Mianyang

Mianyang, which was known as Fuxian (Fu County) in ancient times, also known as Fu County and Mianzhou，{{Cite web |title=绵阳 |url=https://m.airchina.com.cn/c/invoke/bdgl/mig@pgzhcn |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=m.airchina.com.cn}} had advanced in agriculture during the Qin (221−206 BCE) and Han (206 BCE−220 CE) dynasties. It has a history of over 2,200 years since the Emperor Gaozu of Han established the first county in this area in 201 BCE. Due to its advantageous location, it had always been a town of great military importance and formed a natural defence for Chengdu.{{ cite web |url=http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/sichuan/mianyang/ |title=Mianyang Travel Guide}}

Mianyang is home to the CAEP and Science City, an immense Military Research Complex which was the site of the development of China's first nuclear bomb.{{Cite web |title=绵阳市情简介_绵阳概况_绵阳市人民政府 |trans-title=Mianyang City Profile_Mianyang Overview_Mianyang Municipal People's Government |url=http://www.my.gov.cn/mysrmzf/c100131/202303/921a1ea90ad94f4a9fc5418f7c60f467.shtml |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=www.my.gov.cn}}

The city proper itself was only lightly damaged by the earthquake of 12 May 2008. However, Beichuan County, which is in the prefecture, was among the most severely hit of all disaster regions following the earthquake, including the Beichuan High School campus where more than 1,000 students lost their lives after two main buildings collapsed.

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Around 80% of the county's buildings are said to have collapsed, including its main government building.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-china-earthquake,0,1326183.story|title=Death toll in China earthquake rises to 7,600|website=chicagotribune.com|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516230325/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-china-earthquake%2C0%2C1326183.story|archive-date=16 May 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} The casualty toll for the quake in Mianyang Prefecture as of 7 June 2008, was 21,963 people killed, 167,742 injured, and 8,744 people missing.{{cite news |date=2008-05-28 |title= |script-title=zh:伤亡汇总_四川汶川强烈地震_新闻中心_新浪网 |trans-title=Casualty Summary_Sichuan Wenchuan Strong Earthquake_News Center_Sina.com |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/pc/2008-05-13/326/651.html |access-date=2008-05-28 |publisher=Sina.com |language=zh}}21,963 deaths in Mianyang as of June 7, 18:00 CST,{{cite news |url= http://www.mianyang.gov.cn/MYGOV/147211412819673088/20080608/301258.html |date= 2008-06-08 |access-date= 2008-06-08 |script-title=zh:绵阳市抗震救灾情况通报 |publisher= Official website of Mianyang Government |language= zh |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080613154249/http://www.mianyang.gov.cn/MYGOV/147211412819673088/20080608/301258.html |archive-date= 2008-06-13 }}

Mianyang is at the northwestern end of the Sichuan Basin, on the upper to middle reaches of the Fu River. Its administrative area ranges in latitude from 30° 42' to 33° 03' N and in longitude from 103° 45' to 105° 43' E. Bordering prefectures are Guangyuan to the northeast, Nanchong to the east, Suining to the south, Deyang to the southwest, and the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture to the west. It also borders Gansu for a small section in the north.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=绵阳市地情 |trans-title=Mianyang City |url=https://www.scdfz.org.cn/scdqs/sxdq/mys/content_12530 |website=绵阳市地情}}

Mianyang has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) and is largely mild and humid, with four distinct seasons. Winter is short, mild, and foggy, though precipitation is low. January averages {{convert|5.3|°C|1}}, and while frost may occur, snow is rare. Summers are long, hot, and humid, with highs often exceeding {{convert|30|°C}}. The daily average in July, the warmest month, is {{convert|25.7|°C}}.The average annual temperature is between 18 °C and 21 °C. Rainfall is light in winter and can be heavy in summer, and more than 70% of the annual total occurs from May to September. The annual frost-free period across most of the prefecture lasts from 252 to 300 days, and there are only 1,100 hours of sunshine annually, which is not even 30% of the possible total.

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The city has highway and railway connections to several major cities and is on the road from Xi'an to the provincial capital of Chengdu as well as the Baocheng Railway running from Baoji in Shaanxi province to Chengdu.{{Cite web |title=【四川交通】"五城"绵阳，一"路"为你_建设_服务_公路 |url=https://history.sohu.com/a/www.sohu.com/a/734041505_121123871 |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=history.sohu.com}}

Mianyang Nanjiao Airport, which is the second largest airport in Sichuan province, has direct flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Shenzhen, Kunming, Hangzhou, and so on.{{Cite web |title=绵阳机场（集团）有限公司 |url=http://www.mianyangairport.com/Index/about.html |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=www.mianyangairport.com}}

Both G5 Beijing–Kunming Expressway and G93 Chengyu Ring Expressway passed through the city.

