Mianyang, Sichuan, don’t be so low-key!

I don't know about 1,000 years ago

Li Bai, who looked up at the moon and wrote "Quiet Night Thoughts"

Do you miss this homeland?

It is magnificent

5000-meter-high snow-capped mountains shrouded in mist

Reveal your true face

(Please watch in horizontal mode, looking at the golden light of the snow-capped mountains from Mianyang, as the saying goes, "Look down and you will see the fireworks in the world, look up and you will see the clouds in the sky", photographer @刘茂林/label @肖棣文)

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Romance is it

The most recited famous tower in the Tang Dynasty

Read all the stories

(Yuewang Tower after the rain, image source: @Visual China)

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Wildness is it

The number of wild giant pandas ranks first in China

Living in the jungle

(So ​​cute ahead! To protect giant pandas and their habitats, wild giant pandas are usually monitored and photographed with infrared cameras; the picture below shows a giant panda in Mianyang, source: @National Forestry and Grassland Administration Publicity Center & Mianyang Municipal Party Committee Publicity Department)

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Hard core is it

The only nuclear weapons research and production unit in the country

Gathering Heroes

(The "Two Bombs and One Satellite" hero who worked in Mianyang, map by @Liu Zhipeng/Planetary Research Institute)

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Despite the diverse appearance

Also guarding the "national treasure"

Mianyang is still quite low-key

Even the "China Science and Technology City" is rarely known to outsiders

(Mianyang impression text cloud, map by Liu Zhipeng/Planet Research Institute)

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Not to mention

Its excellent basic education level

The undergraduate admission rate of several middle schools is close to 100%

It can be said to be "bullish"

(Mianyang College Entrance Examination Oath Rally, photographer @陈俊)

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Mianyang

Soft name

Hidden hard-core strength

What kind of land is this?

Why did such a special world come into being?

Answer

We must also search from the three ages

A Sichuan River , a Shu Road , and a Science and Technology City

It is the key to changing your destiny

01

Snow mountain top

- A Sichuan River -

65 million years ago

A "big collision" of earth's plates

Let China's terrain gradually descend in a ladder-like manner

(Illustration of plate collision, drawn by @吴昕恬/Planetary Research Institute)

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Mianyang

Located at the junction of the stairs

Like a tilted canvas

Hanging between two areas with a huge height difference

(Mianyang topography and location diagram, drawn by @吴昕恬/Planet Research Institute)

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northwest

Includes the Minshan Mountains

The height of the uplift reaches 5,000 meters

The "Xuebaoding" with an altitude of 5,440 meters is the highest peak in the city.

It is only 100 meters lower than the main peak of Minshan Mountain.

(Please watch in horizontal screen, the landscape of the main peak area of ​​Minshan Mountain, photographer @邓崇刚)

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southeast

The average altitude is less than 600 meters

Connected to Sichuan Basin

Scattered hills and mountains

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Mianyang Santai County Basin Hills, photographer @李晓鑫)

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This also means

Within a distance of about 300 kilometers from north to south

The altitude difference is as high as 5000 meters

The towering mountains act like a "wind wall" to block water vapor

On the mountain

The sea of ​​clouds rolls all year round

Mianyang Guanwu Mountain got its name from this.

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Guanwu Mountain, photographer @颜晓云)

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Heavy rain and snow

Winding from the top of Minshan Mountain

There are more crisscrossing rivers along the way

Or gather into a lake

(The emerald-green Tianmu Lake, photographer @胡宇)

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Or fall off a cliff

(Pingwu Seabuckthorn Valley Icefall, photographer @颜晓云)

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final

Merges into the surging Fu River

This is also one of the four most famous rivers in Sichuan.

