T'ang-shan

Tangshan Tángshān English thumb|Map including zh 唐山 T'ANG-SHAN (AMS, 1955) 10552568 Etymology From en cmn 唐山, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Tʻang²-shan¹.Tangshan, Wade-Giles romanization T’ang-shan, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Tangshan. en 1950 Lubor Hájek Chinese Art https://archive.org/details/chineseart00hj/ Czechoslovakia Spring Books 13180751 10 https://archive.org/details/chineseart00hj/page/n15/ Bronzes from the Yen state, which were stylistically heavily affected by the Chʻin art, were found in Tʻang-shan, Hopei Province, and are now displayed in the Peking Museum of History. en 1958 China, Industry and Commerce C. K. Leung; Norton Ginsburg The Pattern of Asia https://archive.org/details/patternofasia00gins/ Edgewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1961 58-8513 299542148 251 https://archive.org/details/patternofasia00gins/page/251/ Here are the K’ai-lan coal mines, China’s second largest, and the three industrial centers— T’ang-shan, with its large cement factory; Ch’in-huang-tao, the coal export port and the site of the largest glass factory in China; and Tientsin, port as well as the chief cotton textile and flour-milling center for north China. en 1968 CH'IN-HUANG-TAO (CHINWANGTAO) w:Encyclopedia Britannica 5 68-10064 1036882 658 2 Export trade originated almost entirely from the coal field and comprised not only coal but also coke, firebrick and cement manufactured at T'ang-shan, the industrial town built on the coal field. en 1971 William Watson (sinologist) William Watson Cultural Frontiers in Ancient East Asia https://archive.org/details/culturalfrontier0000wats/ w:Edinburgh University Press 0 85224 203 4 70-159591 906061811 124 https://archive.org/details/culturalfrontier0000wats/page/124/ A pendant to the Li Yü style is that represented by the bronze vessels found at T'ang-shan in Hopei, where the local influences are distinct. en 1989 Brian J. Knapp Earthquake https://archive.org/details/earthquake0000knap/ w:Steck-Vaughn 0-8114-2375-1 89-21574 20130915 17 https://archive.org/details/earthquake0000knap/page/17/ In the famous T'ang-shan region in 1556 an earthquake dislodged vast amounts of this silt. About 830,000 people were killed. The exact number isn't known because records kept at the time are not accurate. Still, it was the largest earthquake disaster known in human history. en 2001 Nicholas Wade The New York Times Book of Natural Disasters https://archive.org/details/newyorktimesbook00nich_0/ w:Lyons Press 1-58574-393-3 779059481 44 https://archive.org/details/newyorktimesbook00nich_0/page/44/ The next quake was less merciful: in 1976, 240,000 people were killed, and some 500,000 injured, in the Chinese city of T'ang-shan. The earthquake struck at night, and many people were crushed in their beds as their houses collapsed on top of them. en July 28, 2011 Today in History https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-ARUBATODAY-2011-07-28/ Aruba Today 1011477511 27 https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-ARUBATODAY-2011-07-28/page/n26/ 1976 - An earthquake kills more than 240,000 people and almost completely destroys the city of T’ang-shan in northeastern China. Translations Tangshan References