Biyang
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 泌陽／泌阳 (Bìyáng).
Proper noun edit
Biyang
- A county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.
- [1968, “Ceramics: Han-Sung”, in Chinese Art from The Cloud Wampler and other Collections in the Everson Museum[1], →LCCN, →OCLC, page 58:
- That Honan was the locus of manufacture for wares of the splashed black-glazed variety is suggested by the number of examples excavated in that province (for a reference to wares of this type excavated in Hsi-p’ing-hsien, Honan, see Sekai Tōji Zenshū, IX, 191; for a blue-glazed jar—similar in glaze and in the shape and disposition of its spots to the Palace Museum jar mentioned earlier—excavated at Pan-ch’iao, Mi-yang-hsien, Honan, see Wen Wu, 1954/9, Plate 59).]
- [1978 February, Rewi Alley, “The Epic of Chumatien”, in Eastern Horizon[2], volume XVII, number 2, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 5, 7:
- The village of Nia Seng in Piyang county is famous as the birth place of two famous generals of the Six Dynasties period (AD 222-589). But that county is perhaps more famous today for its luscious pears, perhaps China’s best. […]
The town was saved. Then there was a militiaman, Liu Hsiao-mo, of the Yangcheng brigade in Shahotien of Piyang county. He took a small boat and res- cued many people.]
- 2021 March 2, Yameng Lu, “Marriage of 55-year-old man, 20-year-old mentally ill woman triggers debate”, in Global Times[3], archived from the original on 02 March 2021[4]:
- For the two to live together is not against the law, but they cannot get a marriage license, as the woman's mental disability means she cannot clearly express her willingness to get married, said a local official in the government of Biyang County of Zhumadian City, Central China's Henan Province on Monday.
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Further reading edit
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Biyang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 440, column 3