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Architectural Building Attractions In Yulin

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Yulin , formerly romanized as Watlam, is one of the fourteen prefecture-level cities of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Its Chinese name was changed in 1956 from the historical name 鬱林 , which only sounds the same in Mandarin as the current one, but very different in the local dialect of Yue Chinese; 鬱 is uat˥ while 玉 is ȵok˨. The former romanization follows the pronunciation of the historical name in Yue Chinese.
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  • 1. Tongwan City Site Jingbian County
    Tongwancheng or Tongwan City was the capital of the Southern Xiongnu, the only city of the Xiongnu that has ever been found. The city is well preserved and is located in Jingbian County, Shaanxi Province, China, close to Inner Mongolia. The city is at the southern edge of the Maowusu Sands of the Ordos Desert, on what was formerly a strategic site in the centre of the Ordos plateau. The city has been surveyed and some elements restored, but not yet excavated. The city was built by around 100,000 Xiongnu of the Xia kingdom under the command of Helian Bobo in 419, the Xiongnu having founded their steppe empire in the 3rd century BC. Helian Bobo died in AD 425, and Helian Chang succeeded him as ruler of the city. The Great Wall of China was built to contain the Xiongnu threat, and Tongwanchen...
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