Fancheng

English

Alternative forms

• Fan-ch'eng (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 樊城 (Fánchéng).

Proper noun

Fancheng

1. A district of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
   • 1885 June, “Editorial Notes and Missionary News”, in Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal‎^[1], volume XVI, number 5, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, →OCLC, page 236:

     During March, Mr. J. Thorne, and Mr. Sturman made the journey from Fancheng (Hupeh) to Singanfu (Shensi) via Kaifeng the capital of Honan.

   • 1971 May 4, “CHOU REMINISCES WITH ‘OLD FRIEND’”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 October 2023, page 8‎^[3]:

     At its close, Mr. Chou invited Mr. Ronning to return for a more serious discussion of problems of mutual concern. Mr. Ronning is leaving next Saturday for a trip to his birth place at Fancheng, in Hupeh Province in central China.

   • 1972, Seymour Topping, Journey Between Two Chinas‎^[4], Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 233–234:

     From Wuhan, the great tri-city metropolis of Central China in the Yangtze River valley, they had gone by overnight train to Fancheng in the rich agricultural country of Hupei Province. "Fancheng is three hundred miles up the Han River, as Dad describes it from the days when he used to travel on the big sailing junks," she said.

   • 2014, Frankie KT Neo, “Flooding of Han River at Fancheng [水淹七軍]”, in Guan-Yu the Hero: Romance of the Three Kingdoms [關羽，三國演義英雄]‎^[5], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 51:

     The campaign's objective was not clearly stated, but Guan Yu led his army along the Han River northward until he laid siege to Fancheng (present-day's Fancheng District in Xiangyang, Hubei).

   • 2018 May 22, “A look at working farmers across China(2/9)”, in Li Yan, editor, China News Service‎^[6], archived from the original on 28 May 2018:

     A farmer works in the field in the Fancheng District of Xiangyang City, central China's Hubei Province, May 21, 2018.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Fancheng.

Translations

district in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樊城 (zh) (Fánchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fancheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1203, column 1