Mianyang is one of China's major centres for the electronics industry. It has many well-known research institutions, such as the China Academy of Engineering Physics and China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center.

Many large-scale enterprises, such as Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., Ltd., Sichuan DND Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Jiuzhou Electronics Group, Shuangma Cement Group, and Changcheng Special Steel Company also have their home in Mianyang.{{Cite web |title=中国唯一科技城 为什么是四川绵阳？-腾讯新闻 |url=https://view.inews.qq.com/qr/20221114A05FK600 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=view.inews.qq.com |language=en}} Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., Ltd. was China's largest television manufacturer in 2004, and majority-owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.Joseph Kahn (November 1, 2005). [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/world/asia/dispute-leaves-us-executive-in-chinese-legal-netherworld.html "Dispute Leaves U.S. Executive in Chinese Legal Netherworld,"] The New York Times. The company provided two-thirds of the city of Mianyang's revenue, and its chairman and managing director Zhao Yong was until late 2004 the city's deputy mayor.[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/18/business/worldbusiness/efforts-continue-to-win-release-of-american-in-china.html "Efforts Continue to Win Release of American in China,"] The New York Times.

Mianyang is an important national defence, scientific research, and production base, consisting of 18 institutes including the China Academy of Engineering Physics and the China Aerodynamics Research Institute. Moreover, it houses 50 large- and medium-size enterprises and six science colleges.{{Cite web |title=Mianyang Municipal People's Government Office Documents |url=http://www.my.gov.cn/myoldfiles/image20150109/1199646.PDF }}

The provincial government will hand over greater administrative powers of economic management at the provincial-level authority to propel the development of Mianyang. The new economy management authority will pay close attention to the construction of the scientific city. The provincial committee party and government are presently drafting the "Opinions on Propelling China Scientific City Construction" report which is expected to come out soon.{{Cite web |last=刘淑萍 |title=国务院关于建设绵阳科技城有关问题的批复__2001年第25号国务院公报_中国政府网 |trans-title=Reply of the State Council on the Issues Related to the Construction of Mianyang Science and Technology City_State Council Gazette No. 25 of 2001_Chinese Government Website |url=https://www.gov.cn/gongbao/content/2001/content_60973.htm |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=www.gov.cn}}

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There are many universities and colleges in the city, and it is well-known as a science and technology centre.

The best known of these is Southwest University of Science and Technology, with a campus of 4000 mu (about {{convert|260|ha}}). There is a wide-band multimedia campus network, which is connected to the Internet. The student dorm has access to telephone, Internet, and TV. There are over 900,000 copies of books and over 10,000 electronic books in the library. The studying and living facilities are all on the campus.{{Cite web |title=西南科技大学简介_西南科技大学介绍 |trans-title=Introduction to Southwest University of Science and Technology_Southwest University of Science and Technology |url=https://college.gaokao.com/school/tinfo/405/intro/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=college.gaokao.com}}

