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Dazu
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dazu dazu- dàzú däzu̱ dąz̄ʉ́
English
Dazu District
Alternative forms
en Ta-tsu Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 大足.
Pronunciation
dä′dzo͞o′Tatsu 1883 1
en Da zu
Proper noun
en district city/Chongqing c/China.
en 1967 Gargi Dutt Recent Developments, 1963-64 Rural Communes in China, Organizational Problems https://archive.org/details/ruralcommunesinc0000dutt/ New York Asia Publishing House 164440086 174 https://archive.org/details/ruralcommunesinc0000dutt/page/174/ Similarly there had been a break in the supply of small hardware from Tatsu county to its traditional markets in Tahsien, Mienyang, and Wenchiang, which was now restored as a result of the exchange fair. on
en 1973 Michael Sullivan Sung Dynasty (960-1279) Chinese Art: Recent Discoveries https://archive.org/details/chineseartrecent0000sull/ 0-500-41050-X 763137 5473159M 31 https://archive.org/details/chineseartrecent0000sull/page/n32/ A new chapter in the study of Chinese sculpture in the Sung Dynasty opened with the discovery of the Mai-chi-shan caves already referred to and the publication of a little-known sculptured cliff at Ta-tsu in Szechwan, dating chiefly from the Sung. The lively realism of the Ta-tsu high relief figures, some of which resemble the clay figures at Mai-chi-shan, others reminiscent of mediaeval European sculpture, is further proof that beside the courtly and scholarly arts for which the Sung is famous there flourished a vigorous school of popular Buddhist art of a very different character. on
en 1976 Compilation Group for the "History of Modern China" Series<t:zh 《中国近代史丛书》编写组> Unprecedented National Crisis The Yi Ho Tuan Movement of 1900<t:zh 义和团运动> https://archive.org/details/yihotuanmovement0000unse/ 1st Peking w:Foreign Languages Press 3208421 13 https://archive.org/details/yihotuanmovement0000unse/page/13/ The year 1898 brought uprisings of the Tien Ti Hui (Heaven and Earth Society), a popular anti-Ching secret organization in Kwangsi Province, and of the peasants in Tatsu County, Szechuan. on
en 1998 J. D. Brown Frommer's China: The 50 Most Memorable Trips https://archive.org/details/frommerschina50m0000brow/ w:Frommer's 0-02-861636-7 39522322 306 https://archive.org/details/frommerschina50m0000brow/page/306/ Emei Shan is one of Buddhism’s four sacred mountains, while Baoding Shan (Precious Mountain) at Dazu is one of China’s four great centers of Buddhist sculpture. These sacred carvings are located in Sichuan Province in western China, in Dazu District, about halfway between the cities of Chengdu and Chongqing.
en March 31, 2022 A Creative Slogan Worths 100,000 Yuan - Dazu of Chongqing solicits promotional slogans from all over the world https://web.archive.org/web/20230326125133/https://apnews.com/article/business-travel-lifestyle-china-cultures-71db7c9c2d749d0105d74a72ad93ebb9 26 March 2023 w:AP News Dazu District is located in the west of Chongqing, 55 km away from the central downtown of Chongqing in the east and 155 km away from Chengdu in the west. Dazu has been world-known for the world cultural heritage Dazu Rock Carvings.
Translations
district
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 大足
Mandarin: cmn 大足
Japanese: ja
References
Further reading
en 2008 Dazu Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 978 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/978/ 2