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Lushan County, Sichuan

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Country
  
China

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Website
  
www.yals.gov.cn

Population
  
109,029 (2010)

Province
  
Sichuan

Prefecture-level city
  
Ya'an

Postal code
  
625600

Area
  
1,364 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 2:15 PM

Area code
  
0835

Lushan County, Sichuan

Weather
  
10°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 77% Humidity

Lushan county recovers one year after the earthquake


Lushan County, Sichuan is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Ya'an city.

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Map of Lushan, Ya'an, Sichuan, China

186 dead in chinas lushan earthquake


Historical Monuments

An ancient monument, located in Lushan County and dating to 205 AD of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is the remains of the mausoleum of Fan Min (樊敏). It is known as "Fan Min's Gate Towers and Sculptures" (樊敏阙及石刻), and, according to the archaeologist Chêng Tê-k'un (1957), includes the earliest extant full-size tortoise-born stele. The stele has rounded top with a dragon design in low relief - a precursor to the "two intertwined dragons" design that was very common on such steles even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, over a thousand years later.

2013 earthquake

The earthquake was centered in the district and causing more than 100 deaths and property damage directly and indirectly by the quake and by landslides. In an immediate response, the People's Liberation Army sent about 8,000 soldiers to the impact site, as well as 1,400 provincial rescue workers and 120 support vehicles.

References

Lushan County, Sichuan Wikipedia