Bailu, Pengzhou

Bailu
白鹿镇
Catholic church overlooking Bailu Town
Catholic church overlooking Bailu Town
Bailu is located in Sichuan
Bailu
Bailu
Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 31°12′35″N 103°54′51″E / 31.20972°N 103.91417°E / 31.20972; 103.91417
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Prefecture-level cityChengdu
County-level cityPengzhou
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Bailu (Chinese: 白鹿; pinyin: Báilù; Sichuanese romanization: Pe5-lu5; lit.'White Deer') is a town under the administration of Pengzhou, Sichuan, China.[1] As of 2018, it has one residential community and eight villages under its administration.[2]

Tourist marketing[edit]

The rebuilt Catholic church at Bailu

Bailu has been developed into a so-called "French town" due to its French Catholic heritage, according to Xianghui Liao, however, the real reason for this designation is to serve tourism and economic development: "This led to the commercialization of once authentic religious sites for tourism and economic development as part of the secularization process. [...] Catholicism's public influence on tourism and economic development has been increasing, while its activities and church attendance have not followed synchronously."[3]

Tourist attractions[edit]

Honor Record[edit]

  • July.2020, the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee reconfirmed Bailu Township as a national health township.[4]
  • Sep.2020 Selected as a town with cultural tourism characteristics in Sichuan Province.[5]

See also[edit]

Travel Recommendations[edit]

Xiao Bei Yuan Tea Culture B&B
  • Xiao Bei Yuan Tea Culture B&B (小别院茶文化民宿):[6] No.14, Shuyuan Road, Bailu Town (白鹿镇书院路14号)

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:彭州市 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  2. ^ 2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:白鹿镇 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  3. ^ Liao, Xianghui (2021). "Bailu's Catholicism in China: Religious Inculturation, Tourist Attraction, or Secularization". Religions. 12 (8): 661. doi:10.3390/rel12080661.
  4. ^ "全国爱卫会关于2019年国家卫生城市(区)和国家卫生乡镇(县城)复审结果的通报" [Notification by the National Council for Love and Health of the results of the review of the 2019 National Sanitary Cities (Districts) and National Sanitary Towns (Counties)]. 中国政府网 (in Chinese). 13 August 2020.
  5. ^ Yan, Jiang (2020-09-22). "第二批天府旅游名县候选县(市、区)名单公布" [The second batch of candidate counties (cities and districts) for the Tianfu Tourism Name are announced]. 新华网 (in Chinese).
  6. ^ "当特色田园遇上清新民宿,依山而居,傍水而生,一切都美的那么恰当~" [When the characteristic field meets the fresh B&B, living by the mountain, living by the water, everything is so beautiful and appropriate ~]. 音乐白鹿公众号 (in Chinese). 2021-06-10.