Dazhai

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大寨 (Dàzhài).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɑːˈd͡ʒaɪ/

Proper noun

Dazhai

1. A town in Xiyang, Jinzhong, Shanxi, China, formerly a township
   • [1976 November 5 [1976 November 2], “Shansi Article Accuses 'Gang' of Sabotages Tachai”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[1], volume I, number 215, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page K 4‎^[2]:

     As in the whole country, cadres and poor and lower-middle peasants in our Taning County, inspired by the spirit of the National Conference on Learning From Tachai in Agriculture, were greatly stimulated and high in spirits and resolved to fight hard in the movement of learning from Tachai in agriculture and building Tachai-type counties everywhere.]

   • [1980, Ramon H. Myers, “The Development of the Socialist Economy”, in The Chinese Economy Past and Present‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 216:

     In 1964 a new policy emerged, which continued until about 1978 within the context of greater state support to agriculture. The origins of the policy go back to February 1960 in Hsi-yang county and the small village of Ta-chai. In that year Ch’en Yung-kuei, the production team leader of Ta-chai, reported to the Shansi Communist Party Congress how his village had raised crop yields to unprecedentedly high and stable levels through a new kind of team spirit and organization.]

   • 2009 February 6, Tyra Dempster, Ben Blanchard, “"Sham glam" sweeps China as fakes get trendy”, in Miral Fahmy, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 26 March 2023, Lifestyle‎^[5]:

     The term “shanzhai” also riffs off a popular Cultural Revolution era slogan about a model village, Dazhai, which has been changed to read: “In agriculture learn from Dazhai, in industry learn from Shanzhai.”

Translations

town

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大寨 (zh) (Dàzhài)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dazhai”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 978, column 1