The Guangwu Great Wall (Chinese: 广武长城) is a section of the Great Wall of China located in Shanyin County, Shanxi. The section of the wall was integral...

The history of the Great Wall of China began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) and Warring States periods...

Emperor Guangwu of Han (Chinese: 漢光武帝; 15 January 5 BC – 29 March AD 57), born Liu Xiu (劉秀), courtesy name Wenshu (文叔), was a Chinese monarch. He served...

Shanxi, China Guangwu Expressway (廣梧高速公路), a highway in China in Guangdong and Guangxi Guangwu Great Wall (广武长城), a section of the Great Wall of China in...

of Xinzhou. Present day villages of New Guangwu and Old Guangwu along with the Guangwu section of the Great Wall are located in adjacent Shanyin County...

Ming Great Wall. The village area played a vital part in the defense system around the Yanmen Pass because due to the site's location New Guangwu was first...

Guangwu section of the Great Wall runs along the county. Near the section of the Great Wall are the historic villages of New Guangwu and Old Guangwu....

The Guangwu Emperor (AD 25–57) introduced an ox-pulled war wagon several stories high with an observation tower, which was deployed at the Great Wall against...

or Prince of Huaiyang, a posthumous title bestowed upon him by Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han. The Gengshi Emperor was viewed as a weak and incompetent...

Sichuan. Although Guangwu's forces successfully burned down Gongsun's fortified pontoon bridge stretching across the Yangtze, Guangwu's commanding general...

defensible sites at Yinguan (within present-day Shuozhou, Shanxi) and Guangwu (near present-day Daixian, Shanxi). The name derives from Yanmen Pass in...

eventually killed in Weiyang Palace by an enraged peasant mob in AD 23. Emperor Guangwu reinstated the Han dynasty with the support of landholding and merchant...

Emperor Guangwu (r. 25–57 AD), after distinguishing himself at the Battle of Kunyang in 23 AD, was urged to succeed Gengshi as emperor. Under Guangwu's rule...

northern states built elongated fortifications (which later became the Great Wall) to defend against raids from the Mongolian Plateau. The unified Qin dynasty...

carp, Zhengzhou watermelons, Xinzheng jujube, Xingyang dried persimmons, Guangwu Pomegranate and Zhongmu garlic, all of which are specialties that are rarely...

City (侯城; Hóu Chéng). Around 350 years later, during the reign of Emperor Guangwu of Han, the city was sacked and burnt by the Donghu nomads and subsequently...

is a mountain pass which includes three fortified gatehouses along the Great Wall of China. The area was a strategic choke point in ancient and medieval...

in northern Kyūshū), whereto was sent a golden royal seal, by Emperor Guangwu of the Han dynasty. Nakoku is said to have existed from the 1st century...

known as the Han dynasty The first emperor of the Eastern Han, the Emperor Guangwu of Han, was a ninth-generation descendant of the Western Han founder, the...

23 CE when the Gengshi Emperor took the throne, or in 25 when Emperor Guangwu of Han took the throne after defeating the Red Eyebrows who had deposed...

capital of the Eastern Han dynasty on November 27 by Emperor Guangwu of Han. The city walls formed a rectangle 4 km south to north and 2.5 km west to east...

near the Si River. Liu Bang's forces advanced further until they reached Guangwu (廣武). Chu forces led by Zhongli Mo were trapped by the Han army at the...

The Xiongnu's new power was met with a policy of appeasement by Emperor Guangwu. At the height of his power, Huduershi even compared himself to his illustrious...

Xiongnu, killing 2000, after having received generous gifts from Emperor Guangwu of Han. The Xianbei reached their peak under Tanshihuai Khan (reigned 156–181)...

Mongolia, and Beijing. Dajingmen, an important gate and junction of the Great Wall of China is located here. In the south, Zhangjiakou is largely cultivated...

collected. In 54, Yuchouben and Mantou of the Xianbei paid tribute to Emperor Guangwu of Han. In 58, the Xianbei chieftain Pianhe attacked and killed Xinzhiben...

successfully repelled Altan Khan's Mongol army, which had breached the Great Wall and reached Beijing. A peace treaty was signed shortly after, allowing...

reputation was partially due to horror at his high social mobility. Emperor Guangwu of Han lived life as a peasant at one point in his life despite being a...

Chinese gods and immortals Dvarapala Feng shui, which also employs shield walls, talismans, mirrors, and yin-yang symbols to protect doorways Gate guardian...

and attempted to close the borders with fortifications, including the Great Wall of China. In response, Altan Khan launched raids and even attacked the...