Xiang
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Xiang may refer to:
People
- HunanHunan' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
, abbreviated as Xiang, a province of China - Xiang Chinese, a subdivision of Chinese language
- Chinese family name, Xiang Xiu for instance
- Xiang ArmyXiang ArmyThe Xiang Army was a standing army organized by Zeng Guofan from existing regional and village militia forces tuanlian to contain the Taiping rebellion in China . The name is taken from the Hunan region where the Army was raised. The Army was financed through local nobles and gentry, as opposed...
, Chinese army organized by Zeng Guofan in the Qing Dynasty - Xiang RiverXiang RiverThe Xiang River , in older transliterations as the Siang River or Hsiang River, is a river in southern China...
, river in Hunan, China - Township (China)Township (China)Township may refer to:* Townships of the People's Republic of China* Township...
, pinyin Xiang, basic level of political divisions in China - Xiang (place)Xiang (place)Xiang was a place in Guangxi province where there was an idol to Gan. Feeling that Gan was an embodiment of immorality and other evils, Hong Xiuquan, Lu Liu and Feng Yunshan destroyed the idol and desecrated the temple to Gan in the 1840s....
, place in China where Hong Xiuquan destroyed an idol
People
- Xiang of Xia, Chinese ruler ruler of the legendary Xia Dynasty
- Duke Xiang of SongDuke Xiang of SongDuke Xiang of Song was the leader in the state of Song in the Spring and Autumn Period. His name was Zifu and he took his throne in 650 BC....
(died 637 BC), Duke of the state of Song in the Spring and Autumn Period - King Xiang of ZhouKing Xiang of ZhouKing Xiang of Zhou was the eighteenth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the sixth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. In 635 he was driven from the capital by his brother Zhao and was restored by Duke Wen of Jin....
(died 619 BC), king the Chinese Zhou Dynasty