Meanings
alternative P'ing-ch'iao
- A district of Xinyang, Henan, China.
Haotang village, under the jurisdiction of Pingqiao District, Xinyang City, Henan Province, China, has an area of approximately 20 square kilometres and a population of about 2300.
2019, Yanheng Lu, Junxi Qian, “Towards a material approach in rural geography: Architectural experiments in China’s rural renaissance and reconstruction movements”, in Geoforum, volume 116, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC2 more examples
The dragons' heads no longer exist, but the positions of the tongues are indicated by commas. Initially the design occupied a panel on a bronze surface, as on a gui discovered at Lintong 臨潼, Shaanxi (fig. 10a), or was repeated on a horizontal band, as on a pen excavated at Pingqiao 平橋, Xinyang Shi 新陽市^([sic – meaning 信陽市]), Henan (fig. 10b).
New Perspectives on Chu Culture During the Eastern Zhou Period
1991, Alain Thote, “The Double Coffin of Leigudun Tomb No. 1: Iconographic Sources and Related Problems”, in Thomas Lawton, editor, 東周楚文化討論會 [New Perspectives on Chu Culture During the Eastern Zhou Period], Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 30–31Located in the suburbs of southeastern Pingqiao District, Xinyang City, Henan Province, Haotang Village has an area of 20.7 km2 and jurisdiction over 18 village groups and 2,385 people.
2021, Xiaoming Wang, Hong Hua, Green Village and Town Construction in China, Beijing: Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106
Origin
- Mandarin平橋 /平桥
- EnglishPingqiao
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 平橋 /平桥 (Píngqiáo).
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Chinese Cantonese 平橋 /平桥
- 平橋 /平桥 (ping⁴ kiu⁴)district
Chinese Mandarin 平橋 /平桥
- 平橋 /平桥 (Píngqiáo)district
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