新昌

Xīnchāng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Xinchang, county in Shaoxing, eastern Zhejiang

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

新昌属于浙江绍兴。

Xīnchāng shǔyú Zhèjiāng Shàoxīng.

Xinchang is part of Shaoxing, Zhejiang.

HSK 5

李白诗里写的天姥，就在今天的新昌。

Lǐ Bái shī lǐ xiě de Tiānmǔ, jiù zài jīntiān de Xīnchāng.

The Mount Tianmu that Li Bai wrote about is in present-day Xinchang.

Tips

culture

Besides Mount Tianmu (天姥), the county is known for its Great Buddha Temple, where a large stone Buddha was carved into a cliff around 500 AD. Its hills and streams lie on the "Tang Poetry Road" of eastern Zhejiang, the route many Tang poets travelled.

usage

The full name is 新昌县, Xinchang County.

Stroke Order

新 xīn

昌 chāng