The spicy Sichuan Sheng pepper is prominent in modern Sichuan Sheng cuisine, featuring dishes—including Kung Pao chicken and mapo tofu—that have become staples of Chinese cuisine around the world.
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28 Facts About Sichuan Sheng
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Sichuan Sheng is the 6th-largest provincial economy of China and the second largest among inland provinces after Henan.
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The existence of a highly developed civilization with an independent bronze industry in Sichuan Sheng eventually came to light with an archaeological discovery in 1986 at a small village named Sanxingdui in Guanghan, Sichuan Sheng.
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The Sichuan Sheng basin is surrounded by the Hengduan Mountains to the west, the Qin Mountains to the north, and Yungui Plateau to the south.
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Sichuan Sheng was subjected to the autonomous control of kings named by the imperial family of the Han dynasty.
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Sichuan Sheng came under the firm control of a Chinese central government during the Sui dynasty, but it was during the subsequent Tang dynasty that Sichuan Sheng regained its previous political and cultural prominence for which it was known during the Han.
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Sichuan Sheng was originally the origin of the Deng lineage until one of them was hired as an official in Guangdong during the Ming dynasty but during the Qing plan to increase the population in 1671 they came to Sichuan Sheng again.
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The Kuomintang general Wang Sheng wanted to stay behind with his troops to continue the anticommunist guerilla war in Sichuan, but was recalled to Taiwan.
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In 1978, when Deng Xiaoping took power, Sichuan Sheng was one of the first provinces to experiment with the market economic enterprise.
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Politics of Sichuan Sheng is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.
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Governor of Sichuan Sheng is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Sichuan Sheng.
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Sichuan Sheng has been historically known as the "Province of Abundance".
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Sichuan Sheng had the largest output of pork among all the provinces and the second largest output of silkworm cocoons in 1999.
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Sichuan Sheng possesses China's largest proven natural gas reserves, the majority of which are transported to more developed eastern regions.
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High-speed railways in Sichuan Sheng include the Chengdu-Chongqing High-speed Railway, Xi'an-Chengdu High-speed Railway, Chengdu-Guiyang High-speed Railway, and Chengdu-Kunming High-speed Railway.
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Predominant religions in Sichuan Sheng are Chinese folk religions, Taoist traditions, and Chinese Buddhism.
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Sichuan Sheng is one of the cradles of the early Heavenly Masters' Taoist religious movements.
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In 2003, Sichuan Sheng had "88 art performing troupes, 185 culture centers, 133 libraries, and 52 museums".
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Languages of Sichuan Sheng are primarily members of three subfamilies of the Sino-Tibetan languages.
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The Yi people of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southern Sichuan Sheng speak the Nuosu language, which is one of the Lolo-Burmese languages; Yi is written using the Yi script, a syllabary standardized in 1974.
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Sichuan Sheng is well known for its spicy cuisine and use of Sichuan Sheng peppers due to its humid climate.
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Sichuan Sheng cuisine is popular in the whole nation of China, and so are Sichuan Sheng chefs.
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Two well-known Sichuan Sheng chefs are Chen Kenmin and his son Chen Kenichi, who was Iron Chef Chinese on the Japanese television series "Iron Chef".
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