Bailu ( zh, c=白鹿, p=Báilù;
Sichuanese romanization: ''Pe-lu''; ) is a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
under the administration of
Pengzhou
Pengzhou (), formerly Peng County or Pengxian, is a county-level city of Sichuan Province, Southwest China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu. There is an expressway that connects Pengzhou to Chengdu. It is bo ...
,
Sichuan
Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...
, China. , it has one residential community and eight villages under its administration.
Tourist marketing
Bailu has been developed into a so-called "French town" due to its
French Catholic
The Catholic Church in France, Gallican Church, or French Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. Established in the 2nd century in unbroken communion with the bishop of Rome, it was sometim ...
heritage, according to Xianghui Liao, however, the real reason for this designation is to serve tourism and economic development: "This led to the commercialization of once authentic religious sites for tourism and economic development as part of the secularization process.
..Catholicism's public influence on tourism and economic development has been increasing, while its activities and church attendance have not followed synchronously."
Tourist attractions
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Annunciation Seminary
* Earthquake Heritage Park
Honor Record
* July.2020, the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee reconfirmed Bailu Township as a national health township.
* Sep.2020 Selected as a town with cultural tourism characteristics in Sichuan Province.
See also
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Catholic Church in Sichuan
The presence of the Catholic Church in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan and city of Chongqing dates back to 1640, when two missionaries, Lodovico Buglio and Gabriel de Magalhães, through Jesuit missions in China, entered the provin ...
*
Marie-Julien Dunand
*
List of township-level divisions of Sichuan
This is a list of Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Township level, township-level divisions in the province of Sichuan, China, People's Republic of China (PRC).
Bazhong
Bazhou District
* Eight Townships of China, ...
Travel Recommendations
* Xiao Bei Yuan Tea Culture B&B (小别院茶文化民宿):
No.14, Shuyuan Road, Bailu Town (白鹿镇书院路14号)
References
Towns in Sichuan
Pengzhou
Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu
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