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:

Western China Region

Article editor: Gregory Adam Scott

Geography Portal

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

Resources

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