• Tianfu College, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics The school now has four campuses in Chengdu, Deyang, and Mianyang, covering a total area of 1,967 acres.{{Cite web |title=学校简介-西南财经大学天府学院 |url=https://www.tfswufe.edu.cn/xxgk/xxjj.htm |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.tfswufe.edu.cn}}
• Mianyang Normal University As of September 2023, the school has three campuses: Gaoxin Campus, Youxian Campus and Fenggu Campus. The campus covers an area of nearly 2,000 acres and has a construction area of nearly 500,000 square meters.{{Cite web |title=绵阳师范学院 - 搜狗百科 |url=https://baike.sogou.com/v62603420.htm?fromTitle=%E7%BB%B5%E9%98%B3%E5%B8%88%E8%8C%83%E5%AD%A6%E9%99%A2 |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=baike.sogou.com}}
• Mianyang Vocational and Technical College, As of June 2023, the school covers an area of 860.08 acres, with a school building area of 341,000 square meters and a total fixed asset value of 630 million yuan, including 15,700 sets of teaching experimental training equipment, 983,800 paper books in the library, and 612,000 electronic books; it has 8 secondary teaching units, 2 undergraduate majors and 40 junior college majors; there are 802 in-service faculty and staff, 239 senior professional titles, and 335 master's degrees and above; higher vocational, secondary vocational, applied undergraduate,{{Cite web |title=学校概况-绵阳职业技术学院 |url=https://www.mypt.edu.cn/xxjj/xxgk.htm |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.mypt.edu.cn}}
• Tianfu College of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, According to the school's official website in June 2024, the school has four campuses in Chengdu, Deyang and Mianyang, covering an area of 1,909 acres; it has 9 secondary colleges, offering 43 undergraduate majors and 30 junior college majors; there are 1,413 faculty and staff and 32,880 students; the library has 1.54 million paper books and more than 1.21 million electronic books.,{{Cite web |title=学校简介-西南财经大学天府学院 |url=https://www.tfswufe.edu.cn/xxgk/xxjj.htm |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.tfswufe.edu.cn}}
• Sichuan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, According to the information on the school's official website in June 2024, the school covers an area of nearly 1,000 acres; it has 12 colleges and departments, offering 30 higher vocational majors; it has 534 full-time teachers and nearly 10,000 students.{{Cite web |title=学校简介-四川中医药高等专科学校 |url=https://www.scctcm.edu.cn/xxgk1/xxjj.htm |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.scctcm.edu.cn}}
• City College of Southwest University of Science and Technology, As of March 2024, the school has two campuses, Anzhou and Youxian, with a planned area of 1,200 acres, a completed and planned building area of nearly 630,000 square meters, teaching and scientific research equipment worth about 106 million yuan, and a total of more than 3.7 million books and resources of various types; there are 7 secondary colleges, a total of 70 undergraduate and junior college majors; there are 23,000 students.{{Cite web |title=学校简介-绵阳城市学院（西南科技大学城市学院） |url=https://www.mycc.edu.cn/xcgk/xxjj.htm |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.mycc.edu.cn}}
• Sichuan College of Culture and Art, The predecessor is the Mianyang Art College of Sichuan Conservatory of Music, a secondary college of Sichuan Conservatory of Music. As of September 2024, the school has two campuses in Mianyang and Zitong;it has 17 secondary colleges, 46 undergraduate majors (including 1 Sino-foreign cooperative major), 34 junior college majors, 3 provincial first-class undergraduate major construction sites; and more than 20,000 full-time students.{{Cite web |last=Snail |first=Baco |title=四川文化艺术学院中文门户网站 |url=https://www.sca.edu.cn/about/?58.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241202050135/http://www.sca.edu.cn/about/?58.html |archive-date=2024-12-02 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.sca.edu.cn}}
• China Academy of Engineering Physics Staff College, Founded in 1978, it is an adult higher education institution established by the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), the only strategic weapons research and development unit in my country, with the approval of the Ministry of Education.Before 2004, it was mainly engaged in adult higher education. Mr. Yu Daguang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, served as the second president of the college and is now the honorary president .{{Cite web |title=中国工程物理研究院 |url=https://www.caep.ac.cn/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.caep.ac.cn}}
• Mianyang Branch of Civil Aviation Flight Academy. The Mianyang Branch of the Civil Aviation Flight University of China is located in Mianyang, the second largest city in Sichuan Province, which is famous as "the birthplace of Li Bai and China's Science and Technology City".It is 5 kilometers away from the city center at a true position of 167 degrees. It is a training branch engaged in civil aviation transport aircraft pilot training that integrates flight teaching training and air transport flight. The branch has the training capabilities of "commercial pilot license", additional instrument rating and "private pilot license".{{Cite web |title=分院简介-中国民航飞行学院绵阳分院 |url=https://www4.cafuc.edu.cn/fygk/fyjj.htm |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www4.cafuc.edu.cn}}
• Sichuan Preschool Teachers College.According to the school's official website in June 2024, the school has three campuses in Mianyang and Jiangyou, covering an area of more than 970 acres and a construction area of 262,700 square meters; it has 7 teaching units and 24 majors; there are more than 11,000 students and 747 faculty and staff.{{Cite web |title=学校简介-四川幼儿师范高等专科学校 |url=https://www.scyesz.edu.cn/xxgk/xxjj.htm |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.scyesz.edu.cn}}
• Sichuan Automotive Vocational and Technical College, According to the school's official website in May 2024, the school covers an area of 998 acres (500 acres planned), with a building area of 163,112 square meters; the library has a collection of 565,000 books and teaching equipment worth 60.4166 million yuan; it has 5 secondary colleges and offers 33 higher vocational majors.{{Cite web |title=学院简介_学校概况_四川汽车职业技术学院 |url=https://www.scavtc.com/about/detail.aspx?detailid=1 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.scavtc.com}}
• Sichuan Electronic Machinery Vocational and Technical College, As of December 2023, the school covers an area of 270,013.5 square meters, with a total building area of 278,485.37 square meters, 172,030.24 square meters of teaching, scientific research and auxiliary rooms, a total value of scientific research equipment assets of 51.6959 million yuan, and 956,700 paper books; it has 6 secondary colleges, 34 majors (40 professional directions); there are 361 full-time teachers and 10,077 full-time junior college students.{{Cite web |title=学院简介——四川电子机械职业技术学院 |url=https://www.scemvtc.com/about/?9.html |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.scemvtc.com}}
• Mianyang Youth Mechanical and Electrical Engineering School, Mianyang Mechanical and Electrical Engineering School was founded in 1993. It is a private secondary vocational school approved by the Mianyang Municipal Education Administrative Department.{{Cite web |title=关注{{!}}全省中职学校风采展播之绵阳市 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/FIyU_p10qbHBu1bewNxjWw |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Weixin Official Accounts Platform}}

