淮安

Huái'ān

proper noun

Meanings

HSK 4

淮安是周恩来的家乡。

Huái'ān shì Zhōu Ēnlái de jiāxiāng.

Huai'an is Zhou Enlai's hometown.

HSK 7-9

在明朝和清朝，淮安是大运河漕运的中心。

Zài Míngcháo hé Qīngcháo, Huái'ān shì Dàyùnhé cáoyùn de zhōngxīn.

In the Ming and Qing, Huai'an was the centre of grain shipping on the Grand Canal.

history

Until 2001 the city was called 淮阴, the home of the Han general 韩信. 吴承恩, traditionally named as the author of Journey to the West, was also born here.

culture

With Yangzhou it gives its name to 淮扬菜, Huaiyang cuisine.

淮 huái

安 ān