Wanli

alternative obsolete Vanley · alternative Wan-li

1. Wanli Emperor (14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty)
2. era name for the period that this emperor ruled (1573—1620)

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   Early cloisonné enamels marked by foreign influence (the strong palette is purely Iranian) do not usually appeal to traditional Chinese collectors. But one piece, a rectangular incense receptacle, found grace in their eyes thanks to its Wanli reign mark and two very imperial dragons. A Taiwan buyer got it for a hefty pounds 52,100.

   1999 June 19, Souren Melikian, “A New Dynasty Buys Into Chinese Art”, in The New York Times, sourced from International Herald Tribune, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2024, Style

alternative obsolete Vanley · alternative Wan-li

1. A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.

   Yeliou is located at the coast in Wanli Township of Taipei County, on Provincial Hwy. 2.

   2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 50

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   The Wanli township is situated along the seashore eight Kilometers west of Keelung Harbor.

   1955, Annual Report, Ministry of Economic Affairs Mineral Survey Team, →OCLC, page 49

   TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 10 (AP) — Twenty‐five persons were buried yesterday by a landslide that engulfed a sulphur mine at Wanli, near here, the police reported today.

   1964 October 11, “25 Trapped in Taiwan Mine”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2023, page 76

   Keelung or Chilung five miles southeast of Wanli or 15 miles northeast of Taipei. The largest seaport on Taiwan with a harbor accommodating ocean vessels up to 20,000 tons has the distinction of being the wettest port in the world[…]

   1969, Florence Drumwright, Taiwan, Eden in Asia, Caves Book Company, →OCLC, page 61, column 2

   By car head north on North Second Highway (北二高速公路 Beiergao) in the direction of Keelung and continue in the direction of Wanli (萬里), the resort is on the right.

   2008, Scott B. Freiberger, Taipei in a Day, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 54

   The No. 2 reactor at the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Wanli District (萬里) experienced a malfunction that triggered an automatic shutdown early yesterday morning, Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) said.

   2021 July 28, Angelica Oung, “Nuclear reactor shut due to malfunction: Taipower”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2021, Business, page 12