Definition of "Chingchuan"
Chingchuan1
proper noun
Alternative form of Qingchuan (Sichuan, China)
Quotations
An adult female of this rare woodpecker was taken at 6,000 feet in April 1925 near Chingchuan in the forests of northern Szechuan.
1928 August, Outram Bangs, James L. Peters, “Birds Collected by Dr. Joseph F. Rock in Western Kansu and Eastern Tibet”, in Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, volume LXVIII, number 7, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard College, page 333
According to incomplete statistics, within 72 hours of the earthquake, Wenchuan, Lixian, Maoxian, Pingwu, and Chingchuan had treated 28,340 injured people relying on the local county, township, and village three-tier medical staff.
2009 May 28, Xiaozhou Dai, Ji Shen, Wanhua Zhao, Yunzhi Jiao, Hong Jiang, “Phase report of medical treatment in Sichuan Province, China after the Wenchuan earthquake”, in Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, volume 2, number 2, archived from the original on 2023-08-08
Chingchuan2
proper noun
Alternative form of Jingchuan (Gansu, China)
Quotations
In the following year, he built a sister temple, the Southern Cave Temple, at the present-day Wangchiakou, Chingchuan country, a temple which is similar in structure and style to the former.
1965 June, Chien-wu Teng, “The Cave Temples of Chingyang”, in Eastern Horizon, volume IV, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, page 7, column 2
Among the West Jung states, there was one nomadic state called Wu-shih 烏氏(史記,匈奴列傳), of which the original state seat was the modern 烏氏城 Wu-shih Cheng (citadel) in the norht of Chingchuan Hsien in Kansu 甘肅涇川縣北.
1966 June, Tingsen S. Wei, “The Origin of Russia According to Chinese Records”, in Chinese Culture: A Quarterly Review, volume VII, number 2, Taipei: Chinese Culture University Press, page 32
Chingchuan3
proper noun
Alternative form of Qingquan (Hsinchu County, Taiwan)
Quotations
Take the Kuokuang or Chunghsing long-distance bus to Chutung. You can either rent a car here or take bus 122 past Wufeng checkpoint to Chingchuan, then travel along the Talulin path to Kuanwu.
1995, Wink Dulles, Robert Young Pelton, “Taiwan”, in Far East 1996/97, Redondo Beach, Cali.: Fielding Worldwide, Inc., page 430
The truck climbed higher along the winding road of Wufeng Township. Around me the scenery became more and more fantastic — like Chinese scroll paintings of mountains fading away into mist. Everything was fresh and green. The truck curved, dipped a bit, and then plunged into a narrow mountain tunnel. I ducked my head just in time.After sloshing through the darkness for several minutes, we emerged from the tunnel into a wide and sun-dappled valley. There, bathed in light and dotting the cliffs like bright flowers in the distance, were the brick and bamboo dwellings of the village called Chingchuan.
2007, Barry Martinson, “Aborigine World”, in Chingchuan Story, Gabriel Press, page 2
Writer Sanmao (三毛) didn’t spend much time in the mountain village of Chingchuan (清泉) in Wufeng Township (五峰), Hsinchu County, something about the place seemed to deeply impact her heart.
2021 January 3, Han Cheung, “Taiwan in Time: The house of Sanmao’s dreams”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2021-01-02, Features, page 8