Suining
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Places of Interest

Suining is a booming city with a wide range of roles, not just limit to the Excellent Tourism City of China, but also include the Finance and Ecological City of China,the National Landscape City,and the National Hygiene City,etc.

According to the local legend, Suining is the Hometown of Guanyin, three sisters of Guanyin are all from Suining.

There exists Lingquan Temple, Guangde Temple, and the Dead Sea,which are regarded as the 4A scenic zone.And there is also a Celadon Museum of Sichuan, which is referred to as a 3A scenic zone.

The percentage of land-covered forests of Suining is approximately 34%, it's the first Provincial Environmental Protection City in Sichuan.

Here are the links of these above sights.
http://baike.baidu.com/view/113547.htm
http://baike.baidu.com/view/113543.htm
http://baike.baidu.com/view/1327447.htm
http://baike.baidu.com/view/1771888.htm

Subdivisions

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# Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Population (2004 est.) Area (km²) Density (/km²)
1 Chuanshan District
Chuanshan District
Chuanshan District is a district of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Suining city....

船山区 Chuánshān Qū 670,000 618 1,084
2 Anju District
Anju District
Anju District is a district of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Suining city....

安居区 Ānjū Qū 750,000 1,258 596
3 Pengxi County
Pengxi County
Pengxi County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Suining city....

蓬溪县 Péngxī Xiàn 760,000 1,251 608
4 Shehong County 射洪县 Shèhóng Xiàn 1,040,000 1,496 695
5 Daying County
Daying County
Daying County is a county in central Sichuan province of China, belonging to Suining city.Daying County is remarkable for being the home of the "Chinese Dead Sea", a tourist attraction that is based on a salt lake with 9 times the salinity of the ocean and which constitutes the largest indoor...

大英县 Dàyīng Xiàn 550,000 703 782

History

Chen Zi'ang
Chen Zi'ang
Chen Ziang –702) was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. He was important in helping to bring into being the type of poetry which is considered to be characteristically "Tang". Dissatisfied with the current state of the affairs of poetry at the time, almost paradoxically, by keeping his eye...

, Tang dynasty
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...

 poet (661
661
Year 661 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 661 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Perctarit and Godepert become co-rulers of...

-702
702
Year 702 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 702 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Franconian Duke Hetan II completes the...

), was a native of the Suining area.
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