Fengjie

English

Alternative forms

• Fengkieh (Postal Romanization)
• Feng-chieh, Fêng-chieh (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 奉節／奉节 (Fèngjié).

Proper noun

Fengjie

1. A county of Chongqing, China.
   • [1960, Kuo-chun Chao, “Current Agrarian Policy, 1953-59”, in Agrarian Policy of the Chinese Communist Party, 1921-1959‎^[1], New Delhi: Asia Publishing House, →OCLC, pages 228–229:

     One of the reasons for the decline of the peasants’ income from subsidiary occupations in 1955 was the low purchasing prices offered by the state for many agricultural side-products. For example, the price set for dried sunflower in Fengchieh county, Szechuan province (in 1955) was 5 yuan per 110 lbs., which was only one-third the pre-war price. As a result there was a decline of 60 per cent in the total value of sunflowers sold by the peasants in 1955 as against 1954.¹⁵⁵

     ¹⁵⁵ Party Secretariat, Fengchieh county, Szechuan, “Problems in the Production of Special Native Products,” HPYK, No. 19, October 6, 1956, p. 65.]

   • 2007 November 19, Jim Yardley, Zhang Jing, “Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human Costs”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 March 2009, Asia Pacific, page 5‎^[3]:

     For many farmers, the immediate concern is the land beneath their feet. Landslides are striking different hillsides as the rising water places more pressure on the shoreline, local officials say. In Fengjie County, officials have designated more than 800 disaster-prone areas. Since 2004, landslides have forced the relocation of more than 13,000 people in the county.

   • [2013, David G. Kohl, “The Best of Times - 1928-1937”, in Lutherans On The Yangtze‎^[4], volume I, Portland, Oregon: One Spirit Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 105, column 2:

     No more missionaries were stationed in Kweifu, renamed Fengkieh [Fengjie], but missionary concern, connection, and conversions continued for years.]

Translations

county in western China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奉節／奉节 (zh) (Fèngjié)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fengjie”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1215, column 2