Lingqiu

English Lingqiu County Alternative forms en Ling-ch'iu Wade-Giles Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 靈邱//靈丘//灵丘. Pronunciation en /(ˈ)lɪŋˈtʃu/, lĭng′chyō′ en Ling qiu Proper noun en county prefecture-level city/Datong province/Shanxi c/China. en 1979 w:Delia Davin Woman-Work: Women and the Party in Revolutionary China https://archive.org/details/womanworkwomenpa0000davi/ w:Oxford University Press 0-19-285080-6 911287690 9811497M 43–44 https://archive.org/details/womanworkwomenpa0000davi/page/43/ In 1948 a report was published to show the usefulness of special organizations for women. It said that in the winter of 1947 several defunct organizations for women had been abolished in Lingqiu county, Shanxi, and at the beginning of mobilizing for land reform no distinction had been made between men and women, who all joined the New Peasants’ Association and the Poor Peasants' League. en 2021-03-02 Villagers rehearse dragon and lion dance in Andi Village, Shanxi huaxia https://web.archive.org/web/20220513212204/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-03/02/c_139778217_7.htm 13 May 2022 w:Xinhua News Agency Aerial photo taken on Feb. 25, 2021 shows villagers rehearsing dragon dance in Andi Village, Lingqiu County, north China's Shanxi Province. Performing dragon and lion dance during the first month of the lunar year is a century-long tradition in Andi Village. Last year, this folk activity was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the Culture and Tourism Bureau of Datong City organized a "Village Gala" to promote local folk activities on the internet. Andi Village's tradition performance was selected in the event. en Translations county Chinese: Cantonese: yue 靈邱, yue 靈丘 Mandarin: cmn 靈邱, cmn 靈丘 Japanese: ja Further reading Lingkiu or Ling-ch’iu 1059 1 en 1998 Lingqiu 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 1746 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1746/ 1