Shānxi

A form of Shanxi — A province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Shanxi.

    Liu Deng Fu is one of those people. He lives in Ho Jia Gou (Ho Family Gully) in Shānxi Province, less a villag than the location of a long erosion ditch.

    2020, Judith D. Schwartz, “The Great Work of Our Time: Lessons from the Loess Plateau”, in The Reindeer Chronicles and Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 22
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    The Eastern Wei wanted to annex the Western Wei by launching wars for many times, and at the same time dispatched civilians to build the Great Wall for the base of attack and defense. In 543, Gao Huan supervised the construction from Sizhou (today’s Xinzhou of Shānxi Province ) to Malingshu in the west (today’s Jingle of Shānxi Province) and to Tudeng in the east (today’s Dai County in Shānxi Province).

    Jiangsu Science and Technology Publishing House

    2008 September, Yaohui [董耀会] Dong, “To review the historical evolution of the Great Wall [步入长城的历史脉络]”, in 王静 [Wang Jing], transl., Throughout the Great Wall [话说长城], 江苏科学技术出版社 [Jiangsu Science and Technology Publishing House], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 58

    Codonopsis pilosula is well-cultivated in the north western provinces of China, such as Gansu, Sichuan, Shănxi, Guizhou, and Shānxi (Yan et al. 2021). Codonopsis pilosula cultivated in the city of Ligchuan in Shānxi Province is considered to be of high quality, and the roots of C. pilosula from this area also taste sweet and are used in therapeutics and for health care in both domestic and foreign markets (Luan et al. 2021).

    2023 August [2023 June 26], Rathna Silviya Lodi et al., “Antimicrobial activity and enzymatic analysis of endophytes isolated from Codonopsis pilosula”, in Microbiology Ecology, volume 99, number 8, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2023
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