Meaning of Shaohsing | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“After a short stay⟳ at Kinhwa, Ch'iu Chin returned to Shaohsing, and there she first heard the bad news from Kiangsi—the execution of many of her personal friends, the arrest and imprisonment of others. All hope⟳ of co-operation was thus destroyed.”

“Of most interest⟳, since they are unique and seem to be unknown anywhere else in the world, were the "foot-boats," as the few foreigners who have⟳ come⟳ to Shaohsing call⟳ them. The boatmen of this town, toward which we were headed, are famous, in so far as their fame has spread⟳, for the way they row their long, slender, though by no means light⟳, boats, tippy as canoes, with their legs.”

“Prior to the opening of the treaty ports, Ningpo was a Janus-faced port serving the coastal trade⟳ (and overseas as far as Nagasaki and ports of Southeast Asia) on the east; and the canal trade⟳ of Chekiang, oriented toward Shaohsing and Hangchow on the west. The coastal entry to Ningpo was guarded from the east by the hsien seat of Chen-hai, at the mouth of the Yung River. The city of Ningpo (itself the seat of Yin hsien) and the hsien city of Tz’u-ch’i, midway between Ningpo and Shaohsing, were the merchant centers of the era before 1842.”

“Picture above shows the colorful costumes used in Shaohsing opera.”

“The most popular liquor is Shaohsing, a rice wine with much more moderate alcohol content.”

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