What is "chengguan"

n. An officer of the City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau in China.

Chengguan may refer to:

• City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau, commonly known as Chengguan in pinyin, local government law enforcement agency in the People's Republic of China
• Chengguan (monk) (738–839), Chinese monk, representative of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism

• Chengguan District, Lanzhou, Gansu
• Chengguan District, Lhasa, Tibet

• Chengguan Subdistrict, Beijing, in Fangshan District, Beijing
• Chengguan Subdistrict, Sanming, in Sanyuan District, Sanming, Fujian
• Chengguan Subdistrict, Gulang County, in Gulang County, Gansu
• Chengguan Subdistrict, Huixian, Henan
• Chengguan Subdistrict, Beipiao, Liaoning
• Chengguan Subdistrict, Zhuanghe, Liaoning
• Chengguan Subdistrict, Shangluo, in Shangzhou District, Shangluo, Shaanxi
• Chengguan Subdistrict, Tongchuan, in Yintai District, Tongchuan, Shaanxi
• Chengguan Subdistrict, Cao County, Shandong
• Chengguan Subdistrict, Changle County, Shandong
• Chengguan Subdistrict, Linqu County, Shandong
• Chengguan Subdistrict, Pingdu, Shandong
• Chengguan Subdistrict, Weifang, in Weicheng District, Weifang, Shandong
• Chengguanzhen Subdistrict , Lingyuan, Liaoning

Chengguan (or Ching-liang) (738–839) was an important representative of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism, under whom the school gained great influence. Chengguan was the master of several emperors. With his special relationship to the political leaders, Cheng-kuan earned the title "the Hua-yen Bodhisattva" and was regarded as the fourth patriarch.