Changan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 長安 /长安 (Cháng'ān); reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin but lacking the apostrophe required to show the correct characters involved. See 隔音符號 /隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào) for more.
Senses: examples: text: In the poems of the historian Pʽan Ku, who belong to the 1st century there are two celebrated for their description of the palaces of Changan and Loyang. He wrote the first of these in order to persuade the emperor not to allow the old imperial buildings at Changan to be destroyed.
ref: 1884 September-October, J. Edkins, “Tauism in the Tsʽin and Han Dynasties.”, in The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, volume XV, number 5, page 342:
text: The second line contains a reference to the eastern capital under the T’ang dynasty, viz. the town of Lo yang, near the present Ho nan fu, in the province of Ho-nan, as distinguished from Changan the chief town, otherwise known as Si ngan fu.¹
ref: 1891, E. Koch, “On two Stones with Chinese Inscriptions.”, in E. Delmar Morgan, transl., Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 452:
text: On the streets of Changan, the capital city of the Han Dynasty, there were many pork shops, wine shops and restaurants selling cooked meats and drinks.
ref: 1977 February 6, T.K. Yang, “Chopsticks look simple-but beginners may have trouble!”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVIII, number 6, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 5:
text: He also enjoyed unprecedented favor from the emperor, who appointed him to high-ranking offices, dubbed him prince (a privilege usually reserved for members of the imperial clan), had a mansion built for him in Changan, and granted him the right to mint coins. By 755 An became aware that Chief Minister Yang, a cousin of Yang Guifei, in Changan was plotting to remove him from power and began to fear that he was losing the emperor's favor.
ref: 2002, Charles Benn, “History”, in Daily Life in Traditional China: The Tang Dynasty, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Chang'an, former name of Xi'an: a city, the former capital of China.
examples: text: The exact sites of Feng and Hao have yet to be verified, but seven pits containing chariots, horses and other Zhou burial objects were discovered at Fengxi, and a concentration of Western Zhou relics and tombs was found in the area of Doumen in Changan County on the east bank of the Feng River.
ref: 1991 [1987], Zou Zongxu, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian, Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 68:
text: The actions of the Civil Affairs Bureau, in Changan District, have been criticised by microbloggers and the state’s official Xinhua News Agency, which claimed yesterday that it had abused its administrative powers and intruded on couples' basic rights by introducing the quota of 15 divorce registrations each day.
Only the first 15 couples to arrive at the Civil Affairs Bureau, in Changan District, after it opened at 8.30am were able to file for a divorce each day, Sanqin Metropolis Daily reported on Friday.
ref: 2014 August 18, Andrea Chen, “Chinese city limits divorces to 15 a day to help troubled couples 'think again'”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2014, China:
glosses: Alternative form of Chang'an, a district and former county of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.