Zichang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 子長／子长 (Zǐcháng, literally “Zichang, name of 謝子長 (Xie Zichang)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌ(d)zɪˈtʃɑŋ/

Zichang

1. A county-level city in Yan'an, Shaanxi, China, formerly a county.
   • [1976, Burchett, Wilfred, “In Case of War”, in China: The Quality of Life‎, Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166:

     'Continuing our tour, we arrived at night at Tzuchang, north of Yenan in Shensi province. Before turning in we had a look around. It was bright moonlight and all around the sides of the valley flames of charcoal-burning and iron-smelting leaped up.]

   • 1985, Frank Leeming, Rural China Today‎, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 401:

     Zichang county lies between Yan'an and the Great Wall; it is open range country with plenty of land but few people.

   • 2008, Chen Xuejian, editor, Travel Around China‎, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 316:

     Wayaobao Revolutionary Sites in Zichang County include more than 20 cave houses, the site of the Wayaobao meeting, and living spaces of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Liu Shaoqi.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zichang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3567, column 1