It carries the sand out of the valley

Depositing vast fertile soil in the basin

And the abundant river water continues to flow

In the southeast, it merges with the Jialing River and flows into the Yangtze River

(Fu River, image source: Visual China, map by Wu Xintian/Planet Research Institute)

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Wide river basin

It nourishes the land

It also connects various ecosystems

Passing through the towering ancient trees

Also through the wetland meadow

(There are groups of horses on the Huya Moziping viewing platform, photographer @颜晓云)

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Passing through the alpine rhododendron

Also through the magnolia sea

(Magnolia flowers at Dayuji, Zangwangzhai, Jiangyou, photographer @张勇攀)

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From the beginning to the end of the river

Covers mountainous frigid to subtropical climates

Located in one of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots

Showing a very rich three-dimensional landscape

Especially at an altitude of about 2700 meters

Bamboo species such as the "Argus ovata" that have a better taste grow freely

Loved by wild giant pandas

(Adorable wild giant pandas in the snow, photographer @陈先林)

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besides

There are also red pandas, Sichuan golden monkeys, and tufted deer

Tibetan snowcock, green-tailed rainbow pheasant, etc.

Many rare animals are protected

(Golden monkeys and more animals, photographers @胡宇&杨友利&董磊&邹涛)

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October to November every year

Even red-billed gulls have traveled from Siberia.

Circling the river and staying for the winter

(Pedestrians feeding red-billed gulls by the Fu River, photographer @Florence)

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Excellent environment

Also attracts humans

Ancient people migrated along the river

Polishing stone tools and firing exquisite pottery

Leaving the mark of Neolithic culture

(Cultural relics unearthed from the Bian Dui Mountain site, image source @Mianyang City Fucheng District Culture, Broadcasting and Tourism Bureau, map @Liu Zhipeng/Planet Research Institute)

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With the development of shipbuilding technology

The Fujiang River connects northern Sichuan to western Chongqing

It also provides convenience for communication

The ancient and ancient Shu kingdoms were roughly separated by this

The waterways are often used to exchange specialties

The trade network extends to every corner

The mountain is bustling with people

Singing and dancing in the mountains

Together, they opened the prelude to prosperity

(Please watch in horizontal mode, the lively bridge-walking event in Mianyang, photographer @曹铁)

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So far

A river

In harsh environment

Nourishing vitality and breaking blockage

New opportunities and challenges are coming at the same time

A bigger stage is ready

How can Mianyang stand out?

02

Hero Level

- A Road to Shu -

Looking at the entire Sichuan Basin

The mountains are so dense that it is impenetrable

The Yangtze River, which runs from east to west, has many twists and turns

Countless ships were destroyed

The Central Plains entered Sichuan through this

Not only moving against the current

Still need to go around the mountains

The most direct route

Hidden in the 1,500-kilometer-long

On the super mountain range that divides China from north to south

(The plain under the Qinling Mountains, photographer @李珩)

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Qinling Mountains

Even today

It is also difficult to climb

The ancients used their powerful imagination

Build a plank road along the mountain ridge

(The narrow plank road can make your palms sweat even if you look at it from a distance, photographer @书是波)

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Several secluded paths

Able to climb over strange peaks and deep ravines

The Guanzhong Plain, Han River Valley, and Chengdu Plain

These three rich places are connected

(Sketch of the Shu Road route, drawn by @吴昕恬/Planet Research Institute)

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316 BC

King Huiwen of Qin, who used Guanzhong as his base, marched south

Conquer Shu by land

The once secret passage

Gradually shining in history

Perhaps its development

Too legendary in people's eyes

The King of Shu was left to welcome the "dung gold" stone cow

The story of sending five Hercules to split the mountain

Praised by later generations as

" Taurus Road "

(Jianmen Pass, a famous pass on Jinniu Road, photographer @青林)

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Mianyang

Located in the transition zone between plains and mountains

It is an important stop on the legendary road.

Breaking out of the Jianmen Pass

The steepness of the road has taken a turn for the better.

What a reckless pleasure

Liu Bang fought with Xiang Yu for the throne

Use the Shu Road to destroy the hegemony of Western Chu

And took the lead in building a city in the center of Mianyang City

Is for

" Fu County "

Large population

Into this military town

Bring economic and cultural prosperity

Unearthed from a Han tomb in Yongxing Town, Fucheng District

The tallest bronze money tree in the Eastern Han Dynasty

The largest bronze horse of the Eastern Han Dynasty in China

All are representatives

(The Eastern Han Dynasty Money Tree is 198cm tall and is divided into 7 layers. Each layer is beautifully cast. Please slide to see the details of the Money Tree. Photographer: @杨虎)

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The most interesting

It is a rap figurine from the Baishabao Cliff Tomb

Wearing a small flower on the head, with a round belly and an open mouth and tongue sticking out

He is considered the earliest "rapper" in the area

Recreating the lively scene of folk art

(Eastern Han Dynasty storytelling figurines and human meridian lacquer wood figurines, photographer @杨虎&梶浦恩记)

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As the city rapidly prospered

The carrying capacity of the Shu Road is increasing

Plus the extension of the Fujiang waterway

Various people came in droves

There are princes

Liu Bei, the founding emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period

He was invited by Liu Zhang, the governor of Yizhou

Meeting on Mount Fule to resist Cao Cao

Later, he led his army to capture Yizhou

(Fule Mountain was originally named Dongshan Mountain, and was renamed because of Liu Bei's saying "Rich and happy"; the picture below is the scenery of Fule Mountain, the picture source is @Visual China)

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There are generals

Liu Bei captures Hanzhong and becomes king

More than 400 outposts were built from Hanzhong to Fuxian

Jiang Wan is responsible for garrisoning the strategic base

He died of illness three years later and was buried in Xishan

(Jiang Wan's Tomb, Photographer @蒋小翼)

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Famous

Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition against Cao Wei

The troops were stationed and horses were watered on the Wolong Mountain in the north.

Build a stone fort to resist soldiers and bandits

(The "Five Tiger Generals" sculpture in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", photographer @何张波)

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Of course there are also literati

Mianyang is surrounded by mountains, rivers, and lush forests.

Sima Xiangru, a great poet in the Han Dynasty

Famous in the court for his "Zixu Fu"

On the way to the capital when summoned by Emperor Wu of Han

Attracted by the beautiful scenery here

Stay in the ancient temple on the mountainside to study

The mountain was renamed after his character.

Right now

" Changqing Mountain "

I admire Sima Xiangru very much.

Another great poet of the Han Dynasty, Yang Xiong

Also stopped here on the way to success

Later generations built Ziyun Pavilion to commemorate

(Ziyun Pavilion, photographer @邓崇刚)

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More mythical

Zhang Yazi, Emperor of Wenchang

According to legend, he lived in seclusion in the mountains to cultivate Taoism

The hermitage gave birth to a complex consisting of 23 temples and pavilions.

Qiqushan Temple

(Qiqushan Temple, photographer @蒋小翼)

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Tang Dynasty

Mianyang, which was under the jurisdiction of Jiannan Dao

Welcoming a very important person

Li Zhen, the Prince of Yue, the eighth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang

To curb the invasion of Tubo from the east

He was ordered to stay in Mianzhou in times of crisis

Stabilized the Tang Dynasty's rule in the border areas

at the same time

He ordered the expansion of the city

Mianzhou City breaks through the narrow range

Expand to the confluence of the Fu River and the Anchang River

The office he built

It's a ten-foot-high building.

It is said that if you climb to the top, you can see the snow-capped peaks of Minshan Mountain.

Royal style

It is the largest of the "Four Famous Towers" in the Tang Dynasty.

Is for

" Yuewang Tower "

(The night view of the rebuilt Yuewang Tower, photographer @蔡云晓)

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This magnificent view

During the Tang and Song Dynasties when poetry reached its peak

Recited repeatedly by poetry masters

Including avoiding the Anshi Rebellion

Du Fu in exile in Mianzhou

Wrote the loneliness and pride of Yuewanglou

(Du Fu's "Song of Yuewang Tower")

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A tall building rises in the northwest of the lonely city, and its green tiles and red roofs illuminate the city walls.

