The vast mountains and rivers and the hustle and bustle of human life: Where does Sichuan come from?

Sichuan

Diverse landscapes and colorful cultures

When we talk about natural landscapes

It is Mount Gongga and Mount Siguniang

It is Jiuzhaigou, Huanglong

It still

The three sacred mountains of Aden, Queer Mountain and Genie Mountain

Ruoergai, Lugu Lake, Xinluhai

And countless more mountains, valleys, rivers and lakes

(Please watch in horizontal mode, the three sacred mountains of Aden, Xianuoduoji, Yangmaiyong and Xiannairi in the same frame, photographer @习小远的视界)

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When we talk about living things

It is a giant panda, a red panda

It is the alpine rhododendron and the southern bamboo sea.

It still

Sichuan golden monkey, snow leopard, white-lipped deer, dwarf blue sheep, wildebeest

Green-tailed pheasant, Tibetan snowcock, red-bellied tragopan

And countless more forests, grasslands, birds and animals

(The following pictures are: Niubei Mountain alpine rhododendron, source: Visual China; giant panda, photographer: Zhou Mengqi; Sichuan golden monkey, photographer: Xue Kang)

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When we talk about human landscape

It is Qingcheng Mountain and Dujiangyan

It is Mount Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha

It still

Sanxingdui, Jinsha Ruins, Wuhou Temple

Du Fu Thatched Cottage, Langzhong Ancient City, Jianmen Pass

And countless Sichuan delicacies and fireworks

(Huili Ancient City, located at the southernmost tip of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, is a national historical and cultural city. Photographer: @５万万加隆)

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Sichuan is so colorful

Where does it come from?

When we look down from space

You will find that it is one of the most special existences in China.

The western part of the city is full of towering mountains and peaks.

The east is relatively low

Forming a large basin

The East and West are in stark contrast

(Sketch of Sichuan location, drawn by @Chen Zhihao/Planetary Research Institute)

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This opposition

Let Sichuan not only become

A land of abundance suitable for human survival and reproduction

It also creates a complementary relationship between mountains and basins.

A place with both natural and humanistic characteristics

Two super Tianfu

All this

We need to start from its underground

01 Collision Zone

Hundreds of millions of years ago

The land of southern China has not yet taken shape

Large and small plates are separated from each other

Or collision and fusion, you and I

Or break up and go their separate ways

One of them is called the Yangtze Plate by geologists.

It is one of the oldest plates in China.

(Later it was named because it was roughly located in the Yangtze River Basin)

More than 200 million years ago

A great integration has begun between countless plates

The Yangtze Plate is in the middle

Being attacked from all sides

But at this time, part of the Yangtze Plate was metamorphosed due to rock

It has become extremely hard

In a complex collision

The surrounding land was greatly deformed and uplifted into high mountains

The solid Yangtze Plate remains almost motionless.

(Sketch of plate movement in China 210 million years ago, drawn by @罗梓涵/Planetary Research Institute)

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As a result, the periphery is bulging and the interior is relatively sunken.

A large basin was born

North of the basin

1500-3000 meters above sea level

Qinling Mountains, Micang Mountains, Daba Mountains

majestic and towering

(Please watch in horizontal screen, Mi Cangshan, photographer @赵永清)

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Southeast Basin

1500-2000 meters above sea level

Xuefeng Mountain, Wuling Mountain, Qiyao Mountain-Dalou Mountain

Mountains upon mountains, boundless

(Please watch in horizontal mode. Xuefeng Mountain, Wuling Mountain, Qiyao Mountain and Dalou Mountain are the mountains around the southeast side of the Sichuan Basin. They are mainly distributed in the four provinces and cities of Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing. The picture shows the mountains in the eastern part of Chongqing and the western part of Hubei. The photographer is @山风)

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Southwest Basin

3000-4500 meters above sea level

Xiaoxiangling, Daliangshan, Emeishan, etc.

