A24: Television: (2019– ), earned stand-up comedian Ramy Youssef a 2020 Golden Globe award for best performance by an actor in a television series (musical or comedy) for his semi-autobiographical portrayal of a first-generation Egyptian American navigating his spirituality in a politically divided New Jersey neighborhood. In HBO’s coming-of-age drama Euphoria (2019–…

Morocco: Hassan’s last years: …house, and in March 1998 Abderrahmane Youssoufi (ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Yūsufī), a leader of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, was appointed as prime minister. Under pressure from human rights organizations, Hassan also directed a vigorous cleanup campaign that led to the ousting and even execution of corrupt officials as well…

rock: Rock and youth culture: But by the mid-1960s youth had become an ideological category that referred to a particular kind of hedonism, individualism, and modernism. Whereas youth once referred to high-school students, it came to include college students. Moreover, rock became multifunctional—dance and party music on the one hand, a matter of serious…

Giorgione: Influence and significance: Nevertheless, the portrait of a Youth (c. 1504) is universally considered to be by Giorgione. The indescribably subtle expression of serenity and the immobile features, added to the chiseled effect of the silhouette and modeling, combine to make the Youth an unforgettable expression of Renaissance man. The same sort of…

Michael Caine: …performance as a composer in Youth (2015), director Paolo Sorrentino’s paean to aging artists. He followed with a remake (2017) of the 1970s film Going in Style, playing a retiree planning a bank heist with his fellow pensioners. He had a similar role in King of Thieves (2018), based on…

Leo Tolstoy: First publications of Leo Tolstoy: (1854; Boyhood) and Yunost (1857; Youth). A number of stories centre on a single semiautobiographical character, Dmitry Nekhlyudov, who later reappeared as the hero of Tolstoy’s novel Resurrection. In “Lyutsern” (1857; “Lucerne”), Tolstoy uses the diary form first to relate an incident, then to reflect on its timeless meaning, and…

Joseph Conrad: Life at sea: …alterations, as the short story “Youth,” a remarkable tale of a young officer’s first command.

Henrietta Szold: …she was director of the Youth Aliyah, an agency created to rescue Jewish children from Nazi Germany and bring them to Palestine. Late in life she founded Lemaan ha-Yeled, an institution dedicated to child welfare and research; after her death it was renamed Mosad Szold (The Szold Foundation). Szold died…

Youth and the Bright Medusa, collection of eight short stories about artists and the arts by Willa Cather, published in 1920. Four of the stories were reprinted from Cather’s first published collection of fiction, The Troll Garden (1905). The stories include “Flavia and Her Artists,” in which an

juvenile court, special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. The juvenile court fulfills the government’s role as substitute parent, and, where no juvenile court exists, other courts must assume the function. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court:

gang, a group of persons, usually youths, who share a common identity and who generally engage in criminal behaviour. In contrast to the criminal behaviour of other youths, the activities of gangs are characterized by some level of organization and continuity over time. There is no consensus on the

youth hostel, supervised shelter providing inexpensive overnight lodging, particularly for young people. Hostels range from simple accommodations in a farm house to hotels able to house several hundred guests for days at a time. They are located in many parts of the world, usually in scenic areas,

Chicago Seven: …Jerry Rubin, cofounders of the Youth International Party (Yippies); Tom Hayden, cofounder of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); Black Panther Chairman Bobby Seale, the only African American of the group; David

Jacques Rogge: In 2007 he added the Youth Olympics to the Olympic calendar; the inaugural event was held in Singapore in 2010.

Indonesia: The rise of nationalism: …youth organizations issued the historic Youth Pledge (Sumpah Pemuda), whereby they vowed to recognize only one Indonesian motherland, one Indonesian people, and one Indonesian language. It was a landmark event in the country’s history and also is considered the founding moment of the Indonesian language.

Osvaldo Golijov: … (2000) and Francis Ford Coppola’s Youth Without Youth (2007).

history of publishing: General periodicals: …Post (1821–1969; revived 1971) and Youth’s Companion (1827–1929). The latter, published in Boston, was typically wholesome in content, intended to “warn against the ways of transgression” and to encourage “virtue and piety.”

