Fufeng

Fu·feng
F4U1F4E1N1G2

proper noun

A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, western China.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Fu-feng

  1. A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, western China.

    A vessel almost identical in every particular was excavated at Lü-chai Village, in Fu-feng County, Shensi, in 1975.

    [1982, Robert L. Thorp, “A Primer on the Bronze Caster's Art”, in Spirit and Ritual: The Morse Collection of Ancient Chinese Art, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 23, column 1
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    Ch'ishan, a second class district city, much resembles Wukung and Fufeng, and seems fairly prosperous for a city of Central Shensi.

    1921, Eric Teichman, Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, page 89

    Three pieces of paper which may date back to between 73 and 49 BC were recently found in Fufeng county, Shaanxi province.

    1979 July, “2,000-year-old Paper”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVIII, number 7, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, sourced from Xinhua, Xi'an, May 12, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 51, column 1

    He commanded a 3,000-man Shen-ts'e garrison in Fu-feng County, later transferring to Wu-kung County. Ming-chih spent ten years in the Wei valley defenses.

    [1982, Terrence Douglas O'Byrne, “Notes to Chapter Five”, in Civil-Military Relations During the Middle T'ang: The Career of Kuo Tzu-I, Urbana, Ill., →OCLC, page 401

    Throughout Chinese history, Qishan county in Shaanxi province has been known as the ancestral homeland of the Zhou 周 people. In reality, the actual site of the Zhou homeland, known as the Zhouyuan 周原 (Plain of Zhou), includes only the eastern edge of Qishan county, where it meets Fufeng county (fig. 12-1).

    2004, Edward L. Shaughnessy, “Western Zhou Hoard and Family Histories in the Zhouyuan”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New Perspectives on China's Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century, volume 1, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 255

    A monk sits beside a security guard inside Famen Temple in Famen town, Fufeng County, 120 km (74 miles) west of Xi'an, Shaanxi province, March 13, 2011.

    2011 March 13, Nicky Loh, “DOCUMENT DATE: March 13, 2011”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2022

Origin

  1. Mandarin扶風 /扶风
  2. EnglishFufeng

From Mandarin 扶風 /扶风 (Fúfēng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 扶風 /扶风
  • 扶風 /扶风 (fu⁴ fung¹)county in western China
Chinese Mandarin 扶風 /扶风
  • 扶風 /扶风 (Fúfēng)county in western China
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