Qiantang

qiāntáng Qiántáng English Qiantang District Qiantang River Alternative forms en Ch‘ien-t‘ang Ch'ien-t'ang Wade-Giles Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of en cmn 錢塘, named for the dyke constructed on the river by Qian Liu, ruler of Wuyue, one of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Ten Kingdoms that succeeded the Tang dynasty. Pronunciation en /t͡ʃiˌænˈtæŋ/ chyĕn′täng′ en Qian tang Proper noun en river c/China, flowing north and east through Zhejiang into Hangzhou Bay. 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 238 https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/page/n253/ In the Province of Chekiang, near the chief City of Hangcheu, runs a River, which in regard of its courſe, is called ſometimes Che, at other times Cientang, and in ſome places Cingan. on en 1964 Jen Yu-ti<t:zh 任育地> Seas zh:中国地理概述<t:A Concise Geography of China> https://archive.org/details/concisegeography0000unse/ Peking w:Foreign Languages Press 799178199 5937311M 46 https://archive.org/details/concisegeography0000unse/page/46/ The Choushan Archipelago of Chekiang, visited by both the cold and warm currents, is rich in fishes of cold- and warm-water origin which come in search of the nutritious food washed down by the Yangtse and Chientang waters. Choushan is now China’s biggest fishing ground. on en 1967 Lyn Harrington Sui—"The Son of a Talented Father Shows Talent" The Grand Canal of China https://archive.org/details/grandcanalofchin0000harr/ w:Rand McNally & Company 67-23337 2648578 27 https://archive.org/details/grandcanalofchin0000harr/page/27/ The prince had the two old canals of the Wu kings widened, deepened, and lined with rock. Then he extended the canal around Tai Hu, and south to the Chientang River. on en December 22, 1985 w:Roy Reed HERE COMES THE SEVERN BORE w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150524171609/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/22/travel/here-comes-the-severn-bore.html 24 May 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/22/travel/here-comes-the-severn-bore.html 0362-4331 1645522 Section 10 23 The Severn has England's best bore, but it is less impressive than some others. North America has a spectacular one on the Petitcodiac River in New Brunswick. India has several. The Amazon has one. The greatest of all is said to be on the Qiantang River in Hangzhou, China. en 2002 R. Keith Schoppa Song Full of Tears: Nine Centuries of Chinese Life at Xiang Lake https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780813340203/ w:Westview Press 0-8133-4020-9 51818586 3 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780813340203/page/3/ To the west and beyond the lake to the south was the broad river the Qiantang, at its widest almost two miles across, at its narrowest, at least half a mile. en April 20, 2017 Gerri Marmer D.C. community and cultural events, April 20-27, 2017 w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20170420175717/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/community-and-cultural-events-in-the-district-april-20-27-2017/2017/04/18/4e902afc-1fbf-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html 20 April 2017 0190-8286 2269358 Social Issues “Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean” Author, surfer and sailor Jonathan White discusses his book, in which he recounts being under Arctic ice with an Inuit elder, hunting for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide, a race with the “Silver Dragon,” a 25-foot tidal bore that surges 80 miles up the Qiantang River, and interviewing monks who live in a tide-wreathed monastery on Mont Saint-Michel, France. en historical A former name of Hangzhou, China. Translations river Chinese: Cantonese: yue 錢塘 Mandarin: cmn 錢塘 Marathi: mr छिएनठांग f Polish: pl Qiantang Jiang f Further reading en 1952 Tsientang River or Chientang River Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1952 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1952/ 3 Qiantang, Ch'ien-t'ang, Chien-tang, Chientang