Yuan'an

alternative Yuanan · alternative Yüan-an

1. A county of Yichang, Hubei, China.

   Luyuan Hairy Points (Luyuan maojian) This tea comes from the area around the Luyuan Temple in Yuanan County, Hubei.

   [2008, Bret Hinsch, “Yellow Tea”, in The Ultimate Guide to Chinese Tea, →ISBN, →OCLC

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   7. The river Chü 沮 rises in Pao-k’ang 保康 county, Hupei, and runs through Yüan-an 遠安 county where it is joined by the Chang 漳.

   [1967, J. D. Frodsham, “Notes to the Poems”, in The Murmuring Stream: The Life and Works of the Chinese Nature Poet Hsieh Ling-yün (385-433), Duke of K’ang-Lo, volume 2, Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, →OCLC, page 192

   In Yuan'an County, Hubei Province, there is a Leizu temple (also named the Temple of the Sericulture Goddess). Since Leizu is said to have been born on March 15 in this county, a temple fair is held on every lunar March 15.

   2005, Lihui Yang, Deming An, Jessica Anderson Turner, “LEIZU”, in Handbook of Chinese Mythology (Handbooks of World Mythology), ABC-Clio, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 167

   An ancient temple site which dated back to Ming Dynasty was discovered in Yuanan County of central China’s Hubei Province on July 10, 2015.

   [2015 July 13, “Ancient temple site discovered in Yuanan County, Hubei”, in General Office of Hubei Provincial People's Government, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022

   There was a townsman from Yuan'an County in Xia Prefecture (modern Yichang in Hubei) who had boundless faith in Buddha and the immortals.

   2012, “The Old Soldier of Yuan'an”, in Record of the Listener: Selections of Chinese Supernatural Stories, Long River Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 128