Definition of "Xihua"

The Honan authorities do not appear to have been successful in maintaining order and suppressing brigandage. Amongst the innumerable acts of lawlessness reported, one of the most daring occurred in the early part of December when a band of 500 mounted robbers attacked the district city of Hsi-hua Hsien, and after looting the town departed unmolested, taking with them some of the leading inhabitants for whose release they demanded a ransom.]

, “Summary by Sir S. Head of General State of Affairs in the Provinces of China for last quarter of 1912”, in Further Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of China.‎, London, page 9

While the May 30th Movement is usually perceived by historians as essentially a Communist-instigated urban proletarian movement, in the suburban countryside in Xihua county the antiforeign struggle attracted a sizable number of peasants. Surprisingly, the Xihua boycott in Youth Village (qingnian cun) was organized in the name of a peasant organization, the Central Plain Peasant Association (Zhongyuan nongmin xiehui).

1994, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan‎, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, page 47

The latest Christian "house church" crackdown is occurring in Xihua county, in Henan. There, a powerful Christian movement has been sweeping across parts of the province, fueled by the collapse of faith in communism and economic woes that turn many people's attention toward spiritual issues.

2000 September 5, John Pomfret, “China Expands Crackdown on Religions Not Recognized by State”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 28 August 2017‎