Shijing

See also: shíjīng, shǐjìng, shìjìng, and Shījīng

English

石井
ShiJing

Alternative forms

• Shih-ching (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石井 (Shíjǐng).

Proper noun

Shijing

1. A town in Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
   • 1982 February 12 [1982 February 2], “Beijing Views Native Place of Zheng Chenggong”, in China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs‎^[1], number 271, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43:

     The day 1 February marks the 320h anniversary of the recovery of Taiwan by national hero Zheng Chenggong. With profound reverence, this reporter recently paid a visit to Shijing Township of Nanan County, Fujian Province, the hero's native place.

   • 1990 December, An Ge, “Western Shores of the Straits”, in China Tourism‎^[2], number 126, H.K. China Tourism Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 20-21:

     Shijing, a township in Nan’an County west of Quanzhou was the ancestral home of Zheng Chenggong (1624-1662), also known as Koxinga, the famous Ming loyalist general who succeeded in chasing the Dutch out of Taiwan in the early Qing dynasty.

Translations

town in eastern China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石井 (Shíjǐng)

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