Hankou 漢口

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Hànkǒu 漢口

Other names include: Xiàkǒu 夏口; merged with Hànyáng 漢陽 and Wǔchāng 武昌 in 1927 to form Wǔhàn 武漢; Hankow (historical romanization)

Hànkǒu in the treaty-port era
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Central China Region
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Hànkǒu 漢口 was an important center of trade on the Yangzi river, and was merged in 1928 with Hànyáng 漢陽 and Wǔchāng 武昌 to form Wǔhàn 武漢.

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History

Hànkǒu was settled as a center of merchant activity in the Míng dynasty, nearby to the older and more established cities of Hànyáng and Wǔchāng. In the late Qīng, the city was opened to foreign powers as a treaty port. After the First World War, the Chinese government reclaimed the German and Russian concessions, and the British left during the anti-imperialist movement of 1927. Later that year the Northern expedition occupied the city, and in 1928 the three cities were merged.

Important Buddhist Sites

  • The Hànkǒu Buddhist Association 漢口佛教會 was founded here in 1920. It was later reformed as the Right Faith Society 正信會 in 1928.
  • Huáyán University 華嚴大學 was founded here in 1920 by Cízhōu 慈舟 (1877-1958)[1]

Other Notes

Notes

  1. See 劉謙定, "武昌曾有座華嚴大學".[1]

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