Meaning of Che-chiang | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“Again, the great majority of Chinese residents on the French and English settlements are Che-chiang and Keang-si refugees who have⟳ not paid their proper taxes, and who have⟳ fled there since the great collection of the allied troops, and who carry⟳ on their business solely by their protection ; and as unless the troops are maintained the people cannot continue⟳ to enjoy⟳ security, as they are innumerable, I have⟳ proposed to divide⟳ them into three classes, the first paying five dollars, the second one dollar, the third half a dollar per head, children and women being exempted, and one collection being final.”

“The earliest form⟳ of celadon, the Yüeh ware, was produced in the southeast coastal provinces of Che-chiang and Fu-chien around the time of Christ. This is a high-fired feldspathic ware with brownish-green glazes which range from gray through olive-green to brown. A number⟳ of kiln sites have⟳ been found — Chiu-yen and Te-ch'ing in Che-chiang, and Nan-tai in Fu-chien.”

“Two years later, in 1129, her husband left to take⟳ a new post⟳ in Che-chiang.”

“This party at the magistrate's residence in T'ung-lu 桐盧 took Place⟳ on 15 March⟳ 771. They were in the wooded hilly country on the edge of the western Chekiang uplands, at a point⟳ where the south-flowing Tung-lu River entered the great tidal stream, then called Che-chiang 浙江, that would flow⟳ out to the Bay of Hang-chou some fifty miles to the north-east.³”

“Chiang Kai-shek was born on October 31, 1887, in the hamlet of Hsikou (Xikou) in Fenghua county, Che-chiang (Zhejiang) province to an affluent family.”

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