Ganquan

See also: gānquán

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 甘泉 (Gānquán).

Proper noun

Ganquan

1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.
   • [1965 [1963], Jan Myrdal, quoting Pai Yu-teh, translated by Maurice Michael, Rapport från kinesisk [Report from a Chinese Village]‎^[1], New York: Vintage Books, published 1972, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 52:

     The Twenty-sixth Army now freed Yenchang, Anting, Chinchien, and thus a large area round Yenan was liberated. The people were in control in Kanchuan and Fuhsian, and then in August of that year, the North-eastern Army arrived under Chang Hsueh-hang, the Young Marshal, and their slogan was 'Root out the communist bands in a month'.]

   • 2010, De-Yuan Hong, Peonies of the World: Taxonomy and Phytogeography‎^[2], Kew Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 83:

     In this subspecies, the petals are usually white with a large, dark purple blotch at the base, but in the Longbagou Mountain, Xiashiwan^{[sic – meaning Xiasiwan]} Township (Ganquan County, Shaanxi Province), we found a population (D. Y. Hong, K. Y. Pan & Y. Ren H06003) in which white-flowered and red- flowered individuals coexisted.

   • 2010, John James Kennedy, “Rural China: Reform and Resistance”, in William A. Joseph, editor, Politics in China: An Introduction‎^[3], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 227:

     According to the 2000 Census for Shaanxi province, Hu county near the provincial capital of Xian municipality has over 250,000 residents, while the geographically larger, but more remote Ganquan county has only 30,000.

   • 2014 October 10, “Landslide in northwest China kills 19 road workers”, in AP News‎^[4], archived from the original on 01 June 2022‎^[5]:

     The landslide crushed eight temporary dormitory rooms in Ganquan county, which is part of the city of Yan’an in Shaanxi province, according to the local government.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甘泉 (zh) (Gānquán)

• Georgian: კანციუენი (ḳanciueni)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Ganquan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1316, column 1