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Chinese kanji

Name of the vassal state

Thistle Castle

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Pronunciation: jì

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The name of the vassal state with the surname of Jì ( 蓟), a marquisate vassal state. It was a descendant of Emperor Yao. The fiefdom was located in Shuntianfu, Beijing.

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Refers to the ancient Beijing area southwest of present-day Beijing, the capital of the state of Yan during the Warring States period.

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蓟 jì ▲<name> 形声. From cursive. Meaning:A generic name for plants of the genus Thistle Thistle

Ancient place name, an ancient name for Beijing. Ancient state name, Tang Kaiyuan eighteen years set. The seat was in Yuyang (now Jixian County, Tianjin). Ancient county name, Jixian. It was established in Qin Dynasty. Its seat is in the southwest of present-day Beijing. The name of the county is in the north of Tianjin, neighboring Beijing and Hebei Province. It was established in Qin as Wulian county, changed to Yuyang county in Sui, and was incorporated into Jizhou in Ming, and was changed to Jixian county in 1913. Surname: In ancient times, when King Wu of Zhou founded the Zhou Dynasty, he honored the virtues of his sages and respected their descendants as the chiefs of the land of Ji, and established the state of Ji, which was located in present-day Beijing. The descendants of the king of the state of Ji formed the surname Ji. It is a perennial herb that sprouts in the spring, with prickly and white soft hairy stems and leaves, and purplish-red flowers. It is divided into large and small thistle. The whole herb is used medicinally. The young stems and leaves are eaten or used as fodder. Word AtlasMore Atlases

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Noah's Ark NP1300

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Plants, Asteraceae