"(also known as the Goldi and Nanai). Various ethnic groups and their respective kingdoms, including the Sushen, Xianbei, and Mohe have risen to power in the Northeast. Many Korean kingdoms have also risen to power in Manchuria, including Gojoseon, Buyeo, Goguryeo, and Balhae. Yan State once occupied the Liaodong Peninsula, Han Chinese dynasties in China loosely controlled the southern parts of the region. During the Song dynasty, the Khitan set up the Liao Dynasty in Northeast China. Later, the Jurchen overthrew the Liao and formed the Jin dynasty, which went on to conquer northern China. In AD 1234, the Jin"
"North China North China (; literally ""China's north"") is a geographical region of China, lying North of the Qinling Huaihe Line. The heartland of North China is the North China Plain, or the Yellow River Plain. North China is usually restricted to the northern part of China proper (inner China and excludes Xinjiang and often Manchuria and Northeast China. The vast region in China from the Yellow River Valley south to the Yangtze River was the centre of Chinese empires and home to Confucian civilization. In prehistory and early history, the plain (Henan in particular) is considered the origin of"
"a meal. This region's often cold climate makes it hard to grow or produce much of anything and growing seasons are correspondingly very short. Errenzhuan, yangge, Jilin opera and stilts are popular forms of traditional entertainment in Northeast China. """"Northeastern Cradle Song"""" is an example of the folk songs of this region. Because of its climatic conditions, Northeast China is the base for China's winter sports. Ice hockey and ice skating athletes often come from or were educated in Northeast China. Northeast China Northeast China () or Dongbei is a geographical region of China. It also historically corresponds with the"
"Northeast China Plain The Northeast China Plain (), also known as the Manchurian Plain, is located in Northeast China. It lies between the Greater and Lesser Khingan and Changbai mountains. Covering 350,000 km, it is China's largest plain, with an elevation of lower than 200 meters. The Songhua, Nen, and Liao rivers run through its vast and fertile land. The Manchurian plain of Asia is the other name of Amur valley. This plain includes Songnan Plain in north, Liaohe Plain in the south and Shanjiang Plain in the northeast. It is suitable for mechanized farming, and huge areas are planted"
"parlance, an inhabitant of ""the Northeast"", or Northeast China, is a ""Northeasterner"" (). ""The Northeast"" is a term that expresses the entire region, encompassing its history, culture, traditions, dialects, cuisines and so forth, as well as the ""Three East Provinces"" or ""Three Northeast Provinces"". In China, the term Manchuria () is rarely used today, and the term is often negatively associated with the Japanese imperial legacy in the puppet state of Manchukuo (). Manchuria has also been referred to as Guandong (), which literally means ""east of the pass"", and similarly Guanwai (關外; 关外; ""Guānwài""; ""outside the pass""), a reference"
"East China East China or Eastern China () is a geographical and a loosely defined cultural region that covers the eastern coastal area of China. Although an intangible and loosely defined concept, for administrative and governmental purposes the region is defined by the Chinese Central Government to include the provinces of (in alphabetical order) Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, and Zhejiang, as well as the municipality of Shanghai. Since the Chinese government claims Taiwan and the few outlying islands of Fujian (Kinmen and Matsu) governed by the Republic of China (Taiwanese government) as its territory, the claimed ""Taiwan Province, People's"
"it cuts through Shaanxi, Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu, and creates areas such as Hanzhong (Shaanxi), Xinyang (Henan), Huaibei (Anhui) and Xuzhou (Jiangsu) that lie on an opposite half of China from the rest of their respective provinces. This may have been deliberate; the Mongol Yuan dynasty and Han Chinese Ming dynasty established many of these boundaries intentionally to discourage regionalist separatism. The Northeast (Manchuria) and Inner Mongolia are conceived to belong to northern China according to the framework above. Historically, Xinjiang, Tibet and Qinghai were not usually conceived of as being part of either the north or south. However, Xinjiang,"
"have been controlling this region since. Northeast China has a total population of about 107,400,000 people, accounting for 8% of China’s total population. The overwhelming majority of the population in the Northeast is Han Chinese, many of whose ancestors came in the 19th and 20th centuries during a migration movement called ""Chuang Guandong"" (). Northeast China historically had a significant Han Chinese population, reaching over 3 million by the end of Ming Dynasty, but they were subjected to cleansing, eviction and assimilation by the conquest of the Manchu Qing Dynasty , who then set up Willow Palisades during the reign"
"Northwest China Northwestern China () includes the autonomous regions of Xinjiang and Ningxia and the provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai. Outer Northwest China () is the territories that were ceded from Qing dynasty of China to Russian Empire in Convention of Peking, Treaty of Tarbagatai, Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) and other Unequal Treaties. The territories are former parts of far western Xinjiang and northwestern Outer Mongolia and all of Tannu Uriankhai. Historically, Outer Northwest China was part of Dzungaria but was obtained by the Manchus after their defeat of the Dzungars in the 18th century. Following the dissolution"
