Yueyang

Japanese: 岳陽 - がくよう
Yueyang

A prefecture-level city in northeastern Hunan Province, China. Population: 5.633 million (2014). It governs three city districts and four counties, and acts as the governing agent for two county-level cities, including Miluo (as of 2016). It is located on the shore of Dongting Lake in the southern Lianghu Plain, and the lake water flows into the Yangtze River (Changjiang) at Chenglingji, north of the city. It was Yuezhou in the Sui dynasty, Yuezhou Road in the Yuan dynasty, and Yuezhou Prefecture in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In 1961, part of Yueyang County was separated to establish a city, and in 1962 it was incorporated into the county again, but in 1975 it was restored to city status.

It is a key location for land and water transport in northern Hunan Province, with a thriving logistics industry. It is the province's only port on the Yangtze River, and was opened as an international trade port in 1996. In addition to the Beijing-Guangzhou Line, the city is also home to the Beijing-Guangzhou High Speed ​​Rail (opened in 2012) and the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway (Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau). It is an industrial city with factories producing paper, machinery, building materials, petrochemicals, and more. The surrounding areas produce rice, cotton, and tea, and fish farming and pig farming are also thriving. Junshan, located in Dongting Lake off the coast of the city's west gate tower, Yueyang Tower, is a historic site, and the city is also famous as a tea-producing area.

[Editor, Michihiro Kono, December 12, 2016]

[Reference items] | Jingguang Line | Hunan (province) | Hanluo
Yueyang Tower
The three-story west gate tower of Yueyang. You can see Dongting Lake spreading out before you and Junshan Mountain offshore. Yueyang, Hunan Province, China ©Masashi Tanaka ">

Yueyang Tower


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

中国、湖南(こなん)省北東部の地級市。人口563万3000(2014)。3市轄区、4県を管轄し、汨羅(べきら)など2県級市の管轄代行を行う(2016年時点)。両湖(りょうこ)平原南部の洞庭湖(どうていこ)の湖岸に位置し、市の北方の城陵磯(じょうりょうき)で湖水は長江(ちょうこう)(揚子江(ようすこう))に流入している。隋(ずい)の岳州、元の岳州路、明(みん)、清(しん)の岳州府治で、1961年岳陽県の一部を割いて市制施行、翌1962年ふたたび同県に編入されたが、1975年市に復した。

 湖南省北部の水陸交通の要地で、物流業が盛んである。省唯一の長江沿岸の港湾で、1996年国際貿易港として開放された。京広線に加え、京広高速鉄道(2012年開通)、京港澳(けいこうおう)高速道路(北京(ペキン)―香港(ホンコン)―マカオ)が通る。製紙、機械、建築材料、石油化学工業などの工場の立地する工業都市である。周辺地区では米、ワタ、茶を産出し、魚の養殖や養豚も盛んである。市西門の城楼「岳陽楼」沖合いの洞庭湖中にある君山(くんざん)は史跡で、茶の産地としても有名である。

[河野通博・編集部 2016年12月12日]

[参照項目] | 京広線 | 湖南(省) | 汨羅
岳陽楼
3層からなる岳陽の西門の城楼。眼前に広がる洞庭湖や、沖合いの君山を望むことができる。中国 湖南省岳陽©Masashi Tanaka">

岳陽楼


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