杏花村

Xìnghuācūn

noun

Meanings

1 Xinghua Village (lit. 'Apricot Blossom Village')
2 literary stand-in for any village with a wineshop
3 Xinghuacun, the Shanxi town that produces Fenjiu

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

借问酒家何处有？牧童遥指杏花村。

Jièwènjiǔjiāhéchùyǒu? Mùtóng yáozhǐ xìnghuācūn.

I asked where one might find a tavern; the cowherd pointed off to Apricot Blossom Village.

HSK 7-9

山西汾阳的杏花村以汾酒闻名。

Shānxī Fén yáng de Xìnghuācūn yǐ Fénjiǔ wénmíng.

Xinghuacun in Fenyang, Shanxi, is famous for Fenjiu liquor.

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history

The famous closing line of Du Mu's (杜牧) Tang poem 《清明》 - 'I asked where to find a tavern; a cowherd pointed off to Apricot Blossom Village' - turned 杏花村 into a poetic shorthand for a country wineshop. The Xinghuacun in Fenyang, Shanxi, takes the name as the home of 汾酒 (Fenjiu).

Stroke Order

杏 xìng

花 huā

村 cūn