City Details: Cixi

A few alternate names for Cixi are: Cixi, Cixi City, Cixi Shi, Hu-shan-chen, Hu-shan-so-ch'eng, Hu-shan-so-ch’eng, Hushan, Tz'u-ch'i, Tz'u-hsi, Tz’u-ch’i

Empress Dowager Cixi was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively but periodically controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent for almost 50 years, from 1861 until her death in 1908. Selected as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor in her adolescence, she gave birth to a son, Zaichun, in 1856. After the Xianfeng Emperor's death in 1861, his five-year-old son became the Tongzhi Emperor, and Cixi assumed the role of co-empress dowager alongside Xianfeng's widow, Empress Dowager Ci'an. Cixi ousted a group of regents appointed by the late emperor and assumed the regency along with Ci'an. Cixi then consolidated control over the dynasty when she installed her nephew as the Guangxu Emperor at the death of the Tongzhi Emperor in 1875. Ci'an continued as co-regent until her death in 1881.

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Cixi

General Information

  • Official Name: People's Republic of China
  • Common Name: China
  • Population: 1457510
  • Timezone: Asia/Shanghai
  • Coordinates: 30.1764, 121.2457
  • Country Code: CHN
  • Continent: Asia

Closest Airports to Cixi

  • 1. Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB), distance from city center: 44.11 km
  • 2. Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH), distance from city center: 78.23 km
  • 3. Zhoushan Airport (HSN), distance from city center: 110.76 km

Location of Cixi

China Country Details

  • Country: China
  • Official Name: People's Republic of China
  • Capital: Beijing
  • Region: Asia
  • Subregion: Eastern Asia
  • Population: 1,402,112,000
  • Area: 9,706,961 km²
  • Languages: Chinese
  • Currency: Chinese yuan (¥)
  • Timezones: UTC+08:00
  • Flag: Flag of {countryDetailsInfoJson[0].name.common}

Has borders with:

  • Afghanistan
  • Bhutan
  • Myanmar
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Kazakhstan
  • Nepal
  • Korea (North)
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Macao
  • Mongolia
  • Pakistan
  • Russian Federation
  • Tajikistan
  • Viet Nam

Holidays in Cixi, People's Republic of China

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  • 国庆节 - 2026-10-01

Museums in Cixi, People's Republic of China

Museum

慈溪党史馆

Keji Road, 古塘街道, 315300 Zhejiang, China

Coordinates: 30.2027° N, 121.2768° E

Museum

慈溪市文化馆

Keji Road, 古塘街道, 315300 Zhejiang, China

Coordinates: 30.2027° N, 121.2747° E

Museum

慈溪科技馆

Keji Road, 古塘街道, 315300 Zhejiang, China

Coordinates: 30.2030° N, 121.2745° E