Taizhou

Japanese: 泰州 - たいしゅう

A city in the central south of Jiangsu Province, China. Population 270,000 (1994). It is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, east of Yangzhou. The delta on the north bank of the Yangtze River grew slower than the delta on the south bank, and during the Han dynasty this area had only just become land. Salt was produced in the low-lying marshes on the coast, and in the early Western Han dynasty, King Liu Bi of Wu (215-154 BC) promoted development, building a canal for irrigation (the Yunyan Canal, the precursor to today's Yangtze Canal). At the same time, Hailing County was established here, and although it was abolished for a time, it continued to exist until the Yuan dynasty.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，江蘇省中南部の市。人口27万(1994)。長江(揚子江)北岸，揚州の東に位置する。長江北岸のデルタは南岸のデルタに比べ伸長が遅れ，漢代にはこの付近はようやく陸化したばかりであった。海岸の低湿地では製塩が行われ，前漢初期，呉王劉濞（りゆうび）(前215‐前154)が開発を進め，運河を開いて灌漑も進めたという(運塩河，今の通揚運河の前身)。同時にこの地に海陵県が置かれ，一時期廃されたものの，以後元代まで存在した。

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