会昌

會昌
Huìchāng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Huichang, county in southern Jiangxi
  2. 2 Huichang, reign title of Emperor Wuzong of Tang (841–846)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Huìchāng zài Jiāngxī nánbù, hé Fújiàn jiāojiè.
Huichang is in southern Jiangxi, on the border with Fujian.
HSK 7-9
Máo Zédōng zài Huìchāng xiě de 《 Qīngpíngyuè · Huìchāng 》 lǐ yǒu " fēngjǐng zhè biān dú hǎo " yí jù.
Mao Zedong's 'Qingpingle: Huichang', written in Huichang, has the line 'the scenery here alone is fine'.

Tips

history
Mao wrote the poem in the summer of 1934, when the Red Army's base in southern Jiangxi was close to collapse, a few months before the Long March. Its lines 踏遍青山人未老,风景这边独好 are still widely quoted.
history
As a Tang reign title, 会昌 is remembered for the great suppression of Buddhism in 845 (会昌灭佛), when Emperor Wuzong closed thousands of monasteries and sent their monks and nuns back to lay life.

Stroke Order

会 huì
昌 chāng