Hengshan

See also: héngshān and Héng Shān

English

Alternative forms

• Heng-shan (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 橫山 / 横山 (Héngshān).

Proper noun

Hengshan

1. A district of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
   • 1938, Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China‎^[1], Grove Press, published 1978, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 518:

     Born in Hengshan, Shensi, in 1891, he and Liu Chih-tan built the Party there, and its isolated Red base became a sanctuary for the Communists at the end of the Long March.

   • 1965 [1963], Jan Myrdal, quoting Li Yiu-hua, translated by Maurice Michael, Rapport från kinesisk [Report from a Chinese Village]‎^[2], New York: Vintage Books, published 1972, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 339:

     Then he tried to run away. He wanted to get to Yulin, 240 li away, or to Hengshan, 120 li away.

   • [1968, Kwang-chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China‎^[3], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 162:

     Small arrowheads, small elongated scrapers, and microblades have been found in the Heiliut’uho Valley in Heng-shan Hsien, in what may be a nonceramic context.]

   • 2001 July 16, “41 Die in China Explosives Blast”, in AP News‎^[4], archived from the original on 26 May 2022:

     Investigators said the accident was caused by explosives illegally stored at a home in Hengshan County in Shaanxi Province, Xinhua said. […]
     Officials in Hengshan County could not be immediately reached for comment Monday night.

2. A rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
   • 2004 August 26, Chiu Yu-Tzu, Wang Hsiao-wen, “Village missing after landslide”, in Taipei Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on August 28, 2004, Front Page, page 1‎^[6]:

     In Hengshan Township, Hsinchu County, one person died after being hit by a falling electric pole.

   • 2021 December 30, C. Chuang, “Frank Hsieh Once Again Snubs Legislature [立院邀報告福島食品進口爭議 謝長廷再請假]”, in Public Television Service‎^[7], archived from the original on June 30, 2022‎^[8]:

     Meanwhile, Hsieh had time to post on Facebook, where he said that after the town of Wasaka in Tottori Prefecture and Hsinchu County's Hengshan Township signed a sister city agreement, the target of 140 pairs of sister cities was reached and he feels a great sense of achievement.

     謝長廷則在臉書發文表示，在大阪轄區鳥取縣若櫻町和台灣的新竹縣橫山鄉締結友好協定後，台日締結友好城市達到目標140個，強調紥根基層也是很有成就感。

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橫山 / 横山 (zh) (Héngshān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hengshan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[9], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1266, column 3