Wuhu - Buko

Japanese: 蕪湖 - ぶこ
Wuhu - Buko

A prefecture-level city in the southeastern part of Anhui Province, China. It is located at the confluence of the Qingyi River and the Yangtze River. It governs four city districts and four counties, including Wuhu, Fanchang, and Nanling (as of 2016). Its population was 2,307,630 (2010). During the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, it was called the Quzi City of Wu, and during the Han Dynasty it was Wuhu County and belonged to Danyang County, but was later abolished and revived as Wuhu Town in the Tang Dynasty and promoted to a county. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, commerce flourished as a distribution center for goods from the Qingyi River basin and the Chaohu area, and it was known as the leader of China's four major rice cities. It was opened to the public by the Treaty of Chifu in 1876, and exported goods from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River via Shanghai. In 1949, it was separated from Wuhu County and established as a city.

It is an important river port on the Yangtze River, and is also one of the hubs of land and water transport in the southern part of the province, with the Ningwu Line (Nanjing-Wuhu), Ningtong Line (Nanjing-Tongling), Huainan Line (Huainan-Wuhu), Wangan Line (Wuhu-Yingtan), Xuanhang Line (Xuacheng-Hangzhou), Ning'an High Speed ​​Railway (Nanjing-Anqing), and Beijing-Fuzhou High Speed ​​Railway (Beijing-Fuzhou). Coal, manganese, and iron ore are produced in the surrounding area, and industries such as automobile parts, spinning, and electronic parts are well developed. Other famous traditional crafts include the Santou (kitchen knife, scissors, razor) and Sanga (iron painting, lacquer painting, and tsuso painting).

[Kazuo Hayashi, Editorial Department, July 19, 2017]

[Reference items] | Anhui (province) | Provincial

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

中国、安徽(あんき)省南東部の地級市。青弋江(せいよくこう)と揚子江(ようすこう)の合流点に位置する。4市轄区、蕪湖、繁昌(はんしょう)、南陵(なんりょう)など4県を管轄する(2016年時点)。人口230万7630(2010)。春秋戦国時代には呉の鳩茲邑(きゅうじゆう)とよばれ、漢代は蕪湖県で丹陽(たんよう)郡に属したが、のち廃止され、唐代に蕪湖鎮として復活し県に昇格した。明(みん)・清(しん)代より青弋江流域と巣湖(そうこ)地区の物資の集散地として商業が盛んとなり、中国四大米市の筆頭として知られた。1876年芝罘(チーフ)条約により開港され、揚子江中流地域の物資を上海(シャンハイ)を経由して輸出した。1949年に蕪湖県から分離して市が設けられた。

 揚子江水運上の重要な河港であり、さらに寧蕪線(南京(ナンキン)―蕪湖)、寧銅線(南京―銅陵(どうりょう))、淮南(わいなん)線(淮南―蕪湖)、皖贛(かんかん)線(蕪湖―鷹潭(ようたん))、宣杭線(宣城(せんじょう)―杭州(こうしゅう))、寧安高速鉄道(南京―安慶(あんけい))、京福高速鉄道(北京(ペキン)―福州(ふくしゅう))が市内を通り、省南部の水陸交通上の中心の一つである。付近で石炭、マンガン、鉄鉱石を産し、自動車部品、紡績、電子部品などの工業が発達している。ほかに三刀(包丁、鋏(はさみ)、かみそり)、三画(鉄画、堆漆(たいしつ)画、通草(つうそう)画)などの伝統工芸品が有名である。

[林 和生・編集部 2017年7月19日]

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