• Mianyang Middle School {{Cite web |title=四川省绵阳中学 - Powered By 四川省绵阳中学 |url=http://www.scmyzx.com.cn/pcweb/index.htm |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.scmyzx.com.cn}}
• Mianyang Middle School Experimental School {{Cite web |title=绵阳中学实验学校 |url=https://www.myzxsx.com/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.myzxsx.com |language=zh}}
• Mianyang Middle School Yingcai School {{Cite web |title=绵阳中学英才学校 |url=https://www.mzyc.cn/ |url-status=live}}
• Nanshan Middle School {{Cite web |title=四川省绵阳南山中学 |url=https://www.scmyns.cn/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.scmyns.cn |language=zh}}
• Nanshan Middle School Experimental School {{Cite web |title=绵阳南山中学实验学校 |url=http://www.nszxsyxx.com/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.nszxsyxx.com}}
• Nanshan Middle School Bilingual School {{Cite web |title=绵阳南山中学双语学校 |url=http://www.mynssy.com/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.mynssy.com}}
• Science City No. 1 Middle School {{Cite web |title=科学城第一中学 |url=http://www.kxcyz.cn/ |url-status=live}}
• Mianyang Foreign Language School {{Cite web |title=绵阳外国语学校官网 |url=http://www.myfls.com.cn/ |url-status=live}}
• Mianyang Experimental High School {{Cite web |title=四川省绵阳实验高级中学-高中-初中-教学 |url=https://www.myesms.net/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.myesms.net}}
• Mianyang Dongchen International School {{Cite web |title=绵阳东辰学校 |url=http://www.mydcis.net/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.mydcis.net}}
• Mianyang No. 1 Middle School {{Cite web |title=四川省绵阳第一中学-绵阳中学高中,绵阳普通高中 |url=https://www.0816edu.cn/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240419145023/https://www.0816edu.cn/ |archive-date=2024-04-19 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.0816edu.cn}}
• Santai Middle School {{Cite web |title=2024年绵阳市三台中学实验学校怎么样，升学率是多少？ - 择校招生网 |url=https://www.xuanxiao100.cn/xuanxiao/1023263.html |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.xuanxiao100.cn}}
• Mianyang Experimental High School {{Cite web |title=2025年绵阳市绵阳中学实验学校环境怎么样？-绵阳初升高升学网 |url=https://www.csgsxw.com/show-112-185544-1.html |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.csgsxw.com}}
• Anzhou Middle School, Mianyang, Sichuan Province {{Cite web |title=Sina Visitor System |url=https://passport.weibo.com/visitor/visitor?entry=miniblog&a=enter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fweibo.com%2Fp%2F100808b0538daae1990c966e6a39eef1411b29%2Fsuper_index&domain=.weibo.com&sudaref=https%3A%2F%2Fweibo.com%2F%3F&ua=php-sso_sdk_client-0.6.36&_rand=1735119235.5237 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=passport.weibo.com}}
• Mianyang Puming Middle School {{Cite web |title=(省级示范高中)四川省绵阳普明中学[官网] |url=https://www.scmypz.com/ |url-status=live}}
• Jiangyou Middle School {{Cite web |title=四川省江油中学 |url=https://www.scjyzx.net/ |url-status=live}}
• Jiangyou No. 1 Middle School {{Cite web |last=四川省江油市第一中学 |title=四川省江油市第一中学 |url=http://www.scjyyz.com/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240615201738/http://www.scjyyz.com/ |archive-date=2024-06-15 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.scjyyz.com}}
• Mianyang High-tech Zone Experimental High School {{Cite web |title=绵阳高新实验中学 |url=http://www.mgsx.cn/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.mgsx.cn}}

It is the hometown of the famous poet Li Bai, and boasts many historical relics of the Three Kingdoms period.{{Cite web |title=游人杰地灵绵阳 访诗仙李白故乡 |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/www.sohu.com/a/166706994_159316 |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=www.sohu.com}}

