T'ang-shan

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Bronzes from the Yen state, which were stylistically heavily affected by the Chʻin art, were found in Tʻang-shan, Hopei Province, and are now displayed in the Peking Museum of History.”

“Here are the K’ai-lan coal mines, China’s second largest, and the three industrial centers— T’ang-shan, with its large cement factory; Ch’in-huang-tao, the coal export port and the site of the largest glass factory in China; and Tientsin, port as well as the chief cotton textile and flour-milling center for north China.”

“Export trade⟳ originated almost entirely from the coal field and comprised not only coal but also coke, firebrick and cement manufactured at T'ang-shan, the industrial town built on the coal field.”

“A pendant to the Li Yü style is that represented by the bronze vessels found at T'ang-shan in Hopei, where the local influences are distinct.”

“In the famous T'ang-shan region in 1556 an earthquake dislodged vast amounts of this silt. About 830,000 people were killed. The exact number⟳ isn't known because records kept at the time are not accurate. Still, it was the largest earthquake disaster known in human history.”

“The next quake was less merciful: in 1976, 240,000 people were killed, and some 500,000 injured, in the Chinese city of T'ang-shan. The earthquake struck at night, and many people were crushed in their beds as their houses collapsed on top of them.”

“1976 - An earthquake kills more than 240,000 people and almost completely destroys the city of T’ang-shan in northeastern China.”

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