Chencang
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陳倉／陈仓 (Chéncāng).
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: chǔnʹtsängʹ
Proper noun edit
Chencang
- A district of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
- [1988, Robin D. S. Yates, Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910)[1], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 123:
- Ch’en-ts'ang, an ancient name for Tang Feng-hsiang, the modern Pao-chi (Precious Pheasant) county, Shensi. The name derives from the story Wei alludes to: In ancient times, Duke Wen of Ch'in was hunting at Ch'en-ts’ang and encountered the magic bird on the north slope of Ch'en-ts'ang Mountain. It seemed like a stone and was the color of liver. When he returned, he sacrificed to it. It was thought to come from the southeast and possessed a voice like thunder which made all the wild pheasants call.]
- 2014 March 27, Wei Chen et al., “Landslide susceptibility mapping based on GIS and information value model for the Chencang District of Baoji, China”, in Arabian Journal of Geosciences[2], volume 7, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- The main objective of this study was to apply a statistical (information value) model using geographic information system (GIS) to the Chencang District of Baoji, China.
- 2022, Qingzhu Liu, “Archaeological Discoveries and Studies About the Ancient Capitals”, in Jing He, transl., A History of Un-fractured Chinese Civilization in Archaeological Interpretation[3], Springer, Sichuan People's Publishing House, , →ISBN, →OCLC, page 216:
- He Zun, an early Western Zhou bronze vessel was unearthed from Jiacun Town, Baoji prefecture in Shaanxi Province (now known as Chencang District of Baoji) in 1963.