Information for the Next ITPA Meeting

(Chengdu, Sichuan, China)

Presented by Z. Cui

1, The time of meeting:

Oct. 23 – 26 (4 days?), 2006 ( IAEA: Oc. 16 – 21, 2006.)

2, The site of meeting:

A hotel in Chengdu(Xiangyang Hotel)

3, A tour: ?

One day (Oct. 27)?

Place: Dujiangyan and Mt.Qingcheng?

Map of Sichuan

Map of China

Chengdu （成都）Population: 10.2 million, Existed for 2300 years

85km

SWIP

IAEA

ITPA

Wuhou Temple

The Wuhou Temple is a shrine dedicated to Zhuge Liang, prime minister of the Shu Kingdom (AD 221 - 263) in the Three Kingdom period (AD 220-280). It is the most important site for the Chinese to remember Zhuge, the great ancient statesman and military strategist.

DuFu CaoTang It is the residence of DuFu, a prestigious Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty (AD618 － 907)

Giant Panda Breeding CenterIn 1961 a giant panda was firstly fund in China. The giant panda, the specialty of Sichuan Province, mainly disperse over Sichuan, Shanxi and Gansu provinces. There are less than 1,000 wild giant pandas in the world, more than 85 per cent of which live in Sichuan. A small number of giant pandas can be found in Dujiangyan, Chongzhou, Dayi and Pengzhou in the suburbs of Chengdu.

In order to protect the wild giant panda, we have established State-level Long xi-Hongkou Nature Reserve in Dujiangyan, the provincial-level Anzihe Giant Panda Reserve in Chongzhou and the provincial-level Heishuihe Giant Panda Reserve. The Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base is the only one established in a large city in the world that was established to protect and rescue the giant pandas. Covering an area of 36.5 hectares, the base is well-shaded and nice and cool. In the park there are running water, well-equipped research centre, modern delivery room, veterinary hospital and the giant panda museum.

    By the end of 2004, the base together with the Chengdu Zoo had bred 57 giant pandas through artificial dissemination. 87 baby pandas were born and 46 survived. The semi-wild breeding ground imitating the giant panda's habitat in the wild, which covers an area of 150 hectares, will be completed, Because of its great achievements in the protection of the giant pandas, the base has won the "Global 500" from the United Nations Environmental Program and many awards in China.

                                                    

 

Sanxingdui Museum

                                                    

 

About 40 kilometres from Chengdu,

Jinsha Ruins

The Jinsha Ruins is a very important relic of the ancient Shu civilization discovered in recent years. A great deal of jade, pottery, and gold ware excavated. It was a capital of the ancient Shu Kingdom more than 3,000 years ago. The construction of the Jinsha Ruins Museum is in progress. It closes to Sanxingdui Museum

                                                                        

                                                            

                                    

DuJiangYan35 kilometers from chengdu, Dujiangyan is the oldest large-scale water conservancy project in China, a major historical site under state protection, as well as a national scenic area, characterized by its well-known irrigation system. Known as a “field Museum of lrrigation Works”, Dujianyan was listed in the UN Education scientific and cultural Organization’s List of World Heritage in 2000.

Mt.Qingcheng Mt. Qingcheng is located at the Dujiangyan scenery spot of Chengdu. It is a famous mountain of Taoism. Surrounded by countless peaks and densely covered by ancient trees whose branches reaching the sky, the mountain was named "Mt. Qingcheng" (Green Town in Chinese).

                              

E’Mei Mountain Emei Mountain is situated 160 kilometers away from Chengdu. The height of the mountain is 3099 metres above the sea level. It was said that there is and old man called Old Pu in the 6th Wing Ping year of the King Ming in East Han Dynasty. One day, he saw a magic deer so he followed it to the Golden Top. The deer disappeared suddenly. Old Pu asked BaoZhang, a monk, all about it. The monk told him that Puxian Buddha has changed into a deer. Since then, Old Pu beacame a monk and worshipped Pusa.

Le’Shan Buddha    A monk from the Tang Dynasty realized that the river could flood and many people could die, managed to raise money to build this huge statue to save people’s lives. The construction has lasted for 90 years. The tall statue looks calm, peaceful and majestic. It is regarded as a world record-breaking masterpiece and is also the biggest stone crafted statue in the world. It is noted by the UN as one of the greatest legacies of ancient culture and natural landacape.

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