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62-914: The Chongqing Municipal Committee was established in May 1949. In June 1997, after Chongqing was split from Sichuan to become a direct-administered municipality, Chongqing Municipal Committee became the municipality's highest administrative agency. The organization of the CCP Chongqing Committee includes: (1915–1999) (1908–1967) (1909–1976) (1909–1967) (1906–1986) (1919–2008) (1917–2007) (1922–2013) (1915–1998) (1915–2016) (born 1934) (1929–2011) (born 1924) (1929–1998) (born 1940) (born 1939) (born 1943) (born 1941) (born 1955) (born 1949) (born 1946) (born 1963) (born 1960) (born 1962) 5th Municipal Party Committee (May 2017–May 2022) 6th Municipal Party Committee (May 2022–) Sources: Sichuan Sichuan

124-470: A subarctic climate ( Köppen Dwc )- featuring extremely cold winters down to −30 °C and even cold summer nights. The region is geologically active with landslides and earthquakes. Average elevation ranges from 2,000 to 3,500 meters; average temperatures range from 0 to 15 °C. The southern part of the province, including Panzhihua and Xichang, has a sunny climate with short, very mild winters and very warm to hot summers. Sichuan borders Qinghai to

186-1085: Is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( August 2019 ) Golmud River Tarim Basin [ edit ] [REDACTED] Tarim Basin Qiemo River Kaidu River Tarim River - ends in the Lop Lake Muzat River Khotan River Karakash (Black Jade River) (黑玉江) Yurungkash (White Jade River) (白玉江) Aksu River Toshkan River Yarkand River Kashgar River Tashkurgan River Shaksgam River Shule River Dang River Lucao River Yulin River Changma River Karatash River Canals [ edit ] Main article: Canals in China Eastern Zhejiang Canal (浙东运河), connecting

248-727: Is a province in Southwestern China , occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau —between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Chengdu , and its population stands at 83 million. Sichuan neighbors Qinghai and Gansu to the north, Shaanxi and Chongqing to the east, Guizhou and Yunnan to

310-670: Is a well-preserved 15th-century monastery complex built between 1440 and 1446 during the Zhengtong Emperor 's reign (1427–64). Dabei Hall enshrines a thousand-armed wooden image of Guanyin and Huayan Hall is a repository with a revolving sutra cabinet. The wall paintings, sculptures, and other ornamental details are masterpieces of the Ming period. In the middle of the 17th century, the peasant rebel leader Zhang Xianzhong (1606–1646) from Yan'an , Shaanxi Province, nicknamed Yellow Tiger , led his peasant troop from north China to

372-408: Is abundant where they live, pandas' diet consists of 99% bamboo, with small other plants, or small animals consisting of the other 1%. As the panda is native to China, they have become a national symbol of China. The politics of Sichuan is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China . The governor of Sichuan is the highest-ranking official in

434-607: Is commonly believed that the name Sichuan means 'four rivers '; in folk etymology , this is usually taken to mean four of the province's major rivers: the Jialing , Jinsha (or Wu ), Min , and Tuo . According to historical geographer Tan Qixiang , 'four rivers' is an erroneous interpretation of the name. The name of the province is a contraction of the phrases 'Four Plain Circuits ' ( 四川路 ; Sìchuān lù ) and 'Four Circuits of Chuanxia' ( 川峽四路 ; chuānxiásìlù ), referring to

