Yizheng

Yizheng is a region level city under the organization of the prefecture-level city of Yangzhou, Jiangsu area, China, with a populace of around 600,000. It fringes the prefecture level divisions of Chuzhou toward the north, Nanjing toward the west, and Zhenjiang toward the south. In 1013, the statues of a few point of reference rulers of the Song were thrown in Jian'an military prefecture.

Along these lines, the area was changed into Zhen zhou with the ruler's support later, and a Taoist sanctuary assigned Yizhen was additionally worked, at where the previous heater was arranged. Both zhen and yizhen evidently signify "lifelikeness" in Chinese. The prefecture was named after the sanctuary in 1117. The then Yizhen area was renamed Yizheng in 1723, in light of the fact that the homophone "zhen" as a piece of the Yongzheng Emperor's Chinese name was esteemed to be unutterable.

On the northern bank of Yangzhou, Yizheng is arranged in the north of Jiangsu and the Yangtze River lies in its southern region. The city fringes Luhe District of Nanjing on west, the urban zone of Yangzhou on east and Tianchang of Anhui Province on north. The city claims a riverbank of 27 km, facing Zhenjiang in inverse of the river. Two significant waterways, the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal, go through Yizheng from west to east and from north to south, separately, isolating the city into four divisions.