Pingrang

Proper noun

Pingrang

1. (rare) Synonym of Pyongyang: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name (capital city of North Korea).
   • When the Japanese armies captured Pingrang on 15th September, they discovered that 35 good field guns were left behind, together with hundreds of magazine rifles and hundreds more of breechloaders. The amount of ammunition captured was also enormous.⁴⁷ If the spoils were already so substantial, the...1996 October, Allen Fung, “Testing the Self-Strengthening: The Chinese Army in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895”, in Modern Asian Studies, volume 30, number 4, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 1017...
   • The mid period is dated from the 22nd year (3 CE) of the reign of the Liuliming King 琉璃明王 (King Ruliu 孺留王) of Gaogouli, when the capital was moved from Heshenggu city to the hinterland (Guonei 國内) and the construction of the capital Yunayancheng 尉那岩城 began, to the year 427, when the Changshou King...
   • The later Gaogouli period begins with the move of the capital to the later Pingrang (Pyongyang) in 427 and later Pingrang became the centre of a group of urban complexes on the lower reaches of the Taedong river known as "the three cities and one palace", namely Pingrang-cheng, Huangcheng 黄城...
   • The Pingrang-cheng city site has a circumference of 23 km and covers an area of 1,850,000 sq m.1999 April, “The system of walled towns and the capitals of Gaogouli (Koguryo) [高句麗的城邑制度與都城]”, in China Archaeology and Art Digest, volume 3, number 1, sourced from Wang Mianhou [王綿厚], The system of...

   Synonyms:

   Pyongyang