Yanggao

Yang·gao
Y4A1N1G2G2A1O1

proper noun

A county of Datong, Shanxi, China.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Datong, Shanxi, China.

    At the time of writing this introduction, he had just concluded a trip to Shanxi where he studied an anthropological site at Xujiayao, Yangkao County.

    Early Man in China

    [1980, Jia Lanpo, 中国大陆上的远古居民 [Early Man in China], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, →OL, page https://archive.org/details/earlymaninchina0000jial_y0h3/page/111/
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    (Chao Chin-chai), deputy secretary of the Yangkao County CCP Committee, in his speech said that although in the past few years, Yangkao County had made some progress in learning from Tachai, it was not outstanding. There had been no great change in the features of Yangkao County because the county CCP committee had not worked hard on revolutionization.

    [1975 November 11 [1975 November 3], “Shansi Model Workers Hold Forum on Learning from Tachai”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 218, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Taiyuan Shansi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: North Region, page K 3

    During a conversation in the hotel where they were staying, Wei Qi related that at a village named Xujiayao (Hsu Chia Yao) in Yanggao County, Shanxi Province, the villagers had dug up thousands of kilogrammes of dragon bones and had delivered them to the local trading co-op for sale.

    1990, Jia Lanpo, Huang Weiwen, The Story of Peking Man: From Archaeology to Mystery, Foreign Languages Press; Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 8

    Like Baopingbao, Zhenbianbao is also a fortressed village, but its reserves of water have helped it to survive intact. About 1,000 people still live within its thick 20-meter-high yellow mud walls. Yu You is among the oldest residents; she's 82. She came to the village when she was 17. Like Tian she is from Inner Mongolia and married a farmer named Han living in Zhenbianbao, in Yanggao County, a two-hour drive on mostly dirt roads from Baopingbao.

    1999 June 10, Mia Turner, “The Vanishing Fortress Villages of China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2023, Style

Origin

  1. Mandarin陽高 /阳高
  2. EnglishYanggao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陽高 /阳高.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 陽高 /阳高
  • 陽高 /阳高county
Chinese Mandarin 陽高 /阳高
  • 陽高 /阳高county

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