496-4716: Is organized according to the body of water into which each river empties, beginning with the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast, moving clockwise on a map and ending with the Arctic Ocean . [REDACTED] This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( August 2016 ) Sea of Okhotsk [ edit ] [REDACTED] Amur River basin Heilong River (黑龙江) (Amur River) Ussuri River (乌苏里江) Muling River (穆棱河) Songacha River (松阿察河) Songhua River (松花江) Ashi River (阿什河) Hulan River (呼兰河) Second Songhua River (第二松花江) Woken River (倭肯河) Mudan River (牡丹江) Nen River (嫩江) Gan River (Inner Mongolia) (甘河) Huifa River (辉发河) Argun (额尔古纳河) Hailar River (海拉尔河) Hulun Lake (呼伦湖) Kherlen River (克鲁伦河) Buir Lake (贝尔湖) (mostly in Mongolia) Sea of Japan [ edit ] Suifen River (绥芬河) / Razdolnaya River (Russia) Tumen River (图们江) Hunchun River (珲春河) Bohai Sea [ edit ] Anzi River (鞍子河) Fuzhou River (复州河) Daliao River (大辽河) [REDACTED] Liao River Basin Liao (辽河) Taizi River (太子河) Hun River (浑河) Liu River (柳河) Dongliao River (东辽河) Xiliao River (西辽河) Xar Moron River (西拉木伦河) Daling River (大凌河) Yantai River (烟台河) Liugu River (六股河) Shi River (石河) Gou River (狗河) Dashi River (大石河) Jiujiang River (九江河) Dai River (戴河) Yang River (洋河) Luan (滦河) Hai (海河) Chaobai River (潮白河) Chao River Bai River [REDACTED] Wei River Basin Wei (潍河) Zhang (漳河) Yongding (永定河) Sanggan River (桑干河) Yang He (洋河) Daqing River (大清河) Juma River (拒马河) Wei (卫河) Tuhai River (徒駭河) [REDACTED] Yellow River Basin Yellow River (Huang He) (黃河) Yufu River (玉符河) Beidasha River (北大沙河) Nandasha River (南大沙河) Dawen River (大汶河) Liuchang River (柳长河 or 流长河) Yuejin River (跃进河) Hui River (汇河) Jinxian River (金线河) Kangwang River (康王河) Wu River (五河) Beiquan River (北泉河) Cao River (漕河) Miaojia River (苗家河) Chaiwen River (柴汶河) Yucun River (禹村河) Guangming River (光明河) Yangliu River (羊流河) Xizhou River (西周河) Pingyang River (平阳河) Weishui River (渭水河) Panwen River (泮汶河) Zhitian River (芝田河) Tao River (陶河) Yingwen River (瀛汶河) Shiwen River (石汶河) Fangxia River (方下河) Lianhua River (莲花河) Lixin River (里辛河) Jindi River (金堤河) Huangzhuang River (黄庄河) Luo River (Henan) (洛河 (南)) Yi River (伊河) Qin River (沁河) Wei (渭河) Jing (泾河) Luo River (Shaanxi) (洛河 (北)) Fen (汾河) Yan River (延河) Wuding River (无定河/無定河) Kuye River (窟野河) Dahei River (大黑河) Qingshui River (清水河) Zuli River (祖厉河/祖厲河) Tao River (洮河) Daxia River (大夏河) Star River (湟水) White River (白河) Xiaoqing (小清河, formerly known as 济河) Zihe River (淄河) (Xin)Tahe River Yanghe River (阳河) Zhangseng River Mihe River Yellow Sea [ edit ] [REDACTED] Yalu River Yalu (鸭绿江) - Korea Bay Dayang River (大洋河) - Korea Bay Huli River (湖里河) - Korea Bay Yingna River (英那河) - Korea Bay Zhuang River (庄河) - Korea Bay Xiaosi River (小寺河) - Korea Bay Jiao (胶河) Yishui River (沂河) Shu (沭河) Si (泗河) [REDACTED] Huai River basin Northern Jiangsu Irrigation Channel Hongze Lake (洪泽湖) Huai (淮河) Hui River (浍河) Guo River (涡河) Ying River (颍河) - also known as Shaying River (沙颖) Xiaorun River (小润河) Gu River (谷河) Shiguan (史灌河) Guan River (灌河) Hong River (洪河) Huang River (潢河) Lü River (闾河) Ming River (明河) You River (游河) Yue River , Shaanxi East China Sea [ edit ] [REDACTED] Gan River and Poyang Lake of Jiangxi [REDACTED] Han River Basin of Hubei , southern Shaanxi and southwestern Henan [REDACTED] Lake Dongting and

558-521: Is rich in mineral resources. It has more than 132 kinds of proven underground mineral resources including vanadium, titanium, and lithium is the largest in China. The Panxi region alone possesses 13.3% of the reserves of iron, 93% of titanium, 69% of vanadium, and 83% of cobalt in the whole country. Sichuan also possesses China's largest proven natural gas reserves (such as the Dazhou and Yuanba gas fields ),

620-762: Is surrounded by the Hengduan Mountains to the west, the Qin Mountains to the north, and Yungui Plateau to the south. Since the Yangtze flows through the basin and then through the perilous Three Gorges to eastern and southern China, Sichuan was a staging area for amphibious military forces and a haven for political refugees. Qin armies finished their conquest of the kingdoms of Shu and Ba by 316 BC. Any written records and civil achievements of earlier kingdoms were destroyed. Qin administrators introduced improved agricultural technology. Li Bing , engineered

