Ansai
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Ansai
- A district of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.
- 1999, Jerome Silbergeld, “Drowning on Dry Land: Yellow Earth and the Traditionalism of the 'Avant-garde'”, in China into Film: Frames of Reference in Contemporary Chinese Cinema[2], Reaktion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 32:
- Thus, whatever her personal sense of loss and anxiety, she does not so much create an oppositional concept of filial piety as refashion the more public Confucianized image.⁴⁹ There is perhaps some equivalence to this in the Ansai district of Shaanbei, where the folksongs collected by Yellow Earth's film-makers originated, a regional song type identified at the outset of the film as xintianyou.⁵⁰
- 2010 November 24, Aizhu Chen, “Analysis: Where is gas used next in China? Trucks and trawlers”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters[3], archived from the original on 13 March 2023[4]:
- CNPC has partnered with local firms to become the operator of at least five inland liquefaction plants, with its largest plant in Ansai in the northern Shaanxi province to liquefy 500,000 tonnes per year slated to begin operations at the end of 2011.
- 2018 October 23, “Autumn scenery of Wangjiawan Danxia landform in Shaanxi(1/8)”, in Li Yan, editor, China News Service[5], archived from the original on 03 November 2018[6]:
- Aerial photo taken on Oct. 21, 2018 shows a view of Danxia landform at Wangjiawan of Pingqiao Town in Ansai District of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
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- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Ansai”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 145, column 1