Taikang

Taikang County, formerly known as Yangjia County or Yangxia County, is a county within the north of Zhoukou prefecture-stage town, inside the east of Henan province, China. It is divided into 23 townships and 766 villages. The county is home to at least one.Forty three million Han Chinese and 25,000 Hui, with a population density of 581 human beings in line with kilometre squared. The administrative location of Taikang turned into originally known as "Yangxia County"; its call changed into derived from Xia dynasty king Tai Kang.

The individual is usually suggested as xia however in Central Plains Mandarin is suggested jia. As a chief thoroughfare, the county has been historically important. It become the homeland of Wu Guang, one of the peasant leaders of the riot towards the Qin dynasty. It become additionally the ancestral place of origin of the Xie and Yuan surnames; it therefore was the birthplace of several well-known Xie clan participants consisting of Xie Daoyun, Xie Hui, Xie Lingyun, Xie Tiao, and others. Following the begin of the chaotic Sixteen Kingdoms duration, Yangxia County first of all remained a part of the regions held by the Eastern Jin, but was later conquered by means of the Former Qin.