Zhongdu (disambiguation)
Zhongdu is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese characters Chinese: 中都, meaning "Central Capital". It may refer to:
- Zhongdu, the capital of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty during the 12th century. It was located in present-day Beijing.
- Zhongdu, a proposed capital for the new Ming Dynasty to be located at the birthplace of the Hongwu Emperor in Anhui, then known as Linhao (formerly Zhongli (鍾離) and later Fengyang). The Ming Shilu records 140,000 workers involved in its construction (1369–1375) before it was abruptly abandoned as "construction had too greatly exhausted the strength of the people". The Ming remained at Nanjing (and nominally Kaifeng) until the Yongle Emperor removed the capital in stages to Beijing.
Zhongdu, written with other Chinese characters, is also used for other place names:
- Zhongdu, Luzhai County (中渡镇), a town in Luzhai County, Guangxi
- Zhongdu, Shanghang County, town in Fujian
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