Hengchun

English Hengchun Township Alternative forms en Heng-ch'un also from _ Wade-Giles Etymology From the en cmn 恆春 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hêng²-chʻun¹. Pronunciation hŭng′cho͝on′Hengchun or Heng-ch’un 775 3 Hengchun or Heng-ch’un (hŭng′cho͝on′), Jap. [Japanese] Koshun (kō′sho͞on), en Heng chun Proper noun en urban township county/Pingtung country/Taiwan. en https://archive.org/details/islandofformosap00daviuoft/ 1903 The Formosan Camphor Industry The Island of Formosa Past and Present w:James W. Davidson 209 https://archive.org/details/islandofformosap00daviuoft/page/209/ Even the influence and authority that had once existed, had now been practically lost. We are told of a village, Siehmali (Sha-mari), about five miles east of Hengchun, inhabited by savages who during the reign of Kienlung (1736-1796) shaved their heads, and became loyal subjects of the emperor. en https://archive.org/details/commercialfisher2041958unit/ 1958 April Taiwan (Formosa) Commercial Fisheries Review Washington, D.C. w:Fish and Wildlife Service 20 4 74 https://archive.org/details/commercialfisher2041958unit/page/74/ WHALING IN 1957 UNSUCCESSFUL: The 185-ton Japanese catcher that operated from Hengchun (southern tip of Taiwan) from March to April 1957 caught only 4 whales. A 375-ton catcher arrived at Hengchun in late December 1957 under the same Sino-Japanese cooperation arrangement. With this earlier start, the boat is expected to have a more successful season in 1958. en https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1982-09-12_23_36/ September 12, 1982 First national park: 'Hawaii of the Far East' Free China Weekly XXIII 36 Taipei 0016-0318 1786626 3 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1982-09-12_23_36/page/n2/ Chialoshui is situated on the Pacific Ocean coast of the Hengchun Peninsula 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) east of the town of Hengchun. en November 7, 2008 Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop The director Wei Te-sheng's long road to fame w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20220621014559/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/arts/07iht-jessop.html 0362-4331 1645522 Arts Set in the coastal town of Hengchun, "Cape No. 7" is a parallel narrative of two Japanese-Taiwanese love stories, one of a Japanese man who left his Taiwanese sweetheart to return to Japan after World War II, and the other the relationship between the moody Taiwanese male lead-singer of a hometown rock band and its hot-blooded Japanese band manager. en 26 August 2012 Drenched once, Taiwan braces for return of tropical cyclone Tembin w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20240519225933/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1022861/drenched-once-taiwan-braces-return-tropical-cyclone-tembin May 19, 2024 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1022861/drenched-once-taiwan-braces-return-tropical-cyclone-tembin 1563-9371 648902513 AFP China Weather bureau data showed Pingtung as a whole had received 724 millimetres of rain since Wednesday, while the township of Hengchun saw rainfall of more than 600 millimetres on Friday alone. en September 14, 2016 Angela Fritz Typhoon Meranti blasted Taiwan, and now it’s headed to China w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20160915110109/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/09/14/typhoon-meranti-blasted-taiwan-and-now-its-headed-to-china-as-a-category-4/ 15 September 2016 0190-8286 2269358 Capital Weather Gang In Penghu County, an archipelago west of Taiwan, the wind gusted to 134 mph. Hengchun township reported gusts to 113 mph. en 08/06/2022 Hui-ting Li; Frances Huang Vice president of weapons developer dies of heart attack https://web.archive.org/web/20220806121724/https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202208060012 06 August 2022 w:Focus Taiwan Society The 57-year-old Ouyang was not breathing when he was found by his aide in his hotel room in Hengchun Township at 7:20 a.m. Saturday, and the aide immediately called local police for help, according to an NCSIST statement. en Translations urban township Amis: ami Palidaw Chinese: Cantonese: yue 恆春 Hokkien: nan-hbl 恆春 Hêng-chhun Mandarin: cmn 恆春 Héngchūn References Anagrams en ceghhnnu Eng-chhun