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Diocese Of Western China
The Diocese of Western China ( zh, t=聖公會華西教區, w=Shêng Kung Hui Hua Hsi Chiao Chʽü, l=Anglican Diocese of Western China), also known as Diocese of Szechwan ( zh, t=聖公會四川教區, w=Shêng Kung Hui Ssu Chʽuan Chiao Chʽü, l=Anglican Diocese of Szechwan, links=no) or Hua Hsi Diocese (), was an Anglican diocese in late-Qing-dynasty and Republican China, established in 1895, under the supervision of the Church of England. It had belonged to the Church in China since its outset, and had been part of the Chinese Anglican Church since 1912. In 1936, it was divided into the Diocese of East Szechwan () and Diocese of West Szechwan (). History The Cambridge Seven, who were missionaries to China through the China Inland Mission (CIM), arrived in Shanghai in 1885. Three of them —William Cassels, Arthur T. Polhill-Turner and Montagu Proctor-Beauchamp— were sent up by the CIM into the Western Province of Szechwan, where they established a proper Church of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John's Cathedral, Langzhong
St John's Cathedral ( zh, t=聖約翰座堂, s=圣约翰座堂, first=t, w=Shêng4-yüeh1-han4 tso4-tʽang2, p=Shèngyuēhàn zuòtáng), today known as Gospel Church ( zh, t=福音堂, s=福音堂, w=Fu2-yin1 tʽang2, p=Fúyīn táng, links=no), is a Protestant church situated on Yangtianjing Street in the county-level city of Langzhong, Nanchong, Sichuan Province. Founded in 1908, the church was formerly the Anglican cathedral of the Szechwan Diocese of the Church in China, and the largest Anglican church in Southwest China. History The first Anglican church in Langzhong (then known as Langchung, Paoning or Paoning Foo aoning / Baoning Fu, the Trinity Church, built in 1893, had become too small as the number of converts had increased. After a series of problems, St John's was eventually built on Yangtianjing Street, under the supervision of William Cassels, one of the Cambridge Seven, and the then missionary bishop in the Diocese of Western China. Construction began in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cassels
William Wharton Cassels (11 March 1858 – 7 November 1925) was an Anglican missionary bishop. Early life and education Cassels was born in Oporto, Portugal, the sixth son of John Cassels, a merchant, and Ethelinda Cox, a distant relation of Warren Hastings. He was educated at Percival House School, Repton School and St John's College, Cambridge. Work He was ordained deacon (Rochester) on 4 June 1882 and priest on 10 June 1883. He was a curate at All Saints' South Lambeth from 1882 to 1885. A member of the famous ‘ Cambridge Seven’, he joined the China Inland Mission in 1885, together with Arthur T. Polhill-Turner and Montagu Proctor-Beauchamp, the three established a proper Church of England diocese in Szechwan. In 1895, he became the Bishop of Western China ( Hua Hsi Diocese). One of the foremost missionaries of his time, who possessed great gifts of organisation, he understood the Chinese and was held in great veneration by them. Family and death Cassels married Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anzhou District
Anzhou District () formerly An County is a district of the city of Mianyang, in northeastern Sichuan province, China. It has an area of and a population of 440,000. Administrative divisions Anzhou has 15 towns and three townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca .... . *Towns: **Huagai (花荄镇) **Sangzao (桑枣镇) **Huangtu (黄土镇) **Tashui (塔水镇) **Xiushui (秀水镇) **Heqing (河清镇) **Jiepai (界牌镇) **Yonghe (永河镇) **Jushui (睢水镇) **Qingquan (清泉镇) **Baolin (宝林镇) **Feishui (沸水镇) **Xiaoba (晓坝镇) **Lexing (乐兴镇) **Qianfo (千佛镇) *Townships: **Xingre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiangyou
Jiangyou () is a Chinese county-level city located in Mianyang, Sichuan. The city proper is subdivided into four urban districts and has jurisdiction over 21 towns, and 19 rural townships. It is the hometown of Li Bai, a leading Tang Dynasty poet. Jiangyou has an area of and a population of 870,000 in 2004. Administrative divisions Jiangyou has five subdistricts, 30 towns and 10 townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca .... Subdistricts *Changgang () *Huaping () *Wudu () *Hanzeng () *Zhongba ()[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mianyang
Mianyang (; formerly known as Mienchow) is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwest China. Located in north-central Sichuan covering an area of consisting of Jiangyou, a county-level city, five counties, and three urban districts. Its total population was 4,868,243 people at the 2020 Chinese census, of whom 2,232,865 live in its built-up (''or metro'') area made of three urban districts. In 2006, Mianyang was ranked as China's third "most suitable city for living" by ''China Daily'', after the coastal cities of Dalian and Xiamen., but it has since dropped out of the top 10. History Mianyang, which was known as Fuxian (Fu County) in ancient times, had advanced in agriculture during the Qin (221−206 BCE) and Han (206 BCE−220 CE) dynasties. It has a history of over 2,200 years since the Emperor Gaozu of Han established the first county in this area in 201 BCE. Due to its advantageous location, it had always been a town of great military imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Missionary Society In China
The Church Missionary Society in China was a branch organisation established by the Church Missionary Society (CMS), which was founded in Britain in 1799 under the name the Society for Missions to Africa and the East; as a mission society working with the Anglican Communion, Protestant, and Orthodox Christians around the world. In 1812, the organization was renamed the Church Missionary Society. The missions were financed by the CMS with the local organisation of a mission usually being under the oversight of the Bishop of the Anglican diocese in which the CMS mission operated. Establishing the mission to China Robert Morrison, of the London Missionary Society established a mission in Guangzhou (Canton) in 1808, however the work of Christian missionaries was restricted by the Chinese authorities. After the First Opium War (1839–1842), Hong Kong came under the control of Great Britain and ports on the mainland, including Canton and Shanghai, become open to Europeans. In 1844 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archives Hub
