Eighteen Capitals of ChinaThe southern capitals: Hangchow. Foochow. Canton. Kweilin. Kweiyang. Yunnanfu.--The Yangtze capitals: Soochow. Nanking. Anking. Nanchang. Wuchang. Changsha. Chengtu.--The Yellow capitals: Lanchow. Sian. Kalfeng. Taiyuanfu. Tsinan. Peking: capital of capitals. |
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ancient Anking Annals bamboo beautiful boat bridge Buddhist buildings built called canals Canton capital Ch'in Chang Changsha China Chinese Christian Confucius devils district dragon dynasty east Emperor Empire erected famous feet fish flower foreign Gate geomancer girls governor Hangchow head heart Heaven hills honour Hsien hundred Imperial inscription K'ang Hsi Kaifeng king Kwangsi Kweichow Kweilin Kweiyang lake land live look Manchu medicine Miao miles Ming Ming dynasty Mission missionaries monastery Mongols monk moon mother-in-law mountain Nanchang Nanking native night official opium pagoda palace Peking priest province reign rice river robbers scholars schools sent Shan Shih soldiers Soochow Southern spirit stone story street Sun Tzu T'ai-p'ings T'ang T'ang dynasty tablet Taoist temple thousand tion tower turned viceroy wall Western women worship Wuchang Yangtze yellow Yellow River Yunnan