Meanings
Mian1
- A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
Mian2
- A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
In 1978 the Administrative Office for Cultural Relics of Mian County, Shaanxi, conducted excavations of four tombs found in the course of agricultural improvements.
1987, The Quest for Eternity: Chinese Ceramic Sculptures from the People's Republic of China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1162 more examples
Large numbers of pottery dogs have been excavated from tombs all over China.² For example, a pottery dog was excavated from an Eastern Han tomb at Laodaosi, Mian county, Shaanxi.³
1990, Candace J. Lewis, “Han dynasty”, in Into the Afterlife: Han and Six Dynasties Chinese Tomb Sculpture from the Schloss Collection, Poughkeepsie, New York: Vassar College Art Gallery, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60The unearthed cultural relics of Mian County not only indicate that rice-fish culture in China dates further back in the historical record, but also fills an important gap in kind in the history of rice-fish culture in China. Mian County is located in the Hanzhong basin south of Qinlin mountain, near the border of Sichuan and Shanxi Provinces.
1992, Li Kangmin, “Rice-Fish Farming Systems in China: Past, Present and Future”, in Rice-Fish Research and Development in Asia, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 1
Origin
From Mandarin 勉 (Miǎn).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 勉
- 勉 (Miǎn)county
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