The Archives Hub is a Jisc service, and is freely available to all. It provides a cross-search of descriptions of archives held across the United Kingdom, in over 320 institutions, including universities, colleges, specialist repositories, charities, businesses and other institutions. It includes over 1,000,000 descriptions of archive materials on all manner of subjects, which represents over 30,000 archive collections. It also describes content available through topic-based websites, often created as a result of digitisation projects. The Hub does not hold archives. Rather, it maintains finding aids, which help researchers to locate archives, by enabling them to search across descriptions. Each description provides a direct email link to the contact details for the repository that holds the archive. It enables researchers to search and filter by various criteria including keyword, title, creator, person, organisation, subject and date in order to bring together archives held all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kham
Kham (; ) is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The original residents of Kham are called Khampas (), and were governed locally by chieftains and monasteries. Kham presently covers a land area distributed between five regions in China, most of it in Tibet Autonomous Region and Sichuan, with smaller portions located within Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan provinces. Densely forested with grass plains, its convergence of six valleys and four rivers supported independent Kham polities of Tibetan warrior kingdoms together with Tibetan Buddhist monastic centers.Jann Ronis"An Overview of Kham (Eastern Tibet) Historical Polities" The University of Virginia The early trading route between Central Tibet and China traveled through Kham, and Kham is said to be the inspiration for Shangri-La in James Hilton's novel. Settled as Tibet's eastern frontier in the 7th century, King Songtsen Gampo built temples along its ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kangding
Kangding (), also called Tachienlu and Dartsedo (; ), is a county-level city and the seat of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province of Southwest China. Kangding is on the bank of the Dadu River and has been considered the historical border between the Kham region of Tibet and the Sichuan region. Kangding's urban center is called Lucheng, which has around 134,000 inhabitants. Names Historically, the urban center was known by Chinese as Dajianlu (written also as Tachienlu or Tatsienlu) from the Chinese transliteration of the Tibetan name Dartsedo or Darzêdo. History Kangding was on the historical border between Tibet and the rest of China, from Kangding to the west lies Tibetan civilization where as to the east Han cultural areas; It was the capital of the Kingdom of Chakla. During its history, Kangding has witnessed many conflicts between Tibetan and Han polities. Kangding was for many centuries an important trading city where Han brick tea was carried by por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, Monpa, Tamang people, Tamang, Qiang people, Qiang, Sherpa people, Sherpa and Lhoba peoples and now also considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui people, Hui settlers. Since Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China, 1951, the entire plateau has been under the administration of the People's Republic of China, a major portion in the Tibet Autonomous Region, and other portions in the Qinghai and Sichuan provinces. Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of . Located in the Himalayas, the highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, rising 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft) above sea level. The Tibetan Empire emerged in the 7th century. At its height in the 9th century, the Tibet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibetan People
The Tibetan people (; ) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 6.7 million. In addition to the majority living in Tibet Autonomous Region of China, significant numbers of Tibetans live in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan, as well as in India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Tibetan languages belong to the Tibeto-Burman language group. The traditional or mythological explanation of the Tibetan people's origin is that they are the descendants of the human Pha Trelgen Changchup Sempa and rock ogress Ma Drag Sinmo. It is thought that most of the Tibeto-Burman speakers in Southwest China, including Tibetans, are direct descendants from the ancient Qiang people. Most Tibetans practice Tibetan Buddhism, although some observe the indigenous Bon religion and there is a small Muslim minority. Tibetan Buddhism influences Tibetan art, drama and architecture, while the harsh geography of Tibet has produced an adap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Polhill
Cecil Henry Polhill, formerly Cecil Henry Polhill-Turner (23 February 1860 in Bedfordshire – 9 March 1938 in Hampstead, London) was a British Pentecostal leader and missionary. Early life Cecil Henry Polhill was born on 23 February 1860. His father was Frederick Polhill-Turner. He was educated at Eton College and Jesus College, Cambridge, before taking a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Bedfordshire Yeomanry. In 1885 he and his brother, Arthur Twistleton Polhill, became affiliated with the China Inland Mission as part of the Cambridge Seven missionary band. In 1897, Polhill along with other four CIM missionaries established a missionary station in Tatsienlu, west of Szechwan, which paved the way for the future construction of the Gospel Church. He returned from China in 1900 in the wake of the Boxer Uprising. Christian evangelism Upon his return from China, Polhill inherited a fortune, and spent much of his life donating to missionary causes. In 1908 Polhill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
