Baiquan

báiquán English Alternative forms en Paichuan Wade-Giles Pronunciation bī′chüăn′en 1952 Paichüan or Pai-ch’üan Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1411 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1411/ 2 en Bai quan Etymology 1 From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 白犬. Proper noun en Juguang. en 2007 Z. Y. Jing; et al. Numerical Study on the Coastal Upwelling and Its Seasonal Variation in the East China Sea w:Journal of Coastal Research https://www.jstor.org/stable/26481650 26481650 0749-0208 560 2 The upwelling centres of Fujian coast are mostly nearby the Baiquan Archipelago at 120°15′E 26°N, of which the positions generally move southwards in relation to that in summer and the phenomena are similar with that in winter. en 2007 文化資產宣導推廣活動示範行 https://books.google.com/books?id=F_1f6syluRkC 9789860102475 813947096 61 https://books.google.com/books?id=F_1f6syluRkC&pg=PA61 Jyuguang used to be named "Baicyuan" (White Dog Village) because two islands of it look like dogs lying in the sea. Considering the inadequate of the name, the name of the village was renamed Jyuguang in 1971. The name was given by late President Chiang Kai-shek following the old saying "Wu Wang Tsai Jyu" which means that "Don't forget the Jyu Country". 莒光鄉原名白犬鄉，因某個角度視之，整個島嶼狀似「犬」而得名。由于名字不雅,民国六十年(1971)十月,经行政院核定名為更莒光鄉，係先總統蔣公命名，寓意「毋忘在莒」。 (Note: Baicyuan is the Tongyong Pinyin-derived name for Baiquan.) on en 2015 Weichung Cheng Sailing from the China Coast to the Pescadores and Taiwan: A Comparative Study on the Resemblances in Chinese and Dutch Sailing Patterns w:Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient https://www.persee.fr/doc/befeo_0336-1519_2015_num_101_1_6217 10.3406/befeo.2015.6217 1760-737X 567916371 311 The new directions also stipulated that when the captain departed from Mejima Island (ja 女島) outside the Nagasaki port, he should set his course to Southwest until the Baiquan Islands was in sight (zh 白犬, named ”Baboxin” or “Crocodile” by the Dutch). He should then turn south, and go on sailing until the coast of Taiwan was in sight. He should see a highland landscape at the coast of Erlin. en 2021 Wei-Ping Lin Forbidden Outpost Island Fantasia: Imagining Subjects on the Military Frontline between China and Taiwan https://books.google.com/books?id=-URFEAAAQBAJ w:Cambridge University Press 10.1017/9781009023481 978-1-316-51937-0 2021025024 1246623107 35 https://books.google.com/books?id=-URFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 The British Navy provided more information about navigation in the sea of Fujian, including entries about Baiquan (now called Juguang), Nangan, and Beigan (S. Li 2006: 98).Ships could obtain small amounts of freshwater in Baiquan and hire pilots capable of navigating ships to the Min River during ebb tide. en Etymology 2 Baiquan County From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 拜泉. Proper noun en county city/Qiqihar p/Heilongjiang c/China. en 1983 w:Liu Binyan People or Monsters? James V. Feinerman; w:Perry Link w:Perry Link People or Monsters? And Other Stories and Reportage from China after Mao https://archive.org/details/peopleormonsters0000liub/ Chinese Literature Bloomington w:Indiana University Press 0-253-20313-9 82-48594 9393297 27 https://archive.org/details/peopleormonsters0000liub/page/27/ Zhang was a solidly built, middle-aged man, with a pair of big, thick-soled feet. In 1945 he had walked all the way from Yan'an to Baiquan County in Heilongjiang. Translations county Chinese: Cantonese: yue 拜泉 Mandarin: cmn 拜泉 References Further reading Baiquan, Paichuan, Pai-ch'uan, Pai-chuan en 2008 Baiquan Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 280 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/280/ 1