广陵

廣陵
Guǎnglíng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Guangling, old name of Yangzhou in Jiangsu, today one of its districts

Examples

HSK 5
Lǐ Bái sòng Mèng Hàorán qù Guǎnglíng, xiěxià le yì shǒu yǒumíng de shī.
Li Bai saw Meng Haoran off to Guangling and wrote a famous poem.
HSK 7-9
Tángdài de Guǎnglíng shì yí zuò fēicháng fánhuá de chéngshì.
In the Tang dynasty Guangling was a very prosperous city.

Tips

culture
Li Bai's farewell poem to Meng Haoran names the city 广陵 in its title and 扬州 in its second line, 烟花三月下扬州. The guqin piece 《广陵散》, which 嵇康 played before his execution in 262, takes its name from the region.

Stroke Order

广 guǎng
陵 líng