Li Shunxian was a poet of Persian descent flourished during the Former Shu period (907–925). She had two brothers, {{ill|Li Xun (poet)|lt=Li Xun|zh|李珣 (前蜀)}}, a poet and pharmacologist, author of Overseas Pharmacopoeia ({{lang-zh|t=海藥本草|p=Hǎiyào Běncǎo|labels=no}}), and Li Xuan, also a pharmacologist and alchemist.{{cite web |url=http://ylyjzx.swu.edu.cn/s/ylyjzx/kxyj/20170310/1727055.html |title=唐朝境内的波斯人及其活动 |trans-title=Persians and Their Activities in the Tang Empire |last=Han |first=Xiang |date=10 March 2017 |website=ylyjzx.swu.edu.cn |language=zh-hans |access-date=1 December 2023}} Their religious background has been suggested as Zoroastrian or Nestorian Christian by Li Guotao and Lo Hsiang-lin, respectively. In his "The Transmission of Foreign Medicine via the Silk Roads in Medieval China: A Case Study of Haiyao Bencao", Chen Ming states that he is "inclined to agree with Lo Hsiang-lin, and to conclude that Li Xun was probably a Nestorian who was influenced by Taoism". However, both suppositions lack solid evidence and remain to be proven.{{cite journal |last=Chen |first=Ming |date=June 2007 |title=The Transmission of Foreign Medicine via the Silk Roads in Medieval China: A Case Study of Haiyao Bencao |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/asme/3/2/article-p241_6.xml |journal=Asian Medicine |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=250–251 |doi=10.1163/157342008X307866 |access-date=1 December 2023|doi-access=free }}

Li Bifeng is a democracy advocate and a house church Christian, founder of an organization of conscience-based care for conducting written reports on the living conditions of laid-off workers, women, and children. He was imprisoned several times by Chinese authorities.{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/zh/%E6%AE%8B%E9%85%B7%E7%9A%84%E7%AB%A5%E8%AF%9D%E7%8B%B1%E4%B8%AD%E4%BD%9C%E5%AE%B6%E6%9D%8E%E5%BF%85%E4%B8%B0%E5%B0%8F%E8%AF%B4%E5%9C%A8%E6%9F%8F%E6%9E%97%E8%8E%B7%E8%B5%9E/a-45509255 |title='残酷的童话'：狱中作家李必丰小说在柏林获赞 |trans-title="A Cruel Fairy Tale": Li Bifeng's Novel Well Received in Berlin |last=Zhang |first=Ping |date=16 September 2018 |website=dw.com |language=zh-hans |access-date=3 December 2023}}

Wang Yi is a Calvinist pastor from Santai and founder of the house church Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu. In 2018, he was arrested on allegations of "inciting subversion of state power".{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/15/asia/wang-yi-early-rain-church-intl/index.html |title=Detention of 100 Christians raises concerns about religious crackdown in China |last=Berlinger |first=Joshua |date=17 December 2018 |website=edition.cnn.com |access-date=3 December 2023}}

Wang Jiujiang is a "mountains and water" landscape painter with Tibetan influence. He is classified as a member of national second-class artists.{{cite news |last=Zhang |first=Dengjun |date=2 June 2013 |title=古人的智慧是我创作的养分：绵阳画家王久江的收藏故事 |trans-title=The wisdom of the ancients is the nourishment for my creation: the story of Wang Jiujiang's antique collection, a painter from Mianyang |url=http://wbepaper.myrb.net:8088/mywb/html/2013-06/02/content_181919.htm |language=zh-hans |work=Mianyang Evening |location=Mianyang |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515011554/http://wbepaper.myrb.net:8088/mywb/html/2013-06/02/content_181919.htm |archive-date=15 May 2020 |access-date=3 December 2023}}

Chinese food blogger and internet celebrity Li Ziqi is from Pingwu County on Mianyang and shoots most of her video content in the surrounding countryside.

Several ethnic minorities live in Mianyang, such as the Tibetan and Qiang people.{{Cite web |title=北川羌族与平武白马藏族当前文化现象之比较 - 中国非物质文化遗产网·中国非物质文化遗产数字博物馆 |url=https://www.ihchina.cn/luntan_details/8450.html |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.ihchina.cn}}

{{See also|Christianity in Sichuan}}

According to Asia Harvest, estimates from 2020 suggest that of the entire population (4,057,601) about 5.43% is Christian (220,501), including Christians within the "unofficial churches", i.e., the Catholic underground church and the Protestant house churches.{{cite web |url=https://www.asiaharvest.org/christians-in-china-stats/sichuan |title=Christians in China Stats: Sichuan |author= |date=2020 |website=asiaharvest.org |access-date=1 December 2023}}

