Sienfeng

English
Map including HSIEN-FENG (SIENFENG) 咸豐 (AMS, 1953)

Etymology

The postal romanization of Mandarin 咸豐 (Xiánfēng).

Proper noun

Sienfeng

  1. (historical or obsolete) Alternative form of Xianfeng
    • 1934, The China Weekly Review‎, volume 68, OCLC 1554316, page 367:
      General Ho Chien, Chairman of Hunan, reports that 3,000 "Reds" under Ho Lung have escaped to Lichuan, south-western Hupeh, from Sienfeng after being defeated by the Brigade under Major-General Ku Chia-chi and the Hupeh troops at Wolung-ping along the Hunan-Hupeh border.
    • 1943, China At War‎, China Information Publishing Company, OCLC 1554305, page 27:
      In Hupeh, General Chen Cheng, governor, is enthusiastic in realizing Dr . Sun's land reform program and has ordered the Enshih and Sienfeng county governments to make experiments on helping tenant farmers to be...
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