Shawan District () is a district of the city of

Leshan Leshan, formerly known as Jiading and Jiazhou, is a prefecture-level city located at the confluence of the Dadu River, Dadu and Min River (Sichuan), Min rivers, on the southwestern fringe of the Sichuan Basin in southern Sichuan, about from the ...

Sichuan Province Sichuan is a Provinces of China, 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 capita ...

, China. Shawan is located on the Dadu River around 40 km (25 mi) southwest from what was then called the city of Jiading (Lu) (Chia-ting (Lu), 嘉定(路)), and now is the central urban area of the prefecture-level city of

. It is known as the birthplace of Chinese writer

Guo Moruo Guo Moruo (November 16, 1892 – June 12, 1978), courtesy name Dingtang, was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official. Biography Family history Guo Moruo, originally named Guo Kaizhen, was born on November 10 or ...

David Tod Roy David Tod Roy (; 1933 – May 31, 2016) was an American sinologist and scholar of Chinese literature who was Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago from 1967 until he took early retirement in 1999. Roy is m ...

, "Kuo Mo-jo: The Early Years". Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1971. No ISBN.

Administrative divisions

Shawan District comprises 1 subdistrict and 8 towns: ;subdistrict *Tonghe 铜河街道 ;towns *Shawan 沙湾镇 *Jianong 嘉农镇 *Taiping 太平镇 *Fulu 福禄镇 *Niushi 牛石镇 *Hulu 葫芦镇 *Tashui 踏水镇 *Zhenxi 轸溪镇

References

Districts of Sichuan Leshan {{Sichuan-geo-stub