Meaning of Tongguan | Babel Free

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A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.

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“In many localities it remained difficult to keep the ti-fang and pao-chia functionally apart. For instance, a ti-fang agent was instituted (1763) in each of the villages of T'ung-kuan Hsien (Shensi) to supervise the p'ai divisions and to assist the pao-chang in carrying out his police control duties.”

“Travelling by day and resting by night, Kuo Tieh-shan came to the province of Shensi. Since Mr Yin was the magistrate of Tungkuan County, Kuo had to go out of his way to call on him.”

“With the transfer after 907 of the capital to the eastern plains. T'ung-kuan lost its major defensive role; it remained an important strategic place, however, and was the site of a guard (wei) under the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). It became T'ung-kuan County under the Ch'ing dynasty (1644-1911).”

“Tong Pass, the eastern gate of the land within the passes, was already established by the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, and its ruins now lie near Wucun Village in Tongguan County.”

“* Unit to acquire gold mine in Tongguan county of Shaanxi province for HK$406 million”

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