Xiuwu

Proper noun

Xiuwu

1. A county of Jiaozuo, Henan, China.
   • THE ancient art, lost for nearly 1,000 years, of blending clays so that the design is embodied in the porcelain article like a colored pattern into woven cloth, has been revived in its original home, Dangyangyu, Xiuwu county, Henan province.1980 July, Tingjun Hou, “Blended Clay Porcelain”, in China Reconstructs, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27
   • Near the T'ai-hang Mountains of Honan, T'ang-yang-yu, now the headquarters of a commune brigade in the municipality of Chiao-tso in Hsiu-wu County, was once the site of a thriving pottery centre in the Northern Sung Dynasty.[1983, Wanda Garnsey, Rewi Alley, “Honan”, in China, Ancient kilns and modern ceramics: A guide to the potteries, Australian National University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 20–21