Definition of sichuan Sichuan

/sɪˌʧwɑˈn/ - [sichwan] -

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What does sichuan mean?

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Noun
sichuan - a populous province of south central China
		Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province

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sichuan
A province in western China with its capital at Chengdu.

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Sichuan (Chinese: 四川; pinyin: Sì Chuān) is a province in western China with its capital at Chengdu. It is also informally called 蜀 Shǔ. Its Governor is Jiang Ju Feng and its CPC Ctte Secretary is Liu Qi Bao. With a population of 87,250,000 (2006), Sichuan is the third most populated administrative division of China. Sichuan used to be the province with the most people in China before Chongqing was separated from it, making Henan the most populous. However, when including migrants, Guangdong has more people than Henan.

Name.

The name 四川 Sì Chuān, is an abbreviation of 四川路 Sì Chuān Lù (translated as "Four circuits (subdivisions) of rivers"), which is itself shortened from 川峡四路 Chuān Xiá Sì Lù (translated as "Four circuits of rivers and gorges").

People.

Most people living in Sichuan are Han. There are also Tibetans, Yi people, Qiang and Naxi in the western side.

Culture.

The Li Bai Memorial (located at his birthplace, Zhongba Town of northern Jiangyou County) is a museum in memory of the Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai. It was prepared in 1962 on the occasion of 1,200th anniversary of his death, completed in 1981 and opened to the public in October of 1982. The memorial is built in the style of the classic garden of the Tang Dynasty.

Music.

Sichuan has a long history of folk and classical music. Sichuan opera is an ancient tradition that very is well-known. The Sichuan lantern drama is popular in Sichuan. The Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu is one of the oldes