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Line 49: <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = 5894 |area_metro_km2 = 5894 |population_as_of =2010 census |population_footnotes =<ref>[http://www.tjcn.org/rkpcgb/rkpcgb/201105/19711.html Main data bulletin of the sixth national census in 2010], 2011-05-09{{zh icon}}</ref> |population_note = |population_total = 3262548 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_metro =1197174 |population_density_metro_km2 =auto |population_urban =1197174 |population_density_urban_km2 =auto |timezone = [[China Standard Time|China Standard]] |utc_offset = +8 Line 79: |footnotes = }} '''Tianshui''' ({{zh|c=天水 |p=Tiānshuǐ |l=sky and water}}) is the second largest city in [[Gansu]] province, People's Republic of China. Its population Tianshui lies along the route of the ancient [[Northern Silk Road]] at the [[Wei River]], through which much of Sino-Western trade occurred.<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18006 ''Silk Road, North China'', C. Michael Hogan, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham]</ref> Nearby are the [[Maijishan Grottoes]] filled with thousands of Buddhist sculptures, represented by figures as Sakyamuni and Avalokitesvara, produced in as early as the Wei Dynasty and as late as the Song Dynasty by Buddhist monks who first came here via the North Silk Road and, later on, by local Buddhists, for worship purposes.<ref>"Artistic treasures of Maiji Mountain caves" by Alok Shrotriya and Zhou Xue-ying. [http://www.asianart.com/articles/alok/index.html]</ref> | |||