Directly into the sea of ​​clouds

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Mount Emei, standing on the southwestern edge of the Sichuan Basin, photographer @邹涛)

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The western Sichuan Plateau in the west of the basin

The overall uplift height exceeds 4,000 meters

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Minshan Mountain, Qionglai Mountain, Daxue Mountain, Shaluli Mountain

Four mountain ranges running north-south

Arrange closely and separate things

This is Sichuan

Hengduan Mountains

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Qionglai Mountain, photographer @行影不离)

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that's all

The force of the earth's collision

Constructing the two most important geographical units in Sichuan

Sichuan Basin and

Surrounding mountains including the western Sichuan Plateau

(Sketch of Sichuan topography. To show the integrity of the Sichuan Basin, the Chongqing part is lightly colored; Map by @陈志浩/Planet Research Institute)

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at the same time

Sichuan is located in the southwest

South Asian monsoon from the Indian Ocean

East Asian monsoon from the Pacific

Two major monsoons meet here

Sufficient water vapor

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The height difference between Hengduan Mountains and Sichuan Basin is significant

The most obvious effect on intercepting airflow

The precipitation in the border area can reach more than 1,200 mm.

It is one of the areas with the highest precipitation in inland China.

The famous Huaxi Rain Screen

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Niubei Mountain Sea of ​​Clouds, photographer @枫叶梧桐)

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Abundant precipitation

Reshaping Sichuan's landscape

Abundant precipitation

Reshaping Sichuan's landscape

On the highest mountain in western Sichuan

A large number of glaciers developed

(Hailuogou Glacier, photographer @张扬小强)

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On the plateau of northwest Sichuan

Forming large swamps and wetlands

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Hongyuan Wetland, photographer @熊可)

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In some carbonate rock outcrops

Calcium carbonate dissolved in running water is redeposited

Formation of travertine

Create a colorful paradise

(Travertine pool in Huanglong Scenic Area, photographer @翟东润)

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In low-lying areas

The water accumulates into a lake

Forming a dreamy plateau lake

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Lugu Lake is located at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan; photographer @陈小羊)

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Countless streams merge into rivers

Including Jinsha River, Yalong River, Dadu River, Minjiang River

Tuojiang River, Fu River, Jialing River, Qu River, etc.

(Please watch in horizontal mode, the meandering Tuojiang River, photographer @杨建)

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These rivers

Except for a small amount flowing northward into the Yellow River

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Tangke Yellow River meander, photographer @陈二狗的摩旅)

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Most of them come from the surrounding mountains

Flows into the basin bottom

Forming a new super river

Yangtze River

(Sketch of the Sichuan River system. To show the integrity of the rivers in the Sichuan Basin, the Chongqing section is also lightly colored. The confluence of the Jinsha River and the Min River is called the "Yangtze River". Map by @陈志浩/Planet Research Institute)

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at the same time

The rivers rushing out of the mountains carry mud and sand

Continuously deposited on the western edge of the basin

It also developed the most fertile plain in Sichuan.

Chengdu Plain

(Chengdu Plain, photographer @姜曦)

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that's all

Sichuan Basin and

Surrounding mountains including the western Sichuan Plateau

Two major stages are ready

What kind of lucky guy

Will they be the new creators of these two lands?

02 Super big basin

first

Let’s start from the Sichuan Basin

Looking at China's Greater Southwest Region

Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet are all surrounded by mountains.

There's no place anymore

Like the Sichuan Basin

Has a very broad space for development

Looking across the country

There is no longer a large basin

It is great to have such good water and heat conditions as Sichuan.

No doubt

This is China's richest large basin

(Distribution diagram of China's four major basins, drawn by @陈志浩/Planetary Research Institute)

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5000-4000 years ago

Two ancient human groups originated from the upper reaches of the Yellow River and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River

Entering the Sichuan Basin along the Minjiang River and the Yangtze River

And met on the new fertile land of Chengdu Plain

This revealed the mystery of the ancient Shu people.

