Fuling

Fu·ling
F4U1L1I1N1G2

proper noun

A district of Chongqing, China.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Fu-ling

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.

    I CAME TO FULING on the slow boat downstream from Chongqing.

    2001, Peter Hessler, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze, London: John Murray, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 3
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    In 1097 his teachings were prohibited, his land was confiscated, and he was banished to Fu-chou Prefecture (modern Fu-ling County in Szechuan).

    [1967, “Introduction”, in Wing-tsit Chan, transl., Reflections on Things at Hand: The Neo-Confucian Anthology (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works Chinese Series), New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xxx

    Carved stone inscriptions at Fuling, Szechuan, record low water levels in 72 different years beginning with A.D. 764.

    1976 August, Nai Hsia, “New Archaeological Finds Enrich Study of Early Science”, in China Reconstructs, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 36, column 3

    Pictures of fish carved on stone and inscriptions recording the conditions of the Yangtze during drought years were found by archaeologists on White Crane Ridge in Fuling county of Szechwan province.

    1977 August, L. Y. K., “Archaeology and Yangtze Development Scheme”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVI, number 8, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30

    “All we knew was the code name 816,” said Li Tingyong, a local resident and later head of the Fuling tourism bureau, in a 2010 television program about the 816 plant. “But we had no idea what it was a code name for. It was very mysterious.”

    2017 January 24, Amy Qin, “A Chinese Nuclear Site, Hidden in a Mountain, Is Reborn as a Tourist Draw”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2017

Origin

  1. Mandarin涪陵
  2. EnglishFuling

From the Mandarin 涪陵 (Fúlíng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 涪陵
  • 涪陵 (fau⁴ ling⁴)district
Chinese Mandarin 涪陵
  • 涪陵 (Fúlíng)district
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