Renshou Mountain Forest Park (Longxi)
Renshou County () is a county in Meishan City, Sichuan Province of China. It is located in Middle-West of Sichuan Basin. It has an area of , and population of 154,040,000. Founded in the Qin dynasty. Its name may derive from the first Sui Dynasty emperor's palace located in Shaanxi province, Renshou palace. During the Southern Dynasties it was called Huairen County (怀仁县) and in the Western Wei of the Northern Dynasties it was called Puning County (普宁县). Its name was changed to Renshou in 598 during the Sui Dynasty. Demographics Though Renshou is majority Han Chinese there is a small population of Hui, Yi, Dai, and Tibetan peoples in the Qinggang township (青岗乡). It is common for Han residents of different areas of Renshou to visit Qinggang for their ethnic foods, especially Hui produced meat. Language While Mandarin in the official language, most residents speak the a dialect Renshou-Fushun subdialect of Sichuanese. Tonally, the Renshou dialect has a hig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Postal Code Of China
Postal codes in the People's Republic of China () are postal codes used by China Post for the delivery of letters and goods within mainland China. China Post uses a six-digit all-numerical system with four tiers: the first tier, composed of the first two digits, show the province, province-equivalent municipality, or autonomous region; the second tier, composed of the third digit, shows the postal zone within the province, municipality or autonomous region; the fourth digit serves as the third tier, which shows the postal office within prefectures or prefecture-level cities; the last two digits are the fourth tier, which indicates the specific mailing area for delivery. The range 000000–009999 was originally marked for Taiwan (The Republic of China) but is not used because it not under the control of the People's Republic of China. Mail to ROC is treated as international mail, and uses postal codes set forth by Chunghwa Post. Codes starting from 999 are the internal codes use ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yi People
The Yi or Nuosu people,; zh, c=彝族, p=Yízú, l=Yi ethnicity historically known as the Lolo,; vi, Lô Lô; th, โล-โล, Lo-Lo are an ethnic group An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ... in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Numbering nine million people, they are the seventh largest of the 55 Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live primarily in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions. The Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture is home to the largest population of Yi people within mainland China, with two million Yi people in the region. For other countries, as of 1999, there were 3,300 Mantsi language, Mantsi-speaking Lô Lô people living in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thousand Buddha Rock
Thousand Buddha Rock (千佛岩 or 四川省中国旅行社) is located in Renshou County, Sichuan. It contains over 21 different Buddhist carvings on rock. Many of the carvings were first made around the year 881 during the Tang dynasty, with work extending into the Qing dynasty. Previously some of these carvings were covered by the Qingyi River until exposed by the rising global temperatures. The condition of the carvings has suffered due to vandalism and neglect. The tallest Buddha is 2.7 m high. Further reading * References See also * Leshan Giant Buddha The Leshan Giant Buddha () is a tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang dynasty). It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southe ... * Renshou Giant Buddha {{commons category, Buddhism in Sichuan Buddhist sites in China Religion in Sichuan Buddhist buildings in Sichuan 881 beginnings ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Renshou Giant Buddha
Renshou Giant Buddha (仁寿大佛), also called Niujiaozhai Giant Buddha (牛角寨大佛) is a large stone Buddha located within Renshou county, Sichuan. It is 60 kilometers south of Chengdu. The Buddha was carved in 707 during the Tang Dynasty. It was constructed six years earlier in the nearby famous Leshan Giant Buddha The Leshan Giant Buddha () is a tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang dynasty). It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southe .... Located around the statue are over 101 shrines belonging to Confucianism, Daoist, and Buddhist. References {{coord missing, China Outdoor sculptures in China Colossal Buddha statues Mountain monuments and memorials World Heritage Sites in China Rock art in China ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Huayan Temple (Meishan)
Huayan Temple (华严寺) is a Chinese Mahayana Buddhist temple located in Renshou county, Meishan city, Sichuan, China, and was built in the Tang dynasty under the name of Chaojue Temple (超觉寺). Chaojue Temple was later named Kua-ao Temple (跨鳌寺). After the Chinese Cultural Revolution the temple was reopened in March 1995 as Huayan Temple. It is currently run by Master Shi Hongfa (释洪法). Name Huayan is a common name for temples in China. The name "Huayan" is derived from the Avatamsaka Sutra which is commonly called the “Huayan Sutra" (华严经) in China. This sutra is one of the most influential Mahayana Buddhist sutras in East Asia. "Hua" means magnificence or flower and "Yan" is short for "Zhuangyan" (庄严) to decorate. History * Chaojue Temple was founded in the Tang dynasty. *During the Qing dynasty it was still called Chaojue Temple. * It was later remained Kua-ao temple. * It was reopened and renamed Huayan temple in March 1995. * In 1998, multiple b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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China National Highway 213