Li Bai grew up in Mianyang

With more than 20 years of life and feelings as the sustenance

In an extremely exaggerated way

He wrote with a domineering spirit worthy of the immortal poet

(There are different opinions about the place described in this poem. This article adopts the view of "Poem on the Top of the Tower"; Li Bai's "Poem on the Top of the Tower")

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The tower is a hundred feet high, and you can pick the stars with your hands.

I dare not speak loudly, for fear of disturbing the people in heaven.

Collection of the Complete Tang Poems

791 poems and essays related to "楼"

The title "Yuewanglou" appeared 21 times

"Yueyang Tower" only appears 15 times

and "Yellow Crane Tower" which appears 7 times

I can only admit defeat

(Mianyang is not only the hometown of Li Bai, but also the birthplace of Ouyang Xiu, a writer in the Song Dynasty; the picture below shows the star trails of Taibai Tower in Mianyang, with the snow-capped mountains in the distance. The chivalrous and tender years may have given Li Bai boldness and romance. Photographer: Liu Maolin)

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Unfortunately

Late Tang and Early Song

The Yuewang Tower was half destroyed by fire

Lu You, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, lived in a weak country

The mood of passing by here

Has become deep and vicissitudes

(Lu You, "Yuewang Tower")

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I stand on the hundred-foot-high building by the river, leaning on the railing and gazing at the evening autumn scenery on the river.

I am not willing to be an old man yet, but my two feet are still strong enough to step on the nine provinces.

(The flowing river has seen the past and present of Yuewang Tower, photographer @张承安)

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The king's old ruins were destroyed and rebuilt

I don't know how many lives and deaths I've experienced

The Shu Road shines with new vitality from time to time

Footprints are constantly coming and going

It is a cultural path

Western monks traveled eastward through Shu

Buddhist culture is spread along the road

Strange rock cliff

Carved into a thousand-faced Buddha

(The Buddha statues preserved in the Qianfoyan Grottoes are still lifelike, photographer @青林)

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Stone Peak High

Temples like Tianduan

(Yunyan Temple on Doushan Mountain, photographer @杨安文)

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Pingwu Baoen Temple in the Ming Dynasty

Built in the style of the Forbidden City

Exquisite and luxurious style

The built-in "Thousand-armed Guanyin" is majestic

(Thousand-armed Guanyin in Baoen Temple, Pingwu, photographer @一栏)

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The larger "wheel-turning treasury"

The weight reaches more than 5 tons

After more than 500 years, it can still rotate

(Zhuanlunzang, photographers @贺祥&刘震)

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It is also the way to get rich

A wide variety of goods

Transported to all directions by water and land

Markets and towns are everywhere

Zhongba soy sauce, Tongchuan fermented black beans, Fenggu shochu and other time-honored brands

It has been famous since ancient times

(Jiangyou Pass is an ancient Mianyang military fortress and a Mianyang specialty. Image source: @Visual China & Jiang Xiaoyi)

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So far

A Shu Road

Integrate Mianyang into the national system

Rising as the cultural and economic center of Northwest Sichuan

But the war came at the end of the Qing Dynasty

The land washed with blood is devastated

What will Mianyang use as a sword?

Carve out your own future in the new era?

03

Dream of the Country

- A Tech City -

Relying on manpower to break through hundreds of mountains

Filling hundreds of abysses

October 1, 1953

The Chengdu-Mianyang section of the Baoji-Chengdu Railway is finally open to traffic

Mianyang County Government

A 3,754-meter-long welcoming road was specially built.

From the city to Mianyang Station

The scene was extremely grand

(Mianyang Old Railway Station has become the urban memory of old Mianyang people; the picture below is the Baoji-Chengdu Railway, photographer @青林)

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After the entire line is completed

The journey from Xi'an to Chengdu has been shortened to less than one day

Northwest and Southwest my country

The first cross-regional connection via railway

Mianyang stands at a key node

It is connected to Longhai in the north, Chengdu and Chongqing in the east, and Chengdu and Kunming in the south.

