The Wei River (Chinese: 渭河; pinyin: Wèi Hé; Wade–Giles: Wei Ho) is a major river in west-central China's Gansu and Shaanxi provinces. It is the largest...
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Look up Wei River in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Wei River (渭河 or 渭水) is a major river in Gansu and Shaanxi Provinces in central China. The largest...
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into: Western Wei (西魏, 535–557) Eastern Wei (東魏, 534–550) Zhai Wei (翟魏, 388–392), state of Dingling/Gaoche ethnicity in China Wei River, a main tributary...
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Chu–Han Contention (section Battle of Wei River)
Hancheng, Shaanxi) to cross the river and attack Anyi (安邑; present-day Xia County, Shanxi). In the ninth lunar month of 205 BCE, Wei Bao personally led an attack...
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the fourth largest river in Ningxiang City and one of the largest tributaries of the Wei River. Wu River has 68 tributaries. The river passes places such...
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The Wei River is a river in Hebei Province in northeastern China. It flows into Bohai Bay. Other Wei Rivers v t e v t e...
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The Battle of Wei River (Chinese: 濰水之戰) was fought in November 204 BC between the Han and a combined force of Qi and Western Chu. The famous General Han...
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White River Daxia River Tao River Huang Shui Datong River Zhuanglang River Zuli River Qingshui River Dahei River Kuye River Wuding River Fen River Wei River...
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south bank of the Wei River alongside the civilians living in the area. He also forbade his troops from taking the civilians' crops. The Wei emperor Cao Rui...
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Battle of Tong Pass (section Crossing of the Wei River)
the Wei River via Puban Ford (蒲阪津) at night and set up a camp on the west bank. While Cao Cao and his men were preparing to cross the Wei River to the...
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Three Kingdoms (section Wei)
The Three Kingdoms of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu dominated China from 220 to 280 AD following the end of the Han dynasty. This period was preceded...
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in exile, he continued to wait placidly, fishing in a tributary of the Wei River (near today's Xi'an) using a barbless hook or even no hook at all, on...
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Xianyang, which served as the Qin dynasty capital, is just north across Wei River. The other prefecture-level cities into which the province is divided...
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the location of the Zhou royal capitals, which were clustered in the Wei River valley near present-day Xi'an. The early Zhou state was ascendant for...
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Ordos Plateau (section Along the two rivers)
Wei River at Tongguan in Shaanxi and again turning sharply eastward. It then flows through Henan's Hangu Pass to enter the North China Plain. The Wei...
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present course of the Yellow River to the Wei River at Linqing; the Southern Canal from Linqing to the Hai River at Tianjin; and the Northern Canal from...
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formerly romanised as Kwanchung) region, also known as the Guanzhong Basin, Wei River Basin, or uncommonly as the Shaanzhong region, is a historical region...
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Warring States period (section Wars of Wei)
Warring States, namely: Qin located in the far west, with its core in the Wei River Valley and Guanzhong. This geographical position offered protection from...
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9000 Wei (/weɪ/), known in historiography as the Northern Wei (Chinese: 北魏; pinyin: Běi Wèi), Tuoba Wei (Chinese: 拓跋魏; pinyin: Tuòbá Wèi), Yuan Wei (Chinese:...
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The Wei or Wey River is a river in northern Henan, southern Hebei, and western Shandong in China. Beginning in the southern foothills of the Taihang Mountains...
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the River Flows (simplified Chinese: 河边的错误; traditional Chinese: 河邊的錯誤; pinyin: Hébiān de cuòwù) is a 2023 Chinese neo-noir art film directed by Wei Shujun...
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generations. Tai later led the clan from Bin to Zhou, an area in the Wei River valley (modern Qishan County). The duke passed over his two elder sons...
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Chu River (Chinese: 楚江; pinyin: Chǔ Jiāng) is the second largest river in Ningxiang and one of the largest tributaries of the Wei River. It originates...
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Cao Cao (redirect from Emperor Wu of Wei China)
Shaanxi) and the banks of the Wei River. The first engagement took place when Cao Cao's forces were crossing the Wei River to the north bank, during which...
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The Southern Canal is joined by the Wei River at Linqing. The Northern Canal joins with the Bai He (or Chaobai River) at Tongzhou. The Northern Canal (sharing...
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a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xi'an...
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capitals of Feng and Hao on opposite banks of the Feng River near its confluence with the Wei River in Shaanxi, China. As King Wen (ruled c. 1099–1050 BCE)...
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Anyi was on the plateau south of the Fen River not far from where the Fen River and Wei River join the Yellow River. Daliang was to the far southeast of the...
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northwest China. The city lies on the lower section of the Wei River confluence into the Yellow River, about 60 km (37 mi) east of the provincial capital Xi'an...
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The expansion of the wall was likely a solution to flooding from the Wei River. The entire city was sited below the 400 m contour line which the Tang...
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