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| Chengdu Travel Guide |
| Chengdu is a well-known city with a longstanding history and civilization. As a magnificent and modern provincial capital, southeast of the Sichuan basin, Chengdu enjoys gentle climate which is suitable for tourists anytime. Chengdu is famous for its three unique characteristics, which is 'Heavenly Scenery', 'Bashu (one title of Sichuan) Culture' and 'Hometown of Pandas'. The giant panda breeding center of Chengdu is a must for panda-loving visitors and is undoubtedly ranked first-class across the world. |
| The Thatched Cottage of Du Fu (Dufu caotang) | Wuhou Temple | | To honor Dufu, one of China's most famous poets, people established gardens and temples from the Northern Song Dynasty (960 - 1127), covering an area of 16 hectares, the exhibits are a brief account of Dufu's life complete with some of his original calligraphy, wood carvings, couplets and many of Du Fu's finest works complete with foreign translations. | Wuhou was a top official title conferred upon Zhu Geliang after his death, who is a prime minister of Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period (220-80AD).The temple was built by Li Xiong in the Western Jin Dynasty (about 1,100 years ago) to honor him.Zhu Geliang is one of the most important persons in well-known Chinese stories of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. |
| Wenshu Monastery | Giant Panda Breeding Research Base |
| Founded in the Sui Dynasty (AD589-618), it is Chengdus oldest and largest temple. Here is usually bursting with life and atmosphere of Chengdu. Wenshu is a maze of gardens, shrines, and some 400 Buddhist statues gazing upon incense-filled courtyards. There are five halls at the complex, all with pretty tiled roofs, carved eaves and beautifully painted ceilings. |
18km from the city center, where you can see several different kinds of pandas and some other animals. Giant Panda Breeding Research Base is an excellent recreational area thriving with many types of bamboo, trees, and flowers. Several species of birds also make their home there. Endangered species such as giant pandas, red pandas, and black-necked cranes reproduce well at the Research. |
| Dujiang Dam | The Wolong Giant Panda Reserve | | 40 kilometers from Chengdu, It was built in 256 BC by the order of Li Bing, the governor of the Shu prefecture and his son. This huge water conservancy project built more than 2250 years ago is to control flooding in ancient time and now is still playing a pivotal anti-flood and irrigation role, protecting West Sichuan Plain from the menace of drought and flood, and bringing rich harvests for local farmers. It is a historical wonder of science and technology in china. | located in Wenchuan County, 136km away from Chengdu, covers an area of about 200,000 hectares and with an altitude of 1150-6250 meters. The Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Centre was one of the earliest research bases established in the early 1980s.With a good deal of wilding giant pandas inhabited, Wolong is renowned as the Hometown of Giant Panda. |
| Leshan Great Buddha | Sanxingdui Museum | | It is the largest sculpture of Buddha in the world, standing 71 meters tall. His shoulders are 28 meters across. The head is 14.7 metes long and 10 meters broad with total 1021 buns of hair on it, it was added to the World Natural and Cultural Heritage List. | 40 kilometers away from Chengdu, The works of art on exhibit include monumental bronze images of deities, lively human figures, fantastic ritual vessels, exquisite jades, and spirited ceramic sculptures which date back to more than 3,000 years ago. |
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