Sichuan 四川

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{{Geo_infobox
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|placename=Sìchuān 四川
|placename=Sìchuān 四川
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|historical-names=Shǔ 蜀; Bā 巴
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|historical-names=Shǔ 蜀; Bā 巴; Szechwan, Szechuan (former romanizations)
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|nearby-locations=Nearby Locations:
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* Guìzhōu [[貴州]] Province to the south
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* Guìzhōu [[貴州]] province
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* Yúnnán [[雲南]] Province to the southwest
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* Yúnnán [[雲南]] province
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* Xīkāng [[西康]] Province to the west
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* Xīkāng [[西康]] province
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* Qīnghǎi [[青海]] Province to the northwest
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* Qīnghǎi [[青海]] province
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* Gānsū [[甘肅]] Province to the north
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* Gānsū [[甘肅]] province
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* Shǎnxī [[陝西]] Province to the northeast
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* Shǎnxī [[陝西]] province
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* Húběi [[湖北]] Province to the east
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* Húběi [[湖北]] province
Important Cities:
Important Cities:
* Chéngdū [[成都]]
* Chéngdū [[成都]]
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* Chōngqìng [[重慶]] (now a municipality)
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* Chóngqìng [[重慶]]<ref>Chóngqìng was a separate municipality from [[1929]] to 1954, a status it has since regained.</ref>
|region=Western China
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== Important Buddhist Sites ==
== Important Buddhist Sites ==
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* Zhōngfēng Temple 中峰寺, in Wēiyuǎn 威遠, location where the periodical ''Pure [Land] School Monthly'' [[淨宗月刊]] was published [[1948]] - 1951
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* Zhōngfēng Temple 中峰寺, in Wēiyuǎn 威遠, the location where the periodical ''Pure [Land] School Monthly'' [[淨宗月刊]] was published [[1948]] - 1951
* Sino-Tibetan Institute of the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑漢藏教理院]] located in Chóngqìng [[重慶]]
* Sino-Tibetan Institute of the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑漢藏教理院]] located in Chóngqìng [[重慶]]
* Guishan University [[龜山書院]] in Nánchōng county 南充縣, established in [[1927]]
* Guishan University [[龜山書院]] in Nánchōng county 南充縣, established in [[1927]]
== Other Notes ==
== Other Notes ==
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* Dài Jìtáo [[戴季陶]]<ref>Though Dài usually identified himself more with his ancestral home of Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]</ref>, Wáng Ēnyáng [[王恩洋]], Shǐ Yīrú [[史一如]], Dàyǒng [[大勇]], Zhū Fèihuáng [[朱芾煌]], and Chéng Zháiān [[程宅安]] were born here.
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* Dài Jìtáo [[戴季陶]]<ref>Though Dài usually identified himself more with his ancestral home of Húzhōu [[湖州]], Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]</ref>, Wáng Ēnyáng [[王恩洋]], Shǐ Yīrú [[史一如]], Dàyǒng [[大勇]], Zhū Fèihuáng [[朱芾煌]], and Chéng Zháiān [[程宅安]] were born here.
== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== References and Resources ==
== References and Resources ==
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[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Geography]]

Current revision as of 18:24, 11 October 2010

Sìchuān 四川

Other names include: Shǔ 蜀; Bā 巴; Szechwan, Szechuan (former romanizations)

Nearby Locations:

Important Cities:

Western China Region
Geography Portal

Sìchuān 四川 is a province in the southwest of China. The region provides a link to the western areas of Tibet, and temporarily hosted the wartime capital of the Republic of China during the Sino-Japanese war.

Contents

Important Buddhist Sites

  • Zhōngfēng Temple 中峰寺, in Wēiyuǎn 威遠, the location where the periodical Pure [Land] School Monthly 淨宗月刊 was published 1948 - 1951
  • Sino-Tibetan Institute of the World Buddhist Studies Center 世界佛學苑漢藏教理院 located in Chóngqìng 重慶
  • Guishan University 龜山書院 in Nánchōng county 南充縣, established in 1927

Other Notes

Notes

  1. Chóngqìng was a separate municipality from 1929 to 1954, a status it has since regained.
  2. Though Dài usually identified himself more with his ancestral home of Húzhōu 湖州, Zhèjiāng 浙江

References and Resources

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