Sìchuān 四川
Other names include: Shǔ 蜀; Bā 巴
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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)
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Western China Region
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Article editor: Gregory Adam Scott
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Sìchuān 四川
Sìchuān 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.
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
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