南泥湾

Traditional form:

南泥灣

Pinyin (reading):

Nánníwān

Definitions:

• Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安 ( Yán'ān), Shaanxi
• "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces

Characters:

• 南 - south; southern; southward
• 泥 - mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
• 湾 - bay, cove, gulf, inlet

Traditional characters:

• 南 - south; southern; southward
• 泥 - mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
• 灣 - bay, cove, gulf, inlet