China National Highway 213 (G213) runs from Ceke, Inner Mongolia, to Mohan, on the border with Laos, in Yunnan. It is in length and runs via Chengdu, Sichuan and Kunming, Yunnan. Before the 2013 Highway Planning, the route started in Lanzhou, Gansu. This route was a key transportation route into the disaster zone during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, and was referred to as a "lifeline" by rescue workers. On 6 July 2011, it was damaged by mudslides and collapses, including a stretch which was damaged as a result of the nearby river being diverted by a mudslide. For the extension to Ceke, a tunnel is being constructed on the pass on the Gansu-Qinghai border near Sunan County. Route and distance See also *China National Highways *AH3 References {{China National Highways Transport in Gansu Transport in Yunnan Transport in Sichuan Transport in Kunming 213 Year 213 ( CCXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport is one of two airports serving Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province, the other one being Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU), and a major air hub. The site of the airport was chosen at Lujia Town, Jianyang, Chengdu, 51 kilometers (32 mi) southeast of the center of Chengdu. It is named after the Tianfu New Area, a development zone for Chengdu in which the airport is located. Construction began in May 2016 and the airport opened on 27 June 2021. History Plans for a new airport for Chengdu were in place since 2007. In May 2011, officials confirmed the planning process for selecting a location had started. In June 2013, the Civil Aviation Administration of China officially confirmed and approved Jianyang's Lujia Town as the location for the new airport. In January 2015, the State Council and Central Military Commission approved the new airport project, and the official name Chengdu Tianfu International Airport () wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is one of two international airports serving Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province, the other one being Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU), and a major air hub. Located about southwest of downtown Chengdu to the north of Shuangliu District, Shuangliu airport is an important aviation hub for Western China. Shuangliu Airport is one of the two core hubs for Air China, together with Beijing, as well as the main hub and headquarters for Sichuan Airlines and Chengdu Airlines. China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Lucky Air and Tibet Airlines also have bases at Shuangliu Airport. Shuangliu Airport handled 55.9 million passengers in 2019, being among the world's 25 busiest airports in 2019, the fourth-busiest in mainland China, and the busiest in western China. Overview History The airport, formerly named Shuangguisi Airport, opened as an auxiliary military airfield in 1938 during the Second S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu, is a Sub-provincial division, sub-provincial city which serves as the Capital city, capital of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a population of 20,937,757 inhabitants during the 2020 Chinese census, it is the fourth most populous city in China, and it is the only city apart from the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities with a population of over 20 million (the other three are Chongqing, Shanghai and Beijing). It is traditionally the hub in Southwest China. Chengdu is located in central Sichuan. The surrounding Chengdu Plain is known as the "Country of Heaven" () and the "Land of Abundance". Its prehistoric settlers included the Sanxingdui culture. The site of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sichuanese Dialects
Sichuanese or Szechwanese ( zh, s=, t= ; Sichuanese Pinyin: ''Si4cuan1hua4''; ), also called Sichuanese/Szechwanese Mandarin ( zh, s=四川官话, t=四川官話, p=Sìchuān Guānhuà, links=no) is a branch of Southwestern Mandarin spoken mainly in Sichuan and Chongqing, which was part of Sichuan Province until 1997, and the adjacent regions of their neighboring provinces, such as Hubei, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hunan and Shaanxi. Although "Sichuanese" is often synonymous with the Chengdu-Chongqing dialect, there is still a great amount of diversity among the Sichuanese dialects, some of which are mutually unintelligible with each other. In addition, because Sichuanese is the lingua franca in Sichuan, Chongqing and part of Tibet, it is also used by many Tibetan people, Tibetan, Yi people, Yi, Qiang people, Qiang and other ethnic minority groups as a second language. Sichuanese is more similar to Standard Chinese than southeastern Chinese varieties but is still quite divergent in phonol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |