南泥灣

1. • Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安 yánān, Shaanxi
2. • "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

Character by character

• 南(nán)south
• 泥(ní)mud
• 灣(wān)bay