Renshou County () is a county in Meishan City,

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of China. It is located in Middle-West of

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. It has an area of , and population of 1,110,017 in 2020. Founded in the

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. Its name may derive from the first

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's palace located in

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, Renshou palace. During the

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it was called Huairen County (怀仁县) and in the

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of the

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it was called Puning County (普宁县). Its name was changed to Renshou in 598 during the Sui Dynasty.

Demographics

Though Renshou is majority Han Chinese there is a small population of

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, Yi, Dai, and

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peoples in the Qinggang township (青岗乡). It is common for Han residents of different areas of Renshou to visit Qinggang for their ethnic foods, especially Hui produced meat.

Language

While Mandarin in the official language, most residents speak the a dialect Renshou-Fushun subdialect of

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. Tonally, the Renshou dialect has a higher rising tone then the other subdialects in the region.

Climate

1993 riots

From mid-May to June 1993, Renshou County was the site of mass anti-tax riots, where up to 10,000 peasants protested tax measures by Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms.''China is Sowing Discontent with Taxes on the Peasants''
New York Times, May 19, 1993 Causes cited for the riots include an increase in taxes and fees, failure of local officials to pay for grain collection, and the generally low income of rural residents in the area.Bernstein, Thomas P
''Taxation without representation in contemporary rural China''
Cambridge University Press, 2003

Tianfu New Area

In recent years, Renshou County has integrated into the Tianfu New Area (天府新区). The distance from Renshou's downtown to

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, the capital of Sichuan Province, is 110 kilometers, and 125 kilometers to Shuangliu International Airport. It also gives Renshou access to the new

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only 100 kilometers away opened in 2021.

Transport

* China National Highway G213 *China National Highway G4215 *China National Highway G351 *Chengzilu Expressway S4 *Guanghong Expressway S40 *Expressway S106 *Chengdu No. 3 Raocheng Express

Administrative divisions

Renshou County comprises 4 subdistricts and 26 towns and 2 townships: *subdistricts: Wenlin Subdistrict (文林街道), Puning Subdistrict (普宁街道), Huairen Subdistrict (怀仁街道), Shigao Subdistrict (视高街道); *towns: Wengong (文宫镇), Hejia (禾加镇), Longma (龙马镇), Fangjia (方家镇), Dahua (大化镇), Gaojia (高家镇), Lujia (禄加镇), Baofei (宝飞镇), Zhangjia (彰加镇), Cihang (慈航镇), Wangyang (汪洋镇), Zhongxiang (钟祥镇), Shijian (始建镇), Manjing (满井镇), Fujia (富加镇), Longzheng (龙正镇), Heilongtan (黑龙滩镇), Beidou (北斗镇), Baoma (宝马镇), Zhujia (珠嘉镇), Caojia (曹家镇), Xie'an (谢安镇), Xindian (新店镇), Outang (藕塘镇), Banqiao (板桥镇), Guiping (贵平镇); *townships: Yucheng Township (虞丞乡), Qinggang Township (青岗乡).

Schools

* Ren Shou No.1 Middle School

Tourism

* Heilongtan Lake 黑龙滩湖 * Stairway to Heaven Park 天梯公园 * Great Bear Pavilion 奎星阁 * Huayan Temple 华严寺 * Renshou Christian Church * Renshou Catholic Church *

Renshou Giant Buddha Renshou Giant Buddha ( zh, t=仁壽大佛, s=仁寿大佛, first=t, p=Rénshòu Dàfó), also known as Niujiaozhai Giant Buddha (), is a large stone Buddha located within Renshou County, Sichuan. It is 60 kilometers south of Chengdu. The Buddha wa ...

仁寿大佛 (Also called Niujiaozhai Giant Buddha 牛角寨大佛) * Thousand Buddha Rock 千佛岩 *Rock Buddha Ravine 石佛沟 Huayansi

Local Products

* Pipa Fruit (type of loquat fruit) 枇杷 * Fengshui Pear 丰水梨 * Renshou Sesame Cake 仁寿芝麻糕 * Wangyang Dried Beef 汪洋干巴牛肉

References

External links

Official website of Renshou County Government
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