Xiuwu

alternative Hsiu-wu · alternative Hsiuwu

1. A county of Jiaozuo, Henan, China.

   Near the T'ai-hang Mountains of Honan, T'ang-yang-yu, now the headquarters of a commune brigade in the municipality of Chiao-tso in Hsiu-wu County, was once the site of a thriving pottery centre in the Northern Sung Dynasty.

   [1983, Wanda Garnsey, Rewi Alley, “Honan”, in China, Ancient kilns and modern ceramics: A guide to the potteries, Australian National University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 20–21

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   THE ancient art, lost for nearly 1,000 years, of blending clays so that the design is embodied in the porcelain article like a colored pattern into woven cloth, has been revived in its original home, Dangyangyu, Xiuwu county, Henan province.

   1980 July, Tingjun Hou, “Blended Clay Porcelain”, in China Reconstructs, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27

   When women in a Yellow River community of Henan Province fled in advance of a "high tide" last spring, Xiuwu County officials tore off roofs of their houses and knocked down walls with tractors, according to a Chinese medical staffer who witnessed the wrecking.

   1985 January 7, Michael Weisskopf, “ONE COUPLE, ONE CHILD: Second of Three Articles Abortion Policy Tears At China's Society”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2020