Xingqing

See also: xìngqíng and Xīngqìng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 興慶／兴庆 (Xīngqìng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/

Proper noun

Xingqing

1. A district of Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
   • 2011, David Leffman, “The Yellow River”, in Rough Guide to China (Rough Guides)‎^[1], 6th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 212:

     Yinchuan is divided into three parts from east to west: Xixia, Jinfeng and Xingqing. All the main sights and the main bus station are located in Xingqing. The train station lies inconveniently in the west end of Jinfeng, some 12km away from Xingqing; given this location it may be wise to buy tickets at the downtown booking office (daily 9am—6pm) on Xinhua Xi Jie.

   • 2016, Lili Xun, “Inter-county Migration in Ningxia: A Case Study of Heshun New Village and Binhe Home”, in Ecological Migration, Development and Transformation: A Study of Migration and Poverty Reduction in Ningxia‎^[2], →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 152:

     As we will see in the following analysis, the migration settlements in Jinfeng District and Xingqing District adopt different modes of industrial support.

   • 2022 February 16, Fred Guterl, “The Rift Between the U.S. and China Is a Global Health Hazard”, in Newsweek‎^[3], archived from the original on 16 February 2022:

     Aerial photo shows residents lining up for nucleic acid tests at a testing site in Xingqing District of Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Oct. 23, 2021.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Xingqing.
2. (historical) The capital city of Western Xia, in modern-day Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
   • [1965, Chi-ming Tung, A Short History of China: From Earliest Times to 1840‎^[4], →OCLC, page 154:

     […] eastern Kansu, northern Shensi and Ningsia. In 1038 Yuan Hao, leader of the Tanguts, declared himself emperor and called his country Hsia, known in Chinese history as Hsihsia. Hsingching (modern Yinchuan, Ningsia) was made the capital.]

   • 1982, “The Five Dynasties, the Song and the Yuan: the Later Period of Ascendancy of Chinese Feudalism”, in Bai Shouyi [白寿彝], editor, An Outline History of China [中国通史纲要] (China Knowledge Series)‎^[5], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, page 275:

     In 1038, Yuanhao assumed the imperial title and called his new regime Da Xia or Great Xia, known to historians as Xi Xia or West Xia. The capital was Xingqing (Yingchuan^{[sic – meaning Yinchuan]}, capital city of modern Ningxia Autonomous Region).

   • 2008, Chongnian Yan, “Introduction”, in The City of Intellectuals— Beijing Through the Centuries‎^[6], 1st edition, China Democracy and Legal System Publishing House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 14, column 2:

     Visitors to Yinchuan, capital of the Ningxia Autonomous Region of the Hui Nationality, will be interested to know that the city looked something like the human body when it was known as Xingqing, capital of the West Xia dynasty (1034-1227).

   • 2009 April, Qicheng Wang, “Chinese Muslim Province— Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region”, in China Tour Guide: Cartoons [漫画旅行中国]‎^[7], Beijing: China Intercontinental Press [五洲传播出版社], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 289:

     In 1227, Xingqing, the capital of the Western Xia, was sacked by Mongolian troops. From then on, this glorious dynasty disappeared from the ancient historical record — only fragments remain that can give us hints of what happened all those centuries ago.

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

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 興慶／兴庆 (zh) (Xīngqìng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Xingqing at Google Ngram Viewer