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  • abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China
  • abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
Trad. 湘劇
  • Xiang opera (Hunan)
  • Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
Trad. 湘東
  • see 湘東區|湘东区[Xiang1 dong1 Qu1]
Trad. 湘橋
  • see 湘橋區|湘桥区[Xiang1 qiao2 Qu1]
  • the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
  • see 湘潭市[Xiang1 tan2 Shi4]
  • see 湘潭縣|湘潭县[Xiang1 tan2 Xian4]
Trad. 湘繡
  • Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])
  • see 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
Trad. 湘語
  • Xiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province
Trad. 湘軍
  • Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
Trad. 湘鄉
  • see 湘鄉市|湘乡市[Xiang1 xiang1 Shi4]
  • see 蒸湘區|蒸湘区[Zheng1 xiang1 Qu1]
Trad. 湘陰
  • see 湘陰縣|湘阴县[Xiang1 yin1 Xian4]
Trad. 瀟湘
  • other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江[Xiang1 jiang1] in Hunan province
Trad. 臨湘
  • see 臨湘市|临湘市[Lin2 xiang1 Shi4]
  • Liang Xiang (1919-1989), first governor of Hainan
  • same as 斑竹[ban1 zhu2], mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜[Shun4] concubines (Ehuang 娥皇[E2 huang2] and Nüying 女英[Nu:3 ying1], known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃[Xiang1 Fei1]) upon learning of his death

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