The beginning of the large-scale transformation of Sichuan

(Distribution of prehistoric city sites on the Chengdu Plain. 4,500-4,000 years ago, the ancient Shu people built at least eight cities of varying sizes on the Chengdu Plain. Among them, the Baodun Ancient City was the largest, so the archaeological culture of this period is also called the "Baodun Culture"; Map by @陈志浩/星球研究院)

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4000-3000 years ago

Ancient Shu people integrated cultures from all over the world

In the Chengdu Plain, a completely different

Sanxingdui Culture and Jinsha Culture

(The bronze sacred tree unearthed from the Sanxingdui site embodies the ancient Shu people’s worship of nature. Photographer: @唐宇星)

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Later, Qin conquered Bashu

The Central Plains dynasties began to discover the value of the Sichuan Basin

It has a closed terrain and fertile land.

It was a strategic base for unifying the world.

It is the strategic rear area during the world's conflicts.

It is still the most important outpost and fortress in the southwest.

Thus, in various historical periods

Constantly attracting people from all over the world

Converging to the Sichuan Basin and surrounding mountains

Around 256 BC

The Qin people built the Dujiangyan Irrigation System

Transform the Chengdu Plain into a "Land of Abundance" where floods and droughts are controlled by people

And a large number of immigrants went to Sichuan

This laid the foundation for advancing into the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and unifying the country.

(Dujiangyan, photographer @吴栗鸿)

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Qin and Han Dynasties

Liu Bang once again used the Sichuan Basin as the base of his empire

Unify the country

(From Chen Shou's "Records of the Three Kingdoms·Records of Shu·Biography of Zhuge Liang", a dialogue between Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei)

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Yizhou (Sichuan) is a land of great natural resources, with a vast expanse of fertile land. Emperor Gaozu built his empire on this land.

Late Eastern Han Dynasty

Liu Bei adopted Zhuge Liang's advice

Driving a large number of immigrants from the Central Plains to Sichuan

Based in Sichuan

This laid the foundation for the establishment of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu.

(Red walls and bamboo forest of Wuhou Temple. Wuhou Temple is the only temple in China that worships both the emperor and his ministers. It consists of Wuhou Temple, Han Zhaolie Temple and Huiling Mausoleum, but people are accustomed to calling the three collectively Wuhou Temple. Photographer @李劭康)

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Qin, Han and Three Kingdoms Period

Sichuan's textile and lacquerware industries are world-class

The Shu brocade and lacquerware produced

Not only as tribute to the court

Also exported to foreign countries

(The brocade armguard with the inscription "Five Stars Rising from the East Bring Good Luck to China" is a Sichuan brocade unearthed from the Niya Ruins in Xinjiang. Photographer: Liu Yusheng)

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Sui and Tang Dynasties

Large influx of immigrants

Especially after the Anshi Rebellion

A large number of celebrities fled to Sichuan to avoid the chaos

Sichuan's economy is booming

People call it "Yangzhou is the first and Yizhou is the second"

Song Dynasty

Sichuan Industry and Commerce

Such as textile industry, salt industry, tea industry

Papermaking, printing, shipbuilding

Sugar industry, wine industry

Reaching new peaks

(By the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were 4,900 salt wells in Sichuan, producing more than 60 million kilograms of salt. The picture shows the production of well salt in Zigong. Photographer: @王寰)

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Ming and Qing Dynasties

Famous immigration waves in history

"Huguang Filling Sichuan"

It also laid the foundation for the basic appearance of modern Sichuan's population and culture.

