Topic summary
Shensi
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Shaanxi.
Name
Nonetheless, the vowels and consonants of shǎn陝 and shān山 are distinguished in the more conservative Jin Chinese languages native to the two provinces. This conservative phonology is reflected in the historical spelling of Shaanxi, "Shensi", known to the Europeans in the 18th century. "Shensi" was recognized in the 1906 Chinese postal romanization and continued to be popular until 1987, when the People's Republic of China banned romanizations made before their establishment.