Wenchuan

alternative Wên-ch'uan

1. A county of Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan, China.

   On the evening of March 6, Wenchuan was reached, and a fairly comfortable inn was found in which they made their headquarters for some time.

   1911, W. N. Ferguson, Adventure, Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC, page 87

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   At 2:28 p. m. on Monday, exactly a week after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Wenchuan, the 1.3-billion Chinese people stopped to observe three minutes in silence for the victims.

   China Invites The World To Listen

   2011, “Wenchuan And Yushu Quakes”, in 听听中国怎么说 [China Invites The World To Listen], Beijing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 271

   After Wenchuan County officials announced the day of thanksgiving to mark the anniversary on Saturday, the state news media described “beautiful, tidy buildings” that now populate the most ravaged disaster zone.

   2018 May 10, Tiffany May, “10 Years After Tragic Quake, China Calls for ‘Thanksgiving’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2018, ASIA PACIFIC

   Though An An’s exact birthday isn’t clear, records show he was born in 1986 in Sichuan, China. He originally lived at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan’s Wenchuan County until his transfer to Ocean Park.

   2022 July 21, Cortney Moore, “World's oldest male panda, An An, dies at age 35 in Hong Kong”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2022, Asia