Lin'an Prefecture

Capital of the Southern Song dynasty
Lin'an Prefecture
Traditional Chinese臨安府
Hanyu PinyinLín'ān Fǔ

History
  • 1129 (Song dynasty)
 • Abolished1277 (Yuan dynasty)
 • Succeeded byHangzhou Prefecture
 • HQQiantang (錢塘)
Contained within
 • Circuit
  • Liangzhe Circuit (before 1160s)
  • Liangzhe West Circuit (after 1160s)

Lin'an Prefecture (1129–1277) was after 1138 the capital of the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). With over one million people by 1276, it was the most populous city in the world. Lin'an Prefecture was located in modern northern Zhejiang around Hangzhou. Its administrative area is different from that of the modern prefecture-level city of Hangzhou.

Lin'an Prefecture fell to the Mongols in 1276.

References

  • Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.

Further reading

  • Lam, Joseph S. C.; Lin, Shuen-fu; de Pee, Christian; Powers, Martin (eds.). Senses of the City: Perceptions of Hangzhou and Southern Song China, 1127–1279. CUHK Press – via Project MUSE.
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Prefectures of Liangzhe Circuit during the Song dynasty
Liangzhe West Circuit
  • Hang (Lin'an)
  • Cháng
  • Hu
  • Mu
  • Run (Zhenjiang)
  • Sū (Pingjiang)
  • Xiu (Jiaxing)
Liangzhe East Circuit
  • Yue (Shaoxing)
  • Chu
  • Ming (Qingyuan)
  • Qu
  • Tai
  • Wen (Li'an)
  • Wu


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