Fengxiang

See also: fēngxiāng, fēngxiàng, and Fèngxiáng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鳳翔／凤翔 (Fèngxiáng).

Proper noun

Fengxiang

1. A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
   • [1935, L. C. Arlington, “The Temple of Confucius and the Lama Temple”, in In Search of Old Peking‎^[1], published 2015, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 195:

     In the verandah on the north side of the Ta Ch’eng Men (Gate of Great Perfection) which leads to the main enclosure, there used to stand ten drum-shaped blocks of black granite, the famous “STONE DRUMS." […]
     About seven miles south of Fenghsiang, in the province of Shensi, is a place still called Shih Ku Yuan (Stone Drums’ Origin) which is probably the spot where they were first hewn out.]

   • [1986, Dorothy R. Pape, “The Red Grip Tightens”, in Go for it!‎^[2], Burlington, Ontario: Welch Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 89-90:

     A wealthy Chinese Christian in Shensi, planning to move to the safety of Szechuan province, now offered to lend the Bible School some larger premises he owned in Paoki, a city at the end of the railway line to the south west of Fengsiang. They therefore gladly moved from their crowded quarters, leaving the Fishers alone in the Fengsiang compound.]

   • 1986 June 16, “CHINESE TOMB FOUND TO BE VICTIM OF GRAVE ROBBERS”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, B, page 10‎^[4]:

     "Archeologists drew almost a complete blank in their search of the inner tomb," the official New China News Agency said Saturday in a report of excavations at the tomb site, thought to be between 2,200 and 2,800 years old. The site is in Fengxiang County of Shaanxi Province, about 90 miles west of the ancient Yellow River capital of Xian.

   • 2010 March 12, Polly Yam, “China Dongling to reopen lead/zinc plant this month”, in Ed Lane, editor, Reuters‎^[5], sourced from HONG KONG, archived from the original on November 15, 2010:

     The lead and zinc smelter in Changqing in Fengxiang county, close to Baoji city in Shaanxi province, has about 33,000 tonnes of annual lead capacity and 66,000 tonnes of zinc capacity. […]
     The incident in Fengxiang county also caused authorities to tighten controls and checks on lead smelters nationwide and close three smelting facilities in Jiyuan city in neighbouring Henan province, the top producing area in China, which is the world's top maker of metal widely used in batteries.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鳳翔／凤翔 (zh) (Fèngxiáng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fengxiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1215, column 3