Xingqing Prefecture

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Xingqing Prefecture was the principal political and cultural center of the Western Xia dynasty, located in what is now Yinchuan in China’s Ningxia region.

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Xingqing Prefecture canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical administrative division
prefecture-level division
approximateEnd 13th century
associatedWith Buddhism in Western Xia NERFINISHED
Tangut language NERFINISHED
capitalOf Western Xia NERFINISHED
conqueredBy Mongol Empire NERFINISHED
country Western Xia NERFINISHED
culturalRole center of Buddhist translation activities in Western Xia
center of Tangut script production
ethnicGroups Han Chinese NERFINISHED
Tanguts NERFINISHED
event Mongol conquest of Western Xia affected the city NERFINISHED
governmentType prefectural administration under Western Xia
heritage archaeological remains near modern Yinchuan
historicalPeriod Jin dynasty era NERFINISHED
Liao dynasty era NERFINISHED
Song dynasty era
historicalRegion Ordos–Hexi region NERFINISHED
historicalStatus residence of Western Xia emperors
seat of Western Xia imperial bureaucracy
knownFor cultural activities of Western Xia court
imperial palaces of Western Xia NERFINISHED
political administration of Western Xia
languageUsed Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
Tangut NERFINISHED
locatedIn Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
Western Xia NERFINISHED
northwestern China
present-day Yinchuan
partOf territory of Western Xia dynasty NERFINISHED
predecessor earlier Tang and Song frontier administrative units in the region
presentCountry People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
presentLocation Yinchuan urban area NERFINISHED
presentProvinceLevel Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
regionType oasis settlement along the Yellow River
religion Buddhism
Chinese folk religion
role principal cultural center of Western Xia
principal political center of Western Xia
servedAs imperial seat of the Tangut rulers
strategicImportance control of routes between Central China and Central Asia
control of the upper Yellow River corridor
successor Yinchuan NERFINISHED
usedBy Tangut people NERFINISHED

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Western Xia capital Xingqing Prefecture