LOGOTheHistoricalCultureofWuweiLOGOPage2BriefIntroductionAprefecture-levelcityinnorthwestcentralGansuprovinceanditistheeasternendoftheHexicorridor.ItbordersInnerMongoliainthenorthandQinghaiinthesouthwest.AtrafficthroatalongtheSilkRoadtourroutewhereNationalHighway312andtherailwayofLanzhou-Urumqirunthroughtheareaandsoitenjoysaneasytrraffic.It'scentrallocationbetweenthreewesterncapitals,Lanzhou,Xining,andYinchuanmakesitanimportantbusinessandtransportationhubforthearea.Arenownedstate-levelhistoricalandculturalcity,knownas“SilverWuwei”inhistorywithrichtouristresources.LOGOPage3LocationLOGOPage4BriefIntroduction1,815,054(2010)33,000squarekilometersHan,Hui,Mongol,Tibetan,etc.1District:Liangzhou(凉州区)2County:GulangCounty(古浪县)MinqinCounty(民勤县)1AutonomousCounty:TianzhuTibetanAutonomousCounty(天祝藏族自治县)LOGOPage5AdministrativeDivisionMapofWuweiLOGOPage6GeographicFeaturesandClimateGeography:Wuwei'sgeographyisdominatedbythreeplateaus,theLoess,Tibetan,andMongolian.Theterraincanbegeneralizedasthesouthishighwhilethenorthislowwithelevationsrangingfrom1,020to4,874metres.Climate:Typicallycontinentalclimate.Averageannualtemperatureis7.8°C.Theclimateisaridorsemi-aridwithaannualrainfallbetween60to610mm.Evaporationisfrom1,400to3,000mm,creatinganetlossofwatereachyear.Thereare2200–3000sunlighthourseachyearand85–165offrostfreedays(无霜期).LOGOPage7SightsLOGOPage8History1.BeforeHanDynasty:Herewascalled“Yongzhou”(雍州,《禹贡》九州之一)andhadbeendominatedbytheXiqiang(西羌),Xirong(西戎)andYuezhi(月氏)successively.2.HanDynastyAccordingtothe"division"ofconstellationsbytheancientsandtheclassificationofthefiveelementsWuweibelongstotheareaofgoldwhichmeanschillyandcoldandsoitwasagainaddressedasLiangzhou(凉州).In174BC,theHunsdefeatedtheYuezhi,occupyingthewest,thekingoftheHunsHughTu(休屠王)builtGuzangcity(姑臧城).In121BC,GeneralHuoQubingwoninthecampaignagainsttheHuns.ThentheEmperorWuoftheHanDynastyestablishedfourcountiesintheHexiCorridor,WuweiCountywasoneofthemandit'snamewasderivedfromthevictoryandglory.LOGOLOGOPage10History3.EasternJinDynasty:Therewere16Separatistregime(割据政权)inthenorthofChina.FourofthemchoseWuwei(Liangzhou)fortheircapitalandanotheroneestablishdit‘scapitalinJiuquan.SotheywererespectivelycalledFormerLiang,LaterLiang,SouthernLiang,NorthernLiangandWesternLiangandwerecollectivelycalledFiveLiang(五凉).4.SuiDynastytoYuanDynasty:IntheSuiandTangDynasty,WuweiCounty(武威郡)playedanimportantroleintheconnectionbetweentheHexiCorridorandtheWesternRegions.In1038,WesternLiangPrefecture(西凉府)wasruledbywesternxia(西夏)establishedbyLiYuanhao(李元昊)whobrokeawayfromTheSong.In1226,GenghisKhan(成吉思汗)brokeupthewesternxia,administeredhereasLiangzhouinGansuProvince(甘肃行省).LOGOHistory——FiveliangLOGOHistory5.Ming,QingDynastyandTheRepublicanperiod(民国)LiangzhouPrefecture(明称凉州卫,清称凉州府)WuweiPrefecture(民国称武威行政督察区)AdministeredWuweiCounty(今凉州区),GulangCounty,ect.6.ThePeople’sRepublicofChina.In1950,WuweiPrefecture(地区),administeredJingtai(景泰),Yongdeng(永登),Minle(民乐),Yongchang(永昌),Shandan(山丹),Zhangye(张掖),Gulang(古浪),Minqin(民勤),Wuwei(武威),ninecountiesandTianzhuAutonomousCounty(天祝自治区).In2001,WuweiPrefecture(地级市),administeredLiangzhouDistrict(凉州区),GulangCounty(古...