Jiya
See also: jiya, jiyą́, jīyā, and jíya
English
Etymology
From Uyghur جىيا (jiya).
Proper noun
Jiya
- A township in Hotan City, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
- 2015 July 22, “Trend for Atlas silk bags sparks bright future for ancient craft”, in China Daily, archived from the original on September 26, 2015, Culture:
- Chang Yan, a young designer from Xinjiang, is fascinated by the color and design of Atlas. To make it and Xinjiang culture known by more people, Chang has taken a bold step with the Atlas handbag. The bag, with Uygur characteristics, has become an iconic product of Jiya township in Hotan, hometown of Atlas silk. It combines traditional patterns with modern designs, and the black and white color match is simple but fashionable.
- 2017 August 15, Ma Kai, “Etles silk production craft revived in China's Xinjiang”, in An, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on August 3, 2019:
- Women work in an Etles silk mill in Jiya Town of Hotan City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 8, 2017. Etles silk, with a history of more than a thousand years in Hotan City, is regarded as the witness of the cultural mixture between China and the neighboring countries as it illustrates a perfect combination of Chinese silk production technique and surrounding central Asian countries' patterning. The production of the Eltes[sic – meaning Etles] silk is now regaining its momentum as the local government invests more resources into the sector to revive the once vanishing craft. About 6,000 families in the Jiya Town are capable of producing the silk which brings 1,200 yuan (about 180 US dollars) extra income per capita for the local residents.
- 2018 November 8, “Who Are the Uighurs?”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on January 12, 2020, East Asia Pacific:
- An ethnic Uighur man looks on at the cemetery surrounding the tomb of Imam Asim in the Taklamakan Desert outside the village of Jiya near Hotan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, March 21, 2017.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jiya.
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Translations
township
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