Xinzheng

See also: xīnzhēng

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新鄭 / 新郑 (Xīnzhèng).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: shĭnʹjǔngʹ
  • Hyphenation: Xin‧zheng

Proper noun

Xinzheng

  1. A county-level city of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
    • 1987, Jessica Rawson, “The Eastern Zhou Period”, in Chinese Bronzes: Art and Ritual[1], British Museum Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47:
      Tight and dense motifs occur on bronzes excavated in 1923 from a tomb at Lijialou at Xinzheng Xian in southern Henan attributed to the small state of Zheng. [...]The special interest of the Xinzheng bronzes is their diversity.
    • 2015 May 26, Sascha Matuszak, “Cradle of civilisation”, in South China Morning Post[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 September 2021[3]:
      Xinzheng City, outside Zhengzhou, has built the Xuanyuan Temple and a museum dedicated to the Yellow Emperor, in honour of the time he spent at Xuanyuan Hill, to which he lent one of his names.

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