Meaning of Fenyang | Babel Free

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A county-level city of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.

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“The walled city of Fenyang, with a population of over 20,000, was a sizable objective. It was the most important Japanese base⟳ in this area outside of the provincial capital of Taiyuan itself, and a principal concentration point⟳ for the start⟳ of large-scale mopping-up operations.”

“Hsiung-lien had borrowed 550 taels from Chang Luan and left the original group of four in Fenyang, Shansi, to proceed to Peking to visit⟳ his aged mother.”

“Charting modern China's breakneck pace is a staple of Jia Zhangke's cinema. In his latest film, the Fenyang-born director once again delves into the social and economic upheavals that have⟳ led his country to raise⟳ and flatten mountains – real or imaginary – as though they were toys.”

“The Brazilian director Walter Salles, whose work⟳ has somewhat similar themes to Mr. Jia’s, has produced an admiring documentary portrait of the filmmaker, “Jia Zhangke, a Guy From Fenyang,” shot a few years back when Mr. Jia was preparing “A Touch⟳ of Sin” for release⟳ in China, which was subsequently denied. It begins with Mr. Jia revisiting his hometown, Fenyang, in the Shanxi province of northern China, and looking at the now-ruined locations of his early films.”

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