Xiuwu
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Etymology[edit]
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 修武 (Xiūwǔ).
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Xiuwu
- A county of Jiaozuo, Henan, China.
- [1960, Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung[1], volume I, Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3470?:
- In Hsiuwu county, Honan, the party secretary was concerned whether or not, in the event of flood or famine, the state would pay wages after public ownership was declared and the free supply system instituted.]
- 1980 July, Tingjun Hou, “Blended Clay Porcelain”, in China Reconstructs[2], China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27:
- THE ancient art, lost for nearly 1,000 years, of blending clays so that the design is embodied in the porcelain article like a colored pattern into woven cloth, has been revived in its original home, Dangyangyu, Xiuwu county, Henan province.
- [1983, Wanda Garnsey, Rewi Alley, “Honan”, in China, Ancient kilns and modern ceramics: A guide to the potteries[3], Australian National University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 20–21:
- Near the T'ai-hang Mountains of Honan, T'ang-yang-yu, now the headquarters of a commune brigade in the municipality of Chiao-tso in Hsiu-wu County, was once the site of a thriving pottery centre in the Northern Sung Dynasty.]
- 1985 January 7, Michael Weisskopf, “ONE COUPLE, ONE CHILD: Second of Three Articles Abortion Policy Tears At China's Society”, in The Washington Post[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-01-03[5]:
- When women in a Yellow River community of Henan Province fled in advance of a "high tide" last spring, Xiuwu County officials tore off roofs of their houses and knocked down walls with tractors, according to a Chinese medical staffer who witnessed the wrecking.
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Further reading[edit]
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xiuwu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3505, column 1