乌蒙

烏蒙

Wūméng

proper noun

Meanings

HSK 5

乌蒙山区山很高，路也很难走。

Wūméng shānqū shān hěn gāo, lù yě hěn nán zǒu.

In the Wumeng Mountains the peaks are high and the roads hard going.

HSK 7-9

长征途中，红军翻越了乌蒙。

Chángzhēng túzhōng, hóngjūn fānyuè le Wūméng.

On the Long March, the Red Army crossed the Wumeng range.

culture

Best known from 毛泽东's poem on the Long March, whose line 乌蒙磅礴走泥丸 shrinks the vast range to rolling pellets of mud. The full name of the range is 乌蒙山.

history

乌蒙 was first the name of a Yi tribe of the Zhaotong area in north-east Yunnan, and the mountains took their name from it.

乌 wū

蒙 méng