Ji'an

alternative Chi-an

1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.

   ``I never saw shoes. Just straw sandals,″ said Xia, a thin and vigorous man of 78 who lives in a retirement home for revolutionaries in Ji’an, in Jiangxi province in southern China.

   1999 September 26, Renee Schoof, “China Marks Communism Half Century”, in AP News, archived from the original on 22 May 2022

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   The core area of the Central Soviet in southern Kiangsi in 1932 and 1933 stretched from Ch’angt’ing (Tingchow) and Shanghang in western Fukien on the east to Hsinfeng, Kanhsien, and Wanan in the west of Kiangsi, and from the border of Kwangtung in the south to just below Chian and Nanchang in central Kiangsi.[…] After the failure to take Wuhan or hold Changsha, the Party established a provincial soviet government following Mao’s occupation of Chian, Kiangsi, for several weeks in October, 1930.

   [1972, James Pinckney Harrison, “Growth of the Rural Soviets”, in The Long March to Power: A History of the Chinese Communist Party, 1921-72 (Praeger University Series), Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 198, 203

alternative Chi-an

1. A county-level city of Tonghua, Jilin, China.

   Ji’an was the capital of Gaogouli, an ancient state in northeast China, between AD 3 and 427.

   1997, “Three Kingdoms through Western and Eastern Jin to Northern and Southern Dynasties (AD 220-589)”, in A Journey into China's Antiquity: National Museum of Chinese History, 1st edition, volume 2, Morning Glory Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 280

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   The journey to the monuments of the ancient Korean kingdom of Kao-kou-li (Kokurye, in Korean), in the Hsien of Chi-an, on the r. bank of the Ya-lu Chiang (Am-nok kang or Pul-ryu in Korean), can be made by either of two routes:[…]

   [1912, Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea, Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 246

   The Koguryo kingdom existed for nearly 1,000 years, from 277 BC to 668 AD. It was established in Huanren, Liaoning Province in China, relocated in the year 3 AD to Kungnae Castle in Ji’an, Jilin Province, China, to Mt. Taesong area in Pyongyang, in 427 AD and finally to the Jangan Castle in the centre of the present day city of Pyongyang.

   2004, Complex of Koguryo Tombs, UNESCO, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2016, page 60

   The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period. During the twentieth century, Chinese archaeologists mapped out more than 12,000 Gaogouli tombs at 32 localities in the Ji’an region; over 90 percent of them are located in the area surrounding Ji’an city and distributed in six cemetery zones. Hundreds of Gaogouli royal and aristocratic tombs (particularly those with painted murals) found at the site have advanced the study of the society, and culture.

   2004, Xiaoneng Yang, “Early Imperial China (Qin Dynasty through Southern and Northern Dynasties Period)”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New Perspectives on China's Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century, volume 2, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 324

   On the southern slope of Changbai Mountain and in Ji'an City, which is located by the Yalu River, "Suspended Buddha" has been discovered.

   吉林:白山松水情

   2006, Liu Naiji [刘乃季], Lin Yi [林毅], Yang Youhai [杨有海], “The Poetic and Picturesque Western Slope”, in Jilin: Tales of Changbai Mountain [吉林:白山松水情], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 74

   A policewoman at the Chinese border town of Ji'an said: "Some leader came yesterday," but declined further comment on reports that the two Kims had traveled there on late on Wednesday.

   2010 August 26, Maxim Duncan, Jeremy Laurence, Brett Cole, Kwon Youri, Tabassum Zakaria, Chris Buckley, Jonathan Thatcher, “Kim Jong-il makes surprise China visit: sources”, in Sanjeev Miglani, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, World News