(Luodai Ancient Town, which preserves several Ming and Qing immigrant guild halls, including Huguang Guild Hall, Guangdong Guild Hall, Northern Sichuan Guild Hall, Jiangxi Guild Hall, and also has the largest Hakka Museum in western China; Source: Visual China)

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Anti-Japanese War

Immigrants are moving in again

It has greatly promoted

Sichuan's transformation towards modernity

(Yibin Lizhuang Ancient Town, during the Anti-Japanese War, was once visited by cultural and educational institutions such as Tongji University, the Preparatory Office of the Central Museum, the Academia Sinica, and the Central Institute of Construction. Image source: Visual China)

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Until the founding of New China

The First Five-Year Plan, the Second Five-Year Plan, and the Third Front Construction

It also led to large-scale organized immigration

Migration to the Sichuan Basin and surrounding mountains

It laid the foundation for Sichuan's modern industrial system

Including the steel base in Panzhihua

Satellite Launch Center in Xichang

Chengdu fighter jet development and production base

Aerodynamics Research Center in Mianyang, etc.

(The J-20 with bombs attached is a fifth-generation air superiority fighter with high stealth performance developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute of China Aviation Industry. Photographer: @罗涛)

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Countless gatherings

Let Sichuan gather people from all over the world

Especially a large number of talented elites

Sichuan is located in the inland but not isolated

Instead, we can always stand at the forefront of China

Creating an inclusive culture

In literature

The Shu scholars left Sichuan and shocked the whole country

Such as Sima Xiangru, Yang Xiong, Li Bai, Su Shi

The masterpieces he wrote have become the monuments of Han Fu, Tang poetry and Song Ci.

“Each of them has been leading the trend for hundreds of years”

(The Three Su Temple in Meishan was built to commemorate Su Xun, Su Shi and Su Zhe, father and son. Photographer: @柒哥)

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at the same time

Literati of all ages

It is also fashionable to travel around Shu.

Such as Gao Shi, Cen Shen, Du Fu, Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi

Liu Yuxi, Li Shangyin, Wen Tingyun, Wei Zhuang

A large number of works by Huang Tingjian, Lu You, Fan Chengda, etc.

All completed in Shu

(From Li Diaoyuan's "Farewell to Zhu Ziying Xiaochun on His Way to Sichuan as a Prime Minister" in the Qing Dynasty)

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Since ancient times, poets have come to Sichuan to pack their new poems in their bags.

(Du Fu Thatched Cottage, source: Visual China)

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Religious

It is the birthplace of Taoism

(Laojun Pavilion in Qingcheng Mountain, photographer @李琼)

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It is an important center for the spread of Buddhism.

(Mount Emei is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains, photographer @沈军)

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Also has

The largest cliff-carved statue in China

Leshan Giant Buddha

(Leshan Giant Buddha, photographer @李琼)

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Its dialect

Based on Hubei dialect

A fusion of Shaanxi dialect and other immigrants’ native dialects

Gradually formed

Today's Sichuan dialect

Its drama

It also incorporates Kunqu Opera, Hui Opera, Han Opera, Qinqiang Opera, etc.

The strengths of many local operas

Formed the multi-voice Sichuan opera

Especially famous for face changing and fire breathing

(Sichuan Opera Spitting Fire, photographer @蔡震宇)

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Its diet

Hunan braised and Jiangxi steamed

Stir-frying in the north and stewing in the south

Local grilling and other cooking methods

And later introduced pepper

Combined with abundant local ingredients

Create the most popular Chinese cuisine

The most influential cuisine

Sichuan cuisine

Spicy and fresh, both refined and popular

(Sichuan cuisine, the pictures below are twice-cooked pork, mapo tofu, skewers, maocai, and hot pot, source: Visual China)

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Plus

The basin has relatively abundant resources and a comfortable environment.

This makes Sichuan people's lives have a strong secular character

It has

Probably the highest mahjong popularity rate in China

(Mahjong River, photographer @朱建国)

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have

Probably the largest teahouse in China

(Chenjinpu Open-air Teahouse, photographer @柒哥)

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have

A long tradition of winemaking

(Shuijingfang Ruins, Photographer @张艳)

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As early as the Han Dynasty

There are a lot of chef images

and scenes of singing, dancing and feasting

It is consistent with the life of Sichuan people today.