"South China South China or Southern China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. In normal parlance and geography, it refers to the region south of the Qinling Huaihe Line. In the broadest sense, Southern China can denote the entire portion of the country south of the line demarcated by the Qin Mountains and Huai River. Between 1945 and 1949, the Republic of China defined Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian and Taiwan as the ""Seven Provinces of South China"" (). The term can also be used"
"kadalara amban) was established to take charge of these provinces. After the 1911 revolution, which resulted in the collapse of the Manchu-established Qing dynasty, the name of the region where the Manchus originated was known as ""the Northeast"" in official documents in the newly founded Republic of China, in addition to the ""Three Northeast Provinces"". During the Ming dynasty the area where the Jurchens lived was referred to as Nurgan. Nurgan was the area of modern Jilin in Manchuria. Manchuria consists mainly of the northern side of the funnel-shaped North China Craton, a large area of tilled and overlaid Precambrian"
"Chinese government has initialized the ""Revitalize the Northeast campaign"" to turn this region into one of China's economic growth engines. As of 2015 the region was losing population and the economy, dominated by state-owned enterprises, was stagnant. In general, the culture of Northeast China takes its elements from the cultures of North China and Shandong, where most of the Han Chinese migration into Northeast China, known as Chuang Guandong, originated, the native Tungusic peoples, and its own innovations. There are two main dialects of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Northeast China. The dialect spoken in the majority of the Northeast is"
"Qianshan National Park Qianshan National Park () is a mountainous national park in Liaoning Province, China, 17 km by road, south east of Anshan. It is in the Qianshan Mountains (), named after itself, that extends from the Changbai Mountains in the China-North Korea border, first westward to Liaoyang, then southward to Dalian in the southern corner of Liaoning Province. The park is referred to as 'The Northeast Pearl'. The name Qianshan literally means 'Thousand mountains'. This is actually an abbreviation of the full name, Thousand Lotus Flower Mountains (). According to legend, a long time ago the four corners"
"Republic of China"" is also classified in this region. Provincial capitals in bold. East China East China or Eastern China () is a geographical and a loosely defined cultural region that covers the eastern coastal area of China. Although an intangible and loosely defined concept, for administrative and governmental purposes the region is defined by the Chinese Central Government to include the provinces of (in alphabetical order) Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, and Zhejiang, as well as the municipality of Shanghai. Since the Chinese government claims Taiwan and the few outlying islands of Fujian (Kinmen and Matsu) governed by the"
"Nanyang (region) Nanyang () is a sinocentric Chinese term for the warmer and fertile geographical region south of China, otherwise known as the 'South Sea' or Southeast Asia. The term came into common usage in self-reference to the large ethnic Chinese migrant population in Southeast Asia, and is contrasted with ""Xiyang"" (), which refers to the Western world, and ""Dongyang"" (), which refers to Japan. The Chinese press regularly uses the term to refer to the region stretching from the Yunnan province to Singapore (in the south) and from India to Vietnam (in the west and east); in addition, the"
"with temperatures between summer and winter. It is also a mountainous area. Northeast Asia Terms such as Northeast Asia, North East Asia, or Northeastern Asia refer to a subregion of Asia: the northeastern landmass and islands, bordering the Pacific Ocean. It includes, paradoxically, the core countries of East Asia (see map). The term Northeast Asia was popularized during the 1930s by the American historian and political scientist Robert Kerner. Under Kerner's definition, ""Northeast Asia"" included the Mongolian Plateau, the Manchurian Plain, the Korean Peninsula, and the mountainous regions of the Russian Far East, stretching from Lake Baikal in the west"
"Jilin Jilin (; formerly romanised as Kirin), is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Jilin borders North Korea and Russia to the east, Heilongjiang to the north, Liaoning to the south, and Inner Mongolia to the west. The name ""Jilin"" which literally translates to ""Auspicious Forest"" originates from ""girin ula"" , a Manchu phrase meaning ""along the river"". This would have been transcribed into ""jilin wula"" ( , ) in Chinese, then shortened to ""Jilin"". In ancient times, Jilin was inhabited by the Xianbei, Sushen, the Mohe, Jurchens, and the Wùjí (). The Korean kingdoms of Buyeo, Goguryeo"
"Qinling The Qinling () or Qin Mountains, formerly known as the Nanshan (""Southern Mountains"") and sometimes called the ""Szechuan Alps"", are a major east-west mountain range in southern Shaanxi Province, China. The mountains provide a natural boundary between North and South China and support a huge variety of plant and wildlife, some of which is found nowhere else on earth. To the north is the densely populated Wei River valley, an ancient center of Chinese civilization. To the south is the Han River valley. To the west is the line of mountains along the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau."
