# Bing Prefecture

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This article is about the historical prefecture. For the historical region with the same name covering a much larger area, see [Bing Province](/source/Bing_Province).

traditional Chinese: [并](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B6)[州](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9E); simplified Chinese: [并](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B6)[州](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9E); pinyin: *Bīng Zhōu*; Wade–Giles: *Ping1 Chou1* **Bingzhou** or **Bing Prefecture** was a *[zhou](/source/Zhou_(country_subdivision))* (prefecture) in [imperial China](/source/History_of_China), centering on modern [Taiyuan](/source/Taiyuan), [Shanxi](/source/Shanxi), [China](/source/China). It existed (intermittently) from the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty) until 723 and from 979 until 1059, when the [Song dynasty](/source/Song_dynasty) renamed it [Taiyuan Prefecture](/source/Taiyuan_Prefecture).

## History

### Tang dynasty

During the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty) (618–907), Bing Prefecture covered only areas in present-day [Shanxi](/source/Shanxi), which included south of present-day [Yangqu County](/source/Yangqu_County), north of [Wenshui County](/source/Wenshui_County) and east of midstream of the [Fen River](/source/Fen_River). In 723 Bing Prefecture was renamed to Taiyuan Prefecture.

### Song dynasty

In 979 during the [Song dynasty](/source/Song_dynasty) (960–1127), Bing Prefecture was restored and its capital set up in Yuci County (榆次縣; present-day [Yuci District](/source/Yuci_District), [Jinzhong](/source/Jinzhong), Shanxi). Three years later the capital was moved to Yangqu County (陽曲縣; present-day Yangqu County, Shanxi). In 1059 it was integrated into Taiyuan Prefecture.

## See also

- [Taiyuan Prefecture](/source/Taiyuan_Prefecture)

## References

- Shi Weile (ed.) (2005). *Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian*(中国历史地名大词典)'**[Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. p. 1068. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.**

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