Xibaipo

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西柏坡 (Xībǎipō).

Proper noun

Xibaipo

1. A town in Pingshan, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, in northeastern China.
   • [1967, Franklin W. Houn, “The Final Conquest of Power: 1945-1949”, in A Short History of Chinese Communism‎^[1], Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 71:

     On April 22, 1948, P'eng Teh-huai's troops recovered Yenan. In May, Mao Tse-tung and the headquarters of the CCP Central Committee moved from northern Shensi to Hsipaipo Village, Pingshan Hsien, Hopei Province in anticipation of an early nationwide victory.]

   • 2021 May 25, Martin Pollard, “Chinese visit 'red' sites ahead of 100th Communist Party anniversary”, in Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 25 May 2021‎^[3]:

     In a square in front of a Communist Party memorial hall at Xibaipo in northern China, row upon row of party members stood, raised their fists and chanted the party oath in unison.[...]
     Xibaipo was an important Communist Party base during China's civil war, which ended in 1949 with the victorious communists sweeping to power.[...]
     Party researchers and officials told Reuters the large numbers of visitors at Xibaipo reflects a national push to get people, especially party members and cadres, to get involved with the upcoming anniversary.
     Schools are also taking part. At Xibaipo, in Hebei province, a large group of students was lined up, given small national flags and told to recite their Communist Youth League oaths, just as the senior party members were doing.

Translations

town

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西柏坡 (Xībǎipō)

Further reading

• Xibaipo, Hsipaipo at Google Ngram Viewer