Hsinhua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 新化 (Xīnhuà), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsin¹-hua⁴.
Senses: examples: text: A yield test of seven grass varieties was conducted in the Hsinhua Livestock Research Institute at Tainan. They were planted on April 1, 1958. Philippine pangola yielded 24,074 kg. of air-dry weight per hectare in four cuttings made between June 27 and November 17. Hsinhua has seven wet months and five dry months; the above yields were for the wet season and therefore represent most of the production of one year.
ref: 1964, T. H. Shen, “Animal Industry”, in Agricultural Development on Taiwan Since World War II, Comstock Publishing Associates, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 229:
text: The Tainan county government has also started to build a tourism network to include Hutoupei (Tigerhead Parapet) in Hsinhua and Chienshan-pei (Point-mountain Parapet) in Liuying.
ref: 1981 December 13, “Scenery, relics in Tainan”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XXII, number 49, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:
english: Free China Weekly
translation: Free China Weekly
text: The disaster emergency center said a 78-year-old man was found dead at his home in Hsinhua Township (新化), Tainan County, and a 63-year-old disabled man in Pingtung County’s Kaoshu Township (高樹) drowned after becoming trapped in his home.
ref: 2009 August 10, Meggie Lu, Shelley Shan, Flora Wang, “Downpour continues to pummel south”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2009, Front Page, page 1:
text: During its test run, the motorbike easily completed a round-trip drive of over 80 km between Kaohsiung's Alian District and Tainan's Hsinhua District, Cheng Kung University said.
ref: 2014 December 1, Chang Jung-hsiang, Elizabeth Hsu, “New electric motorbike makes successful test run”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2022:
text: In 1901 the Japanese police surrounded Chiang Ting at Huti near Nanli Village in Hsinhua Township.
ref: 2015, Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈), “Han Homelands and the Immigrant Settler Society”, in Carole Plackitt, Tim Casey, transl., A New Illustrated History of Taiwan, Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 168:
text: The Tavocan Cultural Park in Hsinhua, Tainan City has been reopened after the renovation of the Japanese dormitories and the Tavocan Story Hall, making an addition to the preservation of the Japanese wooden architectural culture in the Greater Tainan region. Hsinhua is a vital transportation hub for the green line of Tainan City buses, and with November being the “Smiley Bus Month” for Tainan City Bus, the Transportation Bureau welcomes everyone to ride on the green line “Smiley Bus,” to experience an in-depth cultural tour with a pleasant mood in Hsinhua, and visit the neighboring scenic spots via the subline buses with Hsinhua transportation hub as the start point.
ref: 2015 October 29, “Ride on Smiley Bus for a Light Journey to the Tavocan Cultural Park”, in Tainan City Public Transportation Office, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022:
text: Tainan Golf Country Club, established in 1976, is the first golf course in Tainan. The course is quite convenient because it is roughly ten kilometers from downtown Tainan. The course is also called Hsinhua Golf Course because it is located in Tainan’s Hsinhua District.
ref: 2021 March 15, “Tainan Golf Country Club”, in Taiwan Tourism Bureau, archived from the original on 10 May 2021:
glosses: Alternative form of Sinhua.