Sichuan 四川

Sìchuān 四川 Other names include: Shǔ 蜀; Bā 巴; Szechwan, Szechuan (former romanizations)

Nearby Locations: Guìzhōu 貴州 province Yúnnán 雲南 province Xīkāng 西康 province Qīnghǎi 青海 province Gānsū 甘肅 province Shǎnxī 陝西 province Húběi 湖北 province Important Cities: Chéngdū 成都 Chóngqìng 重慶[1]

Western China Region

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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.

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

• Dài Jìtáo 戴季陶^[2], 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. ↑ 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

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