Meaning of Kuandian | Babel Free

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A Manchu autonomous county in Dandong, Liaoning, China.

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“The 16 small hydro-power stations run⟳ by Kuandian County provide⟳ 80 percent of the electricity for agricultural use⟳ in this county.”

“A couple in their 70s and a mother and son died in Kuandian county, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of Dandong, when flash⟳ floods swept away their homes, Xinhua said, citing a local flood⟳ control⟳ official.”

“Liaoning has the largest population of Manchu people in China, who mainly dwell in Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County 宽甸满族自治县 in eastern Dandong Prefecture 丹东市, a region that borders North Korea. Since the 1980s, ethnic minorities have⟳ gained much more room for self-expression and there have⟳ been many attempts to restore⟳ Manchurian ethnic culture, including establishing Manchu-language schools and reviving Manchu rituals. Many obsolete cultural attributes that are significant for legitimizing an ethnic group in China have⟳ been adapted by the group to reinforce the previously weakened Manchu identity. For instance, in 2015, Shenyang Music Conservatory established the first music program⟳ in the province-level intangible cultural heritage project and conducted fieldwork in Kuandian to observe⟳ Manchurian shamanic rituals.”

东北地区

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