Mianzhu ( zh, s=绵竹, t=綿竹, w=Mienchu, p=Miánzhú) is a

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Deyang Deyang ( zh, s=德阳 , t=德陽 , p=Déyáng) is a prefecture-level city of Sichuan province, China. Deyang is a largely industrial city, with companies such as China National Erzhong Group and Dongfang Electric having major operations there. The ...

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 ...

province in

Southwest China Southwestern China () is a region in the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regions, namely Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Xizang. Geography Southwestern China is a rugged and mountainous region, ...

. It has an area of and a population of 439,958 in 2020 census.

Administrative divisions

Mianzhu has 2 subdistricts and 10

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under its jurisdiction: ;subdistricts: *Jiannan () *Ziyan () ;towns: *Jiulong () *Hanwang () *Lutang () *Guangji () *Yuquan () *Xinshi () *Xiaode () *Fuxin () *Shidi () *Qingping ()

Climate

Economic

Mianzhu is a symbolic place presenting the south-west cities which produce special products, such as the peal from Jiulong Mountain, a branch of Longmen Mountain. One of the most well-known wines around the country, even the world, is Jian Nan Chun, a kind of traditional Chinese spirit with a history of 500 years. The quote of this company is "what you drink today is what was the Tang Dynasty Palace spirit". The value of JNC’s products was at least above three million RMB each year. After 2008, in which year the Wenchuan earthquake happened, the amount have been decreasing to 80 billion since numerous fundamental spirit used to season the taste was lost. Except this famous spirit factory, a dozen of relative smaller companies still work well, Jin Qi FU included.

Culture

Mianzhu New Year Painting is one of the four greatest New Year Paintings in China. Putting New Year Paintings on the front doors of a house is one of many traditional ways to celebrate Chinese Spring Festival in many parts of China. In one such painting, the artists use water colors to draw figures like Fu Wa, wishing the little boy could bring fortune and good luck to the entire family in the coming year. Recently, some New Year Painting workshops in Mianzhu are opened to the visitors and general public so that they could have a closer look at the entire process of how artists are actually making the New Year Painting.

2008 Sichuan earthquake

The city was heavily damaged during the

2008 Sichuan earthquake An earthquake occurred in the province of Sichuan, China at 14:28:01 China Standard Time on May 12, 2008. Measuring at 8.0 (7.9–8.3 ), the earthquake's epicenter was located boxing the compass, west-northwest of Chengdu, the provincial ...

. Damage included Fuxin Number Two Primary School collapsed.

Lingguan Tower blaze

Lingguan Tower complex of Nine Dragons Monastery in Jiulong town, the tallest pre-modern then standing wooden pagoda structure, was a 16-story gold covered pagoda from the

Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...

that burned down on December 11, 2017. It was being renovated after the 2008 earthquake damaged it.

Sports

The Mianzhu Sports Centre Stadium is located in Mianzhu. It has a capacity of 10,000, and it is used mostly for association football.

References

External links

Official website of Mianzhu Government
{{authority control County-level cities in Sichuan Deyang