Isla de la Juventud, island and municipio especial (special municipality) of Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea. It is bounded to the northwest by the Canal de los Indios and on the north and northeast by the Gulf of Batabanó, which separate it from the mainland of western Cuba. A 1904 treaty recognizing

Mikhail Vasilyevich Matyushin: …the group known as the Union of Youth, which was mainly made up of former members of Triangle. Though the couple was soon to leave the group because of differences in their aesthetic views, Guro and Matyushin remained in close contact and participated in Union of Youth exhibitions, the last…

YouTube, social media platform and website for sharing videos. It was registered on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of the American e-commerce company PayPal. They had the idea that ordinary people would enjoy sharing their “home videos.” The

China: The Zhou feudal system: …line was again broken when Youwang was killed by invading tribes. The nobles apparently were split at that time, because the break gave rise to two courts, headed by two princes, each of whom had the support of part of the nobility. One of the pretenders, Pingwang, survived the other…

Beijing: The early empires: …when it became known as Youzhou. By the middle of the Tang, measures were being taken to prevent the nomadic Tangut tribes of Tibet, such as the Xi Xia, and the Khitans (a Turco-Mongolian people from Manchuria) from raiding the borderlands and the local capital. The position of Youzhou consequently…

Yordan Yovkov was a Bulgarian short-story writer, novelist, and dramatist whose stories of Balkan peasant life and military experiences show a fine mastery of prose. Yovkov grew up in the Dobruja region and, after studying in Sofia, returned there to teach. He later worked in the Bulgarian legation

Yordan Yovkov was a Bulgarian short-story writer, novelist, and dramatist whose stories of Balkan peasant life and military experiences show a fine mastery of prose. Yovkov grew up in the Dobruja region and, after studying in Sofia, returned there to teach. He later worked in the Bulgarian legation

Japanese music: Melodic principles: …(tsuyogin) and the lyric (yowagin). Their differences are most evident in the placement of fundamental tones and the use of auxiliary tones around them. In the lyric style the three basic tones (jō, chū, and ge) are a fourth apart. The movement to and from each note is regulated…

pyŏlgok, Korean poetic form that flourished during the Koryŏ period (935–1392). Of folk origin, the pyŏlgok was sung chiefly by women performers (kisaeng) and was intended for performance on festive occasions. The theme of most of these anonymous poems is love, and its joys and torments are

Japan: Changes in ritsuryō government: …minority of the succeeding emperor Yōzei, and then in the reign of the emperor Uda, he created the post of kampaku. It thus became the established custom that a member of the Fujiwara family should serve as sesshō and kampaku. In order to hold the sekkan offices, it was necessary…

Yozgat, city, central Turkey. The city lies on the site of a Bronze Age settlement 100 miles (160 km) east of Ankara in a valley of the Ak Mountains, at an elevation of 4,360 feet (1,329 metres). The main road between Sivas and Ankara passes through Yozgat, but the rail line bypasses it to the

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Security: The Yugoslav People’s Army was designed to repel invasion, and, as part of its strategy, it used the geographically central republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a storehouse for armaments and as the site of most military production. Bosnian Serb forces, aided by the Yugoslav People’s…

Ypacaraí, town, central Paraguay. It is situated in the westward extension of the Brazilian Highlands. Its name means “water of God” in the ancient Guaraní language. Founded in 1887, it serves as a commercial and manufacturing centre for the agricultural and pastoral hinterland, the major yields of

Paraguay: Drainage: Lake Ypacaraí, about 30 miles (50 km) east of Asunción, is the site of a favourite summer resort at San Bernardino.

Bolivia: Hydrocarbons of Bolivia: …1937 to form the nationalized Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB). In the mid-1950s North American companies were again encouraged to resume operations, and in 1956 the Bolivian Gulf Oil Company (a branch of Gulf Oil Corporation) began a decade of successful oil and natural gas strikes in the Santa Cruz…

Paraguay: Drainage: The largest, Lake Ypoá, about 40 miles (65 km) south of Asunción, merges into Lake Verá; it is drained by channels of the Tebicuary and feeds the marshes of the Ñeembucú plain. Lake Ypacaraí, about 30 miles (50 km) east of Asunción, is the site of a…

ermine moth, any of several species of insects belonging to the family Yponomeutidae (order Lepidoptera). Ermine moths are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. The hairy caterpillars feed on dandelions and other weeds, cultivated shrubs, and trees, particularly fruit trees. Ermine moths

Lepidoptera: Annotated classification: Superfamily Yponomeutoidea More than 1,500 species worldwide; a limited and not very distinctive superfamily; larvae possess distinctive primary setation. Family Yponomeutidae (ermine moths) Almost 600 species worldwide; adults brightly colored, especially in the tropics; pupae of some make lacework cocoons; related

