无锡英文简介Wuxi.doc

Wuxi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wuxi?(simplified Chinese:?无锡;?traditional Chinese:?無錫;?pinyin:?Wúxī) is an old city in southern?Jiangsuprovince,?Peoples Republic of China. Split in half by?Lake Tai, Wuxi borders?Changzhou?to the west and?Suzhou?to the east. The?Yangtze River?lies between the northern half of Wuxi and?Taizhou, while the southern half of the city borders the province of?Zhejiang. Wuxi is also famous for being one of the birthplaces of Chinas modern industry and commerce, as well as the hometown of many important businessmen who have played essential roles in building commerce in?Shanghai?since the early 20th century. Name[edit] The modern name consists of the?Chinese characters?无?(without, lacking) and?锡?(tin) and simply means No tin. According to a traditional story, during the?warring states?period, soldiers were stationed in Wuxi on Xishan (tin hill). While burying a pot to prepare food, a soldier found a stone plaque engraved with the words If there is tin there is an army, conflict under heaven. If there is no tin (wuxi), there is peace, quiet under heaven. According to the story, Wuxis name comes from this inscription. However, some scholars believe the name may have originally been 吳墟 (Ruins of?Wu) from Meicuns role as the original capital of the region or from a Chinese transcription of an indigenous?Baiyue?name honoring a bird deity.[2][3][4][5][6][7]?Others believe that the name could be derived from an ancient pronunciation of the name?Fu Xi. Former spellings include?Wu-shi,?Wushi, and?Wu-hsi. In?Shanghainese, it is pronounced?[?u?i??]. History[edit] Zhou Dynasty[edit] According to?traditional Chinese historians, two?Zhou?princes,?Taibo?and?Zhongyong, founded the first Chinese state in the area of Wuxi around the 11th century BC. This?state of Wu?(吳) had its first capital at?Meili, generally thought to be the village of Meicun in Wuxi (although some records indicate a location closer to Wus later capitals around?Suzhou).[citation