Fengdu

See also: fēngdǔ and fēngdù

English

Alternative forms

• Feng-tu (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 豐都／丰都 (Fēngdū).

Pronunciation

• enPR: fǔngʹdo͞oʹ

Proper noun

Fengdu

1. A county of Chongqing, China.
   • [1925 January, A. C. Hyde Lay., “Die Lorelei in China.”, in Blackwood's Magazine‎^[2], volume CCXVII, number MCCCXI, New York: Leonard Scott Publication Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 95:

     The last stretch, from K'uei Fu to Chungking, is soothing to the eye after the harsh vistas of the Gorges. […]
     Fengtu, a celebrated town, which owes all its fame to being situated at the foot of the Sacred Mountain of the Son of Heaven, is the residence of the Emperor of the Dead. Just as the Emperor of the Living resided at Peking, the Emperor of the Dead has some occult existence here. When any Taoist believer dies, a priest writes a despatch to the Imperial Headquarters at Fengtu, and the communication is solemnly burnt, this being the convenient means of transit.]

   • [1980, Charles A. Goodrum, “Orientalia”, in Treasures of the Library of Congress‎^[3], New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198:

     The Library of Congress has the largest collection of Chinese local histories outside China, with more than 4,000 titles in all. They are rich in historical data on local institutions, customs, geography, and plants and animals of the area. Shown here is a typical volume from the local history of Feng-tu County, Ssu-ch’uan Province, published in 1710.]

   • 1998 [1997], Hong Ying, translated by Howard Goldblatt, Daughter of the River‎^[4], New York: Grove Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166:

     My great aunt was the first to starve in the village; my cousin rushed home from the mining school where he was a student to carry out his duties as eldest son. On his way there, he passed through Fengdu County, and saw the famine's great toll on the populace.

   • 2007 November 19, Jim Yardley, “Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human Costs”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 March 2009, Asia Pacific, page 2‎^[6]:

     He said an algal bloom from too many nutrients earlier this year on a tributary had contaminated drinking water for 50,000 people in Fengdu County.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酆都 (zh) (Fēngdū), 豐都／丰都 (zh) (Fēngdū)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fengdu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1215, column 2