682-702: The Chronicles of Huayang compiled in the Jin dynasty (266–420) , and the Han-dynasty compilation Chronicle of the Kings of Shu  [ zh ] . These contained folk stories such as that of Emperor Duyu  [ zh ] who taught the people agriculture and transformed himself into a cuckoo after his death. The existence of a highly developed civilization with an independent bronze industry in Sichuan

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744-566: The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding . Sichuan is the 6th-largest provincial economy of China, the largest in Western China , and the second-largest among inland provinces after Henan . As of 2021, its nominal GDP was CN¥5,385 billion (US$ 847.68 billion), ahead of that of Turkey ($ 815 billion). If it were its own country, Sichuan would be the 18th-largest economy and 19th-most populous as of 2021. It

806-622: The Daba Mountains , in the province's northeast. The Yangtze River and its tributaries flow through the mountains of western Sichuan and the Sichuan Basin; thus, the province is upstream of the great cities that stand along the Yangtze River further to the east, such as Chongqing , Wuhan , Nanjing , and Shanghai . One of the major tributaries of the Yangtze within the province is the Min River of central Sichuan, which joins

868-690: The Dadu River caused by an earthquake gave way on 10 June 1786. The resulting flood killed 100,000 people. In the early 20th century, the newly founded Republic of China established the Chuanbian Special Administrative District ( 川邊特別行政區 ) on the province's territories to the west of the Sichuan Basin . The Special District later became the province of Xikang , incorporating the areas inhabited by Yi , Tibetan , and Qiang ethnic minorities to its west, and eastern part of today's Tibet Autonomous Region . In

930-475: The Dujiangyan irrigation system to control the Min River , a major tributary of the Yangtze. This innovative hydraulic system was composed of movable weirs which could be adjusted for high or low water flow according to the season, to either provide irrigation or prevent floods. The increased agricultural output and taxes made the area a source of provisions and men for Qin's unification of China. Sichuan

992-714: The Hengduan Mountains . One of these ranges, the Daxue Mountains , contains the highest point of the province Gongga Shan , at 7,556 m (24,790 ft) above sea level. The mountains are formed by the collision of the Tibetan Plateau with the Yangtze Plate . Faults here include the Longmenshan Fault which ruptured during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Other mountain ranges surround the Sichuan Basin from north, east, and south. Among them are

