六安 (Lù'ān) · Lu'an, city in western Anhui

Meanings

HSK 4

我老家在安徽六安。

Wǒ lǎojiā zài Ānhuī Lù'ān.

My hometown is Lu'an in Anhui.

HSK 7-9

六安盛产绿茶，最有名的是六安瓜片。

Lù'ān shèngchǎn lǜchá, zuì yǒumíng de shì Lù'ān Guāpiàn.

Lu'an produces a lot of green tea, and the most famous is Lu'an Guapian.

mistakes

六 is lù here, not liù. The same old reading survives in 六合, a district of Nanjing.

history

The name goes back to 121 BC, when 汉武帝 set up a kingdom here and named it "Lu at peace", hoping the region would stay loyal.

六 liù

安 ān