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[Ch’eng-tu] Capital city of Sichuan Province, China. It was first established in the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), though its greatest glory came when it was capital of the state of Shu Han (ad 221–63) during the Three Kingdoms period (220–80). From the Han period (206 bc–ad 220) it was known for its production of lacquer, salt and silk brocade (its major river is still known as the Jin jiang or Brocade River). Chengdu was first walled in 311 bc. Its heart was the square walled and moated enclosure of the old Ming (1368–1644) viceroy’s palace, which was demolished to make way for a department store during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76). Street maps still indicate the irregular rectangle of the former outer city with the small rectangle of the palace quarter, orientated along the north–south axis in the centre. During the late Tang (...