Ypres, municipality, West Flanders province (province), western Belgium. It lies along the Yperlee (Ieperlee) River, south of Ostend. Ypres became a major cloth-weaving city in the Middle Ages, and together with Brugge and Ghent it virtually controlled Flanders in the 13th century. At that time it

Rye: …remains, together with the earlier Ypres Tower (12th century). Buildings of special interest include the Mermaid Inn (1420) and the 18th-century house in which the novelist Henry James spent his later years. From the 15th century the port declined as silting proceeded, and the town has grown little outside its…

First Battle of Ypres, (October 19–November 22, 1914), first of three costly World War I battles centred on the city of Ypres (now Ieper) in western Flanders. Attempted flank attacks by both the Allies and the Germans failed to achieve significant breakthroughs, and both sides settled into the

John French, 1st earl of Ypres was a field marshal who commanded the British army on the Western Front between August 1914, when World War I began, and December 17, 1915, when he resigned under pressure and was succeeded by Gen. (afterward Field Marshal) Douglas Haig. The battles fought under his

Second Battle of Ypres, (April 22–May 25, 1915), second of three costly battles in World War I at Ypres (now Ieper), in western Flanders. The battle marked the Germans’ first use of poison gas as a weapon. Although the gas attack opened a wide hole in the Allied line, the Germans failed to exploit

Battle of Passchendaele, (July 31–November 6, 1917), World War I battle that served as a vivid symbol of the mud, madness, and senseless slaughter of the Western Front. The third and longest battle to take place at the Belgian city of Ypres, Passchendaele was ostensibly an Allied victory, but it

Ypresian Stage, oldest division of Eocene rocks, representing all rocks deposited worldwide during the Ypresian Age (56 million to 47.8 million years ago) of the Paleogene Period (66 million to 23 million years ago). The Ypresian Stage is named for exposures in the region of Ypres, Belgium. The

Ypsilanti, city, Washtenaw county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. It lies along the Huron River just east of Ann Arbor. The settlement of Woodruff’s Grove was established on the Huron River in 1823, near the site of a French trading post (1809–19). In 1824 surveying crews for a proposed

Ypsilanti family, Greek family prominent in the 19th century. Early members were Greek Phanariots (residents of the Greek quarter of Constantinople) distinguished in the Ottoman imperial service. Constantine Ypsilanti (1760–1816) was governor of Moldavia (1799–1801) and Walachia (1802–6) when he

Tudor Vladimirescu: …Etairist rising in Moldavia under Gen. Alexander Ypsilantis (March 1821), however, he disavowed the Greek leadership of the revolution in the Romanian principalities. He organized a popular rising in Walachia to evict the predominantly Greek administration imposed by the Turkish government and end the spoliation of the native Romanian aristocracy…

Tudor Vladimirescu: …Etairist rising in Moldavia under Gen. Alexander Ypsilantis (March 1821), however, he disavowed the Greek leadership of the revolution in the Romanian principalities. He organized a popular rising in Walachia to evict the predominantly Greek administration imposed by the Turkish government and end the spoliation of the native Romanian aristocracy…

Caudata: Bones and cartilage: An ypsiloid cartilage, attached to the front of the pelvic girdle, is used in exhalation in several groups, especially ambystomatids, dicamptodontids, hynobiids, and salamandrids. Digits and digital bones have been lost in many different groups. There are never more than four fingers, but nearly all species…

Snowdon: …highest of these peaks is Yr Wyddfa, which reaches an elevation of 3,560 feet (1,085 metres). Snowdon is composed mainly of slates and porphyries that date from the Ordovician Period (490 million to 443 million years ago). Intense glaciation has affected the entire locality, producing the ridges, cirques, and numerous…

Mold, town, historic and present county of Flintshire (Sir Fflint), northeastern Wales. It is situated on a small stretch of farmland between the two industrial centres of Deeside (region of the River Dee) and Wrexham. Mold grew up around a motte-and-bailey castle that the Normans built in the 12th

Hipólito Irigoyen was an Argentine statesman who became his country’s first president elected by broad popular suffrage. He was driven from office during his second term by a military coup in 1930. Irigoyen became a lawyer, teacher, rancher, and politician and in 1896 took control of the

Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen was a historian and politician, author of the first history of Finland in Finnish. Later he guided the Old Finn Party in its policy of compliance with Russia’s unconstitutional Russification program in Finland. Forsman—later, when he was made a baron, named Yrjö-Koskinen—was a

children’s literature: Russia/Soviet Union: …to children; the classic by Pyotr Yrshov, Konyok gorbunok (1834; English adaption by Ireene Wicker, The Little Hunchback Horse, 1942); and other stories and poems enjoyed by young Russians but not originally designed for them. To this folk material should be added the McGuffeyish moral tales that Tolstoy wrote for…

Douarnenez: …with the legendary city of Ys, which was believed to lie beneath the waters of the bay, and also with the medieval story of Tristan, lover of Iseult, for whom the island astride the estuary is named. Tristan Island was formerly named Saint-Tutuarn Island for the priory founded there in…

Santa Isabel, island, central Solomon Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean, 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Guadalcanal. About 130 miles (209 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) across at its widest point, it has a mountainous backbone with Mount Marescot (4,000 feet [1,219 metres]) as its highest peak. A

Eugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, conductor, and composer, the foremost interpreter of the string works of French and Belgian composers of his time. After a year as conductor of an orchestra in Berlin, Ysaÿe toured Norway, Russia, and France. From 1886 to 1897 he was professor of violin at the

Isengrim, greedy and dull-witted wolf who is a prominent character in many medieval European beast epics. Often cast as a worldly and corrupt churchman, he appears first as a character in the Latin Ecbasis captivi (c. 940), in which the beasts are unnamed, and under his own name in Ysengrimus

French literature: Satire, the fabliaux, and the Roman de Renart: Ysengrimus), the collection of ribald comic tales known as the Roman de Renart (Renard the Fox) began to circulate in the late 12th century, chronicling the rivalry of Renart the Fox and the wolf Isengrin, and the lively and largely scandalous goings-on in the animal…

Yser River, a small stream (48 mi [77 km] long), rising on the north flanks of the sandstone hills of Monts Cassell and de Récollets in northern France and flowing in an arc through West Flanders province, western Belgium, into the North Sea below Nieuwpoort. Its estuary seems to have extended as

Yser River: …days of desperate fighting (the Battle of the Yser), the Nieuwpoort sluices were flooded and checked the Germans; the Allies then succeeded in establishing themselves in an impregnable position on the river’s left bank.

Yitzḥak Shamir was a Polish-born Zionist leader and prime minister of Israel in 1983–84 and 1986–90 (in alliance with Shimon Peres of the Labour Party) and in 1990–92. Shamir joined the Beitar Zionist youth movement as a young man and studied law in Warsaw. He immigrated to Palestine in 1935 and

Tristan and Isolde, principal characters of a famous medieval love-romance, based on a Celtic legend (itself based on an actual Pictish king). Though the archetypal poem from which all extant forms of the legend are derived has not been preserved, a comparison of the early versions yields an idea

Stefano Pilati: …the storied house of fashion, Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), and head of design (2013–16) at Ermenegildo Zegna.

Ysleta, former town, now a southeastern section of El Paso, El Paso county, extreme western Texas, U.S. Ysleta lies near the Rio Grande. The town was annexed by El Paso in 1955, though residents of Ysleta had voted against the merger. Regarded as the oldest settlement within the present boundaries

Ysopet, in French literature, a medieval collection of fables, often versions of Aesop’s Fables. The word Ysopet was first applied to a collection of tales (103 in all) written by Marie de France in the late 12th century. They were said to be based directly on an English version of Aesop’s Fables

Yemen: Government and society: ” The Yemen Socialist Party (YSP), the only legal political organization, determined government policy and exercised control over the state administrative system, the legislature, and the military.

