Xingqing Prefecture

{{Short description|Prefecture in imperial China}}

{{chinese|t={{linktext|興|慶|府}}|s={{linktext|兴|庆|府}}|p=Xīngqìng{{cite book|editor1=夏征农|editor2=陈至立|chapter=兴庆|trans-chapter=Xingqing|script-title=zh:辞海：第六版彩图本 |trans-title=Cihai (Sixth Edition in Color) |date=September 2009|location=Shanghai|publisher=Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House.|isbn=9787532628599| language=zh|page=2558}} (listed under xīng 兴) Fǔ|altname=Zhongxing Prefecture|t2={{linktext|中|興|府}}|s2={{linktext|中|兴|府}}|p2=Zhōngxīng Fǔ|altname3=Xing Prefecture|t3={{linktext|興|州}}|s3={{linktext|兴|州}}|p3=Xīng Zhōu}}

Xingqing Prefecture, also known as Irqai, Äriqaya and Egrigaia in Tangut, Secret History of the Mongols and The Travels of Marco Polo respectively,{{cite book |last=Pelliot |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Pelliot |date=1963 |title=Notes on Marco Polo, vol. 2 |url=http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/III-2-F-c-104/V-2/page/0045.html.en |language=en |location=Paris |publisher=Imprimerie nationale, librairie Adrien-Maisonneuve |pages=641–642}} was the capital of Western Xia (Tangut Empire) between the 11th and 13th centuries and its de facto independent precursor Dingnan Jiedushi, in modern Ningxia, China, centering on modern Yinchuan.{{harvnb|Shi|loc=p. 1095.}}

After the fall of the Tangut Empire, it was absorbed into imperial China.{{harvnb|Shi|loc=p. 1095.}} The Mongol leader and conqueror Genghis Khan, who founded the Mongol Empire, died there on 25 August 1227.

Xingqing was its name between 1033 and 1205. Between 1205 and 1288, it was known as Zhongxing Prefecture ({{lang-zh|p=Zhōngxīngfǔ|t=中興府|links=no}}; Tangut: {{Tangut|𗤛𗼵𗥑}}){{harvnb|Shi|loc=p. 390.}} and between 1020 and 1033 as Xing Prefecture ({{lang-zh|p=Xīngzhōu|t=興州|labels=no}}; Tangut: {{Tangut|𗼵𗉔}}).{{harvnb|Shi|loc=p. 1096.}}

The modern urban district Xingqing District in Yinchuan retains its name.