Yishui

Japanese: 沂水 - ぎすい

A county in the southeastern part of Shandong Province, China. Population: 1.11 million (1994). Part of the Linyi District. Located at the southern foot of the ancient famous mountain Yishan (1,032m), also known as Dong Taishan, and in the upper reaches of the Yi River. Farming is mainly field crops, with peanut production being particularly thriving. During the Spring and Autumn period, the county was on the border between Qi and Lu, and the remains of the Qi Great Wall remain at Muling Pass in the north of the county. During the Han dynasty, Dongguan County was established, and during the Tang dynasty, the county was renamed Yishui County. In 1940, the southern part became independent as Yinan County, and in 1954, excavations of a tomb from the late Eastern Han dynasty (the Yinan Epigraphic Stone Tombs) were discovered in the General's Tomb in Beizhai Village.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，山東省南東部の県。人口111万(1994)。臨沂地区に属す。東泰山とも呼ばれる古来の名山，沂山(1032m)の南麓，沂河の上流にある。農業は畑作を主とし，とくにラッカセイの生産が盛ん。春秋時代には斉と魯の境界地帯にあたり，県北の穆陵関（ぼくりようかん）には斉の長城の遺跡が残る。漢代，東莞県が置かれ，唐代沂水県と改名された。1940年，南部が沂南県として独立したが，その北寨村にあった〈将軍冢〉より54年，後漢末の墓が発掘され，多くの画像石(沂南画像石墓)が発見された。

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