(Eastern Han Dynasty pottery figurines of drumming and rapping, photographer @柳叶氘)

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This is the basin-centered

Sichuan, a place where people from all over the world gather

A strategically important

And very smoky

Paradise on Earth

Outside the basin

The vast mountainous

Another Tianfu continues to shine

03 Super Mountain

Mountains around the Sichuan Basin

Especially in the western Sichuan Plateau

It is a kingdom of mountains

The highest peak is Mount Gongga

Altitude up to 7556 meters

Known as the "King of Shu Mountain"

(Mount Gongga above the mountains, photographer @Yu Yong)

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The main peak of Qionglai Mountain is 6,250 meters above sea level.

Yaomei Peak

Graceful

Known as the "Queen of Shushan"

(Yaomei Peak, photographer @Su Tie)

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also

Genyen Mountain and Queer Mountain

Xiannairi, Yangmaiyong, Xianuoduoji

Yala Snow Mountain, Renzong Snow Mountain, Tianhaizi Mountain

Sanao Snow Mountain, Xuelongbao, Jiajin Mountain, Xuebaoding, etc.

They are all towering and rugged.

(Yala Snow Mountain, photographer @万崲)

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The mountains in southern Sichuan are mostly block uplifts.

Often the walls are thousands of feet high

(Dawa Mountain is a typical table-shaped mountain, photographer @王治)

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Opposite to mountain

There are countless deep canyons

For example, the Jinsha River Canyon and the Yalong River Canyon

Dadu River Canyon, Minjiang River Canyon

etc.

(Yalong River Canyon, photographer @曹铁)

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Mountains and valleys side by side

The Sichuan mountains present obvious vertical climate zones

Sichuan is located in southern China

The overall climate zone is subtropical

The two overlap

It is amazing that Sichuan Province can gather all

Six major climate zones from the southern subtropical zone to the plateau subarctic zone

(Distribution of climate types in Sichuan. The Sichuan Basin as a whole has a mid-subtropical climate, while the surrounding mountains have a variety of climates. Map by @陈志浩&罗梓涵/Planet Research Institute)

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Diverse climate

Especially the huge climate changes over short distances

For the survival of plants and animals during the Ice Age

Provides a migration channel

Many relict animals and plants are preserved here

For example, the

Alsophila spinulosa

Cycas revoluta

There are a lot of remains in southern Sichuan.

(In today's Panzhihua Cycad Nature Reserve in Sichuan, there are still more than 200,000 cycads growing, which can be called the oldest existing "forest" in China. Photographer @李贵云)

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Such as Davidia involucrata, Liriodendron tulipifera, and Glechoma longituba.

Relict angiosperms

Also distributed in Sichuan

(Davidia involucrata in Daxiangling, photographer @姜曦)

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at the same time

Diverse climate and landforms

It also creates favorable conditions for the evolution of new species.

For example, the Hengduan Mountains

It is the evolutionary center of modern gymnosperms.

Ancient plant remains

Sichuan has a total of 101 gymnosperm species (including variants)

Among them, there are 87 species of pine, cypress and fir.

The number of species ranks first in China

Sichuan redwood, white spruce, Kangding spruce, Xichang yellow fir

These are unique to Sichuan.

(Spruce in Cuopugou, Batang County, photographer @王明华)

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In angiosperms

Plants from Ericaceae, Primulaceae, Ranunculaceae, etc.

It also differentiated into multiple species

(The Hengduan Mountains and the southern Sichuan mountains are one of the evolutionary centers of rhododendrons in China. There are currently more than 200 species of rhododendrons in Sichuan. The photo was taken in Mount Emei, photographer @沈军)

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Others such as

Kangding Magnolia, Sichuan Peony, Round-leaved Magnolia, Cinnamomum camphora

Emei Mountain Berry Grass, Emei Coptis chinensis, Emei Pseudomonas magnolia

Elymus serratus, Elymus serratus, etc.

