Zigong

• Tzu-kung (Wade–Giles)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 自貢 / 自贡 (Zìgòng).

• IPA^(key): /ˌ(d)zɪˈɡɒŋ/, /ˌ(d)zɪˈɡʊŋ/, enPR: dzûʹgo͝ongʹ^[1]

Zigong

1. A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
   • [1971, Thomas Jay Matthews, “The Cultural Revolution in Szechwan”, in The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces‎^[2], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 129:

     Peking Radio broadcast about one particular department in the Szechwan city of Tzu-kung illustrated how easily the bureaucrats could influence the soldiers:
     There was a close connection between the department and the . . . Tzukung Municipal CCP Committee. Work was carried out by the department under the leadership of the municipal CCP committee.]

   • [1978 August, Chia-shu Wang, “The Artcraft of Weaving”, in China Reconstructs‎^[3], volume XXVII, number 8, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 3:

     In Tzukung, Szechuan province, extremely thin and soft strips that are almost transparent are cut from love bamboo and used to weave objects with “hidden designs” like those of figured silk. The warp and weft strips must cross at least a thousand times.]

   • 2015 February 20, Suri Charu, “A Festival to Celebrate New Zealand-China Ties”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 April 2023, In Transit‎^[5]:

     More than 800 lanterns handmade in Zigong in China’s Sichuan province will be presented to Auckland, honoring a centuries-long tradition dating from the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-221 A.D.) to usher in the new year with light.

   • 2024 July 17, “China: At least 16 killed in shopping mall fire”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[6], sourced from zc/rm (AFP, Reuters), archived from the original on 18 July 2024, Catastrophe/China‎^[7]:

     At least 16 people died in a fire at a shopping mall in southern China, state media reported on Wednesday.
     The incident occurred at a shopping complex in Zigong, a city in western Sichuan province.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zigong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3567, column 3