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Huangling

Syllables: Huang·ling

Huangling proper noun: a county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

Proper noun

Huangling

  1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.
    • HUANG DI, the legendary Yellow Emperor to whom is attributed the founding of the Chinese nation about 2000 B.C., is said to have been buried on the loess plateau. There is a tomb in Shaanxi province’s Huangling county which has long been honored as his.1979 August, Lan Cao, “Tomb of the Yellow Emperor”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVIII, number 8, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 64, column 1
    • On April 4, 1938, Chang Kuo-tao, another leader of the Chinese Communists, went from Yenan, Shensi, to Chungpu (renamed Huangling, 1944) in his capacity of acting chairman of the Shensi-Kansu-Ninghsia Border Government to attend the sacrificial services to the tomb of the Yellow Emperor.1981, A Pictorial History of the Republic of China: Its Founding and Development, volume II, Modern China Press, →OCLC, page 72

Examples of Huangling in a sentence

  • The Cave Temple of a Thousand Buddhas (Tang) is halfway up Ziwu Hill in the western part of Huangling county.1982, Ruth Lor Malloy, The Morrow Travel Guide to the People's Republic of China, 2nd Revised edition, Quill, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL...
  • The mausoleum, located in Huangling County, Shaanxi Province, is the location of the tomb of the Yellow Emperor, the common ancestor of the Chinese nation.2022 April 6, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Government, “Renyin (2022) Qingming Festival Memorial Ceremony for the Yellow Emperor was held in...

Forms of Huangling

alternative formHuang-ling

Origin of Huangling

From Mandarin 黃陵 /黄陵.

Questions about Huangling

What does Huangling mean?
Huangling means a county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.
How do you use Huangling in a sentence?
The Cave Temple of a Thousand Buddhas (Tang) is halfway up Ziwu Hill in the western part of Huangling county.
What part of speech is Huangling?
Huangling is a proper noun.

Words near Huangling in the dictionary

  1. Huanghua
  2. huanghuali
  3. huangite
  4. huangjiu
  5. Huangkang
  6. Huangling
  7. Huanglong
  8. huanglongbing
  9. Huangmei
  10. Huangnan
  11. Huangpi

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