1054-4571: The Lishui , Yuan , Zi , Xiang and Miluo Rivers of Hunan . [REDACTED] Wu River of Guizhou [REDACTED] Jialing River Basin of Chongqing , eastern Sichuan and southern Gansu [REDACTED] Min River of central Sichuan [REDACTED] Yalong River of western Sichuan and southern Qinghai Yangtze River (Chang Jiang 长江; upper reach known as Jinsha Jiang 金沙江 and Tongtian River 通天河) Huangpu River (黃浦江) Suzhou Creek or Wusong River (苏州河, 吴淞江) Xitiao River (西苕溪) Daxi Creek Grand Canal (大运河) Qinhuai River Gaoyou Lake (高邮湖) Sanhe River (三河) Hongze Lake Huai River Guxi River (姑溪河) Shijiu Lake (石臼湖) Yuxi River (裕溪河) Lake Chao Nanfei River (南淝河) Qingyi River (青弋江) Jingshan River (荆山河) Daoni River (倒逆河) Zhaxi River (渣溪河) Machuan River (麻川河) Taiping Lake (太平湖) Sanxikou River (三溪口) Qingxi River (清溪河) Shuxi River (舒溪河) Poyang Lake Gan River (Jiangxi) (赣江) Zhang (章江) Gongshui (貢水) Mei (梅河) Xiang (湘水) Fuhe (抚河) Xin (信江) Fushui (富水) She River (灄水) Han River (汉江 or 汉水) Chi (池水) Muma (牧马河) Du River Lake Dongting Miluo River (汨罗江) Xiang (湘江) Xiaoshui (瀟水) Zhengshui (氶水) Zijiang (Zi) (资江) Yuanjiang (Yuan) (沅江) Lishui (Li) (澧水) Loushui River (溇水) Qing River (清江) Huangbo River (黄柏河) Shennong Stream (神农溪) Daning River (大宁河) Modao Creek (磨刀溪) Jialing (嘉陵江) Fujiang (涪江) Qujiang (渠江) Baishui (白水) Bailong (白龙江) Liuchong River (Jialing) Longxi River (龙溪河) Huaxi River (花溪河) Qi River (綦江) Sunxi River (笋溪河) Wu River (Yangtze River tributary) (乌江) Sancha River Liuchong River Qingshuihe River Tuo River (沱江) Chishui River (赤水河) Min (Sichuan) (岷江) Dadu River (Sichuan) (大渡河) Qingyi Jiang (青衣江) Nanya River Caopo River ( 草坡河 ) Yalong River ( 雅砻江 ) Muli River Pudu River Dadan River ( 達旦河 ) Shuoduogang River (硕多岗河) Qiantang River (钱塘江) / Xin'an River (新安江) Heng River (横江) Longchuan River (龙川) Fengxi River (丰溪河) Cao'e River (曹娥江) Yong River (甬江) Jiao River (椒江) Ou River (Zhejiang) (瓯江) Mulan River (木蘭溪畔) Xikou River Dajixi River Ao River (敖江) Taiwan Strait [ edit ] Min (Fujian) (闽江) Long (Fujian) (龙江) Quanzhou Bay : Luo River (Fujian) (洛江) Jin River (Fujian) (晋江) Jiulong River (九龙江) South China Sea [ edit ] [REDACTED] Pearl River Basin [REDACTED] Red River (Asia) watershed [REDACTED] Lancang (Mekong) River watershed See also: Rivers of Hong Kong Han (韩江) Mei (梅江) Ning (宁江) Ting (汀江) Dajing (大靖河) Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) (珠江) Dongjiang (Dong) (东江) Liuxihe River Beijiang (Bei) (北江) Xinfeng River Xijiang (Xi) (西江) Guijiang (Gui) (桂江) Lijiang (Li) (漓江) Xunjiang (Xun) (浔江) Qian (黔江) Liu River (柳江) Rong River (融江 Long River (Guangxi) 龙江) Hongshui (Red River) (红水河) Beipan (北盘江) Nanpan (南盘江) Qu River (曲江) Lian River (Qu River) (练江) Yujiang (Yu) (鬱江) Yongjiang (Yong) (邕江) Zuojiang (Zuo) (左江) Youjiang (You) (右江) Beilun River (北仑河) Yuan River (元江) / (Red River) Nanwen River (南温河) / Lô River Lixian River (李仙江) / (Black River) Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas Lancang River (澜沧江) (Mekong) Nanju River (南桔河) Nanla River (南腊河) Luosuo River (罗梭江) From Hainan Island [ edit ] [REDACTED] Nandu River (map), Hainan Province Nandu River (南渡江) Haidian River Wanquan River (万泉河) Andaman Sea [ edit ] [REDACTED] Nu (Salween) River Nu River (怒江) / (Salween River) Wanma River (万马河) Hongyang River (硔养河) Mengboluo River (勐波罗河) Supa River (苏帕河) Shidian River (施甸河) Luomingba River (罗明坝河) Irrawaddy River (Myanmar) Daying River (大盈江) / (Taping River) Longchuan River (龙川江) / (Shweli River) N'Mai River (Myanmar) Dulong River (独龙江) Bay of Bengal [ edit ] [REDACTED] Map of

1116-753: The Shang in northern China. The region had its own distinct religious beliefs and worldview. The earliest excavated culture found therein is the Baodun culture ( c. 2700–1750 BC) excavated in the Chengdu Plain . The most important native states were those of Ba and Shu. Ba stretched into Sichuan from the Han Valley in Shaanxi and Hubei down the Jialing River as far as its confluence with

1178-608: The Sui dynasty , but it was during the subsequent Tang dynasty that Sichuan regained its previous political and cultural prominence for which it was known during the Han. Chengdu became nationally known as a supplier of armies and the home of Du Fu , who is sometimes called China's greatest poet. During the An Lushan Rebellion (755–763), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang fled from Chang'an to Sichuan which became his refuge. The region

1240-514: The Ten Kingdoms period (907–979). Currently, both characters for Shu and Chuan are common abbreviations for Sichuan. The region was formerly referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions . The Sichuan Basin and adjacent areas of the Yangtze watershed were a cradle of indigenous civilizations dating back to at least the 15th century BC, coinciding with