Opening up the Ren and Du Meridians of Development

(Mianyang traffic location diagram, drawn by @吴昕恬/Planet Research Institute)

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At the beginning of the founding of New China

Many things need to be rebuilt and many industries need to be developed

Mianyang becomes the site for national military electronics project investment and construction

More than 20 foreign experts gathered

Leading domestic company engaged in the development of electronic connectors

Huafeng Radio Equipment Factory started production

This marks the establishment of the prototype of an electronic industrial base in Mianyang.

(The tall sycamore trees on both sides of the "Red House" street were all planted by the workers who moved in that year. Photographer: He Zhangbo)

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Until the 1960s

International situation is becoming increasingly tense

Industrial power is too concentrated in the eastern region

Defense system is vulnerable and unfavorable for war preparation

The "defense industry" is of utmost importance

Had to move to the mainland

(The Mianyang air raid shelter tunnel was once the scene of world events, photographer @黄家明)

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Mianyang, hidden deep in the inland

The mountains are high and the valleys are deep, and it is backed by Chengdu.

With industrial base and railway communication

Staff members who were preparing for the "Third Line Construction"

Considered one of the ideal areas

then

A large-scale resource transfer under the guidance of war preparedness

The curtain opened

Industry

More than 40 projects are coming

In addition to accelerating the construction of supporting electronic industry

Metallurgy, machinery, insulation materials and other enterprises were successively opened

Some of the country's top scientific research institutions

Involving multiple disciplines such as engineering physics, aerodynamics, magnetism, chemistry, etc.

Also re-arranged in Mianyang

(Overlooking the old factory area in Mianyang, photographer @何张波)

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China's Nuclear Weapons Research and Development Base Headquarters

The well-known " Nine Hospitals "

(China Academy of Engineering Physics)

Visited more than 70 cities in Southwest China

Moved from the distant Qinghai to present-day Mianyang Zitong

Located in a hidden mountain valley

(Mianyang "Two Bombs City", photographer @蒋小翼)

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Carrying bricks and tiles to build the base during the day

Studying late at night to solve difficult problems

20,000 scientific researchers from all over the world

In such a difficult environment

Completed China's second-generation new nuclear weapons test

Stopped international gossip

But information about the experimenters is extremely confidential.

(The slogan in the "Two Bombs City" says, "Do earth-shaking things and remain anonymous." This spirit has inspired generations of Mianyang people to move forward courageously. Photographer: @黄家明)

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Until many years later

Those moving heroic names

Only appeared in the public eye

The 23 "Two Bombs and One Satellite" heroes honored by the state

9 of them lived in Mianyang

(Deng Jiaxian, one of the founders of the "Two Bombs and One Satellite" program, lived here for 14 years; the picture below is a statue of Deng Jiaxian in Mianyang Park, source: Visual China)

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To cooperate with R&D and production

University resources are also transferred here

Tsinghua University's Radio Department relocated to establish a branch

Six majors have been established in the past 10 years

Vacuum, communications, semiconductors, radar, lasers, computers

Cultivated more than 1,000 outstanding talents

(Workers on the "5G+" production line in Mianyang today, picture source: @Visual Mianyang)

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But

Over the decades

Mianyang's industry mainly serves national defense

When the wave of "Third Line Construction" passed

The clarion call for reform and opening up

A shift in development strategy is imminent

(Cool exhibits at the 3rd Mianyang Science and Technology Expo, image source: Visual China)

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Founded in 1958

The only military manufacturer of airborne fire control radar in China

Changhong Machinery Factory

Leading the way

It seizes opportunities

Responding to the people's growing needs for life

Refer to foreign electrical appliance production models

Introduced color TV production lines and put them into mass production

The 1980s and 1990s

The largest color TV manufacturer in China

Market share exceeds 35%

He is the well-deserved "King of Color TV in China"

(On January 1, 2001, China's first "Jingxian" color TV was born in Changhong, photographer @朱建国)

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Changhong's successful transformation

