Ji'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒiˌɑn/
/-æn/
Forms: form: Chi-an
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 集安 (Jí'ān).
Senses: examples: text: The journey to the monuments of the ancient Korean kingdom of Kao-kou-li (Kokurye, in Korean), in the Hsien of Chi-an, on the r. bank of the Ya-lu Chiang (Am-nok kang or Pul-ryu in Korean), can be made by either of two routes:[…]
ref: [1912, Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea, Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 246:
text: Ji’an was the capital of Gaogouli, an ancient state in northeast China, between AD 3 and 427.
ref: 1997, “Three Kingdoms through Western and Eastern Jin to Northern and Southern Dynasties (AD 220-589)”, in A Journey into China's Antiquity: National Museum of Chinese History, 1st edition, volume 2, Morning Glory Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 280:
text: The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period. During the twentieth century, Chinese archaeologists mapped out more than 12,000 Gaogouli tombs at 32 localities in the Ji’an region; over 90 percent of them are located in the area surrounding Ji’an city and distributed in six cemetery zones. Hundreds of Gaogouli royal and aristocratic tombs (particularly those with painted murals) found at the site have advanced the study of the society, and culture.
ref: 2004, Xiaoneng Yang, “Early Imperial China (Qin Dynasty through Southern and Northern Dynasties Period)”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New Perspectives on China's Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century, volume 2, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 324:
text: A policewoman at the Chinese border town of Ji'an said: "Some leader came yesterday," but declined further comment on reports that the two Kims had traveled there on late on Wednesday.
ref: 2010 August 26, Maxim Duncan, Jeremy Laurence, Brett Cole, Kwon Youri, Tabassum Zakaria, Chris Buckley, Jonathan Thatcher, “Kim Jong-il makes surprise China visit: sources”, in Sanjeev Miglani, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, World News:
text: After watching Mr. Kim’s movements for the past few days, the South Korean authorities said his train had crossed the border with China, traveling from the North Korean town of Manpo to Jian in China, according to an official at the presidential Blue House in Seoul.
ref: [2010 August 26, Choe Sang-Hun, Sharon LaFraniere, “Carter Wins Release of American in North Korea”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020, Asia Pacific:
text: In particular, the recent opening of a bridge connecting the Chinese city of Jian (集安) and the North Korean town of Manpho (만포, 满浦) suggests that both the DPRK and China seem to be willing to open what would be a third economic cooperation corridor, in addition to the main Dandong-Sinuiju axis and the already existing Hunchun-Rason routes linking North Hamgyong Province with the Yanbian Korean Prefecture of Jilin Province. This was revealed during fieldwork interviews I conducted in Jian and the borderlands in 2018.
ref: [2019 May 3, Théo Clément, “The Jian-Manpho Bridge: Another Failed Attempt at Economic Integration or One More Nail in the Coffin of “Maximum Pressure”?”, in 38 North, archived from the original on 05 May 2019:
glosses: A county-level city of Tonghua, Jilin, China.