1302-583: The Yangtze at Chongqing . Shu occupied the valley of the Min , including Chengdu and other areas of western Sichuan. The existence of the early state of Shu was poorly recorded in the main historical records of China. It was, however, referred to in the Book of Documents as an ally of the Zhou. Accounts of Shu exist mainly as a mixture of mythological stories and historical legends recorded in local annals such as

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1364-417: The "Province of Abundance". It is one of the major agricultural production bases of China. Grain, including rice and wheat, is the major product with output that ranked first in China in 1999. Commercial crops include citrus fruits, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, peaches, and grapes. Sichuan also had the largest output of pork among all the provinces and the second largest output of silkworm cocoons in 1999. Sichuan

1426-472: The 100 million mark shortly after the 1982 census figure of 99,730,000. This changed in 1997 when the Sub-provincial city of Chongqing as well as the three surrounding prefectures of Fuling , Wanxian , and Qianjiang were split off into the new Chongqing Municipality . The new municipality was formed to spearhead China's effort to economically develop its western provinces, as well as to coordinate

1488-716: The 19th century. During World War II , Chongqing served as the temporary capital of the Republic of China , and was heavily bombed . It was one of the last mainland areas captured by the People's Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War , and was divided into four parts from 1949 to 1952, with Chongqing restored two years later. It suffered gravely during the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961) but remained China's most-populous province until Chongqing

1550-685: The 20th century, as Beijing , Shanghai , Nanjing , and Wuhan had all been occupied by the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War , the capital of the Republic of China had been temporarily relocated to Chongqing , then a major city in Sichuan. An enduring legacy of this move is those nearby inland provinces, such as Shaanxi , Gansu , and Guizhou , which previously never had modern Western-style universities , began to be developed in this regard. The difficulty of accessing

1612-727: The Communists one after another, the Kuomintang government again tried to make Sichuan its stronghold on the mainland, although it already saw some Communist activity since it was one area on the road of the Long March . Chiang Kai-shek himself flew to Chongqing from Taiwan in November 1949 to lead the defense. But the same month Chongqing switched to the Communists, followed by Chengdu on 10 December. The Kuomintang general Wang Sheng wanted to stay behind with his troops to continue

1674-1684: The Ganges (yellow), Brahmaputra (violet), and Meghna (green) drainage basins. Ganges River ( India ) / Padma River ( Bangladesh ) Meghna River ( Bangladesh ) Yarlung Tsangpo River ( ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་, 雅鲁藏布江) Subansiri River (西巴霞曲) Lhasa River Parlung Tsangpo (帕隆藏布) Yigong Tsangpo (易贡藏布) Zayuqu (察隅曲) / Lohit River Nyang River ( ཉང་ཆུ, 尼洋曲) Manas River ( Bhutan / India ) Lhobrak Chhu / Kuri Chhu Kosi River ( Nepal / India ) Bum Chu (བུམ་ཆུ, 澎曲 / 阿龙河) / Arun River Matsang Tsangpo (མ་གཙང་གཙང་པོ།, 麻章藏布) / Bhotekoshi River Rongshar Tsangpo (波特科西) / Tamakoshi River Ghaghara River (格尔纳利河) Arabian Sea [ edit ] Sênggê Zangbo (སེང་གེ།་གཙང་པོ, 狮泉河) / Indus River Panjnad River (Pakistan) Langqên Zangbo (གླང་ཆེན་གཙང་པོ, 象泉河) / Sutlej River Arctic Ocean [ edit ] [REDACTED] Ob-Irtysh watershed Ob River (Russia) Irtysh (额尔齐斯河) Bieliezeke River (别列则克河) Haba River (哈巴河) Burqin River (布尔津河) Kanas River Kanas Lake Hemu River Kala Irtysh River (喀拉额尔齐斯河) Endorheic basins [ edit ] Dzungarian Basin [ edit ] Ulungur Lake (乌伦古湖) Ulungur River (乌伦古河) Manas Lake (玛纳斯湖) Manas River (玛纳斯河) Ailik Lake (艾里克湖) Baiyang River (白杨河) Ili Basin [ edit ] [REDACTED] Ili Basin Lake Balkhash ( Kazakhstan ) Ili river Kax River (喀什河; also known as

1736-690: The Kash River) Tekes River (特克斯河) Juyan Lake Basin [ edit ] Ejin River Lake Alakol [ edit ] Lake Alakol ( Kazakhstan ) Emil (Emin) River Lake Zhalanashkol ( Kazakhstan ) Terekty (Tielieketi) River Qaidam Basin [ edit ] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Detailed US Army maps of Qaidam, c.   1975. (Names given in Wade-Giles romanization .) [REDACTED] This list

