Jhangjhou

English

Etymology

The Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 漳州 (Zhāngzhōu) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Jhangjhou.

Proper noun

Jhangjhou

1. Alternative form of Zhangzhou
   • 2005, 台灣歷史小百科 : 認識台灣歷史精華讀本 [Mini-encyclopedia of Taiwan History]‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 85, 107:

     He then built a settlement in southern Cyuanjhou and from there dispatched trading vessels to Japan, Taiwan, Manila and other destinations. […]
     Between 70 to 80 percent of immigrants were from the Jhangjhou and Cyuanjhou regions (Hoklos), 20 percent were from the Jiaing and Chaojhou regions (Hakkas), and only 1 percent from other prefectures of Fujian or other provinces.

   • 2005, Wu Mi-cha, editor, 台湾史10講 [Ten Short Talks on Taiwan History]‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 35, 87:

     According to the official, "Those from Jhangjhou and Cyuanjhou prefectures in Fujian, who have no land to work, no employment and nothing to eat, can become rich, or at least support themselves, once they come to Taiwan."

   • 2005, Hsiu-Yang (Ciwas Pawan) Chiang, Culturally relevant indigenous language instruction and curriculum in Taiwan‎^[3], archived from the original on 24 September 2022, page 11:

     According to the census data gathered in 1995, the Holo people, descendants of the Fukienses (mainly from Cyuanjhou and Jhangjhou of the Fujian) migrated to Taiwan at the end of the Ching dynasty (1683-1895).

   • c. 2007, 今日郵政‎^[4], numbers 589-600, 郵政總局, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 78‎^[5], archived from the original on 27 October 2022:

     Chiang was a native of Yilan, and his ancestors originally hailed from Longsi County in the Jhangjhou area of Fujian Province.

   • 2016 July 29, “Museum Briefing”, in New Taipei City Hakka Museum‎^[6], archived from the original on 2016-12-07‎^[7]:

     The reclamation of the Taipei Basin began with people from Jhangjhou and the Hakka.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “History”, in Niaosong District Office, Kaohsiung City‎^[8], archived from the original on 24 November 2020:

     Roughly 93% of the inhabitants of Niaosong Township came from Cyuanjhou and Jhangjhou of Fujian Province, China.

   • 2022 July 28, “Summary of Madou District”, in Madou District Office, Tainan City‎^[9], archived from the original on 03 August 2022:

     Madou is flat with gentle topography and productive lands located in the heartland of Tainan City. The district has a population of 45,037 (data from April, 2015.) The residents in Madou District are affectionate folks whose ancestries hail from Jhangjhou and Cyuanjhou regions in Fujian Province.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Dawn”, in taiwanschoolnet.org‎^[10], archived from the original on 15 September 2022:

     In 1661, Jheng Cheng-Gong defeated Hollanders and became the new ruler of Taiwan and started a new page of Jhengs’ ruling in Taiwan. During Jhengs’ ruling, because of their hostile attitude toward the Cing government, immigrants were less than the Holland-occupation period. According to “Lukang’s Local Records”, there were about 2,000 Han people, most of whom were from Singhua, Fujian, doing farming and fishing. Later, some people from Cyuanjhou and Jhangjhou, Fujian gradually moved to Today’s Lunzihding in Lukang. This pattern should be the main pattern of Lukang’s immigration before Cing Dynasty.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jhangjhou.