The first shot of "military to civilian" was fired

Other military enterprises are also facing the market

Started R&D of civilian products

(Mianyang workers test the electroacoustic indicators of the newly developed speakers, image source: @Visual China)

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Thriving business

Activated the vitality of the city

The urban construction has undergone earth-shaking changes

Various Avenues

(Mianyang Traffic, Photographer @张勇攀)

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Cross-river bridge

(Fu Le Bridge, image source: Visual China)

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Even Mianyang Nanjiao Airport

All rise from the ground

Pull the tension of this city to its fullest

(An airplane taking off from Mianyang Nanjiao Airport, photographer @荒兀)

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At the foot of the mountain

Known as the "Second Dujiangyan"

Wudu Water Diversion Project

The flood control standard of the lower reaches of the Fu River has been raised from once in 50 years

Increased to once in a hundred years

Made outstanding contributions to urban flood control

(Please watch in horizontal screen, Wudu Reservoir, photographer @杨志刚)

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Scientific research institutes rooted in the mountains

To improve working conditions

Demarcate the area in the suburbs of Mianyang

Specialized county-level administrative agencies were established

"Sichuan Science City Office"

Countless experts and academicians came here

Strong scientific research spirit

Promoting the cultural and educational undertakings of Mianyang people

As early as the 1990s

We will take the lead in carrying out all-round education reform

Stimulated the vitality of school operation

(Mianyang city landscape, photographer @何张波)

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Higher education is also making progress

Including the merger of Southwest Institute of Technology and Agricultural College

Southwest University of Science and Technology

As well as Mianyang Normal University and Sichuan Culture and Art University

Mianyang has a total of 15 universities

(Overlooking Southwest University of Science and Technology, photographer @曾祥菲&韩昀晖)

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With national support

Mianyang Science and Technology City was officially planned in 2000.

Involving high-tech industries

Projects in various fields such as information technology, biomedicine, and new materials

Research and development (R&D) funding

Investment up to 7.15%

Ranked 20th in the 2022 China Top 100 Cities Science and Technology Innovation List

It is the fastest growing city in the country

(Mianyang Science and Technology Museum, photographer @黄家明)

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now

Living here

256,000 professional and technical personnel of various types

Constantly creating new history

The wind tunnels located in the deep mountains of Anzhou District are rare in the world

Impact wind force released in the test area

Can be released in milliseconds

(Sketch of wind tunnel, source: Visual China)

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my country's Aerospace

Spacecraft, aircraft, rockets, etc. used

Before launching, it must be tested in a wind tunnel

Mianyang Wind Tunnel Group is equipped with

Acoustic wind tunnel, combustion wind tunnel, plasma wind tunnel, etc.

Assist in solving many technical problems

besides

More than 3,200 high-tech companies

Entering Mianyang to create an innovative background

BOE, a popular screen manufacturer

The 6th generation AMOLED (flexible) production line put into use

It has been successfully mass-produced in Mianyang

(Today, there are 22 products made in Mianyang that rank among the top three in the world in terms of market share; the picture below shows the BOE factory in Mianyang, which is currently the largest single investment project in Mianyang. Photographer: Yang Jian)

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Changhong, an old enterprise, launched a new radiotherapy device

Utilizing local cutting-edge "nuclear technology"

Serving new tumor treatment technologies

The radiotherapy treatment course can be compressed from 1 month to 1 second

(Changhong is currently a comprehensive multinational group that integrates R&D, production, sales and services in multiple fields; the picture below is Changhong's lithium battery production line, picture source @王勇/Mianyang Daily)

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Developed independently by private enterprises

" Fucheng No. 1 "

On July 6, 2023

As the first SAR remote sensing satellite made in Sichuan

Successfully entered space orbit

Mianyang people's emotional connection goes deep into the universe

(Fucheng No. 1 launch site, photographer @史悦)

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So far

The Triple Era Passes by Like the Wind

Mountains and rivers that seem isolated from the world

Created this treasure land

Humanity's struggle with mountains and rivers

Climb the tower of destiny

The mountains and rivers remain unchanged

Let the opportunity come again

A secretive, low-key but important "technology city"

Born from the depths of time

So

What will happen to the human world?

