Xiping

Proper noun

Xiping

1. A county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.
   • That Honan was the locus of manufacture for wares of the splashed black-glazed variety is suggested by the number of examples excavated in that province (for a reference to wares of this type excavated in Hsi-p’ing-hsien, Honan, see Sekai Tōji Zenshū, IX, 191; for a blue-glazed jar—similar in glaze...[1968, “Ceramics: Han-Sung”, in Chinese Art from The Cloud Wampler and other Collections in the Everson Museum, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 58
   • The people of the flood-stricken area of Honan Province, central China, offered to make bigger contributions to the people in quake-afflicted area in Tangshan, recalling how the party and people throughout the country had come to their aid in their time of difficulty. After learning that a number...[1977 January 21 [1977 January 19], “NCNA Feature on Tangshan Earthquake Victims”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 14, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced...