What is "lanshan"

Lanshan may refer to:

• Lanshan County (蓝山县), of Yongzhou, Hunan
• Lanshan District, Rizhao (岚山区), Shandong
• Lanshan District, Linyi (兰山区), Shandong
• Lanshan Port (岚山港), Rizhao, Shandong
• Panling Lanshan (襴衫), traditional Chinese attire (hanfu) for men
• Lanshan, Suining County, Jiangsu (岚山镇), town in Suining County, Jiangsu

Lanshan mountain range (Ch. 兰山) is a mountain range along northern shore of the Yellow River east from the capital Lanzhou of the Gansu province in northwestern China.

The area of the Lanshan mountains played a prominent role in the history of early China, changing hands many times in the course of events, after the fall of the Han Dynasty there was located a capital of a succession of states, in the 4th century it was a capital of the independent state Earlier Liang, and from the 5th to the 11th century it became a center for Buddhist study in China.

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