Hang-chou

Hangchou English thumb|Map including HANG-CHOU (WALLED) (Army Map Service AMS, 1955) Etymology From en cmn 杭州 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hang²-chou¹.Hangzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Hang-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Hangzhou. en https://archive.org/details/strangestoriesfr02pusuuoft/ 1880 w:Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio The Disembodied Friend 2 Pu Songling P'u Sung-ling w:Herbert A. Giles w:De La Rue 680930 120 https://archive.org/details/strangestoriesfr02pusuuoft/page/120/ They are said to have been invented by the people of Hang-chou, the capital of Chekiang ; but it is quite possible that the hint may have first reached China from the west. en https://archive.org/details/handbookofchines00medl/ 1965 A Handbook of Chinese Art for Collectors and Students Margaret Medley Horizon Press Publishers 65-15366 3459634 13577972M 71 https://archive.org/details/handbookofchines00medl/page/71 Ju is an imperial ware of the Sung Dynasty, that takes its name from the district in Honan where it was first developed; the kiln site has not yet been firmly identified. The ware is generally believed to have been made for the Northern Sung court only from A.D. 1107 to 1127, the latter date coinciding with the enforced withdrawal of the court to Hang-chou in the south, as the result of the Chin Tartar invasion from the north. en https://archive.org/details/imperiallibraryi0064wink/ 1974 The Imperial Library in Southern Sung China, 1127-1279 : A Study of the Organization and Operation of the Scholarly Agencies of the Central Government John H. Winkelman 0-87169-648-7 74-84370 185536208 5073893M 12 https://archive.org/details/imperiallibraryi0064wink/page/12 After moving about the area south of the Yangtze River for several years, the emperor settled the government in the city of Hang-chou in 1132. en 2011 Ralph D. Sawyer Ancient Chinese Warfare https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780465021451/ w:Basic Books 978-0-465-02145-1 2010051391 657595552 26042178M 490 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780465021451/page/490/ However, the late Hsia and the Shang were considerably warmer, possibly comparable to Hang-chou today, an area where bamboo proliferates. en Translations Hangzhou References Further reading