Xingtai - Xingtai

Japanese: 邢台 - けいだい

A commercial and industrial city in the southwest of Hebei Province, China. Population 410,000 (1994). Located at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains. A city that developed since ancient times on the fertile plains of the upper reaches of the Ziya River, it was the site of the Xing Kingdom of the Zhou Dynasty. Its founder was the son of the Duke of Zhou who was given the title in the 11th century BC. Around 662 BC, the Xing Kingdom was moved to the area around present-day Liaocheng County in Shandong Province, but the place name remained. Xindu County was established here during the Qin Dynasty, and it was called Xiangguo County during the Han Dynasty. Shi Le, who later founded the Later Zhao Dynasty, made it his capital in 312. During the Sui Dynasty, it became Longgang County, and during the Song Dynasty, it was renamed Xingtai County.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，河北省南西部の商工業都市。人口41万(1994)。太行山脈の東麓に位置する。子牙河上流の肥沃な平原に古くより発達した都市で，周代の邢国の地。前11世紀に周公の子が封ぜられたのを始祖とする。前662年ころ邢国は今の山東省聊城県付近に移ったが，地名はそのまま残った。秦代信都県がおかれ，漢代には襄国県と呼ばれた。のちに後趙をうちたてた石勒は，312年ここを都とした。隋代に竜岡県となり，宋代に邢台県と改められた。

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