (燕, 延), Lian (連).

Yuan Shao

Tian Feng urged Yuan to attack Cao while he was away, but Yuan refused to launch an all-out offensive, instead he sent small detachments to harass his enemy, but was daunted by Yu Jin, the defender of Yan Ford (see Battle of Dushi Ford).

Yuan Yong

In 528, with Empress Dowager Hu and Emperor Xiaoming in a conflict after Emperor Xiaoming wanted to put Empress Dowager Hu's lover Zheng Yan (鄭儼) to death by conspiring with the general Erzhu Rong, Empress Dowager Hu poisoned Emperor Xiaoming and put the young child Yuan Zhao, a great-grandson of Emperor Xiaowen from a collateral line, on the throne.