Chengdu 成都

Chéngdū 成都 Other names include: Róngchéng 蓉城 (nickname); Ch'eng-tu (historical romanization)

Nearby Locations: Chóngqìng 重慶

West China Region

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Chéngdū 成都 is a city in Sìchuān 四川 province, an important regional center, and one of the bases for the wartime government of the Nationalist party.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Wénshū Temple 文殊院

Other Notes

• Dài Jìtáo 戴季陶 studied here as a child
• Yóu Zhìbiǎo 尤智表 lived here from about 1938 to 1945
• Sìchuān fójiào yuèkān 四川佛教月刊 was published here from 1931 to 1941
• Wáng Ēnyáng 王恩洋 spent the latter part of his life here, and died here in 1964
• Wáng Xiāngliù 王驤陸 worked here for ten years
• Nénghǎi 能海 was stationed here in the early 1910s

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