1798-615: The Kingdom of Shu-Han as a step on the path to reuniting China. Salt production becomes a major business in Ziliujing District . During the Six Dynasties period of Chinese disunity, Sichuan began to be populated by non- Han ethnic minority peoples, owing to the migration of Gelao people from the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the Sichuan basin. Sichuan came under the firm control of a Chinese central government during

1860-619: The People's Government of Sichuan. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Sichuan Communist Party of China's Party Committee Secretary , colloquially termed the "Sichuan CCP Party Chief". Sichuan is the 6th-largest provincial economy of China, the largest in Western China and the second largest among inland provinces after Henan . As of 2021, its nominal GDP

1922-9679: The Qiantang, Cao'e, and Yong watersheds Grand Canal of China (京杭大运河), connecting the Qiantang, Yangtze, Huai, Yellow R., and Hai watersheds South–North Water Transfer Project , various canals repurposed to move vast amounts of water to the north Lingqu Canal (灵渠), connecting the Yangtze and Pearl watersheds Irtysh–Karamay–Ürümqi Canal , providing irrigation to the grasslands and deserts of Xinjiang See also [ edit ] Geography of China List of rivers of Asia Lakes in China List of waterways in China References [ edit ] ^ 中国河湖大典·黄河卷 . Beijing: 中国水利水电出版社. ISBN   978-7-5170-1937-4 . External links [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rivers of China . Berman, Lex, ed. (2011). "China River Basins" . WorldMap . Harvard University. Interactive map with China's river basins, showing river names in Chinese. 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1984-434: The Sichuan tea industry to pay for warhorses, but this state intervention eventually brought devastation to the local economy. The line of defense was finally broken through after the first use of firearms in history during the six-year Battle of Xiangyang , which ended in 1273. Allegedly there were a million pieces of unspecified types of skeleton bones belonging to war animals and both Song and Yuan soldiers who perished in

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2108-475: The Yangtze at Yibin . There are also a number of other rivers, such as the Jialing River , Tuo River , Yalong River , Wu River , and Jinsha River , and any four of the various rivers are often grouped as the "four rivers" that the name of Sichuan is commonly and mistakenly believed to mean. Due to great differences in terrain, the climate of the province is highly variable. In general, it has strong monsoonal influences, with rainfall heavily concentrated in

2170-417: The anticommunist guerilla war in Sichuan, but was recalled to Taiwan. Many of his soldiers made their way there as well, via Burma . The People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, and it split Sichuan into four areas and separated Chongqing municipality. Sichuan was reconstituted in 1952, with Chongqing added in 1954, while the former Xikang province was split between Tibet in the west and Sichuan in

2232-457: The area of modern Sichuan including the now separated Chongqing Municipality was known to the Chinese as Ba–Shu , in reference to the ancient state of Ba and the ancient kingdom of Shu that once occupied the Sichuan Basin . Shu continued to be used to refer to the region to the present day; several states formed in the area used the same name, for example, the Shu of the Three Kingdoms period (220–280), and Former Shu and Later Shu of

2294-413: The authority of Yangtze Valley emperors over China. In 221, during the partition following the fall of the Eastern Han – the era of the Three Kingdoms – Liu Bei founded the southwest kingdom of Shu Han ( 蜀 漢 ; 221–263) in parts of Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, with Chengdu as its capital. Shu-Han claimed to be the successor to the Han dynasty. In 263, the Cao Wei of North China conquered

2356-446: The conventional historiography that the local culture and technology of Sichuan were undeveloped in comparison to the technologically and culturally "advanced" Yellow River valley of north-central China. The rulers of the expansionist state of Qin , based in present-day Gansu and Shaanxi , were the first strategists to realize that the area's military importance matched its commercial and agricultural significance. The Sichuan basin

2418-411: The deportation of Sichuanese civilians to Mongolia occurred in the aftermath of a battle in 1259 when more than 80,000 people were taken captive from one city in Sichuan and moved to Mongolia. The Ming dynasty defeated Ming Yuzhen 's Xia polity which ruled Sichuan. During the Ming dynasty , major architectural works were created in Sichuan. Buddhism remained influential in the region. Bao'en Temple

