Pingqiao
See also: Píngqiáo
English
Alternative forms
- P'ing-ch'iao (Wade–Giles)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 平橋/平桥 (Píngqiáo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpɪŋˈt͡ʃjaʊ/
Proper noun
Pingqiao
- A district of Xinyang, Henan, China.
- 1991, Alain Thote, “The Double Coffin of Leigudun Tomb No. 1: Iconographic Sources and Related Problems”, in Thomas Lawton, editor, 東周楚文化討論會 [New Perspectives on Chu Culture During the Eastern Zhou Period], Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 30–31:
- The dragons' heads no longer exist, but the positions of the tongues are indicated by commas. Initially the design occupied a panel on a bronze surface, as on a gui discovered at Lintong 臨潼, Shaanxi (fig. 10a), or was repeated on a horizontal band, as on a pen excavated at Pingqiao 平橋, Xinyang Shi 新陽市[sic – meaning 信陽市], Henan (fig. 10b).
- 2019, Yanheng Lu, Junxi Qian, “Towards a material approach in rural geography: Architectural experiments in China’s rural renaissance and reconstruction movements”, in Geoforum, volume 116, , →ISSN, →OCLC:
- Haotang village, under the jurisdiction of Pingqiao District, Xinyang City, Henan Province, China, has an area of approximately 20 square kilometres and a population of about 2300.
- 2021, Xiaoming Wang, Hong Hua, Green Village and Town Construction in China, Beijing: Science Press, , →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106:
- Located in the suburbs of southeastern Pingqiao District, Xinyang City, Henan Province, Haotang Village has an area of 20.7 km2 and jurisdiction over 18 village groups and 2,385 people.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Pingqiao.
Translations
References
- “China”, in The New Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition, volume 16, 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42, columns 1, 3: “Conventional/Wade-Giles Pinyin […] Hsin-yang (locally P'ing-ch'iao).......Xinyang (locally Pingqiao)”
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