Fen River

English Etymology en cmn 汾河. Pronunciation fŭnFen River 610 1 Fen River, Chinese Fen Shui (fŭn′ shwā′),Fen 244 1 Proper noun Fen river en river in central p/Shanxi c/China. en 1921 w:Marshall Broomhall In Quest of God: the Life Story of Pastors Chang & Ch'ü, Buddhist Priest & Chinese Scholar https://archive.org/details/inquestofgodlife00broo/ w:Religious Tract Society 2878328 6655401M 23 https://archive.org/details/inquestofgodlife00broo/page/n48/ The cities west of the Fen River, where Taning is situated, were visited by him in 1869, but it is hardly possible that the copy of the Gospel which ultimately fell into the hands of Chang the Buddhist priest was one of those sold on that occasion, for the stamp upon the cover with the address at Taiyuanfu points to a later date when a station had been opened. en 1950 August 1937 July W. C. White H. E. Fernald Chinese Frescoes from the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto Bulletin of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology https://archive.org/details/chinesefrescoesf00roya/ Revised 12 0700-8651 1080354491 6 https://archive.org/details/chinesefrescoesf00roya/page/n7/ This painting, which is the large central one in the Chinese Fresco Gallery on the ground floor of the Museum, is 38 feet, 2 inches long, and 18 feet, 11 inches high. It is known to have come from the Hsing Hua Ssŭ, "Monastery of Joyful Conversion", which is about ten miles south east of Chi-shan in South Shansi (Lat. 35°35ʹ, Long. 111°01ʹ). The monastery is located in the Chi Mountains, a range which forms part of the southern watershed of the Fen River, on which the town of Chi-shan is situated. In the Chi-shan Hsien Chih the official gazetteer of Chi-shan county, the location of Hsing Hua Monastery is recorded and the date of its founding is given as A.D. 592, in the Sui Dynasty. en 1977 F. Clark Howell Introduction Paleoanthropology in the People's Republic of China https://archive.org/details/paleoanthropolog0000amer/ 0-309-02620-2 77-77205 869369724 3 https://archive.org/details/paleoanthropolog0000amer/page/3/ A prehistoric site of late Pleistocene age, which was especially prepared for our visit, was seen at Ting-ts'un, above the Fen River (Shansi). en 1983 William Hinton Introduction: Shansi, Land of the Oxhide Lanterns Shenfan https://archive.org/details/shenfan00hint/ New York w:Vintage Books 1984 0-394-72378-3 84-40004 802152005 xxxiv https://archive.org/details/shenfan0000hint_s5n9/page/n35/ Taiyuan, the capital of the province, lies on the upper reaches of the Fen surrounded by irrigated ricelands, orchards and vineyards on the mountain slopes, with enormous seams of coal underground. In Shansi all roads lead to Taiyuan, but the roads that radiate out of Taiyuan in every direction lead nowhere. on en August 10, 2008 Aric Chen Bridging Generations on China’s High Plateau https://web.archive.org/web/20180210092735/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/travel/10journeys.html 10 February 2018 Travel About three hours in, the land leveled off and the horizon gave way to a jumbled skyline, broken by the Fen River. This was not how I had pictured Taiyuan: expecting history and poignancy, I would instead find Prada and Paul Smith. en 11 October 2021 China floods: bus falls into river as heavy rains destroy homes https://web.archive.org/web/20211012134343/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/11/flooding-in-china-forces-120000-to-flee-homes-amid-record-rainfall 12 October 2021 w:The Guardian According to state media, 59 national meteorological stations reported the highest ever recorded daily rainfall, and 63 their highest accumulative total over the period. The Fen River reached its highest level in four years, they said.Torrential rains fell for several days last week across the province. In 12 hours overnight to Thursday morning, Shanxi, which ordinarily has an average of 31.3mm for the month, had an average 119.5mm across the province. en Translations river in the centre of Shanxi province Chinese: Cantonese: yue 汾河 Mandarin: cmn 汾河 Fén Hé Finnish: fi Fen-joki Russian: ru Фыньхэ́ f, ru Фыньшу́й m References Further reading cf. Fen en 2008 Fen Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 1215 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/1215/ 1