Xiangzhou
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Hsiang-chou
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation for 襄州 (Xiāngzhōu).
Proper noun
Xiangzhou
- A district of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
- 2016 January 29, Editorial Office, “Chenghe Wickerwork”, in Hubei Provincial People's Government Official Web Portal, archived from the original on 30 July 2022:
- Chenghe wickerwork, also known as Xiangyang wickerwork, is a specialty of Chenghe town, Xiangzhou district, Xiangyang city, and a product with protected geographical indication in China. Chenghe is one of the top three wickerwork export bases in China.
- 2021, Ge, Jianxiong; Hu, Yunsheng, A Historical Survey of the Yellow River and the River Civilizations, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 184:
- Northern Hubei was centered around Xiangzhou, Xiangyang (modern Xiangfan of Hubei), the seat of local government of Xiangzhou, was a major gathering point for southward emigration out of the Central Plains due to its location at the intersection between the Han River and the trunk road from Nanyang to Jiangling.
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