Deqing County, Guangdong

Deqing County 德庆县
County
Location of the county
Deqing Location in Guangdong
Coordinates: 23°08′N 111°45′E / 23.133°N 111.750°ECoordinates: 23°08′N 111°45′E / 23.133°N 111.750°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Zhaoqing
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Deqing
Traditional Chinese	德慶
Simplified Chinese	德庆
Postal	Takhing
Literal meaning	Virtuous Celebration
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Déqìng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Dak^1-hing^3

Deqing County, formerly romanized as Takhing,^{[lower-alpha 1]} is a county in western Guangdong, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhaoqing.

History

Under the Qing, Deqing County made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.^[1]

Sights

Panlongxia Waterfall  Deqing Confucian Temple  Sanyuan Pagoda  Longmu Temple in Yuecheng

Notes

1. The Postal Map form of the name derives from Deqing's Cantonese pronunciation. Deqing has also been romanized as Tak King.^[1]

References

Citations

1. Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.

Bibliography

• Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge, reprinted 2000.