Sichuan 四川

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Sìchuān 四川 Other names include: Shǔ 蜀; Bā 巴

Nearby Locations: Guìzhōu 貴州 Province to the south Yúnnán 雲南 Province to the southwest Xīkāng 西康 Province to the west Qīnghǎi 青海 Province to the northwest Gānsū 甘肅 Province to the north Shǎnxī 陝西 Province to the northeast Húběi 湖北 Province to the east Important Cities: Chéngdū 成都 Chōngqìng 重慶 (now a municipality)

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 1 Important Buddhist Sites 2 Other Notes 3 Notes 4 References and Resources

Important Buddhist Sites

• 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
• 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

• Dài Jìtáo 戴季陶^[1], 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

1. ↑ Though Dài usually identified himself more with his ancestral home of Zhèjiāng 浙江

References and Resources