Sweden: Sports and recreation: …Baltic, the resort town of Ystad draws throngs of beachgoing Swedes each summer. Sweden is one of the foremost countries in winter sports, and facilities for skiing in particular have developed rapidly. Åre is a major centre of winter sports. Sweden has produced several notable skiing champions, including Ingemar Stenmark…

Lake Ysyk, a drainless lake in northeastern Kyrgyzstan. Situated in the northern Tien Shan (“Celestial Mountains”), it is one of the largest high-mountain lakes in the world and is famous for its magnificent scenery and unique scientific interest. It is situated within the bottom edges of the Lake

Lake Ysyk, a drainless lake in northeastern Kyrgyzstan. Situated in the northern Tien Shan (“Celestial Mountains”), it is one of the largest high-mountain lakes in the world and is famous for its magnificent scenery and unique scientific interest. It is situated within the bottom edges of the Lake

Balykchy, town, capital of Ysyk-Köl oblasty (province), northeastern Kyrgyzstan. It is a port located on the western shore of Lake Ysyk (Issyk-Kul) and is linked to Frunze, about 87 miles (140 km) north-northwest. Balykchy’s economy centres on a food industry, including meat-packing and cereal

Ysyk-Köl, oblasty (province), northeastern Kyrgyzstan. In the northeast is Lake Ysyk (Issyk-Kul) at an elevation of 5,276 feet (1,608 metres) and surrounded by ranges rising to some 17,100 feet (5,200 metres), while in the southeast, on the frontier with China, are the highest peaks of the Tien

Yt blood group system, classification of human blood based on the presence of molecules known as Yt antigens on the surface of red blood cells. The Yt antigens, Yta and Ytb, were discovered in 1956 and 1964, respectively. The Yt blood group is named after Cartwright, the person in whom antibodies

ytterbium (Yb), chemical element, a rare-earth metal of the lanthanide series of the periodic table. Ytterbium is the most volatile rare-earth metal. It is a soft, malleable silvery metal that will tarnish slightly when stored in air and therefore should be stored in vacuum or in an inert

yttrium (Y), chemical element, a rare-earth metal of Group 3 of the periodic table. Yttrium is a silvery white, moderately soft, ductile metal. It is quite stable in air; rapid oxidation begins above approximately 450 °C (840 °F), resulting in Y2O3. The metal readily reacts with diluted

rare-earth element: Ternary and higher-order oxides: …generally a trivalent ion of aluminum, gallium, or iron. One of the most important rare-earth garnets is YIG (yttrium iron garnet), which is used in a variety of microwave devices including radars, attenuators, filters, circulators, isolators, phase shifters, power limiters, and switches. YIG is also used in microwave integrated

ceramic composition and properties: Crystal structure: These cases are illustrated by yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO; chemical formula YBa2Cu3O7), shown in Figure 2D. YBCO is a superconducting ceramic; that is, it loses all resistance to electric current at extremely low temperatures. Its structure consists of three cubes, with yttrium or barium at the centre, copper at…

rare-earth element: Ternary and higher-order oxides: …rare-earth garnets is YIG (yttrium iron garnet), which is used in a variety of microwave devices including radars, attenuators, filters, circulators, isolators, phase shifters, power limiters, and switches. YIG is also used in microwave integrated circuits in which thin films are placed on garnet substrates. Properties of these materials…

xenotime: yttrium phosphate (YPO4), though large proportions of erbium commonly replace yttrium), that occurs as brown, glassy crystals, crystal aggregates, or rosettes in igneous rocks and associated pegmatites, in quartzose and micaceous gneiss, and commonly in detrital material. Occurrences include Norway, Sweden, Madagascar, Brazil, and North…

Chinese music: Classification of instruments: …the wooden family is the yu, a model of a crouching tiger with a serrated ridge or set of slats along its back that were scratched by a bamboo whisk in a manner recalling the various scratched gourds of Latin American dance bands. The Chinese category of gourd is reserved…

Xiang Yu was a Chinese general and leader of the rebel forces that overthrew the Qin dynasty (221–207 bce). He was the principal contestant for control of China with Liu Bang, who, as the Gaozu emperor, founded the Han dynasty (206 bce–220 ce). Xiang Yu’s defeat signaled the end of the old

you, type of Chinese bronze container for wine that resembled a bucket with a swing handle and a knobbed lid. It was produced during the Shang (18th–12th century bc) and early Zhou (1111–c. 900 bc) periods. Related to the hu in profile, the you consisted of a base, usually oval in section, and a

Yu Qian was a defense minister who saved China when the Yingzong emperor (reigning as Zhengtong, 1453–49) of the Ming dynasty was captured in 1449 while leading Chinese troops against the Mongol leader Esen Taiji. With the emperor held hostage and the Mongol armies only 50 miles (80 km) northwest

Yu River, river in southern China. A southern tributary of the Xi River system, it rises in two branches in southeastern Yunnan province and flows about 400 miles (650 km) generally east in Guangxi province to unite at Guiping with the Hongshui River to form the Xun River (which in Guangdong

Yu Dafu was a popular short-story writer of the 1920s in China, and one of the founding members of the Creation Society, which was devoted to the promotion of modern literature. Yu received his higher education in Japan, where he met other young Chinese writers with whom he founded the Creation

Guangzhou: Early period: …were built around the razed Yu Hill, but the city suffered much destruction during the civil strife at the end of the dynasty.

