凉州

涼州
Liángzhōu
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Liangzhou, the old name of Wuwei in Gansu, today a district of the city

Examples

HSK 4
Liángzhōu jiùshì jīntiān Gānsù de Wǔwēi.
Liangzhou is today's Wuwei in Gansu.
HSK 6
Hěnduō Tángcháo shīrén dōu xiě guo guānyú Liángzhōu de biānsàishī.
Many Tang poets wrote frontier poems about Liangzhou.

Tips

culture
The tune 凉州词 came from the songs of this frontier town, and poets wrote new words to it: 王翰's 葡萄美酒夜光杯 and 王之涣's 'The Yellow River climbs far into the white clouds' are the famous ones.
history
A key stop on the Silk Road through the Hexi Corridor. The Han bronze 'Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow' (马踏飞燕), China's tourism emblem, was found in a tomb here in 1969.

Stroke Order

凉 liáng
州 zhōu