2480-428: The division of the existing imperial administrative circuit in the area into four during the Northern Song dynasty , which were Yizhou , Lizhou , Zizhou , and Kuizhou . The word chuan ( 川 ) here means 'plain', not its typical meaning of 'river' as popularly assumed. In addition to its postal map and Wade–Giles forms, the name has also been irregularly romanized as Szű-chuan and Szechuen . In antiquity,

2542-405: The east. The province was deeply affected by the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–1961, during which period some 9.4 million people (13.07% of the population at the time) died. In 1978, when Deng Xiaoping took power, Sichuan was one of the first provinces to experiment with the market economic enterprise. From 1955 until 1997, Sichuan had been China's most populous province; the population hit

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2604-406: The end of the year 2017, the total population is 83.02 million. Sichuan consists of two geographically very distinct parts. The eastern part of the province is mostly within the fertile Sichuan basin (which is shared by Sichuan with Chongqing Municipality). The western Sichuan consists of numerous mountain ranges forming the easternmost part of the Tibetan Plateau , which are known generically as

2666-419: The fighting over the city, although the figure may have been grossly exaggerated. The recorded number of families in Sichuan dropped from 2,640,000 families, as recorded from the census taken in 1162 AD, to 120,000 families in 1282 AD. Possible causes include forced population transfer to nearby areas, evacuation to nearby provinces, census under-reporting or inaccuracy, and war-related deaths. One instance of

2728-433: The first true paper money in human history ( 交子 ; jiāozǐ ) was issued in Chengdu . It was also during the Song dynasty that the bulk of the native Ba people of eastern Sichuan assimilated into the Han Chinese ethnicity. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Southern Song dynasty established coordinated defenses against the Mongolian Yuan dynasty , in Sichuan and Xiangyang . The Southern Song state monopolized

2790-478: The 💕 (Redirected from Rivers of China ) Chinese rivers [REDACTED] This article includes a list of references , related reading , or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( April 2020 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Rivers that flow through China are as follows. The list

2852-474: The majority of which are transported to more developed eastern regions. Sichuan is one of the major industrial centers of China. It was a major recipient of China's investment in industrial capacity during the Third Front campaign. In addition to heavy industries such as coal, energy, iron, and steel, the province has also established a light industrial sector comprising building materials, wood processing, food, and silk processing. Chengdu and Mianyang are

2914-414: The neighboring Huguang Province (modern Hubei and Hunan) and other provinces during the Qing dynasty. Sichuan was originally the origin of the Deng lineage until one of them was hired as an official in Guangdong during the Ming dynasty but during the Qing plan to increase the population in 1671 they came to Sichuan again. In 1904 Deng Xiaoping was born in Sichuan. During the Qing dynasty , Sichuan

2976-416: The northwest, Gansu to the north, Shaanxi to the northeast, Chongqing to the east, Guizhou to the southeast, Yunnan to the south, and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west. Giant pandas live in bamboo forests and low mountainous areas such as the Minshan Mountains in Sichuan. The majority of the panda population lives in Sichuan, with their range spreading into Shaanxi and Gansu . As it

3038-634: The production centers for textiles and electronics products. Deyang , Panzhihua , and Yibin are the production centers for machinery, metallurgical industries, and wine, respectively. Sichuan's wine production accounted for 21.9% of the country's total production in 2000. Great strides have been made in developing Sichuan into a modern hi-tech industrial base, by encouraging both domestic and foreign investments in electronics and information technology (such as software), machinery and metallurgy (including automobiles), hydropower, pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries. Rivers of China From Misplaced Pages,

3100-491: The provincial capital of Chengdu. Official figures recorded a death toll of nearly 70,000 people, and millions of people were left homeless. Sichuan consists of twenty-one prefecture-level divisions : eighteen prefecture-level cities (including a sub-provincial city ) and three autonomous prefectures : The twenty prefectures of Sichuan are subdivided into 183 county-level divisions (53 districts , 17 county-level cities , 109 counties , and 4 autonomous counties ). At

3162-407: The region overland from the eastern part of China and the foggy climate hindering the accuracy of the Japanese bombing of the Sichuan Basin made the region the stronghold of Chiang Kai-shek 's Kuomintang government during 1938–45 and led to the Bombing of Chongqing . The Second Sino-Japanese War was soon followed by the resumed Chinese Civil War , and the cities of East China are obtained by

