Shangjing

E723611

historical capital city

Shangjing was the principal imperial capital city of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty in what is now northeastern China.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dongjing (Liao)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical capital city ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Linhuangfu NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Shangjing Linhuangfu NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Capital NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Capital NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Liao dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup	Khitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtBy	Khitan people NERFINISHED ⓘ Yelü Abaoji NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf	Liao dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinateWith	Dongjing (Liao Eastern Capital) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanjing (Liao Southern Capital) NERFINISHED ⓘ Xijing (Liao Western Capital) NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhongjing (Liao Central Capital) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Liao dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentStatus	archaeological site ⓘ
declineAfter	Jin conquest of Liao NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ trade ⓘ
foundedAsCapitalInYear	918 ⓘ
foundedBy	Yelü Abaoji NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadCityWalls	yes ⓘ
hadImperialPalace	yes ⓘ
hadInnerCity	yes ⓘ
hadOuterCity	yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ
historicalRegion	Khitan homeland NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfRulingElite	Khitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Inner Mongolia, China NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northeastern China NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Bairin Left Banner NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Xilamulun River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Liao dynasty five-capital system ⓘ
politicalFunction	ceremonial center of the Liao dynasty ⓘ political center of the Liao dynasty ⓘ principal imperial capital of the Liao dynasty ⓘ
religiousInfluence	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Khitan traditional beliefs ⓘ
servedAsCapitalFrom	907 ⓘ
servedAsCapitalUntil	1120s ⓘ
timePeriod	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ early 12th century ⓘ
urbanPlanInfluencedBy	Tang dynasty capital planning NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	central administration ⓘ imperial rituals ⓘ royal residence ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liao dynasty → capital → Shangjing ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dongjing (Liao)