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Leshan has a long history, with written records tracing back to around 700 BC during the Kai Ming dynasty of the Shu Kingdom.Around the early Spring and Autumn period, the Ba people, led by Kai Ming Bie Ling, migrated from western Hubei and settled at the confluence of the three rivers in what is now Leshan, including present-day Fengzhouba and the Dadu River.
18 September – A ten-year old student of a Japanese school dies in a knife attack in Shenzhen. The suspect is arrested. [81] 25 September – China carries out its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile since 1980, launching a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean [82] that lands near the Marquesas Islands. [83]
The Leshan Giant Buddha (Chinese: 樂山大佛) is a 71-meter (233 ft) tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang dynasty).It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan Province in China, near the city of Leshan. [1]
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[35] [36] It is China's deadliest earthquake in years. [37] 20 December – Twelve people are killed and 13 others injured when a mining cart runs off the tracks in Jixi, Heilongjiang. [38] 22 December – China passes a series of regulations aimed at limiting video game microtransactions. The new rules include banning rewards for logging on ...
Year Date Event 2075 BC: Xiang of Xia became king of the Xia dynasty. 2047 BC: Xiang was murdered and displaced as king on the orders of the warlord Han Zhuo. His pregnant wife fled the capital Shangqiu. Xiang's wife gave birth to a son, Shao Kang. 2007 BC: The people of Shangqiu welcomed an army loyal to Shao into the city. Han committed suicide.
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Relationship between the current Sexagenary cycle and Gregorian calendar. This Chinese calendar correspondence table shows the stem/branch year names, correspondences to the Western calendar, and other related information for the current, 79th sexagenary cycle of the Chinese calendar based on the 2697 BC epoch or the 78th cycle if using the 2637 BC epoch.