"Temple, Pavilion of Buddha, Greeting Gate, Holographic Buddhist Character and Tachibana Hoxdox. The park has become the venue for the Qianshan Great Buddha Festival in June every year. Qianshan National Park Qianshan National Park () is a mountainous national park in Liaoning Province, China, 17 km by road, south east of Anshan. It is in the Qianshan Mountains (), named after itself, that extends from the Changbai Mountains in the China-North Korea border, first westward to Liaoyang, then southward to Dalian in the southern corner of Liaoning Province. The park is referred to as 'The Northeast Pearl'. The name Qianshan"
"by the Chinese to describe themselves or their own country, but was adopted by the Mongols to describe the people and country of Southern China. The name for South China commonly used on Western medieval maps was ""Mangi"", a term still used in maps in the 16th century. The division of China into northern and southern parts ruled by, in succession, the Liao, Jin and Mongol Yuan empires in the north, and the Song dynasty in the south, ended in the late 13th century with the conquest of southern China by the Mongol Yuan Empire. While Central Asia had long"
"East and West since the Neolithic through the Steppe route – the ancestor of the terrestrial Silk Road(s). The territory of China lies between latitudes 18° and 54° N, and longitudes 73° and 135° E. China's landscapes vary significantly across its vast width. In the east, along the shores of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, there are extensive and densely populated alluvial plains, while on the edges of the Inner Mongolian plateau in the north, broad grasslands predominate. Southern China is dominated by hills and low mountain ranges, while the central-east hosts the deltas of China's two"
"of the Soviet Union, the territories were separated and are now governed by four successors of USSR: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia. Northwest China Northwestern China () includes the autonomous regions of Xinjiang and Ningxia and the provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai. Outer Northwest China () is the territories that were ceded from Qing dynasty of China to Russian Empire in Convention of Peking, Treaty of Tarbagatai, Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) and other Unequal Treaties. The territories are former parts of far western Xinjiang and northwestern Outer Mongolia and all of Tannu Uriankhai. Historically, Outer Northwest China was"
"Geology of China The Geology of China (中国地质, ""Zhōngguó dì zhì"") (or the geological structure of the People's Republic of China) can be divided into several parts. The historical centre of Chinese culture is on the loess plateau, the world's largest Quaternary loess deposit, and on the alluvial lands at the east of it. The alluvial East China plain extends from just south of Beijing in the north, to the Yangzi river delta in the south, punctuated only by the igneous Shandong highlands and peninsula. South of the Yangzi river, most of the landscape is mountainous, dominated by sedimentary deposits"
"Qinghai, and Tibet are now regarded as being part of the north due to the spread of Northern Chinese culture and the use of Mandarin. The concepts of northern and southern China originate from differences in climate, geography, culture, and physical traits; as well as several periods of actual political division in history. Northern China is too cold and dry for rice cultivation (though rice is grown there today with the aid of modern technology) and consists largely of flat plains, grasslands, and desert; while Southern China is warm and rainy enough for rice and consists of lush mountains cut"
"Northern Shaanxi Shaanbei () is the northern portion of Shaanxi province in Northwest China, and is a natural as well as cultural area, forming part of the Loess Plateau. As it includes Yan'an, it is known as the birthplace of the Chinese Communist revolution. Shaanbei is located in the center of the Loess Plateau with a general elevation range of 800 to 1300 metres, occupying approximately 45% of the area of Shaanxi Province. Elevation tends to increase from southeast to northwest. The northern portions degrade into desert, while the southern portions slope down to hills. The region is known for"
