Yixing

Yixing (simplified Chinese: 宜兴; traditional Chinese: 宜興; pinyin: Yíxīng) is a county-level city administered under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in southern Jiangsu province, China, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware tea pots. It is a pene-exclave with Changzhou. The city spans an area of 1,996.6 square kilometres (770.9 sq mi),[1] and has a registered hukou population of about 1,075,800 as of 2020.[2] During the Xia dynasty and Shang dynasty, the area fell under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou and was known as Jingxi (荆溪; 荊溪; Jīngxī).[3] The area was subsequently known as Jingyi (荆邑; 荊邑; Jīngyì) during the Zhou dynasty.[3] The area was first organized as a county in 221 BCE, during the Qin dynasty, under the name of Yangxian County (阳羡县; 陽羨縣; Yángxiàn Xiàn).[3] Between 303 and 310 CE, local general Zhou Qi [zh], the eldest son of General Zhou Chu, suppressed three rebellions.[3] Yangxian County was then renamed Yixing Commandery (义兴郡; 義興郡; Yìxìng Jùn), in honor of Zhou Qi.[3] Yixing Commandery remained under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou.[3] In 589 CE, under the Sui dynasty, Yixing was re-designated from a commandery back to a county, and was placed under the jurisdiction of Changzhou.[3]