# Fongshan
## English
### Alternative forms

* Feng-shan, Fengshan (Wade–Giles)

### Etymology

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鳳山 (Fòngshan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔŋˈʃɑn/, /-ˈʃæn/

### Proper noun

Fongshan
* A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
** 2008 June 26, “Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Kaohsiung, Taiwan”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 21 October 2020:12 a.m. - Zip across on the train, a five-minute or so ride, to Kaohsiung’s rather rough-and-ready neighbor Fongshan. Grab a quick lunch of delicious fried meat buns at Fongshan Old Shop Fried Buns (corner of Wei-sin Rd and Jhong-shan Rd), and then go to “beating iron street”.
** 2008, Kun-Hsien Tsai, Hsiu-Ying Lu, Jih-Jin Tsai, Sheng-Kai Yu, Jyh-Hsiung Huang, Pei-Yun Shu, “Human Case of Rickettsia felis Infection, Taiwan”, in Emerging Infectious Diseases‎, volume 14, number 12, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1970:In January 2005, a 27-year-old woman living in Fongshan City, Kaohsiung County, in southern Taiwan as admitted to Kaohsiung Medicial University Hospital with a 4-day history of intermittent fever (37.8°C-38.0°C), chills, headache, and fatigue.
** 2008, Sameer Das Gupta, Advanced History of Buddhism: Monasteries and Temples‎, New Delhi: Cyber Tech Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 203:Fongshan City Fongshan City is located in southern Kaohsiung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Immediately east of Kaohsiung City, Fongshan is capital of Kaohsiung County and is home to the Chinese Military Academy.
** 2009, Rossen Vassilev, edited by David Pong, Whampoa Military Academy (Encyclopedia of Modern China)‎, volume 2, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 595:After the Communist victory in 1949, the academy was relocated to Fongshan in Taiwan under the name of the Chinese Military Academy (renamed the Military University in 2004).
** 2018 January 12, David Spencer, “Taiwan's Top 10 abandoned places”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 12 January 2018:3. Former Japanese Navy Radio Station, Fongshan (原日本海軍鳳山無線電信所) The former Imperial Japanese Navy Fongshan Wireless Communications Station is located in the Fongshan District of Kaohsiung and offers a fascinating insight into a dark period of history for Taiwan and especially the KMT.
** 2018 March 4, Eryk Michael Smith, “A Landline Poll Will Determine the Future of Kaohsiung”, in The News Lens‎, archived from the original on 4 March 2018:I brought up Fongshan as an example. Fongshan (鳳山區) is Kaohsiung’s most populous district with over 400,000 residents. For centuries it was a city; in fact it’s among the oldest settled areas in greater Kaohsiung. Fongshan City became Fongshan (Fengshan) District in 2010. Before the city-county merger, Fongshan had an elected mayor and for the KMT – Fongshan was a reasonably reliable “blue” spot, mostly due to many ROC military family residents.
** 2019 October 26, Chen Yu-fu, Jake Chung, “‘Wake’ honors Hong Kong protesters”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 October 2019, Taiwan News, page 3:Mao said that he and his brother, Mao Chueh-fei (毛卻非), served on landing ship Mei Song (美頌) — his brother the captain and he a communications officer — before they were detained in Kaohsiung. He could hear his brother being beaten every day while they were detained at a naval facility in Fongshan District (鳳山), Mao Fu-cheng said, adding that he was transferred to Taitung County’s Green Island (綠島) for five years. His brother was executed, he said. “I cannot help but remember those days in Fongshan when I watch footage of Hong Kong police beating protesters,” Mao Fu-cheng said, adding that everyone who supports freedom and human rights should support Hong Kong.
** 2021 January 17, “Taiwan News Quick Take”, in Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on 18 January 2021:A one-year-old child who was in critical condition after being rescued from a burning building in Kaohsiung early on Friday died yesterday morning, a local hospital said. The child, surnamed Chen (陳), died at the hospital from severe injuries, the Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital said, without disclosing further details about the girl’s death out of respect for the family’s privacy. She was the fourth person to die as a result of the blaze, which occurred at a four-story building owned by her family in Fongshan District (鳳山).

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎: “鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 鳳山市 / Fengshan / Fèngshān / Fongshan / Fengshan”