Pingqiao

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See also: Píngqiáo

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 平橋平桥 (Píngqiáo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɪŋˈt͡ʃjaʊ/

Proper noun

Pingqiao

  1. 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, 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, →DOI, →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, →DOI, →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.

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References

  1. ^ “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)