Meaning of Guanghua | Babel Free

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A subdistrict of Laohekou, Hubei, China.

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“The Governor of Kirin reports the following case : Hu Yu-ch‘uan, a native of the Kuang-hua district in Hupeh, enlisted there in 1865 and rose by degrees to the position of Lieutenant-Colonel.”

“6. The Wu-han - Ch'ung-ch'ing rail line, located in Hupeh, Shensi, and Szechwan Provinces, was originally started in 1958 as an 800-km connection between Wu-han and Sian in Shensi Province. This line was operational to the vicinity of a hydroelectric complex near Kuang-hua by the end of 1966, when roadbed construction was halted. However, work continued during the Cultural Revolution on a major railroad bridge over the Han River near Kuang-hua.”

“Zhang Guoquan, a soldier in the cavalry, collaborated with secret society members in the Patrol and Defense Forces to capture Laohekou and the nearby district capital of Guanghua on November 28.”

“In November of the same year, the first three missionaries, J. Brandtzaeg, L. Johnsen and Arestad (who later married Johnsen) arrived in Shanghai. In June 1892 they began mission work in Laohekou (Guanghua), Hubei.[…] Although Yu-eshaang Lutheran Church suffered a great deal during the war, it did not stop growing. According to a report of 1946, one year after the war, it had 18 districts, namely eight in Henan, eight in Hubei and two in Shaanxi. The eight Henan districts were: Baofeng, Nanzhao, Nanyang, Dengxian, Zhenping, Neixian, Zhechuan and Lushan. The eight Hubei districts were: Guanghua (Laohekou), Gucheng, Fangxian, Zhushan, Zhuxi, Junxian, Yunxian and Yunxi.”

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