Meaning of Ch'ang-chih | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“A study⟳ of 6 Party branches in Ch’ang-chih Special District, Shansi, showed that 39 of 141 Party members engaged in exploitation.”

“Moving into eastern Shansi, the 129th division engaged the Japanese in October along the Cheng-t’ai Railroad (running from Shih-chia-chuang, Hopeh to Taiyuan, Shansi), and after the Japanese broke through the Communist lines, Liu’s division established its major base⟳ in the T’ai-hang Mountains north of Ch’ang-chih in southeastern Shansi.”

“In vessels unearthed in 1923 at Li-yü, and more recently in the much more prosperous and important area of Ch‘ang-chih in Central Shansi, the décor of flat interlocking bands of dragons looks forward⟳ to the restless, intricate decoration of the mature Huai style; but in their robust forms, in the tiger masks which top their legs and the realistic birds and other creatures which adorn their lids, these vessels recall⟳ the vigour of an earlier age.”

“A Ho of this type⟳, but not inlaid, was discovered in a Warring States tomb just outside the Ch'ang-chih shih, Shansi in 1955 (see⟳ Kaogu, 1964, no. 3, PI. 2, fig. 4 and p. 126, fig. 15.”

“Further support⟳ for the Shansi provenance came in 1965, when a bronze quadruped with identical ornamentation and of approximately the same size as the Freer example was unearthed in tomb 126, at Fen-shui-ling, Ch'ang-chih, Shansi Province.² However, a bronze human figure⟳ holding a shallow rimmed basket mounted on the back of the quadruped from Ch'ang-chih indicates that the piece actually did serve⟳ as a container. There is no indication that the Freer quadruped ever supported such a figure⟳ or that it was meant to be used tor any related function.”

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