K'ai-p'ing

Kaiping Kāipíng English thumb|Map including K'ai-p'ing (Defense Mapping Agency DMA, 1975) Etymology From en cmn 開平, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Kʻai¹-pʻing². Proper noun 1 1 en Kaiping. en https://archive.org/details/commondescentgro0000huhi/mode 1948 1964 The Common Descent Group in China and Its Functions Hsien Chin Hu Johnson Reprint Corporation 490202497 67 https://archive.org/details/commondescentgro0000huhi/page/67/mode/2up When in the summer of 1944 the Japanese advanced to take the districts of T'ai-shan and San-shui, the county of K'ai-p'ing was menaced. The Chinese army had retreated, but the two tsu of Szu-t'u and Kuan organized themselves to fight for their homes. en 1978 William L. Parish Village and Family in Contemporary China https://archive.org/details/chineselineageso00free/ w:University of Chicago Press 0-226-64590-8 78-3411 3730442 26 https://archive.org/details/villagefamilyinc00pari/page/26/ In addition to the language difference between the two major ethnic groups, there are differences among the Cantonese themselves. For example, people in four counties to the southwest of Canton—in T'ai-shan, K'ai-p'ing, Hsin-hui, and En-p'ing counties—speak a version of Cantonese which is almost unintelligible to residents of Canton. en 1984 Yuen-fong Woon Social Organization in South China, 1911-1949: The Case of the Kuan Lneage of Kʻai-pʻing County https://archive.org/details/socialorganizati0000woon/ Ann Arbor w:University of Michigan 0-89264-051-0 84-3164 470617716 21 https://archive.org/details/socialorganizati0000woon/page/21/ The seat of K'ai-p'ing County is 104 miles southwest of Canton. It is one of the four adjacent hsien lying to the west of the Pearl River delta, a region that has sent thousands of its residents to North America. Translations Kaiping