Yen-pien

See also: Yenpien and Yen-Pien

English

Map including YEN-PIEN KOREAN AUTONOMOUS CHOU (1962)

Etymology

From Mandarin 延邊／延边 (Yánbiān) Wade–Giles romanization: Yen²-pien¹.

Proper noun

Yen-pien

1. Alternative form of Yanbian
   • 1972, June Dreyer, “Traditional Minorities Elities and the CPR Elite Engaged in Minority Nationalities Work”, in Robert A. Scalapino, editor, Elites in the People's Republic of China‎^[1], University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 420:

     After liberation, Chu became first Party secretary of the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous District, a vice-governor of Kirin province, and an alternate member of the Central Committee.

   • 1972, Leo A. Orleans, Every Fifth Child: The Population of China‎^[2], Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 117:

     The Koreans
     Almost all the Koreans in China live in the north-eastern provinces. The greatest concentration is found in an area of approximately 1,200 square miles in Kirin Province, an area which is part of the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous Chou.

   • 1972, Willis Barnstone, transl., The Poems of Mao Tse-tung‎^[3], Bantam Books, →OCLC, page 143:

     In the evening of October 3, I went to the Hall of Cherished Virtue to watch the singing and dancing performance by joint troupes of the literary workers of the southwest ethnic groups, the Sinkiang, Kirin (Yen-pien), and Inner Mongolia groups. Chairman Mao asked me to compose a song to record the splendor of this grand occasion.

   • 1980, M. A. Jagendorf, Virginia Weng, The Magic Boat and Other Chinese Folk Stories‎^[4], New York: Vanguard Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 212:

     The Koreans in China are an unassimilated minority with their own written and spoken languages. They number about 1.2 million and live mainly in the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous District and the Korean Autonomous County, both located in Kirin Province. Many came to China around 1870, when North Korea was struck by famine; others crossed the border in 1910 and the following years to escape the Japanese, who conquered and annexed Korea. But later, even Yen-pien fell under Japanese domination for some 14 years, when northeast China was ruled by the puppet regime of Manchukuo.
     Most of the Koreans of Kirin are rice farmers, but an increasing number are entering the labor force of Manchuria, which is a highly industrialized part of China. Yen-pien produces lumber, metals, and minerals such as gold, silver, iron, coral, and oil shale.
     Yen-pien is also known as the "Land of Song and Dance," for the lively and outgoing Koreans love to express their feelings through dancing and singing. They are athletic, too: the men enjoy football and wrestling and the girls play games of jumping on seesawing boards or gliding through the air on swings.

   • 1998, Chen Chen, Come Watch the Sun Go Home‎^[5], New York: Marlowe & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 102:

     We were sent to the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous Region, where we were cordially welcomed by our local associates—scholars and students from Yen-pien University.
     On arrival in Yen-pien, we first bedded down in guest houses.

Translations

Yanbian — see Yanbian