{{See also|Catholic Church in Sichuan}}

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Christian presence in Sichuan (Szechwan) dates to the Tang dynasty (618–907) in the form of East Syriac Christianity.{{cite book |editor-last1=Li |editor-first1=Tang |editor-last2=Winkler |editor-first2=Dietmar W. |editor-link2=Dietmar W. Winkler |date=2016 |title=Winds of Jingjiao: Studies on Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oI2CDQAAQBAJ&q=nestorian+church+in+chengdu&pg=PA261 |series="orientalia – patristica – oecumenica" series ({{vol.|9}}) |location=Münster |publisher=LIT Verlag |page=261 |isbn=9783643907547}} In the case of Mianyang, the earliest evangelization to this region, according to Annals of Religion in Mianyang, was carried out in 1777 by Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, a Catholic missionary and martyr saint of the Missions Étrangères de Paris (MEP).{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|p=396}}

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The first congregation was established in the 1820s in a small town named Bailin, now under the administration of Youxian District. A neo-Gothic church was subsequently built there and was expanded in 1913 by Alexandre Perrodin, which is known today as {{ill|Bailin Catholic Church|zh|柏林王家旺天主教堂}}.{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|pp=396–397}} In 1883, after ministering in the District of Long-ngan-fou (modern-day Pingwu) for three years, Joseph-Marie-Félix Hatinguais took charge of the District of Lio-pin. He directed the mission work there until died of typhoid fever on 16 October 1886. He was buried at the Annunciation Seminary in Ho-pa-tchang (modern-day Bailu).{{cite web |url=https://irfa.paris/missionnaire/1462-hatinguais-joseph/ |title=Joseph HATINGUAIS |author= |date= |website=irfa.paris |language=fr |access-date=1 December 2023}} A purgatorial society existed in Beichuan before 1951.{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|pp=414–415}}

Our Lady of Lourdes Church is the only Catholic church building in Fucheng, the most populated district of Mianyang. Lucy Yi Zhenmei, a 19th-century local missionary from Mianyang, was martyred in Guizhou and canonized on 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II.

Mianyang region was historically part of the MEP's Western Szechwan Mission, and is now under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Chengdu.{{cite web |url=https://www.ucanews.com/directory/dioceses/china-chengdu/255 |title=Diocese of Chengdu |author= |date= |website=ucanews.com |access-date=1 December 2023}} According to Asia Harvest, estimates from 2020 suggest that of the entire population (4,057,601) about 1.57% is Catholic (63,896), including underground church Catholics.

Fourteen church buildings are included in a list in Annals of Religion in Mianyang,{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|p=413}} namely:

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• {{ill|Bailin Catholic Church|zh|柏林王家旺天主教堂}}, Youxian District{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|p=409}}
• Long'an Catholic Church, Pingwu County{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|p=410}}
• Gucheng Catholic Church, Pingwu County{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|pp=410–411}}
• Tongchuan Catholic Church, Santai County{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|pp=411–412}}
• {{ill|Xiushui Catholic Church|zh|秀水天主教堂}}, Anzhou District{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|pp=412 & 414}}
• Piankou Catholic Church, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|p=414}}
• Xiaoba Catholic Church, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County
• Shiban Catholic Church, Youxian District
• Huazhulin Catholic Church, Youxian District
• Xujia Catholic Church, Youxian District
• Tucheng Catholic Church, Pingwu County
• Daqiao Catholic Church, Pingwu County
• Zhongba Catholic Church, Jiangyou
• Xiping Catholic Church, Jiangyou

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{{See also|History of Anglicanism in Sichuan|l1=Anglicanism in Sichuan|Quakerism in Sichuan|Protestantism in Sichuan}}

