Lichwan

Thus it may be supposed that when the peasants of western Hupeh took up arms and advanced against the Southern armies, they were sorely tried indeed. With weapons that consisted of sharpened bamboos, farm hoes, and the sharp Chinese kitchen knife, a band of desperate men came down from the mountains and attacked the cities of Lichwan and Shihnam in December of 1920.

1922, Gretchen Mae Fitkin, “West-China Boxers in 1921”, in The Great River: The Story of a Voyage on the Yangtze Kiang, Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald, Ltd.; Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., →OCLC, page 130

From Changteh it proceeds up the Liu Shui Valley, passing through Tzeli, and crossing the Hunan border to Hofeng, in Hupeh and then to Shinan and Lichwan. At Shinan a branch should be projected northeastward to Ichang, and at Lichwan another branch should be projected northwestward to Wanhsien, both on the left side of the Yangtze River.

1922, Sun Yat-sen, The International Development of China, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 148

You can imagine the effect of these diabolical speeches on a people the majority of whom had not yet grasped the full significance of the doctrines of the Church. Thank God, the old Christians stood firm as rocks, but as Lichwan is mostly a young Christianity, the newly converted Catholics did not fare so well. At best, it will take some time to undo the harm for which the Reds were responsible.... I know that you will remember us in your good prayers. The work here at Lichwan is an up-hill climb, and from year to year the ascent seems to grow steeper.

1932 January, Edward Byrne, “The Red Trail”, in The Far East, volume XV, number 1, page 14

Thousands of children were orphaned by the war, and the Church opened camps and orphanages for their care. One such center was carried on under the energetic leadership of a Sheng Kung Hui clergyman at Lichwan in the Province of Kiangsi, part of the Anking diocese.

1943, Beyond the Eight Horizons, page 49