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- alternativeAlternative form of Hui'an.
Luckily emergency services in Huian County, southeast China's Fujian Province, where the incident took place, where on hand to bring the man down and treat him.
2013 September 25, Aaron Sharp, “Terrifying moment electrified man’s life hung in the balance after a flailing leg caught on a metal girder as he fell from telegraph pole”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 25 Sep 20132 more examples
A group of fishermen set sail from Taiwan in 1854 to protect today’s Wanhua District (萬華) from a devastating pandemic by retrieving a deity, known as Qingshanwang (青山王, Green Mountain King), from their ancestral home of Huian County (惠安) in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province.
2020 December 13, Han Cheung, “Taiwan in Time: Warding off disease for 165 years”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2020, Features, page 8(1) The Longshan Temple of Mengjia: In 1738 people from Jinjiang, Nanan and Huian of Cyuanjhou, Fukien Province chipped in to build this temple in what is today the Wanhua area of Taipei.
(Can we date this quote?), “Sp.475 Taiwan Relics Postage Stamps (Issue of 2005)”, in Chunghwa Post, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2022
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Huian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huian
“Huian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Huian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huian.
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