Sijiangou

Si·jian·gou
S1I1J8I1A1N1G2O1U1

proper noun

An archaeological site in Sijian, Zhicheng, Jiyuan, Henan, China.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

proper noun

alternative misspelling Sijian'gou

  1. An archaeological site in Sijian, Zhicheng, Jiyuan, Henan, China.

    The tree was excavated from Tomb 8 at Jiyuan, Sijiangou in Henan Province.

    1994, Bulletin, numbers 66-67, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28
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    As a whole the mortuary pottery of Ssu-chien-kou, including all sorts of household vessels, architectural models, human figures and animals is altogether of very fine quality in art. Tomb 16 of Ssu-chien-kou has yielded a[...]

    The Journal of the Institute of Chinese Studies of the Chinese University of Hongkong

    [1982, 香港中文大學中國文化硏究所學報 [The Journal of the Institute of Chinese Studies of the Chinese University of Hongkong], volumes 13-14, Chinese University of Hongkong, →OCLC, page 212

    A tree, made of ceramic glazed in green and red, dating from the Western Han Dynasty, 63 centimeters high was found in a tomb near Sijiangou of the Jiyuan district in the province of Henan.

    2002, Silvia Freiin Ebner von Eschenbach, “Trees of Life and Trees of Death in China: The Magical Quality of Trees in a Deforested Country”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 152, number 2, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 381

    Since the 1970s, models of pottery winnowing-machines have been unearthed continually in Jiyuan and Luoyang, at the Henan province and in Ruicheng, at the Shanxi province. Among them, a winnowing-machine model unearthed in Sijiangou, Jiyuan could be traced back to the period of the Western Han (Fig. 23) [13].

    2009, F. Lisheng, T. Qingjun, “Crank-Connecting Rod Mechanism”, in International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 247

    From the Melikawat Ruins in Hotan, Xinjiang (新疆), which belonged to the Later Han Dynasty, and the tomb found in Sijiangou (泗澗溝) Village in Jiyuan (濟源), Henan (河南) Province, nude sculptures of mud and clay were excavated.

    2016, Jeong Su-il, The Silk Road Encyclopedia, Seoul Selection U.S.A., Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=UgOwDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT1715

    This pottery lamp, one of the multitude of the potteries unearthed in Sijiangou Han tomb, was discovered at the meeting place of the front chamber and the passageway which leads to the back chamber.

    2021 May 14, “Red glazed pottery lamp with embracing bears design”, in acf, editor, Henan Museum, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2022

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 泗澗溝/泗涧沟 (Sìjiàngōu).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 泗澗溝 /泗涧沟
  • 泗澗溝 /泗涧沟archaeological site
Chinese Mandarin 泗澗溝 /泗涧沟
  • 泗澗溝 /泗涧沟 (Sìjiàngōu)archaeological site
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