Shanxi 陝西

Shǎnxī 陝西 Other names include: Shǎn 陝; Qín 秦 (abbreviations); Shan-hsi, Shensi (former romanizations)

Nearby Locations: Chóngqìng 重慶 Gānsù 甘肅 province Hénán 河南 province Húběi 湖北 province Inner Mongolia 內蒙古 Shānxī 山西 province Sìchāun 四川 province Important Cities: Xī'ān 西安

Central China Region

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Shǎnxī 陝西 (now romanized as Shaanxi) is a province in the northwest of China.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Great Goose Pagoda 大雁塔
• Fǎmén Temple 法門寺
• Xīngshàn Temple 興善寺
  • The Xīngshàn Temple Buddhist Seminary 興善寺佛學院 existed here from 1932

Other Notes

• The Living Buddha of Jīnshān 金山活佛 was born in this province
• Zhū Zǐqiáo 朱子橋 was stationed here during the Second-Sino Japanese War until his death on January 13, 1941