04

Human World

- Fireworks in a City -

Mianyang has humid air

The annual average temperature is around 18℃

The streets are lined with trees

(Please watch in horizontal mode, "poetic" Santai County, photographer @赵永富)

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Scenic spots built with water conservancy projects

Fog

Flock of migratory birds

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Mianyang Xianhai foggy scene, photographer @邓崇刚)

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Picturesque scenery

"Bashi" climate

Nurturing the people of Mianyang who love to enjoy life

Crossing legs in the park

Drinking a big bowl of tea

(Mianyang teahouse is crowded, photographer @llanqy)

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Meet up with a few friends

Play mahjong for a day without being bothered by the world

It's already commonplace

(People in Mianyang taking a break, photographer @梁严)

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A wide variety of delicious food

Stimulate your taste buds from morning till night

(Mianyang delicacies such as dry biscuits with cold noodles, etc., photographer @唐一帆&Mianyang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism&Huitu.com)

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Mianyang rice noodles are famous for their fineness

The local popular king

Fine and smooth powder

The soup is chewy and tender

Rich flavor with pork intestines or beef

Diners slurp noodles skillfully in the restaurant

Jokingly saying that the rice noodles eaten can wrap up the entire earth

(Mianyang rice noodles with good color, aroma and flavor, photographer @蒋小翼)

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But what is surprising is that

While enjoying

They love to fight

As long as you step into this land

Even taxi drivers are talking about education

Students are proud to study

This year, 50 students were admitted as pilots.

The number ranks among the top three in the country

(Ranking of undergraduate admission rates in prefecture-level cities in Sichuan in 2022, drawn by @刘志鹏/星球研究院)

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And in the mountains

A life that is rarely disturbed is also as fresh as new

Looking back at the 2008 earthquake

Beichuan, Anzhou, Pingwu and other districts and counties were severely damaged

A long new life begins in the wilderness

(The prosperous appearance of Beichuan New City, picture source: @Visual China & Su Linghan)

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Builders came to help

Planning in accordance with the characteristics of the local Qiang people

The new county town has become a famous tourist attraction

Helping local people get rid of poverty

(The Qiang ethnic group in Beichuan is bustling with people at its New Year event. Image source: Visual China)

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Although this land

Its fame on the Internet is far less than its strength

But the story never stops

Strolling the streets

Ancient pavilions and modern buildings coexist

Beautiful scenery and antique style

(Moonlight over Yuewang Tower, photographer @蒋小翼)

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Into the bustling

Cool bridge interweaves with the hustle and bustle of traffic

Reflecting the bright night

(Mianyang Sanjiang Bridge is China's first double-deck "S"-shaped urban landscape cable-stayed bridge with separation of pedestrians and vehicles, photographer @蒋小翼)

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Taste the world

Ancient folk customs dance with youthful vitality

Carrying passionate charm

(Mianyang Santai Fire Dragon Celebrates Spring, Photographer @Du Ning)

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Every

Those who have had the good fortune to come to this land

All are addicted to it

Years of glory

(Pedestrians in Mianyang after the rain, picture source: Visual China)

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Snow Mountain Forest

(Please watch in horizontal mode, super-large view of Mianyang scenery, photographer @刘茂林)

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And for thousands of years

Mianyang people's inexhaustible confidence

It comes from its mountains, its rivers, its roads

In numerous difficulties

Can regain confidence and courage

This is the low-key Mianyang

" At the foot of the snow-capped mountains, the city is full of heavy weapons "

Endless memories are treasured

The infinite future is shining

This article was created by

Written by: Zhou Technology

Image: Pan Chenxia

Design: Liu Zhipeng

Map: Wu Xintian

Proofreading: Wang Dan & Xia Ya & Lu Yijing & Gao Liqian & Huang Wu

Head photo and cover photographer: Zhao Yongfu

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