Hongtong

alternative Hung-t'ung

1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.

   The Wang Family Register now records the names of eighteen generations of the descendants of Wang Erlao, our founding ancestor. Wang Erlao came to this area from Hongtong County in Shanxi Province several hundred years ago.

   1996, Peter J. Seybolt, “Houhua Village Under New Leadership, 1984-1990”, in Throwing the Emperor from His Horse: Portrait of a Village Leader in China, 1923-1995, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 115

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   Hongtong County's welfare entrepreneurs Hongtong County, located within Linfen City, is part of one of the most economically dynamic prefectures in Shanxi Province and presents some good examples of emergent welfare entrepreneurialism.

   2008, David S. G. Goodman, editor, The New Rich in China: Future Rulers, Present Lives, Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106

   Yao and Shun's Stories in Hongtong County, Shanxi Province Shanxi, one of China's northern provinces, is renowned for its long history, old temples, and rich coal resources. Hongtong is a county in the prefecture-level city of Linfen, in the southwestern part of the province. Currently, Hongtong is the most populated county in the city of Linfen, occupying an area of 1,563 square kilometers, with a population of 733,421 in 2010.² It has nine towns (zhen 镇) and seven townships (xiang 乡), including 463 villagers' committees that govern 902 natural villages (Zhang and Wang et al. 2005). Hongtong is well-known for its former status as an immigration transfer center during the Ming dynasty.

   2019, Lijun Zhang, Ziying You, editors, Chinese Folklore Studies Today: Discourse and Practice, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 126