马嵬坡

馬嵬坡

Mǎwéipō

proper noun

Meanings

1 Mawei Slope, in Xingping, Shaanxi, where Yang Guifei was put to death in 756

Characters

horse (in the name Mawei)

lofty (in the name Mawei)

Examples

HSK 4

杨贵妃死在马嵬坡。

Yáng Guìfēi sǐ zài Mǎwéipō.

Yang Guifei died at Mawei Slope.

HSK 7-9

安史之乱中，唐玄宗逃往四川，路过马嵬坡时，士兵要求处死杨贵妃。

Ān-Shǐ zhī Luàn zhōng, Táng Xuánzōng táowǎng Sìchuān, lùguò Mǎwéipō shí, shìbīng yāoqiú chǔsǐ Yáng Guìfēi.

During the An Lushan rebellion Emperor Xuanzong fled toward Sichuan, and at Mawei Slope his soldiers demanded Yang Guifei's death.

Tips

culture

Bai Juyi's 长恨歌 tells how the army refused to march on until the emperor gave her up. Her tomb at the slope is now a tourist site, and the story was retold in the Qing play 长生殿.

history

The slope took its name from the post station of 马嵬驿, where the emperor's party stopped on its flight from Chang'an in 756.

Stroke Order

马 mǎ

嵬 wéi

坡 pō