Weicheng District (simplified Chinese: 渭城区; traditional Chinese: 渭城區; pinyin: Wèichéng Qū) is a district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
The district is notable for a number of Zhou and Han era tombs.
The area belonged to the Cheng [zh], also known as the state of Ying (Chinese: 郢国; pinyin: Yǐng Guó), during the Shang dynasty.[1] The Cheng state, which included northern portions of present-day Weicheng District, was settled by the descendants of Wu Hui [zh] sometime between 16th and 14th centuries BCE.[1] Present-day Yaodian Subdistrict [zh] was the site of a fief of the Cheng state.[1]
During the Zhou dynasty, King Wen oversaw the expansion of the dynasty to the west of the Feng River [zh], into present-day Xianyang.[1] Him and King Wu were buried in a complex known as the Zhou tombs [zh], located in present-day Zhouling Subdistrict [zh].[2] The complex contains two ancestral halls dedicated to the kings, as well as over 40 steles, which were erected in their honor during the Song dynasty.[2]
Weicheng District administers the following 10 subdistricts:[3]
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