Panchihhua

P'an-chih-hua English Etymology From en cmn 攀枝花 Pānzhīhuā en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Pʻan¹-chih¹-hua¹. Proper noun en Panzhihua. en 1978 Chao Pu-chu Hearing Chairman Hua's Report Chinese Literature zh 中国文学 8 https://archive.org/details/ChineseLiterature/CL1978-08/ Peking w:Foreign Languages Press 72 https://archive.org/details/ChineseLiterature/CL1978-08/page/n39/ As the east wind blows, the red flags fly,Tachai is a vast ocean of magnificent crops,From Panchihhua iron-ore and coal flow in an endless stream; en 2015 Bill Porter Final Leg South of the Clouds: Travels in Southwest China https://archive.org/details/southofcloudstra0000port/ 978-1-61902-719-0 914195322 257 https://archive.org/details/southofcloudstra0000port/page/257/ While the river dreamed of the East China Sea, I nodded off and dreamed my own dreams. Whatever they were, they were shattered when we stopped in the town of Panchihhua. “Panchihhua” means “vine flower.” Apparently the name was meant to describe the town’s construction along the cliffs above the Yangtze. The vine part was apt, but the flower part was a misnomer. Panchihhua was the ugliest town I had seen anywhere in Southwest China. It looked like something an animal had dug up and gnawed on. Vine flower, indeed.