Yindu

Yin·du
Y4I1N1D2U1

proper noun

A district of Anyang, Henan, China.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A district of Anyang, Henan, China.

    […]100 most important archeological discoveries made in the country in the 20th century. The Yin Ruins, the site of the most ancient Chinese capital city found so far, tops the list. Located at the Yindu District of Anyang City,[…]

    2006, China's Ethnic Groups, volume 4, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 74
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    September 13, 2012, the Human Resources and Social Security Bureaux of Binhai New Area (Tianjin) and of Anyang City sign a human resource cooperation framework agreement; the Tianjin Port Group and Yindu District Government of Anyang City (Henan) sign the “Anyang Dry Port Project Cooperation Agreement”.

    Luc Changlei Guo

    2015, 郭荣星 [Rongxing Guo], 郝贵 [Hao Gui], 郭昌雷 [Luc Changlei Guo], “Interprovincial Cooperation and Development”, in Multiregional Economic Development in China, Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 347

    In March 2007, at the suggestion of the Yindu District government, fourteen Xiaotun villagers collected 260,000 RMB to set up the Anyangdayishang wenhuachuanbo gongsi (Anyang Cultural Enterprise), which in turn founded the Xiaotun yishutuan (Xiaotun Performance Group).

    2016, Shu-Li Wang, “Civilization and the Transformation of Xiaotun Village at Yin Xu Archaeological Site, China”, in Christoph Brumann, David Berliner, editors, World Heritage on the Ground: Ethnographic Perspectives, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 182

    A folk artist named Dong Huanjiao teaches students how to make paper cutting works at the Gangsanlu Primary School in Yindu district, Anyang city of central China's Henan Province. (Photo/Wang Fuqiang) Students of Gangsanlu Primary School in Yindu district, Anyang city of central China's Henan Province were given a class on paper cutting by a folk artist on Aug. 30, the day when the new semester started at the school.

    2022 September 2, “Schools introduce intangible cultural heritage to students in Anyang, central China's Henan (2)”, in Hongyu, editor, People's Daily Online, archived from the original on 16 May 2023

Origin

  1. Mandarin殷都
  2. EnglishYindu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 殷都.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 殷都
  • 殷都district
Chinese Mandarin 殷都
  • 殷都district

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“Yindu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yindu. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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