Rakuzan

A prefecture-level city in the central and southern part of Sichuan Province, China. It is located at the confluence of the Minjiang River, a part of the Yangtze River system, and its tributaries, the Dadu River and the Qingyi River. It governs four city districts, including Wutongqiao, four counties, and two autonomous counties, and acts as the administrative agent for Emei City (as of 2016). Population: 3,357,000 (2014). In 1979, it was abolished as a county and became a city. It was the administrative center of Jiading Prefecture after the Song Dynasty, and is also known as Jiading.

It is a key location for land and water transportation, and is a thriving commercial center for the distribution of goods for western Sichuan. It is also known for the production of a type of silk fabric called Jiaciu. Currently, in addition to the spinning and weaving and chemical industries, there is the Tongjiezi hydroelectric power station on the Dadu River in the southwest. The city is also served by the Chengdu-Kun Line and the Chengdu-Mianle Intercity Railway (Jiangyou-Chengdu-Emeishan). The cliff-carved Giant Buddha on Lingyun Mountain on the banks of the Minjiang River is famous, and together with Mount Emeishan in Emeishan City to the northwest of the city, it was registered as a mixed World Heritage Site (a heritage site with both cultural and natural value) in 1996 as the "Mount Emeishan and Leshan Giant Buddha" (World Mixed Heritage Site).

[Kikuo Ono, Editorial Department, August 21, 2017]

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中国、四川(しせん)省中南部の地級市。揚子江(ようすこう)水系岷江(びんこう)とその支流の大渡河(だいとが)、青衣江(せいいこう)の合流点に位置する。五通橋(ごつうきょう)など4市轄区、4県、2自治県を管轄し、峨眉山(がびさん)市の管轄代行を行う（2016年時点）。人口335万7000（2014）。1979年県を廃して市となった。宋(そう)代以後の嘉定(かてい)府の治所で、嘉定の別称がある。

　水陸交通上の要地であり、四川西部の物資集散などの商業活動が盛んで、また、嘉綢(かちゅう)という絹織物生産で知られる。現在は紡織、化学工業のほか、西南の大渡河に銅街子(どうがいし)水力発電所がある。成昆線、成綿楽城際鉄道（江油(こうゆ)―成都(せいと)―峨眉山）が通じる。岷江河畔の凌雲山(りょううんざん)にある磨崖(まがい)大仏は有名で、市北西部の峨眉山市にある峨眉山とともに、「峨眉山と楽山大仏」として、1996年に世界遺産の複合遺産（文化、自然の両方の価値がある遺産）に登録された（世界複合遺産）。

［小野菊雄・編集部　2017年8月21日］

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