Changshu
Changshu ( Chinese 常熟 市 , Pinyin Chángshú Shì ) is a city in the east of the People's Republic of China . It belongs to the administrative area of the prefecture city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province and is located near Shanghai . Changshu has an area of 1266 km² and a population of 1,043,100 (2004).
location
Changshu is located 20 km south of the Yangtze River , 72 km northwest of Shanghai and 50 km northeast of the Canglang (沧浪 区) district, downtown Suzhou.
Administrative structure
At the community level, Changshu is made up of ten large communities . These are:
- Large village Yushan (虞山镇), center, seat of the city government;
- Meili municipality (梅 李 镇);
- Greater community Haiyu (海虞镇);
- Xingang Municipality (新 港镇);
- Guli Municipality (古 里镇);
- Greater community Shajiabang (沙家浜镇);
- Greater community Zhitang (支塘镇);
- Greater community Dongbang (董浜镇);
- Greater community Shanghu (尚湖镇);
- Greater community Xinzhuang (辛庄镇).
Ethnic breakdown of the population of Changshu (2000)
In the 2000 census, Changshu had 1,239,637 residents.
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Han | 1,237,807 | 99.85% |
| Tujia | 622 | 0.05% |
| Zhuang | 325 | 0.03% |
| Hui | 244 | 0.02% |
| Miao | 134 | 0.01% |
| Others | 505 | 0.04% |
history
In 540, Changshu became an independent county. In 581 it was subordinated to the city of Suzhou. In 1295 it became the seat of a prefecture and around 1300 it was renovated and fortified. In 1370 it was again downgraded to the level of a district. In 1950 Changshu was given the status of "city" again, before it was again converted into a district in 1958. On January 18, 1983, the current state was finally defined - Changshu as an independent city.
Culture
At least three famous painters were born in Changshu:
- Huang Gongwang (1269–1354), one of the four masters of the Yuan Dynasty
- Wang Hui (1632–1717), one of the "Four Wangs" as a representative of the Orthodox school of painting during the Ming and early Qing dynasties
- Wu Li (1632–1718), a representative of the Orthodox school of "scholarly painting" in the early Qing Dynasty
Coordinates: 31 ° 39 ′ N , 120 ° 44 ′ E