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26 unusual facts about Sichuan


Alice Wong

Wong founded the Richmond Greenspace Society to promote green space in urban settings, improving passport office efficiency, raising funds to improve the safety of senior pedestrians, and raising funds for the Sichuan earthquake relief.

Campaign to Suppress Bandits in the Border Region of Hunan–Hubei–Sichuan

In the meantime, communist troops of the communist Enshi Military Sub-District killed over nineteen hundred bandits of the nationalist Anticommunist Salvation Army of Huan-Hubei-Sichuan Border Region in the Dragon (龙) Mountain.

The commander of the nationalist Anticommunist Salvation Army of the Huan-Hubei-Sichuan Border Region, Qu Boping (瞿波平), with only several bodyguards left was eventually forced to surrender to the communists on November 1950 with the remaining survivors.

The remnant of the nationalist Temporarily Organized 5th Division fled to the north of Yongshun (永顺) County, where they were surrounded by units of the 421st Regiment and units of the 423rd Regiment of the communist 141st Division, and units of the Independent Regiment of communist Enshi Military Sub-District.

Communists decided to eradicate more than ten thousand nationalist guerrillas mostly consisted of bandits in the border region of Huan-Hubei-Sichuan, in a vast area bordered by Laifeng (来凤) county in Hubei in the north, Sangzhi (桑植) and Shuishun (水顺) in the east, Yongsui (永绥) county and Baojing (保靖) County in Hunan in the south, and Youyang in the west.

Chuni

Chuni, Sichuan, a town in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan, China

Dazhou

Dazhou, Sichuan (达州市), prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan

Foster Stockwell

He is the son of Francis Olin and Esther Stockwell, two Methodist missionaries who went to Fuzhou, Fujian, in 1929 then to Chengdu, Sichuan, in 1939.

George Pereira

His journey from Yunnan along the Tibetan border in 1923 was his last, as he died of some internal trouble just before reaching Kantze (where he was buried), near Batang, Sichuan, in October 1923.

Joyce Jacobi

Jacobi represent Panamá in the Miss International 2009 in Chengdu, China finals was held on November 28, 2009 at Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

She was elected Miss Panamá international 2009 this gave her the opportunity to compete in the Miss International 2009 pageant which was held in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Li County

Li County, Sichuan (理县), county of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture

Linshui County

Strategically, Linshui County is on the only path out of Sichuan province in the east, as the connecting point between Dazhou – a municipal city in the north – and Chongqing, the municipality city in the south.

Longjing tea

Some tea makers take fresh tea leaves produced in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces and process them using Longjing tea techniques; and some merchants mix a small amount of high grade with low grade tea, and sell it as expensive high grade.

Luo Jing

His parents are from Sichuan province, and Luo himself, although born in Beijing, spoke the Sichuan dialect.

Oreolalax liangbeiensis

Oreolalax liangbeiensis (Liangbei toothed toad) is a species of amphibian in the Megophryidae family endemic to China: it is only known from the vicinity of its type locality, Puxiong in the Yuexi County, Sichuan.

Pterallastes

So far the genus contains only two species, one in North America and one from the Sichuan province of China.

Sanxing Railway Station

Sanxing Railway Station is a railway station located in Sichuan, People's Republic of China, on the Suiyu Railway which operated by Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Shapingba District

Though departures and arrivals are somewhat limited at this station, it is quite useful for trips to nearby destations such as Guiyang or Dazhou.

Steven W. Mosher

According to Mosher's book, Journey to the Forbidden China, he had a travel permit signed by the proper authority (Section Chief Liu of the Canton Public Security Office) to go into the "forbidden area" of Kweichow (Guizhou) because it was en route to his destination of Szechwan (Sichuan).

The Legend of Sword and Fairy

Their search brings them to Sichuan, where the Mount Shu Sect, a powerful martial arts clan, is based.

Xiang'er

The Xiang’er was most likely written in between 190 and 220 CE, a time when the Celestial Masters controlled a theocratic state in Sichuan.

Xiao Tao Sheng

Xiao's art works were introduced to the public by China Central Television (CCTV), Sichuan TV and Chengdu TV.

