Ankang

Ankang is a prefecture-level city in southern Shaanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. The settlement of Ankang dates to the Stone Age, and its recorded records dates lower back extra than 3000 years. The agreement become at the beginning referred to as Xicheng. Ankang County changed into installed in 1st Taikang year of the Western Jin Dynasty advert 280. It later fashioned part of the Eastern Liang Prefecture, which became reorganized into the Jin Prefecture within the third Feidi year of the Western Wei advert 554.

Under the Sui, this changed into renamed Xicheng Commandery and, below the Tang, Ankang Commandery After the founding of the People's Republic of China 1949, the Ankang Office of the Shaanxi Province People's Government become installation in 1950, developing to become the Ankang Area Civic Administration in 1979. In 2001, Ankang Area have become Ankang City with a metropolis-degree administration.

Ankang's history and culture is almost similar to Chinese culture, but with unique traits and geographical functions marked by means of its range, which integrates east and west, north and south. It is prompted by Shaanxi tradition, Chinese culture and Diqiang lifestyle, with elements Bashu and Jinchu lifestyle to shape the present-day Han River culture after lots of years of assimilation and fusion. The operas of Ankang have an extended records, with almost ten types, of which Han Opera is the satisfactory and most mature.