qīng / cháo / chū / yè / zhè / yí / dì / qū / hái / shi / yí / piàn / rén / yān / xī / shǎo / de / tǔ / dì

清朝初叶，这一地区还是一片人烟稀少的土地。

In the early years of the Qing dynasty, this region was still sparsely populated.