Yuexi County

Yuexi County, Sichuan (越西县), county of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

Zhao Erfeng

Things went well for a month until the lama protested to the Chinese in charge of military affairs because of the excesses of the Chinese troops on the Sichuan frontier, where they were sacking the monasteries and killing the monks.

Formerly Director-General of the Sichuan - Hubei Railway and acting viceroy of Sichuan province, he was the much-maligned Chinese general of the late imperial era who led military campaigns throughout Kham (eastern Tibet) and eventually reaching Lhasa in 1910, thus earning himself the nickname "Zhao the Butcher".


2013 Taozigou Coal Mine explosion

The 2013 Taozigou Coal Mine explosion occurred in the Taozigou Coal Mine (桃子沟煤矿) in Hua'an Village (华安村), Fuji Town (福集镇) of the Lu County, Sichuan, China.

468th Bombardment Group

The initial mission of the 468th in India was to use their aircraft to haul bombs, fuel, ammunition and spare parts 1,200 miles to its advanced base at Field A-7, Pengshan, Szechwan Provience, China.

Abies chensiensis

Abies chensiensis, the Shensi fir, is a fir native to Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan in China and Arunachal Pradesh in India.

Abies fabri

Abies fabri is closely related to Abies delavayi and Abies forrestii, which replace it to the south and southwest respectively in southern Sichuan and Yunnan, and to Abies fargesii, which replaces it further north in Gansu.

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Never Sorry opens in his studio compound in Beijing, called 258 Fake, home to 40 cats, and follows him from the development of his piece where he researched and posted the names of student victims of the May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan.

Anthropogenic hazard

The worst space disaster to date occurred on February 15, 1996 in Sichuan, China, when a Long March 3B rocket, carrying the Intelsat 708 telecommunications satellite, suffered a guidance system failure two seconds after liftoff and crashed into a nearby village.

Benoît Vermander

Most notably his works focus on contemporary Chinese religions and Chinese Catholic theology, on the Yi minority in Sichuan, and on China's role in globalization.

Chenjiaping Bus Station

Routes run to Chengdu, Jianyang, Neijiang, Longchang, Luzhou, Suining, Yibin, Zigong, and Ziyang, all of which are in Sichuan province, and within the municipality, the station is connected directly to Jiangjin, Yongchuan Districts as well as the counties of Bishan Dazu, Rongchang, Tongliang and Tongnan and finally the town of Dingjia (丁家鎮)

David Ji

In 2004, he was arrested in China following a dispute with Sichuan Changhong Electric, a supplier owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.

Facing heaven pepper

This dried chili pepper is described as a "pantry staple" in the Sichuan province of China by Fuchsia Dunlop in her cookbook "Land of Plenty".

Fuchsia Dunlop

She was an East Asian analyst at the BBC World Service and has three books to her name, including the autobiography Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper.

Guang'an District

Guang'an District (Chinese: 广安区; Pinyin: Guǎng'ān Qū) is a district in Guang'an City, Sichuan, China.

Hu Xiansu

In the 1940s, he played a key role, along with Wan Chun Cheng, in identifying and naming a new living species of Metasequoia previously known only from fossils, in Sichuan, China.

Jane Grigson Award

The 2009 winner was Fuchsia Dunlop for Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper:A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China.

Jialing

Jialing River (嘉陵江), tributary of the Yangtze River, and one of the main rivers of Sichuan

Jinchuan

Jinchuan County (金川县), in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

Jinyang

Jinyang County, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China

Khamba

Tibetans who live in the historic region of Kham which covers parts of modern Qinghai, Western Sichuan, Northern Yunnan and the Tibet Autonomous Region

Li Jihui

when he was one of the officers that Li Maozhen, then the military governor of Fengxiang Circuit (鳳翔, headquartered in modern Baoji, Shaanxi), sent to aid his ally Gu Yanhui the military governor of Dongchuan Circuit (東川, headquartered in modern Mianyang, Sichuan) when Gu was under attack by Wang Jian the military governor of Xichuan Circuit (西川, headquartered in modern Chengdu, Sichuan).

Li Shou

When Li Shou was 18, Li Xiong, believing in his talent, made him in general, and he distinguished himself at his post of Jinshou (晉壽, in modern Guangyuan, Sichuan).

