Ya'an

• (from Wade–Giles) Ya-an
• Yaan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雅安 (Yǎ'ān).

Ya'an

1. A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
   • 1988, Stevens, K. Mark; George E. Wehrfritz, Paddy Booz, editor, Southwest China: Off the Beaten Track‎, Passport Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 230:

     Ya'an is a refreshing mixture of Han Chinese tradition and modern Chinese peasant culture, with a dash of Tibetan influence.[...]Near Ya'an a monument once marked the traditional border between China and Tibet. This was an important trading post where Tibetans would exchange furs for guns and bricks of Chinese tea and today it still has the feel of a border town.
     The weather in Ya'an is relatively mild, but be prepared for an occasional snowstorm during the winter.

   • 2002, Fu, Xinian, Nancy S. Steinhardt, editor, Chinese Architecture‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 55:

     The west gate tower from the tomb of Gao Yi in Ya’an county, Sichuan, is one of the most famous and best preserved.

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yaan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2112, column 1

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