Location: Leshan 🌎

Leshan, formerly known as Jiading or Jiazhou, is a prefecture-level city located at the confluence of the Dadu and Min rivers in Sichuan Province, China. Leshan is located on the southwestern fringe of the Sichuan Basin in southern Sichuan, about 120 km (75 mi) from Chengdu.Leshan is an important industrial city in Sichuan, a regional center city in the south of Chengdu Economic Zone, an important hub city, an important transportation node and a port city in Chengdu-Chongqing.As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,160,168, of whom 1,236,188 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Shizhong, Wutongqiao, Shawan and Jinkouhe districts. Leshan is a famous historical and cultural city with the reputation of “Begonia Fragrance Country”. It is the first open-door city, model green city, excellent tourist city, national garden city and national health city. Leshan has three world-class heritage sites – world natural and cultural heritage Emei Mountain and Leshan Buddha, world irrigation project heritage Dongfengyan and so on.