Hongshan

See also: Hóngshān

English

Alternative forms

• Hung-shan (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 洪山 (Hóngshān).

Proper noun

Hongshan

1. A district of Wuhan, Hubei, in central China.
   • 2002, The China Business Handbook 2002‎^[1], Hong Kong: Alain Charles Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 195:

     German-based Metro Cash & Carry, one of the most successful foreign retail groups in China, has one of its 15 mainland stores in the Hongshan district of Wuhan and has plans for another outlet in the city.

   • 2006, Tyrene White, China's Longest Campaign: Birth Planning in the People's Republic, 1949-2005‎^[2], Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 17:

     In addition to interviews at the provincial level, I conducted interviews with municipal officials in Wuhan, district officials in Hongshan District, and township and village leaders in one township within the district.

   • 2020, Rebecca Clothey, Richardson Dilworth, China's Urban Future and the Quest for Stability‎^[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89:

     For instance, in the Hongshan district, Zhuodaoquan North Road (卓刀泉北路) is designated as “The Most Beautiful Flowery Street.”

   • 2020 March 19, Rachel Chang, Claire Che, Bloomberge, “China’s coronavirus epicenter reaches milestone of zero new cases”, in Fortune‎^[4]:

     People line up at a hospital designated to test the discharged COVID patients and people from the isolation facilities in Hongshan district in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Saturday, March 14, 2020. The province reported no new infections on Thursday after being the epicenter of China's outbreak.

   • 2020, Wann-Ming Wey, editor, Sustainable Built Environment and Urban Growth Management‎^[5], MDPI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 171:

     Urban residents were surveyed in two central districts including the Hongshan District and Hangjiang^{[sic – meaning Jianghan]} District in Wuhan City as well as the Zhangwan District in Shiyan City.

   • 2022 July 14, Roxanne Liu, Ryan Woo, “In China's Wuhan, cholera-causing bacteria in turtles strikes nerve”, in Christopher Cushing, editor, Reuters‎^[6], archived from the original on 15 July 2022, China‎^[7]:

     Officials are also tracking unspecified products of the same batch as the softshell turtles that have been shipped elsewhere, said the disease control authority in Wuhan's Hongshan district.

2. A subdistrict of Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, in central China.
3. A town in Sui, Suizhou, Hubei, in central China.

Translations

a district in central China; a subdistrict in central China; a town in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洪山 (zh) (Hóngshān)

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅山／红山 (Hóngshān).

Proper noun

Hongshan

1. Hongshan culture
   • 1997, Helmut Brinker, “On the Origin of the Human Image in Chinese Art”, in "Visions of Man in Chinese Art" with Selected Japanese Paintings‎^[8], Kaikodo, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 28:

     Several fragments of reddish-brown clay statuettes of the Hongshan culture, found at Dongshanzui in Kazuo county, Liaoning province and dating to 3500 B.C., all seem to be kneeling or seated figures of about half life-size or smaller.

2. A district of Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, in northern China.
3. A town in Yingshan, Huanggang, Hubei, in central China.
4. A residential community in Tancheng, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Derived terms

• hongshanornithid

Translations

culture, district, town, residential community

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅山／红山 (zh) (Hóngshān)

Etymology 3

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 洪善 (Hóngshàn).

Proper noun

Hongshan

1. A village in Wanquan, Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, in central China.

Translations

a village in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洪善 (Hóngshàn)