Meaning of Kalgan | Babel Free

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Synonym of Zhangjiakou.

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“Of the Mongall Tartars. The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy⟳ a large extent of country, from this place⟳ to the Kallgan, which ſignifies the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China. From this wall they ſtretch themſelves northward as far as the river Amoor; and from the Amoor, weſtward, to the Baykail ſea ; where they border⟳ with the territories of the Kontayſha, or prince of the black Kalmucks. On the ſouth, they are bounded by a nation called Tonguts, among whom the Delay⟳ Lama has his residence.”

“It may here be mentioned that the traveller who obtains Russian official assistance can cover⟳ the distance between Moscow and Peking in thirty and a half days—that is to say⟳, by rail to Irkutsk, ten and a half days; thence to Kiachta by the post-road, four days; Kiachta to Urga by post-road, three days; thence to Kalgan over the Gobi Desert in ten days, or even less; Kalgan to Peking in three days.”

“So you turn⟳ your back upon Peking, and the railway takes you to Kalgan on the edge of the great plateau. […] The Kalgan-Peking railway was the first thing of the kind constructed by the Chinese, and the engineer in chief, Chang-Tien-You, did the work⟳ so well (he was educated in America, one of the group that came in the early seventies) that he was later put⟳ in charge of the railway that was to be built from Canton northwards.”

“While the main party was at Peking, Dr. Wilbur went northward to visit⟳ the interesting and important mission station at Kalgan. Kalgan is one hundred and twenty miles to the northwest of Peking, and is reached by a Chinese government railroad, the first railroad built by a Chinese engineer.”

“Just before my arrival in Kalgan a fête had been given by the Ter Wang, a Mongol Prince of Inner Mongolia.”

“On one occasion on a return⟳ journey from Shensi I came into Kalgan, a gate to the Great Wall of China, on Christmas Eve, with snow⟳ and temperatures below zero. The caravan was tired out from my days of pushing to arrive⟳ home for Christmas with Mrs. Hoover, and that proved impossible, for our retinue had to rest⟳.”

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