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Protestantism was brought to Mianyang in 1894 by Anglican missionaries of the Church Missionary Society (CMS),{{cite book |last=Stewart |first=Emily Lily |date=1934 |title=Forward in Western China |chapter=Chapter II. The Way Reviewed |chapter-url=http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/china/stewart1934/02.html |location=London |publisher=Church Missionary Society}} who subsequently made the city their mission headquarters.{{cite book |last1=Banks |first1=Linda |last2=Banks |first2=Robert |date=11 October 2021 |title=Children of the Massacre: The Extra-ordinary Story of the Stewart Family in Hong Kong and West China |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eHZKEAAAQBAJ&dq=Mienchow+mission+school&pg=PT73 |location=Eugene, OR |publisher=Wipf and Stock |isbn=9781666725032}} Alice Entwistle was largely responsible for the opening of this region for missionary work.{{cite book |last=Norris |first=Frank L. |author-link=Frank Norris (bishop) |date=1908 |title=Handbooks of English Church Expansion: China |chapter=Chapter X. The Church in Western China |chapter-url=http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/china/flnorris1908/10.html |location=Oxford |publisher=A. R. Mowbray}} Or according to Annals of Religion in Mianyang, in 1885, a small mission church known as Gospel Church was already founded in Mianyang by Alfred Arthur Phillips and Gertrude Emma Wells of the Church Missionary Society.{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|pp=432–433}} However, Gospel Church, Jiangyou is traditionally regarded as the first CMS church in the Mianyang region.{{cite book |editor=China Continuation Committee |editor-link=National Christian Council of China |date=1915 |title=中華基督教會年鑑 |trans-title=The China Church Year Book |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SSID-13319506_%E4%B8%AD%E8%8F%AF%E5%9F%BA%E7%9D%A3%E6%95%99%E6%9C%83%E5%B9%B4%E9%91%91.pdf |language=zh-hant |location=Shanghai |publisher=The Commercial Press |page=114}} In the late 1880s, two women representing the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society were working in this city.{{cite thesis |last=Kowalski |first=Kenneth Reginald |date=1970 |title=The West China Mission of the Methodist Church of Canada, Szechwan, China, 1891–1911 |url=https://archive.org/details/Kowalski1970 |degree=MA |chapter=The Canadian West China Mission and Szechwan — Christianity and Szechwan |publisher=University of Alberta |page=27 |access-date=14 October 2023}}

In 1908, William Munn established Hua Ying Primary School in Nanshan subdistrict (present-day {{ill|Nanshan High School|zh|綿陽南山中學}}) and served as the first principal until 1916, when Frederick J. Watt assumed the position.{{cite web |url=https://www.scmyns.com/col.jsp?id=103 |title=绵阳南山中学——历任领导 |trans-title=Mianyang Nanshan High School – List of Principals and Directors |author= |date= |website=scmyns.com |language=zh-hans |access-date=1 December 2023}} In 1918, Alfred Arthur Phillips established the first school for the dumb and the blind in Sichuan at Huang Family's Alley, Fucheng District.{{cite web |url=http://www.pacilution.com/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=1025 |title=基督教在四川的历史要略 |trans-title=Outline of the History of Protestant Christianity in Sichuan |last=Wang |first=Yi |author-link=Wang Yi (pastor) |date=25 September 2007 |website=pacilution.com |language=zh-hans |access-date=1 December 2023}} Frederick Boreham, future Archdeacon of Cornwall, served as a missionary in Mianyang (Mien Yong) under the CMS from 1917 to 1924, and again from 1928 to 1934.{{cite web |url=https://www.calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=XCMSACC%2F689 |title=Accession 689: Papers of Frederick Boreham |author= |date=1913–1934 |website=calmview.bham.ac.uk |access-date=1 December 2023}}

After the split of the Diocese of Western China into Diocese of East Szechwan and Diocese of West Szechwan in 1936, Mianyang came under the authority of the latter which was supported by the CMS.{{cite book |last=Gray |first=G. F. S. |date=1996 |title=Anglicans in China: A History of the Zhonghua Shenggong Hui (Chung Hua Sheng Kung Huei) |location=New Haven, CT |publisher=The Episcopal China Mission History Project |citeseerx=10.1.1.695.4591 |page=35}}

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Santai County (formerly known as Tungchwan, {{lang-zh|p=Tongchuan}}) was a centre of Quakerism, which was introduced in 1887,{{sfn|Davidson|Mason|1905|p=169}} and again in 1894 by Friends' Foreign Mission Association (FFMA).{{sfn|Davidson|Mason|1905|pp=191–192}} Santai Mission became the largest mission branch of FFMA's Northern District. It was organized as Santai Monthly Meeting by Isaac Mason in 1900, under the administration of Szechwan Yearly Meeting.{{cite book |editor-last1=Qin |editor-first1=Heping |editor-last2=Shen |editor-first2=Xiaohu |date=2008 |title=四川基督教资料辑要 |trans-title=A Collection of Historical Documents on Christianity in Sichuan |language=zh-hans |location=Chengdu |publisher=Bashu Publishing House |pages=236–237 |isbn=978-7-80752-226-3}}

Since 1942, the Seventh-day Adventist Church had a small presence in {{ill|Fenggu|zh|豐谷鎮}}, a town under the administration of Fucheng. This denomination had a church built in July 1946, and made 99 converts before 1950{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|p=441}} (see "Adventism in Sichuan"). True Jesus Church had a small presence in Jiangyou and Yanting since 1947.{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|pp=441–442}}

According to Asia Harvest, estimates from 2020 suggest that of the entire population (4,057,601) about 3.86% is Protestant (156,605; termed "Evangelicals"), including house church Protestants.

