Cheng'an
See also: Chéng'ān
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 成安 (Chéng'ān).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCheng'an
- A county of Handan, Hebei, China.
- 2015 April 24, Euan McKirdy, “What a send-off: China's funeral strippers told to cover up”, in CNN[2], archived from the original on 24 April 2015[3]:
- Photos obtained by CNN from an attendee at a village funeral in Cheng'an County in Hebei Province show mourners of all ages, including children, watching the performance.
The attendee, who asked not to be identified, said he was visiting family during the Lunar New Year holiday. While he was there, one of the elderly villagers died so he went to the funeral.
Translations
editcounty
References
edit- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chengan or Ch’eng-an”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 382, column 3
Further reading
edit- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Cheng'an”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 750, column 1
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