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  Joined: 2005-06-03 Points: 748 | Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan; a province located in southwest China, which borders Tibet. The name "Chengdu" means "Becoming Capital". It is also known as "The Brocade City". There is a population of 9,807,400 people living in the 12,000 sq. km region under the administrative control of Chengdu, of which 2,930,00 million live in the downtown area. There were close to 200 long-term foreign residents (not including Chinese from Hong Kong or Taiwan) living in the city in late 2004 according to unofficial US Consultate estimates. The city is a political and economic center of southwest China. It is famous for its beautiful girls, numerous hot pot restaurants, and tea houses. Chengdu natives speak a dialect of Southern Mandarin Chinese. Because of the dialect's soft tones, Chinese joke that it is the speech of baby girls, whereas the more rough-sounding dialect of nearby Chongqing is that of baby boys.
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Wocca,
What's the relationship to Brocades?
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Chengdu was founded during the time of the Qin in the 3rd century BC, before the Qin's conquered all of China in 221 BC. Already at that time it was considered to be important enough to be given the name Chengdu, which could be translated as "Perfect City" or "Becoming Capital".
Its location on a fertile but dry plain led the Qin to establish the world's first large-scale irrigation system, based on the diversion of the Min River. Still in operation today, this irrigation system is said to support the world's densest agrarian population. During the Han dynasty which followed, Chengdu first picked up its nickname "Brocade City", as it became the center of a thriving silk brocade industry.
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Produced in Chengdu during the Han dynasty, Sichuan brocade is the main branch of the traditional silk brocade. Since Sichuan and the middle China was linked up, the brocade-making skills were spread throughout China.
With more and more designs, patterns, and colors applied, Sichuan silk brocade flourished in the Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties.
http://www.silkroadcn.com/beijing/ChineseSilk.htm