Fenyang

English Etymology From en cmn 汾陽. Pronunciation fŭn′yäng′Fenyang 610 1 Until 1912 called Fenchow zh 汾州. en Fen yang Proper noun en county-level city prefecture-level city/Lüliang province/Shanxi c/China. en 1945 w:Harrison Forman Report from Red China https://archive.org/details/reportfromredchi0000unse_l7z6/ New York w:Book Find Club 4766679 6481041M 229 https://archive.org/details/reportfromredchi0000unse_l7z6/page/229/ The walled city of Fenyang, with a population of over 20,000, was a sizable objective. It was the most important Japanese base in this area outside of the provincial capital of Taiyuan itself, and a principal concentration point for the start of large-scale mopping-up operations. en 1977 Preston M. Torbert The Chʻing Imperial Household Department: a Study of its Organization and Principal Functions, 1662-1796 https://archive.org/details/chingimperialhou0000torb/ w:Harvard University Press 252067570 159 https://archive.org/details/chingimperialhou0000torb/page/159/ Hsiung-lien had borrowed 550 taels from Chang Luan and left the original group of four in Fenyang, Shansi, to proceed to Peking to visit his aged mother. en 2015-12-23 Benjamin Dodman Film review: ‘Mountains May Depart’ probes China’s latest leap forward https://web.archive.org/web/20151223173235/https://www.france24.com/en/20151223-film-review-mountains-may-depart-jia-zhangke-china-cannes 23 December 2015 w:France 24 Charting modern China's breakneck pace is a staple of Jia Zhangke's cinema. In his latest film, the Fenyang-born director once again delves into the social and economic upheavals that have led his country to raise and flatten mountains – real or imaginary – as though they were toys. en MAY 26, 2016 Glenn Kenny Glenn Kenny Review: ‘Jia Zhangke, a Guy From Fenyang,’ a Portrait of a Visionary Filmmaker https://web.archive.org/web/20160530162609/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/movies/jia-zhangke-a-guy-from-fenyang-review.html 30 May 2016 Movies The Brazilian director Walter Salles, whose work has somewhat similar themes to Mr. Jia’s, has produced an admiring documentary portrait of the filmmaker, “Jia Zhangke, a Guy From Fenyang,” shot a few years back when Mr. Jia was preparing “A Touch of Sin” for release in China, which was subsequently denied. It begins with Mr. Jia revisiting his hometown, Fenyang, in the Shanxi province of northern China, and looking at the now-ruined locations of his early films. en Translations county-level city Chinese: Cantonese: yue 汾陽 Mandarin: cmn 汾陽 Fényáng Japanese: ja References Further reading en 2008 Fenyang Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 1216 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/1216/ 2, 3 en 2-syllable words