They are also unique to Sichuan.

(Kangding Mulan, photographer @Zou Tao)

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More importantly

Surrounded by highland mountains

Changeable climate and rugged terrain

Helping plants and animals avoid human disturbance

Provides a survival base

It has become the last home for many rare animals and plants.

(Vegetation of Balang Mountain, photographer @Tan Junji)

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Various reasons combined

Let Sichuan be a paradise for mankind

It has also become a paradise for all living things.

According to statistics

Sichuan has nearly 10,000 species of higher plants.

It accounts for about 1/3 of the country's higher plant species.

Ranked 2nd in the country

Among them, 84 species are listed as rare and endangered plants under national protection.

21.6% of the country

(Dawa Gengza vegetation, source: Visual China)

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In addition to plants

Sichuan also has nearly 1,400 species of vertebrates

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217 mammals and 757 birds

The species richness is also among the highest in the country.

Hundreds of thousands of years ago

Giant panda's range

Once spread across half of China

With climate change and human activities

Today

Only western Sichuan and Qinling Mountains

It provides them with the last refuge

(Giant pandas, currently 3/4 of wild giant pandas are distributed in Sichuan, with a small number distributed in Gansu and Shaanxi; giant pandas walking in the snow, photographer @周孟棋)

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The golden monkey with golden fur

It is the northernmost species of golden monkey.

Currently, it is mainly distributed in Sichuan

(Sichuan golden monkey mother and child, photographer @薛康)

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In addition

Red panda, takin, dwarf blue sheep

Sichuan sika deer, snow leopard, civet, etc.

Various rare mammals

(Sichuan Sika Deer, endemic to Sichuan, the photo was taken in Ruoergai, Sichuan, photographer @邹涛)

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as well as

Sichuan Mountain Partridge, Golden Pheasant, Green-tailed Pheasant, etc.

Rare Birds

(Golden Pheasant, photographer @曹铁)

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This is the sheltered Sichuan Mountains.

It is one of the 36 centers of biodiversity in the world.

(Sketch of global biodiversity hotspots, drawn by @Chen Zhihao/Planetary Research Institute)

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The humans living here

Coexist harmoniously with all living things

Form your own unique culture

Ancient ethnic groups in history

Migrating north and south along the valleys of the Hengduan Mountains

Formed a famous national corridor

Tibetan-Yi Corridor

This makes Sichuan

The second largest Tibetan settlement in China

(Danba Middle Road Tibetan Village after the snow, photographer @张浩)

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The largest Yi ethnic group settlement in China

(In the wetland of Kede Plateau Park in Daliang Valley, Sichuan, the wrestling activities of the Yi people are performed brilliantly. Source: Visual China)

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as well as

The only Qiang ethnic group settlement in China

(Pingtou Qiang Village, Maoxian County, source: Visual China)

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They are in the valley

Reclamation of farmland

(Xiayong Village in Derong Sun Canyon, Ganzi, photographer @赵必然)

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Grazing in the mountains

(Herdsmen grazing at the foot of Mount Genyen, source: Visual China)

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With a population density of 500 people/km2

Compared with the Sichuan Basin

The population density in the mountainous areas of southern Sichuan is only 80 people/km2

The western Sichuan plateau is even lower

8 people/km2

(Sketch of Sichuan population distribution, drawn by @陈志浩/Planet Research Institute)

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Humans and creatures in the mountains of Sichuan

Established

A harmonious common home

An ark of refuge

04 Two Tianfu and One Sichuan

that's all

The rock-hard earth is in a chaotic collision

Create two super paradises: the Sichuan Basin and the surrounding mountains

According to the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism’s March 2021 announcement

"Census Report on Cultural and Tourism Resources in Sichuan Province"

It has 3.0574 million cultural resources.

