Huang-shan

See also: Huangshan

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 黃山／黄山 (Huángshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Huang²-shan¹.[1]

Proper noun

Huang-shan

  1. Alternative form of Huangshan
    • 1976, Wen Fong, “On the Mountain Peak”, in Returning Home: Tao-chi's Album of Landscapes and Flowers‎, New York: George Braziller, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page :
      For Tao-chi, the ultimate mountain scenery was always represented by the incomparable peaks of Huang-shan, the Yellow Mountain, in Anhwei.
    • 1996 February [1995], Weng Yao-t'ing, “Where Do We Search for the Pavilions of Immortal Mountains?”, in The Stone Studio, transl., Looking at Chinese Painting‎, Tokyo: Nigensha Publishing Co Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13:
      Located between Ho-hsien and T’ai-p’ing Prefectures in Anhui Province is Huang-shan (Yellow Mountain), renowned for its strange, twisted pines, bizarre rock formations, “sea of clouds” and hot springs.

References
  1. Huangshan, Wade-Giles romanization Huang-shan, in Encyclopædia Britannica
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