Six church buildings are included in a list in Annals of Religion in Mianyang,{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|p=436}} namely:

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• Gospel Church at Fucheng District, Mianyang (prev. Anglicanism){{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|pp=432–433}}
• Gospel Church at Fuyi Town, Yanting County{{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|p=434}}
• Gospel Church at Tongchuan Town, Santai County (former Quaker meeting house){{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|p=435}}
• Chengguan Gospel Church, Anzhou District (prev. Anglicanism){{sfn|Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs|1998|pp=435 & 437}}
• Lingxing Protestant Church, Santai County
• Gospel Church, Jiangyou (prev. Anglicanism)

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File:Mianyang Rice Noodles.jpg·Mianyang Rice Noodles (绵阳米粉): One of the famous traditional dishes of the Han nationality in the Mianyang area with a history of more than 1,800 years. There are three flavours: red soup, clear soup, and clear red soup.{{Cite web |title=绵阳特色小吃--米粉居然有1800多年历史历史，制作如此简单 |trans-title=Mianyang specialty snacks - rice noodles actually have a history of more than 1800 years, the production is so simple! |url=https://passport.weibo.com/visitor/visitor?entry=miniblog&a=enter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fweibo.com%2F1156119897%2FICbF6uzrk&domain=weibo.com&ua=Mozilla%2F5.0%20%28Macintosh%3B%20Intel%20Mac%20OS%20X%2010_15_7%29%20AppleWebKit%2F537.36%20%28KHTML%2C%20like%20Gecko%29%20Chrome%2F110.0.0.0%20Safari%2F537.36%20Citoid%2FWMF%20%28mailto%3Anoc%40wikimedia.org%29&_rand=1718480901615&sudaref= |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=passport.weibo.com}} Mianyang rice noodles are one of the famous traditional foods of the Han people in Mianyang, Sichuan, with a history of more than 1,800 years. The production process requires multiple kneading, pressing and other processes to make the rice noodles softer and chewier. After the rice noodles are cooked, various seasonings and ingredients can be added according to personal taste.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=绵阳米粉：来一份鲜香麻辣 – 川蜀之游 |url=https://redtrip.online/archives/1813 |access-date=2024-12-19 |language=zh-CN}}

·Lengzhanzhan (冷沾沾): Lengzhanzhan originated in Mianyang Jiangyou. It is a snack that uses toothpicks to weave different dishes of meat and vegetables together and then dip different oil dishes.{{Cite web |title=江油冷沾沾_绵阳美食_绵阳市人民政府 |url=http://www.my.gov.cn/mysrmzf/c100137/201812/5f6b808ccb9d4ef18058407c713b1de8.shtml |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=www.my.gov.cn}}

· Mianyang rusty pancake/Guokui (绵阳脆皮锅盔):Crispy Guokui is one of the specialty snacks in Mianyang, Sichuan. It is golden in color, salty and delicious, and has clear crispy texture. Known for its fragrance, it comes in a variety of flavors.{{Cite web |title=绵阳脆皮锅盔_绵阳脆皮锅盔的做法 - 绵阳小吃特产 - 香哈网 |url=https://www.xiangha.com/techan/99964.html |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.xiangha.com}} In the middle of the rusty pancake there is a dragon's eye like head of the pot kui, just pull out the eye and one can lift out the whole pot kui and it will not break at all.

·Zitong shortcake (梓潼酥饼): Zitong shortcake is a traditional famous food of Han nationality. It is made of wheat flour, lard, white sugar, sesame and other raw materials by traditional handicraft.{{Cite web |date=2019-05-28 |title=四川绵阳十大特色小吃排名 绵阳有什么特色小吃 |website=Sohu |trans-title=Sichuan Mianyang top ten special snacks ranking. Mianyang has what special snacks? |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/316982565_120138549 |language=zh}}

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• {{cite book |last1=Davidson |first1=Robert J. |last2=Mason |first2=Isaac |date=1905 |title=Life in West China: Described by Two Residents in the Province of Sz-chwan |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Life_in_West_China_-_Described_by_Two_Residents_in_the_Province_of_Sz-Chwan.pdf |location=London |publisher=Headley Brothers}}
• {{cite book |editor=Mianyang Bureau of Religious Affairs |date=1998 |title=绵阳市民族宗教志 |trans-title=Annals of Religion in Mianyang |url=https://www.hsscol.org.hk/FangZhi/SiChuan/Sichuan20101338a.htm |language=zh-hans |location=Chengdu |publisher=Sichuan People's Publishing House |isbn=722003993X}}

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