城市介绍:成都
城市特点及地理位置
Chengdu
Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, lies in the hinterland of the Chengdu Plain, in central
Sichuan. Covering a total land area of 12,400 square kilometers, Chengdu has a jurisdiction of
over 7 districts, 4 cities and 8 counties. By the end of 1999, the population of Chengdu had
reached million, of which million were urban residents. Chengdu enjoys a long
history. 2,500 years ago, Kaiming IX, king of ancient Shu in the Zhou Dynasty (11th century
256BC), started to set up the capital in Chengdu. "A town was built in this area in the first year
and the capital in the second year, so the ancestor named the city as Chengdu, which means to
e a capital. Later on, Chengdu gradually became one of the most important centers of
politics, economy and culture in China. It has been the capital for the feudal dynasties five times
and twice for the peasant uprising regimes, known as Dashu and Daxi. As early as in the Han
Dynasty (206BC-220AD)), Chengdu began to enjoy the fame of one of the Top Five Capitals. In
the Tang Dynasty (618-907), Chengdu was reputed as the Yang (Yangzhou) first, yi (Chengdu)
second; it had by then became the economic center just after Yangzhou. In the Western Han
Dynasty (206BC-8AD), brocades produced in Chengdu were very popular in China. So Chengdu
was also called the City of Brocade. In the Five Kingdoms
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