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3224-466: The resettlement of residents from the reservoir areas of the Three Gorges Dam project. In 1997, when Sichuan split, the sum of the two parts was recorded to be 114,720,000 people. As of 2010, Sichuan ranks as both the 3rd largest (the largest among Chinese provinces with a population greater than 50 million) and 4th most populous province in China. In May 2008, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9/8.0 hit just 79 km (49 mi) northwest of

3286-424: The south and conquered Sichuan. Upon capturing it, he declared himself emperor of the Daxi dynasty ( 大西王朝 ). In response to the resistance from local elites, he massacred a large number of people in Sichuan, killing around one in three people. As a result of the massacre as well as years of turmoil during the Ming-Qing transition , the population of Sichuan fell sharply, requiring massive resettlement of people from

3348-424: The south, and Tibet to the west. During antiquity, Sichuan was home to the kingdoms of Ba and Shu until their incorporation by the Qin . During the Three Kingdoms era (220–280), Liu Bei 's state of Shu was based in Sichuan. The area was devastated in the 17th century by Zhang Xianzhong 's rebellion and the area's subsequent Manchu conquest, but recovered to become one of China's most productive areas by

3410-645: The summer. Under the Köppen climate classification , the Sichuan Basin (including Chengdu ) in the eastern half of the province experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa or Cfa ), with long, hot, wet summers and short, mild to cool, dry, and cloudy winters. Consequently, it has China's lowest sunshine totals. The western region has mountainous areas producing a cooler but sunnier climate. Having cool to very cold winters and mild summers, temperatures generally decrease with greater elevation. However, due to its high altitude and its inland location, many areas such as Garze County and Zoige County in Sichuan exhibit

3472-473: Was 5,385 billion yuan (US$ 847.68 billion), ahead of the GDP of Turkey of 815 billion. Compared to a country, it would be the 18th-largest economy as well as the 19th most populous as of 2021. As of 2021, its nominal GDP per capita was 64,357 RMB (US$ 10,120). In 2021, the per capita net income of rural residents was 17,575 yuan (US$ 2760). The per capita disposable income of the urbanites averaged 41,444 yuan (US$ 6510). Sichuan has been historically known as

3534-420: Was absorbed by the Song . During the Song dynasty (960–1279), Sichuanese was able to protect themselves from Tibetan attacks with the help of the central government. There were rebellions against the Song by Li Shun in 994 and Wang Jun in 1000. Sichuan also saw cultural revivals like the great poets Su Xun ( 蘇洵 ), Su Shi , and Su Zhe . Although paper currency was known in the Tang dynasty, in 1023 AD,

3596-405: Was again separated from it in 1997. The Sichuanese people speak distinctive dialects of Mandarin Chinese . The spicy Sichuan pepper is prominent in modern Sichuan cuisine , featuring dishes—including Kung Pao chicken and mapo tofu , that have become staples of Chinese cuisine around the world. There are many panda stations in the province and large reserves for these creatures, such as

3658-471: Was excavated in 1986 at a small village named Sanxingdui in Guanghan , Sichuan. This site, believed to be an ancient city of Shu, was initially discovered by a local farmer in 1929 who found jade and stone artifacts. Excavations by archeologists yielded few significant finds until 1986 when two major sacrificial pits were found with spectacular bronze items as well as artifacts in jade, gold, earthenware, and stone. This and other discoveries in Sichuan contest

3720-477: Was merged with Shaanxi and Shanxi to create "Shenzhuan" during 1680–1731 and 1735–1748. The current borders of Sichuan (which then included Chongqing ) were established in the early 18th century. In the aftermath of the Sino-Nepalese War on China's southwestern border, the Qing gave Sichuan's provincial government direct control over the minority-inhabited areas of Sichuan west of Kangding , which had previously been handled by an amban . A landslide dam on

3782-427: Was subjected to the autonomous control of kings named by the imperial family of the Han dynasty. During the 11 years hiatus between 25 and 36 AD, Sichuan was controlled by the Chengjia Kingdom. Following the declining central government of the Han dynasty in the second century, the Sichuan basin, surrounded by mountains and easily defensible, became a popular place for upstart generals to found kingdoms that challenged

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3844-401: Was torn by constant warfare and economic distress as it was besieged by the Tibetan Empire . In the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period , Sichuan became the heart of the Shu kingdom with its capital in Chengdu . In 925, the kingdom was absorbed into Later Tang but would regain independence under Meng Zhixiang who founded Later Shu in 934. Later Shu would continue until 965 when it

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