t'ang-shan

Example Sentences

• "Bronzes from the Yen state, which were stylistically heavily affected by the Chʻin art, were found in Tʻang-shan, Hopei Province, and are now displayed in the Peking Museum of History."
• "Here are the K’ai-lan coal mines, China’s second largest, and the three industrial centers— T’ang-shan, with its large cement factory; Ch’in-huang-tao, the coal export port and the site of the largest glass factory in China; and Tientsin, port as well as the chief cotton textile and flour-milling center for north China."
• "Export trade originated almost entirely from the coal field and comprised not only coal but also coke, firebrick and cement manufactured at T'ang-shan, the industrial town built on the coal field."
• "A pendant to the Li Yü style is that represented by the bronze vessels found at T'ang-shan in Hopei, where the local influences are distinct."
• "In the famous T'ang-shan region in 1556 an earthquake dislodged vast amounts of this silt. About 830,000 people were killed. The exact number isn't known because records kept at the time are not accurate. Still, it was the largest earthquake disaster known in human history."
• "The next quake was less merciful: in 1976, 240,000 people were killed, and some 500,000 injured, in the Chinese city of T'ang-shan. The earthquake struck at night, and many people were crushed in their beds as their houses collapsed on top of them."