Li Tao

Li Tao was a direct descendant of Li Si (李偲), Emperor Taizong of Tang's grandson who narrowly escaped death from the persecution of Empress Wu Zetian and settled in Meizhou (眉州, today's Meishan, Sichuan) in the 8th century.

He went home to mourn his father in 1147 and became the prefectural judge of Yazhou (雅州; modern Ya'an, Sichuan) 3 years later.

Libing Square Railway Station

The railway station is on the Lidui Branch Line of Chengdu–Dujiangyan Intercity Railway in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Liu Wenhui

Thus the engagements around Xiakou in 1934 did not involve Liu's 24th Route Army, but the 21st army of GMD troops garrisoned just across the Sichuan border in Mingshan.

Lugu

Lugu Lake, on the border of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, China

Matrilocal residence

Examples of matrilocal societies include the people of Ngazidja, the Ancient Pueblo Peoples of Chaco Canyon, the Nair community in Kerala in South India, the Moso of Yunnan and Sichuan in southwestern China, the Siraya of Taiwan, and the Minangkabau of western Sumatra.

Min Mountains

The Lazikou Pass, a site of strategical importance during the Long March, passes through the Min Mountains and connects northwestern Sichuan with southern Gansu.

Nakhi people

Among the Nakhi in Yongning County in Yunnan and the Yanyuan County in Sichuan, existing remnants of the Mosuo matriarchal family structure which were vigorously but unsuccessfully eradicated during the Communist era.

Qiao Zong

In late 408, Liu Jingxuan advanced to Huanghu (黃虎, in modern Suining, Sichuan), and Qiao Zong sought aid from Later Qin; Yao Xing sent an army to assist him, but at the same time, Qiao Daofu was able to resist Liu Jingxuan's advance, and after the armies stalemated for 60 days, Liu Jingxuan's army ran out of food supplies and grew ill, and was forced to retreat.

Railway Protection Movement

Duanfang was killed by Liu Yifeng after a mutiny by the New Army On November 14, Zhao Erfeng released Pu Dianjun from prison and negotiated an agreement to hand over power to a newly established Great Han Military Government of Sichuan.

Rao Xueman

Rao Xueman was born in Zigong, Sichuan, China in 1972.She began writing from 14 years old.

Rhododendron hunnewellianum

Rhododendron hunnewellianum (岷江杜鹃), named in honor of H. H. Hunnewell and Walter Hunnewell, is a rhododendron species native to southern Gansu and central and northern Sichuan in China, where it grows at altitudes of 1200–2400 meters.

Shuifu County

Shuifu County (Chinese: 水富县; Pinyin: Shuǐfù Xiàn) is a county under the jurisdiction of Zhaotong Prefecture-level City located on the boundary of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, and it is on the side of Jinsha River.

Siberian Jay

It is one of three members of the genus Perisoreus, the others being the Sichuan Jay, P. internigrans, restricted to the mountains of eastern Tibet and northwestern Sichuan, and the Gray Jay, P. canadensis, restricted to the boreal forest and western montane regions of North America.

Sichuanese Mandarin

This is mainly because many Xiang-speaking immigrants from Hunan moved to Sichuan during the great wave of immigration during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, so Xiang does not have such a close relationship with other southwestern varieties of Chinese, such as those spoken in Yunnan, Guangxi or Hubei.

The vocabulary of Sichuanese has three main origins: Bashu (or Ancient Sichuanese), Middle Chinese and the languages of the immigrants, including Proto-Mandarin from Hubei, Xiang, Gan and Hakka, which were brought to Sichuan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Southwest University

In 2001, Sichuan Animal Husbandry and Veterinary College and the Citrus Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agriculture were absorbed into Southwest Agricultural University.

Wu Guangxin

In August 1917 Duan obtained Feng Guozhang's appointment of Wu as Commander-in-Chief of the Upper Yangtze River, and concurrently Inspector of Sichuan, with orders to advance into Sichuan to resolve its internal conflicts.

Ye Zhiping

Ye Zhiping (born 1953) is the principal of Sangzao Middle School in An County, Sichuan, People's Republic of China, noteworthy for saving thousands of his students.