Changping

From Mandarin 昌平 (Chāngpíng).

Changping

1. A district of Beijing, China.
   • [1968, “PEKING (PEIPING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎, volume 17, LCCN 68-10064, OCLC 1036882, page 533, column 2:

     The hsien consist of Ch'ang-p'ing with the Ming tombs north of the city, Fang-shan where the remains of Peking Man were found southwest of the city, Ta-hsing, T'ung and Shun-yi.]

   • 1995, Imperial Tombs of China‎, →ISBN, LCCN 95-60723, OCLC 314411525, page 7:

     The thirteen tombs of the Ming dynasty occupy 15.6 square miles, rivaling anything constructed for the living. The tombs are located in Changping district, in Beijing, and lie at the foot of the Tianshou Mountains.

   • 2022 May 9, Martin Quin Pollard; Brenda Goh; Zhang Yan; Winni Zhou; David Stanway; Ryan Woo; John Geddie, “'Like a prison': Shanghai, Beijing ratchet up COVID restrictions”, in Mark Heinrich, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 09 May 2022, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals:

     Beijing has been hoping to avoid the weeks of lockdowns that Shanghai has endured but the growing number of residential buildings under lockdown orders is unnerving residents.
     "I've already been working from home but I'm worried I might run out of daily supplies," said a 28-year-old resident of Changping district in north Beijing surnamed Wang after being barred from leaving her compound on Monday.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Changping.