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Xinghua City is a county-level city
in Taizhou, Jiangsu
, People's Republic of China
. It is located in the central part of Jiangsu Province.
It has a long history and is the hometown of several famous characters, including Zheng Banqiao, Shi Nai'an, etc.
Notable people
- Bi FeiyuBi FeiyuBi Feiyu 畢飛宇 in Xinghua, Jiangsu is a Chinese fiction writer，resident in Nanjing.-Critical reception:Feiyu's novel The Moon Opera , translated by Howard Goldblatt was longlisted for the 2008 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, while Three Sisters , also translated by Goldblatt, won the 2010 Man...
, fiction writer - Fan ZhongyanFan ZhongyanFan Zhongyan , born in Wuxian , Suzhou , was a prominent politician and literary figure in Song dynasty China. He was also a strategist and educator...
, politician, was once magistrate in Xinghua - Hou YifanHou YifanHou Yifan is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the reigning Women's World Chess Champion, the youngest ever to win the title, as well as the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of Grandmaster.At the age of 12, Hou became the youngest player ever to participate in the FIDE Women's...
, chess prodigy, born in Xinghua - Kong ShangrenKong ShangrenKong Shangren was a Qing Dynasty dramatist and poet best known for his chuanqi play The Peach Blossom Fan about the last days of the Ming dynasty....
, Qing dynasty dramatist and poet - Li Jitong (1897-1961), botanist and phytophysiologist
- Zheng BanqiaoZheng XieZheng Xie , commonly known as Zheng Banqiao was a Chinese painter from Jiangsu. He began life in poverty, but rose in the exam system to become a magistrate at Shandong. However, after 12 years, he became critical of the life of an official as he refused to ingratiate himself with senior officials...
, Qing dynasty painter