Ho-feng
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 鶴峰/鹤峰 (Hèfēng), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho⁴-fêng¹.
Proper noun
Ho-feng
- Alternative form of Hefeng
- 1972, Colin P. Mackerras, The Rise of the Peking Opera 1770-1870 (Correspondence Respecting the Disturbances in China), Oxford: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 35:
- Ku Ts'ai, who was a friend of the famous dramatist K'ung Shang-jen (1648-1718),³ happened to be visiting Ho-feng in western Hupeh in 1703 and describes how the people there celebrated the feastday of Kuan-kung in one part of the city.
- 1973, Edward Evans-Pritchard, China (including Tibet) Japan and Korea (Peoples of the Earth), volume 13, Italy: Danbury Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 143:
- They live in T'u-chia and Miao Autonomous Chou in Hunan, Lai-feng, Ho-feng and Yien Counties in Hupeh province, south-east China.
Translations
Hefeng — see Hefeng
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