245,700 tourist resources

Ranked first in the country

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Mountain tourism resources

More than 40,000

It is one of the areas with the most concentrated alpine and ultra-alpine tourism resources in the world.

(Xuebaoding, the main peak of Minshan Mountain, photographer @杨友利)

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Danxia landform tourism resources

588 locations

(Ganzi Xinlong Danxia, ​​a plateau Danxia, ​​photographer @杨建)

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Travertine Spring Tourism Resources

232 locations

The quality is so high that it is rare in the world

(Please watch horizontally, Jiuzhaigou Nuorilang Waterfall, photographer @叶长春)

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It also has more than 1,400 rivers and streams.

Known as the "Province of a Thousand Rivers"

(Please watch in horizontal mode. The Qingyi River, Dadu River and Minjiang River meet in Leshan, where the Leshan Giant Buddha is located. Photographer: Shi Yaochen)

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The water resources contained

More than 1/5 of the country

As of the end of 2020

Sichuan's hydropower installed capacity reaches 78.92 million kilowatts

Ranked first in the country

(Ertan Hydropower Station at the confluence of the Jinsha River and the Yalong River, located in Panzhihua, Sichuan, photographer @石磊)

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There are also countless plateau lakes

Delicate and exquisite, with a myriad of variations

(Milk Lake and Five-Colored Lake in Yading Scenic Area, photographer @善友)

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It also has the world's largest

The best preserved highland peat bog wetland

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Ruoergai Flower Lake, photographer @姜曦)

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It also has the second largest forest area in the country.

As of the end of 2020

The province's forest area is as high as 370 million mu

(West Sichuan Forest, Photographer @杨涛)

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It also has 313 million mu of grassland

(Tagong Grassland, photographer @佐蚁)

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It also has 17.66 million mu of bamboo resources.

The total area ranks among the top in the country

(Shunan Bamboo Sea, source: Visual China)

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It also has the largest red leaf viewing area in Asia.

Known as

"The longest natural red carpet in Asia"

(Please watch in horizontal mode, colorful forests of Guangwu Mountain in Bazhong, source: Visual China)

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It also has the world's collection and display

The place with the most Jurassic dinosaur fossils

It is an important dinosaur fossil producing area in my country.

(Zigong Dinosaur National Geopark, source: Visual China)

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There are also 5 world heritage sites

The number ranks second in the country

It is also rare in China.

World Cultural Heritage, World Natural Heritage

And the province with dual world cultural and natural heritage

(Emei Mountain-Leshan Giant Buddha is a world cultural and natural dual heritage. The picture shows the Golden Summit of Emei Mountain. Photographer: @王进)

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It also has more than 8,000 intangible cultural heritage items.

More than 64,000 immovable cultural relics

1.082 million movable cultural relics

(The Sun Bird gold ornaments unearthed from the Jinsha Ruins are a symbol of Chinese cultural heritage. Image source: Chengdu Jinsha Ruins Museum)

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in

The number of Hanque towers ranks first in China

The number of stone Buddha statues ranks first in China

The number of Red Army stone slogans ranks first in the country

(Anyue Zizhu Guanyin, photographer @杨虎)

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It also has the nation's No.

Total highway mileage

(318 National Highway Panshan Road, photographer @朱小马)

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It also has the strongest

Civil Aviation Network

(Please watch in horizontal mode. After the opening of Tianfu International Airport, Chengdu has become the third city in mainland China with two international airports after Shanghai and Beijing. Photographer: @姜曦)

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This is Sichuan

Possessing endless

Mountains and valleys, all living things

It also has endless fireworks and cultural heritage.

One Sichuan, two super territories

(Please watch in horizontal screen, Chengdu and Hengduan Mountains, photographer @嘉楠)

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Written by Director Fengzi

Picture | Daytime sleep

Map | Chen Zhihao

Design | Luo Zihan

Proofreading | Quasimodo by the River, Ding Hao, Alpaca, Wang Changchun, Chen Jingyi

Cover Photographer | Qige

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