Kulangsu

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 鼓浪嶼／鼓浪屿 (Gǔlàngxù).

Proper noun

Kulangsu

1. Synonym of Gulangyu
   • 1854, John C. Lowrie, A Manual of Missions; Or, Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church‎^[1], New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 683 Broadway, →OCLC, page 53:

     Accordingly it was deemed expedient for Mr. McBryde to occupy a station on Kulangsu, a small island close by the city of Amoy.

   • 1903, Robert S. Rait, The Life And Campaigns Of Hugh, First Viscount Gough, Field-Marshal‎^[2], volume I, Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 210:

     Sir William Parker and Sir Hugh Gough agreed that a simultaneous attack must be made upon the fortifications of the two islands of Amoy and Kulangsu; that in each case a frontal attack was to be made by the navy, while the land forces made an attempt to carry the batteries in reverse. We shall follow, in the first place, the fortunes of the attack on Kulangsu.

   • 1953, John King Fairbank, Trade and Diplomacy on the China Coast: The Opening of the Treaty Ports, 1842–1854‎^[3], paperback edition, Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, published 1969, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 202:

     The Fukien authorities in their memorials made no mention of any promise to Gribble: barbarians were residing on Kulangsu until the indemnity should be paid up, but formal permission for permanent consular residence was another matter, which they referred to the imperial commissioner. Pottinger supported Gribble’s request, but Ch’i-ying throughout 1844 consistently and strongly supported the provincial authorities in objecting to the threatened use of Kulangsu for residential purposes after its military evacuation, fearing that this would really prevent Chinese recovery of the island.

   • 2017 July 10, Kaihao Wang, “Global influences earn island place on Cultural Heritage list”, in China Daily‎^[4], archived from the original on 10 July 2017:

     Kulangsu, a small island off the shore of Xiamen, Fujian province, was added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list on Saturday as an early witness to globalization.
     The decision was made at the ongoing 41st session of World Heritage Committee in Krakow, Poland, which designated Kulangsu a Historic International Settlement.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kulangsu.

Translations

Gulangyu — see Gulangyu