Yonglong
Syllables: Yong·long/jɔŋ.lɔŋ/
Yonglong proper noun: era name used by Liang Shidu (618–628).
Proper noun (1)
Yonglong
- era name used by Liang Shidu (618–628)
- era name used by Emperor Gaozong of Tang (680–681)
- The Wanfotong cave was built in commemoration of the pious deeds of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu Ze-tian and their sons by imperial edict in the first year of Yonglong (680) by eunuch Yao Shen-piao and monk Chi Yun, who was in charge of the rites at court.1996, Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky, “Emperor Gaozong (649-683) -- Wu Ze-tian (684-705)”, in Court Art of the Tang, University Press of America, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 49
- Another inscription, dated to the second year of the Yonglong period (681), found in the Bingling cave 54, in Gansu province, reports Wang Xuance’s pious act of installing images of the Buddha and bodhisattvas.2003, Tansen Sen, “Military Concerns and Spiritual Underpinnings of Tang-India Diplomacy”, in Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of Sino-Indian Relations, 600-1400, Honolulu: University...
- era name used by Wang Yanxi, emperor of Min (939–943)
Proper noun (2)
Yonglong
Forms of Yonglong
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Origin of Yonglong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 永隆 (Yǒnglóng).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 永漋 (Yǒnglóng).
Questions about Yonglong
- What does Yonglong mean?
- Yonglong means era name used by Liang Shidu (618–628).
- What part of speech is Yonglong?
- Yonglong is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Yonglong?
- Yonglong is pronounced /jɔŋ.lɔŋ/.
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