# Lushan County, Sichuan

Lushan County (simplified Chinese: 庐山县; traditional Chinese: 廬山縣; pinyin: Lúshān Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Ya'an city.

## Administrative divisions

Lushan County comprises 1 subdistrict, 6 towns and 1 township:

### subdistrict

* Luyang Subdistrict (芦阳街道)

### towns

* Feixianguan Town (飞仙关镇)
* Shuangshi Town (​双石镇)
* Taiping Town (​太平镇)
* Dachuan Town (​大川镇)
* Siyan Town (​思延镇)
* Longmen Town (​龙门镇)

### township

* Baosheng Township (宝盛乡)

## Historical Monuments

An ancient monument, located in Lushan County and dating to 205 AD of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is the remains of the mausoleum of Fan Min (樊敏). It is known as "Fan Min's Gate Towers and Sculptures" (樊敏阙及石刻), and, according to the archaeologist Chêng Tê-k'un (1957), includes the earliest extant full-size tortoise-born stele. The stele has rounded top with a dragon design in low relief - a precursor to the "two intertwined dragons" design that was very common on such steles even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, over a thousand years later.

## 2013 earthquake

The earthquake was centered in the district and causing more than 100 deaths and property damage directly and indirectly by the quake and by landslides. In an immediate response, the People's Liberation Army sent about 8,000 soldiers to the impact site, as well as 1,400 provincial rescue workers and 120 support vehicles.
Earthquakes with a higher than 5 :
| Date | Hour (UTC) | Magnitude (USGS) | Latitude | Longitude | Depth |
| April 20, 2013 | 12:02 am | 6.6 | 30.284°N | 102.956°E | 12.3 km |
| April 20, 2013 | 1:11 am | 5.0 | 30.218°N | 102.876°E | 10 km |
| April 20, 2013 | 1:37 am | 5.1 | 30.283°N | 103.001°E | 12 km |
| April 20, 2013 | 3:34 am | 5.1 | 30.181°N | 102.928°E | 12.3 km |
| April 20, 2013 | 8:53 pm | 5.2 | 30.328°N | 103.071°E | 9.8 km |
| April 21, 2013 | 3:59 am | 5.0 | 30.209°N | 103.032°E | 12.2 km |
| April 21, 2013 | 9:05 am | 5.2 | 30.328°N | 102.993°E | 9.4 km |

## Climate

Climate data for Lushan, elevation 744 m (2,441 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.9 (64.2) | 23.1 (73.6) | 30.9 (87.6) | 32.5 (90.5) | 34.0 (93.2) | 35.0 (95.0) | 36.4 (97.5) | 36.1 (97.0) | 34.9 (94.8) | 29.3 (84.7) | 24.4 (75.9) | 18.8 (65.8) | 36.4 (97.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) | 11.4 (52.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 21.4 (70.5) | 25.5 (77.9) | 27.5 (81.5) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.2 (84.6) | 25.2 (77.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 15.8 (60.4) | 10.5 (50.9) | 20.1 (68.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 7.7 (45.9) | 11.2 (52.2) | 16.1 (61.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.5 (72.5) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.0 (75.2) | 20.8 (69.4) | 16.5 (61.7) | 12.3 (54.1) | 7.2 (45.0) | 15.7 (60.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) | 5.0 (41.0) | 7.9 (46.2) | 12.4 (54.3) | 16.3 (61.3) | 19.3 (66.7) | 21.2 (70.2) | 20.8 (69.4) | 18.2 (64.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 10.0 (50.0) | 4.9 (40.8) | 12.8 (55.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) | −2.0 (28.4) | −1.5 (29.3) | 3.6 (38.5) | 6.7 (44.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 14.5 (58.1) | 11.8 (53.2) | 4.2 (39.6) | 1.1 (34.0) | −4.2 (24.4) | −4.5 (23.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.2 (0.48) | 20.0 (0.79) | 44.4 (1.75) | 77.7 (3.06) | 110.8 (4.36) | 148.7 (5.85) | 254.1 (10.00) | 284.8 (11.21) | 155.9 (6.14) | 69.9 (2.75) | 32.8 (1.29) | 10.8 (0.43) | 1,222.1 (48.11) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.9 | 12.3 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 18.5 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 20.5 | 12.5 | 9.8 | 197.6 |
| Average snowy days | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 84 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 41.4 | 43.6 | 70.6 | 97.5 | 103.4 | 94.5 | 117.2 | 123.0 | 58.4 | 46.3 | 49.0 | 42.6 | 887.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 13 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 19 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||