Xin'an

Proper noun

Xin'an

1. A county of Luoyang, Henan, China.
   • One village in Xin’an county in Henan province has 120 women of childbearing age. Except for five women who are sterile, the rest each have three, four, or even five children. The husbands of these women are prosperous, and willing to accept financial penalties in order to have more children. “The...1989 December, Shulin Deng, “Sound the Alarm on Population Growth”, in Current World Leaders, volume 32, number 8, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1038
   • During the Jin Dynasty, a woodcutter by the name of Wang Qiao lived at the foot of a mountain in Xin’an County of He’nan^([sic – meaning Henan]).2001, “The Legend of Mt Lanke”, in 韩玉 [Y N Han], transl., edited by 李小香 [Li Xiaoxiang], 中华文化的故事 [Origins of Chinese Culture], Asiapac Books, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 145
2. (historical) A former county Guangdong, China.
   • The Hong Kong region belonged to Xinan county, under the charge of the county magistrate, whose yamen or official office was located in the walled city of Nantou within present-day Shenzhen.[2001, James Hayes, “Shaping Village Culture: Imperial Government and Local Self-Management”, in South China Village Culture, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 12
   • In China, the compilation of local chronicles has a history for more than 2,000 years and can be traced back to the Qin dynasty. The last chronicles to include Hong Kong were completed in 1819, when it was still part of Xinan county during the Qing dynasty.[2020 December 28, Ng Kang-chung, Jeffie Lam, Robbie Hu, “First volume of ‘Chronicles of Hong Kong’ launched as part of HK$780 million, eight-year project”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC...