Jiashan County
Encyclopedia
Jiashan County is a county of Zhejiang
Province
, China
, administered by the prefecture-level city
Jiaxing
. Jiashan is nicknamed the "The Land of Fish and Rice". It is 80 kilometers west of Shanghai
, 95 kilometers east of Hangzhou
, and 90 kilometers south of Suzhou
. The county seat is located on 126 Jiashan Ave., Weitang Town.
The second campus of Sanda University
, known as Guangbiao Institute, is located in Jiashan County.
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
Province
Province (China)
A province, in the context of Chinese government, is a translation of sheng formally provincial level divisions, which is an administrative division. Provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, and the special administrative regions, make up the four types of province of administrative division...
, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
, administered by the prefecture-level city
Prefecture-level city
A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...
Jiaxing
Jiaxing
Jiaxing is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province of Eastern China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the province of Jiangsu to the north....
. Jiashan is nicknamed the "The Land of Fish and Rice". It is 80 kilometers west of Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, 95 kilometers east of Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
, and 90 kilometers south of Suzhou
Suzhou
Suzhou , previously transliterated as Su-chou, Suchow, and Soochow, is a major city located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China, located adjacent to Shanghai Municipality. The city is situated on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake and is a part...
. The county seat is located on 126 Jiashan Ave., Weitang Town.
The second campus of Sanda University
Sanda University
Sanda University is the first private university established in People's Republic of China , located in Shanghai...
, known as Guangbiao Institute, is located in Jiashan County.
Administration divisions
Jiashan County consists of 11 towns, 11 communities, 16 residential zones and 164 administrative villages.- Towns: Weitang, Huimin, Ganyao, Xitang, Hongxi, Tianning, Yangmiao, Taozhuang, Dingzha, Yaozhuang and Dayun.
Education
- Jiashan Senior High SchoolJiashan Senior High SchoolJiashan Senior High School , formerly known as Jiashan County Junior High School, Jiashan County First Junior High School, and Jiashan Second High School, was founded in September, 1926. It is the earliest established high school in Jiashan County, and is a key high school in Zhejiang Province...
- Jiashan Second Senior High School
- Jiashan High School
Notable people
- Wu ZhenWu ZhenWu Zhen was a painter during the Yuan dynasty of China. He followed the Dong Yuan school of painting. Following along with trends of the time, Wu's works tended less toward naturalism and more toward abstraction, focusing on dynamic balance of elements, and personifying nature...
, a painter in Yuan Dynasty - Qian Nengxun, a premier of the Republic of China
- Sun DaolinSun DaolinSun Daolin was a Chinese actor and film director.-Biography:Sun Daolin was born in Beijing on November 18, 1921. He was born Sun Yi-liang 孙以亮 in Beijing a family of four children. His father Sun Wen-Yau was educated in engineering in Brussels...
, a renowned Chinese actor - Huang JuHuang JuHuang Ju was the Executive Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China. He joined the Communist Party of China in March 1966. He was ranked 6th out of 9, and was one of the least popular and most partisan members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Party...
, a politician of the People's Republic of China