Hancheng

Hànchéng English <dab!> Pronunciation hän′chŭng′Hancheng or Han-ch’eng 754 1 en Han cheng Etymology 1 From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 邗城 Hánchéng, from zh 邗溝 Han Canal Hángōu + zh 城 wall, walled city chéng, from its placement to guard the southern end of the canal beside the Yangtze. Proper noun en historical en former town c/China, located within modern Yangzhou. Synonyms en Yangzhou inexact Related terms en Han, en Hangou, en Hanjiang Translations ancient Yangzhou Chinese: Cantonese: yue 邗城 Mandarin: cmn 邗城 Hánchéng Etymology 2 From the en cmn 韓城 Hánchéng, from the earlier march of zh 韓國 Hánguó in the area, from zh 韓 puteal hán. Proper noun en county-level city prefecture-level city/Weinan province/Shaanxi c/China. en May 2, 1936 Two Shansi Cities are Cleared of Reds The China Weekly Review https://archive.org/details/millards-1936.05.02/ 76 9 52770868 298 https://archive.org/details/millards-1936.05.02/page/298/ 1 To hasten the conclusion of the Communist-suppression campaign by checking the retreat of the Red remnants from Shansi back to Shensi, General Yang Hu-cheng, Pacification Commissioner for Shensi, has established a provisional headquarters at Hancheng on the Shensi-Shansi border about 70 kilometers south of Yichuen[.] en 25 November 1969 19 November 1969 Writers From Lower Levels Trained in Shensi Daily Report: Communist China I 228 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049261434&seq=583 w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service Sian Shensi Provincial Service cmn 31371214 Communist China: Northwest Region H 3 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049261434&seq=624 The "Red Flag" commune in Hancheng County set up a correspondence and newspaper-reading network in the brigades. Every correspondence group at all levels is under the charge of a responsible person of the revolutionary committee. en JULY 18, 2010 Ken Wills China coal mine accident kills 28 Jonathan Thatcher https://web.archive.org/web/20220527012056/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-china-coalmine-deaths-idUKTRE66H0B020100718 27 May 2022 w:Reuters World News All the miners in the shaft died when an underground cable caught fire on Saturday night at the Xiaonangou coal mine in Hancheng City, the report said, citing the general office of the Shaanxi provincial government. en 23 January 2019 Alice Yan Act of folly: One of China’s poorest counties under fire after spending US$9 million on dynastic-style city gates w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20190123095210/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2183334/act-folly-one-chinas-poorest-counties-under-fire-after-spending January 23, 2019 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2183334/act-folly-one-chinas-poorest-counties-under-fire-after-spending 1563-9371 648902513 People & Culture The ministry also criticised Hancheng, in northern Shaanxi province, after 190 million yuan was spent on building hills and waterfalls. Translations county Chinese: Cantonese: yue 韓城 Mandarin: cmn 韓城 Hánchéng Japanese: ja References Further reading en 1998 Hancheng Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1228 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1228/ 1