Talk:Tongzhou, Beijing

info please

Please improve the article by adding better maps, particularly historical maps. There was once a distinctive, separate city area called Tungchow, circa 1940. It had a city wall and moat around it. Please add such information to the article. -75.164.229.239 (talk) 00:23, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Tungchow Tungchou T'ung-chou Tongxian alternate spellings

Please ensure the alternate spellings Tungchow Tungchou T'ung-chou Tongxian redirect to this article. Thanks! -96.237.4.73 (talk) 21:50, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

 Done. GotR ^Talk 02:04, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

-zhou vs. -xian administrative division terms

In the early 1900s, the place east of Beijing now known as Tongzhou westerners called Tung-chow (-chou) or Tung-hsien. (These administrative division terms are now spelled -zhou and -xian.) Westerners did not seem to understand the difference. What exactly is the difference between these two administrative division terms, both in general history/linguistics and with regard to the history of this place?-96.237.4.73 (talk) 22:57, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Maps

Please add detailed historic maps to the article.

The maps shown here are generally interesting/relevant:

• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Old_maps_of_Beijing

Those that include the eastern area outside Peking, to the river, show Tungchow.

By far the best is

• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tongzhou_1926_AMS-WO.jpg

Description 	
English: Map of Tongzhou County, Beijing, China. Printed by the British War Office / US Army Map Service.
Date 	1926
Source 	University of Texas Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/china_city_plans/
Author 	United States Army Map Service

This high-resolution map shows great detail, including the old Tungchow city wall, railway stations and individual buildings. Please add this map to the article! -96.237.4.73 (talk) 22:33, 7 January 2013 (UTC)