Gongyi

Gongyi, formerly Gong County, is a county-degree city belonging to the town of Zhengzhou in Henan province, China. It has a population of 790,000 people and a place of 1,041 km2. Gongyi is located within the center of Henan province, at the northern side of Mount Song. The Yellow River runs through the northern part of the metropolis. Zhengzhou town proper lies 82 km to the east and Luoyang 76 km to the west.

The city turned into once referred to as Zhenxun, and became seemingly capital of China at some point of a part of the Xia dynasty. According to the Bamboo Annals, Houyi occupied Zhenxun together with his forces while the Xia king Taikang changed into off looking beyond the Luo River. He turned into then usurped with the aid of his lieutenant Han Zhuo and his son earlier than the Xia have been subsequently restored. The celebrated Song tombs are scattered via the cities of Xicun, Zhitian, and Huiguo.

They are the resting region for 7 emperors of the Northern Song dynasty and the daddy of the dynasty's founder. There are also the graves of dependable ministers of the Song. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Gongyi became positioned below the jurisdiction of Zhengzhou but got here under the manage of Kaifeng in January 1955 before reverting to Zhengzhou in August 1983. In 1991, Gongyi have become a county-degree town, nevertheless under the jurisdiction of Zhengzhou. Gongyi is notion to be the birthplace of the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, regularly considered China's greatest poet.