Taiyuan, Shanxi, China (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)
Referenced In
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"XXXVII. —The Kingdom of Taianfu 12 Notes.—1. Acbaluc. 2. T’ai-yuan fu. 3. Grape-wine of that place. 4. P’ing-yang fu."
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan"When I was older, I came to recognize this as a Peking accent, which sounds quite strange to Taiyuan people’s ears."
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan"‘Half of everything inside you is from me, your mother’s side, from the Sun clan in Taiyuan.’"
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan"Next to the word BIRTHDATE, I put down Taiyuan, China."