Meaning of Gutian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of the Guti people.
   historical
2. The language of these people.
3. A county of Ningde, Fujian, China.
4. A town in Shanghang, Longyan, Fujian, China.

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“At Shuikou, on the border⟳ between Minqing and Gutian, on the mainstream of the Min Jiang, Fujian Province will build⟳ the largest hydroelectric power station in the East China region.”

“Red ferment is one in which red mould grows on polished round rice, and is a specialty of the area round Gutian and Pingnan in Fujian province.”

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“[Bian Baoquan] denounces Wang Yuchang, district magistrate of Gutian, Fujian, for incompetency, cowardice and avarice, and possessing a decidedly bad reputation amongst his colleagues. On account of his memorialist has already deposed the said magistrate from his post⟳ at Gutian, but he thinks that this man deserves further punishment for failing at the beginning to report⟳ a rioting of the "Vegetarians" in his district, preferring to buy⟳ peace by asking certain persons to promise⟳ concessions to the demands of the secret society men in order⟳ to keep⟳ them quiet.”

“Survivors of the peasant movement recall⟳ seeing Mao Zedong at Gutian, a day’s walk⟳ from the village, during the Gutian Conference in December 1929.”

“A place⟳ about thirteen miles west of Longyan called Gutian produced an unusual person. […] All visitors to western Fujian Province knew that an earth emperor was living in Gutian, and all were curious to meet⟳ him and to admire his style. Quite unexpectedly I had an opportunity to go to Gutian: Wugou and Shanshan, tired of life in Shanghai, came to visit⟳ me in the ancient farming village of Longyan, and I took time out to roam with them through all the scenic places close⟳ by.”

“At Gutian, Mao made much of introducing a resolution to abolish the practice. This move⟳ was tremendously popular with the soldiers. But a few months later, when the Gutian resolutions were circulated, this item was not among them.”

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