"last valley before the North China Plain, a great delta created from silt dropped at the Yellow River's mouth over the millennia. The North China Plain extends over much of Henan, Hebei, and Shandong provinces. and merges with the Yangtze Delta in northern Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. The Yellow River meanders over the fertile, densely populated plain emptying into the Bohai Sea. The plain is one of China's most important agricultural regions, producing corn, sorghum, winter wheat, vegetables, and cotton. Its nickname is ""Land of the yellow earth."" The southern part of the plain is traditionally referred to as the"
"Jiangxi Jiangxi (; formerly romanised as Kiangsi) is a province in the People's Republic of China, located in the southeast of the country. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north into hillier areas in the south and east, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to the northwest. The name ""Jiangxi"" derives from the circuit administrated under the Tang dynasty in 733, Jiangnanxidao (; Gan: Kongnomsitau). The abbreviation for Jiangxi is """" (; Gan: Gōm), for"
"Another term for the area is Guandong (), meaning ""east of the Pass"", referring to the famous Shanhai Pass between Liaoning Province and the neighboring Hebei Province (and also North China) to the west. This name was also used by the occupying Japanese colonists referring to their leased territory of Dalian after the 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki, as the , which gave name to the occupying Kwantung Army that was later mobilized to set up the puppet state of Manchukuo. Provincial capitals in bold. Northeast China was the homeland of several ethnic groups, including the Manchus (or Jurchens), Ulchs, Hezhen"
"region eighteen provinces"", or abbreviated it as ""nèidì"" (內地), ""interior region"" and also as ""jùnxiàn"" (), while they referred to the non-Han areas of China such as the Northeast, Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet as ""wàifān"" () which means ""outer feudatories"" or ""outer vassals"", or as ""fānbù"" (, ""feudatory region""). These waifan were fully subjected to and governed by the Qing government and were considered part of the China (Zhongguo), unlike wàiguó (, ""outer/foreign countries"") like Korea, Vietnam, and the Ryukyus, who paid tribute to the Qing but were not part of China. Today, China proper is a"
"to denote the Lingnan region; but today, the phrase is generally used to refer only to Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macau (historically also known as Liangguang). Defined as such, South China is also contained within South Central China. South China South China or Southern China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. In normal parlance and geography, it refers to the region south of the Qinling Huaihe Line. In the broadest sense, Southern China can denote the entire portion of the country south of the"
"created by the Chinese, multicultural, settled by Han and Hui, and separated from Central Asia for over a century and a half. In the late 19th century, it was still being proposed by some people that two separate parts be created out of Xinjiang, the area north of the Tianshan and the area south of the Tianshan, while it was being argued over whether to turn Xinjiang into a province. In ancient China, the area was known as ""Xiyu"" or ""Western Regions"", a name that became prevalent in Chinese records after the Han Dynasty took control of the region. For"
"Chinese civilization in official Chinese history. The region cultivated wheat, and most speak Northern Chinese (Mandarin), which includes Beijing dialect, which is largely the basis of Standard Chinese (Mandarin), the official language of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Jin Chinese and Mongolian are also widely spoken. The region remains the political, military, and cultural center of the PRC. In prehistory, the region was home to the Yangshao and Longshan cultures. Peking man was found near modern-day Beijing (Peking). Provincial capitals in bold. North China North China (; literally ""China's north"") is a geographical region of China, lying North of"
"of China and Russia. Heilongjiang contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the junction of the Amur and Ussuri rivers). Heilongjiang is China's largest agricultural base, as well as an important industrial area mainly based on oil, timber, coal and machinery manufacturing. ""Heilongjiang"" literally means Black Dragon River, which is the Chinese name for the more well know western name, Amur. The one-character abbreviation is 黑 (pinyin: Hēi). The Manchu name of the region is ""Sahaliyan ula"" (literally, ""Black River""), from which the name of Sakhalin is derived, and the Mongolian name with"