Pingcheng

Píngchéng English Pingcheng District Alternative forms en P'ing-ch'eng Wade-Giles Etymology From en cmn 平城. Pronunciation en /pɪŋ.t͡ʃɛŋ/ /-t͡ʃʌŋ/, pĭng′chŭng′ en Ping cheng Proper noun en district prefecture-level city/Datong province/Shanxi c/China. en 1970 w:René Grousset Naomi Walford The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia https://archive.org/details/threeleggedhorse00chen/ New Brunswick, NJ w:Rutgers University Press 0-8135-0627-1 77-108-759 899101303 22081029M 127 https://archive.org/details/threeleggedhorse00chen/page/127/ The founder of the Han dynasty, the emperor Kao-ti, hastened to the scene, drove back the Hsiung-nu, but was then blockaded by them on the Paiteng plateau near Pingcheng, in the present-day district of Tatung, on the frontiers of Shansi. en October 10, 2020 Jiede Su In Datong, a Crumbling Legacy of China’s Most Extreme Urban Makeover https://web.archive.org/web/20201011065650/https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006277/in-datong%2C-a-crumbling-legacy-of-chinas-most-extreme-urban-makeover 11 October 2020 w:Sixth Tone Located about 250 kilometers west of Beijing, Datong is a small city by Chinese standards: Currently, Pingcheng District, which covers most of Datong proper, has 807,000 residents. But the city’s people could take pride in Datong’s rich coal seams and richer history. Translations district Chinese: Cantonese: yue 平城 Mandarin: cmn 平城 Píngchéng Japanese: ja