Meaning of Yidu | Babel Free

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A county-level city of Yichang, Hubei, China.

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“Kingcheu commands over thirteen Cities, as Kingcheu, Cunggan, Xexeu, Kienli, Sungki, Chikiang, Iling, Changyang, Itu, Juengan, Quei, Hingxan, Patung.”

“A Chinese correspondent at Ichang reports that the new soldiers enlisted by General Yuen Tso-ming of Kweichow in the district of Itu, Hupeh, are now preparing to leave there for Chungking to support General Yuen in his attempt to return to Kweichow.”

“Located in western Hubei Province, Yidu, like Yichang, is part of the area known as the "Gateway to the Three Gorges". In days gone by, famous poets such as Li Bai (701-762), Du Fu (712-770) and Su Shi (1037-1101) wrote poems about the city and its magnificent scenery. Yidu is also the hometown of Yang Shoujing (1839-1915), a famous scholar from the late Qing Dynasty.”

“The fungi, highly sought after in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), are now being farmed on an industrial scale in China’s Hubei province. In Yidu, a county of fewer than half a million people, HEC Health has been growing cordyceps since 2007, harvesting about 50 tonnes – as much as 30 per cent of all the cordyceps collected from the wild – every year for the market.”

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