Yu River, river in southern China. A southern tributary of the Xi River system, it rises in two branches in southeastern Yunnan province and flows about 400 miles (650 km) generally east in Guangxi province to unite at Guiping with the Hongshui River to form the Xun River (which in Guangdong

Yū Miri is an award-winning Japanese author of Korean descent whose works are unsparing in their depiction of destructive family relationships involving individuals who are unable to communicate or connect with others. Yū’s family was dysfunctional. Her father was a compulsive gambler who

Jiangxi: Relief: …Middle Gan valley are the Yu Mountains. Made up of short and moderate hills separated by a network of streams, the country traversed by this range consists of a succession of small valleys with bottomlands from 5 to 12 miles (8 to 19 km) wide. The Lu Mountains, in the…

Yu Qian was a defense minister who saved China when the Yingzong emperor (reigning as Zhengtong, 1453–49) of the Ming dynasty was captured in 1449 while leading Chinese troops against the Mongol leader Esen Taiji. With the emperor held hostage and the Mongol armies only 50 miles (80 km) northwest

Yu River, river in southern China. A southern tributary of the Xi River system, it rises in two branches in southeastern Yunnan province and flows about 400 miles (650 km) generally east in Guangxi province to unite at Guiping with the Hongshui River to form the Xun River (which in Guangdong

Chung-yang Range: Mount Yü (also called Mount Hsin-kao, formerly Mount Morrison) is the highest peak in the range and in Taiwan, at 13,114 feet (3,997 m).

Yu Dafu was a popular short-story writer of the 1920s in China, and one of the founding members of the Creation Society, which was devoted to the promotion of modern literature. Yu received his higher education in Japan, where he met other young Chinese writers with whom he founded the Creation

Da Yu, in Chinese mythology, the Tamer of the Flood, a saviour-hero and reputed founder of China’s oldest dynasty, the Xia. One legend among many recounts Da Yu’s extraordinary birth: a man called Gun was given charge of controlling a great deluge. To dam the water, he stole from heaven what seems

Yudi, in Chinese religion, the most revered and popular of Chinese Daoist deities. In the official Daoist pantheon, he is an impassive sage-deity, but he is popularly viewed as a celestial sovereign who guides human affairs and rules an enormous heavenly bureaucracy analogous to the Chinese Empire.

Yu Dafu was a popular short-story writer of the 1920s in China, and one of the founding members of the Creation Society, which was devoted to the promotion of modern literature. Yu received his higher education in Japan, where he met other young Chinese writers with whom he founded the Creation

James Peebles: …1970 Peebles and graduate student Jer Yu considered the CMB’s angular power spectrum and how it would change based on the matter density of the universe. Peebles and Yu calculated what the observed power spectrum would look like and prefigured the later satellite observations of the CMB such as those…

Chung-yang Range: Mount Yü (also called Mount Hsin-kao, formerly Mount Morrison) is the highest peak in the range and in Taiwan, at 13,114 feet (3,997 m).

Yi In-mun was a famous Korean landscape painter. A follower of the traditional Northern school of Chinese painting, Yi was known for the subtlety of his designs and the confidence of his brushstrokes. His most famous work, “River in Spring,” is a long horizontal scroll depicting an endless

Yu-Gi-Oh!, Japanese manga (comic book) of the late 20th and early 21st centuries that features an ordinary high-school student, Yugi Mutou (Yugi Moto), who assumes mystical powers when playing a mysterious card game. When blond, spiky-haired Yugi, a weak and unassuming teenager, solves the

Forbidden City: 2-hectare) Imperial Garden, the organic design of which seems to depart from the rigid symmetry of the rest of the compound. The garden was designed as a place of relaxation for the emperor, with a fanciful arrangement of trees, fish ponds, flower beds, and sculpture. In…

Yulin, city, southeastern Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi, southern China. It is situated on the upper course of the Nanliu River, which drains southwestward into the Gulf of Tonkin to the west of Beihai. The city is a natural hub of land communications in southern Guangxi, from which highways