Pingyao

P'ing-yao English Alternative forms en P'ing-yao Wade-Giles Etymology From en cmn 平遙. Pronunciation en /pɪŋ.jaʊ/, pĭng′you′en 1952 Pingyao or P’ing-yao Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1476 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1476/ 2 en Ping yao Proper noun en county prefecture-level city/Jinzhong province/Shanxi c/China. en 1669 John Nievhoff w:John Ogilby An embassy from the East-India Company An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/ John Macock London 561227535 236 https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/page/n251/ IN the Province of Xanſi, near to Pingiao, is a great Fall of Water, which makes ſuch a noiſe, that it is heard ſome miles diſtant. on en 1938 w:Agnes Smedley China Fights Back: An American Woman With the Eighth Route Army https://archive.org/details/chinafightsbacka0000smed/ London w:Victor Gollancz Ltd 924017815 236 https://archive.org/details/chinafightsbacka0000smed/page/236/ The Japanese plans called for the occupation of Taiyüan by October 30th, and then they were to move southward along the Tungpu railway and occupy the whole province. They occupied Taiyüan on November 9th and occupied a few towns south and east of the city, including Pingyao. Their conduct in Pingyao was typical of their activities everywhere; they entered the city, beat in the doors with their rifles, entered and searched for money, valuables, food—and women. They looted the entire city—though most of the population had fled—and they raped and then carried off the young women for the use of their troops in Taiyüan. This story is told me by a foreigner who witnessed these scenes.But soon the Japanese began to retreat from Pingyao and from the other places they had occupied around Taiyüan. en August 16, 1939 Japanese Arrest Two Canadians North-China Herald https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1939.08.16/ Shanghai 311405954 268 https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1939.08.16/page/n7/ 1 In a raid conducted upon all British missions in Taiyuan and Pingyao, in Shansi, on July 10, the provincial police arrested 59 members of what they called the China Self-Sacrificing Salvation League, the “Asahi Shimbun” reported. en November 19, 2019 15 killed, 9 injured in northern China coal mine explosion https://web.archive.org/web/20220907094824/https://apnews.com/article/d6c17df865024b03b7d2ca9a4031d77f 07 September 2022 w:AP News A gas explosion inside a coal mine in northern China has killed 15 miners and left another nine injured, authorities said Tuesday.The blast occurred Monday afternoon at a mine operated by the local Feng Yan Group in Shanxi province’s Pingyao county. Rescue work was halted early Tuesday morning after everyone was accounted for. en October 12, 2021 Amy Qin; Amy Chang Chien As Floods Ravage China, 13 Die After Bus Falls Off Bridge w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20211012132304/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/world/asia/china-bus-flooding-dead.html 12 October 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/world/asia/china-bus-flooding-dead.html 0362-4331 1645522 In addition to the mine closures, the floods disrupted rail service on several lines in Shanxi Province and caused part of the ancient city wall of Pingyao, one of China’s best-preserved medieval towns, to collapse. en Translations county Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 平遙 Píngyáo Japanese: ja 平遥 へいよう, Heiyō References Further reading Pingyao, P'ing-yao, Ping-yao en 1998 Pingyao Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2442 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2442/ 1