Hsiang-ch'eng
Hsiang-ch'eng is the alternative form of Xiangcheng.
Meaning of Xiangcheng
Proper noun (1)
Xiangcheng
Proper noun (2)
Xiangcheng
- A district of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
- A county of Xuchang, Henan, China.
- Two 1,800-year-old tombs, one of them in a rare architectural style, have recently been unearthed in Honan province, Central China. Many well-preserved stone reliefs, murals, calligraphy and funeral objects were found in the two tombs.
Of great interest to archæologists is a tomb in Hsiangcheng...[1964 January, “Tombs 1,800-Year-Old”, in Eastern Horizon, volume III, number 1, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 68, column 1
- Two 1,800-year-old tombs, one of them in a rare architectural style, have recently been unearthed in Honan province, Central China. Many well-preserved stone reliefs, murals, calligraphy and funeral objects were found in the two tombs.
Proper noun (3)
Xiangcheng
- A county-level city of Zhoukou, Henan, China.
- In 1863, when Chang Tsung-yü was rebuilding the Nien's main force after the fall of Chih-ho, he regarded Honan as the major source for the procurement of horses. When he passed Hsiang-ch'eng (項城), he captured many people who were ransomed by payment in horses.[1954, Siang-tseh Chiang, “The Organization of the Nien”, in The Nien Rebellion (Far Eastern and Russian Institute Publications on Asia), number 2, Seattle; London: University of Washington Press...
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