ChengduChengduiaacitywhereonceyoucome,youwillneverwanttoleave.ContentsI.BreifintroductionII.ScenicspotsIII.TypicalthingsI.BreifintroductionChengdu,thecapitalofSichuanProvince,liesinthehinterlandoftheChengduPlain,incentralSichuan.Chengduenjoysalonghistory.2,500yearsago,Kaiming,kingofancientShuintheZhouDynasty(11thcentury),startedtosetupthecapitalinChengdu.Atownwasbuiltinthisareainthefirstyearandthecapitalinthesecondyear,sotheancestornamedthecityasChengdu,whichmeanstobecomeacapital.Lateron,Chengdugraduallybecameoneofthemostimportantcentersofpolitics,economyandcultureinChina.Chengduisalsocalledthecityofhibiscus,becausethekingofShumadehissubordinatesplantalotofhibiscusesinChengdu.Eventoday,youcanseemanyhibiscusesbesidethestreets.II.ScenicspotsDuFuThatchedCottageusedtobetheformerhoneofDuFu,oneofthegreatestpoetsintheTangDynasty.LocatedinthewesternsuburbsofChengdu,thespotismarkedbyastream,ancientstylearchitecture,pavilionpagodas(閣塔)andage-oldtrees.DuFuThatchedCottageMartialMarquisMemorialTemple(WuHouCi)MartialMarquisMemorialTemple(WuHouCi)isdedicatedtoZhugeLiang,theMartialMarquisofShuintheThreeKingdomsPeriod.LocatedinthesouthsuburbofChengdu,thetemplecovers37,000squaremeters.Thedateofitsestablishmentisunclear,onlythatitwasbuiltnexttothetempleofLiuBei,theemperorofShu.ItwascombinedwiththeTempleofLiuBeiatthebeginningoftheMingDynasty.Surroundedbyoldcypresses（柏樹）andclassicalredwalls,thetempleevokesnostalgia（鄉(xiāng)愁）.MartialMarquisMemorialTemple(WuHouCi)JinliJinliJinliisthenameofanoldstreetinHandynasty.TheancientJinliwasoneoftheoldestandthemostcommercializedstreetsinthehistoryofWestShuandhadbeenwell-knownthroughoutthecountryinQin,Han,andThreeKingdomsPeriods.WithQin,Han,andThree-kingdomculturesasitssoul,thesocialstyleofMingandQingdynastiesasitsappearance,theWestSichuanfolkwaysandcustomsasitsbody,thenewJinliPromenade,supportedbyWuhouShrine,hascondensedtheessenceoutoftheworldlylifeinChengdu:teahouses,inns,restaurants,bars,theatricalstages,handicrafts,localsnacksandspecialties.JinlibronzehumanfigurestheBroadandNarrowAlleytheBroadandNarrowAlleytheBroadandNarrowAlleyBeing

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TheDujiangyanDamMt.QingchengMt.EmeiMt.EmeiJiuzhaigouValleyGiantPandaBreedingResearchbase

ThegiantpandasarenotonlyaChinesenationaltreasurebutarealsobelovedbypeopletheworldover.TheyarefoundonlyinSichuan,ShanxiandGansuprovinces.Intotal,therearefewerthan1000,ofwhich80%aredistributedwithintheterritoryofSichuanprovince.Therefore,whenvisitorsfromhomeandabroadcometoChengdu,oneoftheirmainobjectiveswillbetoseethegiantpandasforthemselves.Locatedjust10km(6miles)awayfromdowntownChengdu,theChengduPandaBreedingResearchCenterhasbeencreatedandimitatedthepandas'naturalhabitatinorderthattheymighthavethebestpossibleenvironmentforrearingandbreeding.III.Typicalthings---SichuanfoodSichanfoodhasalonghistory.Asoneoftheeightregionalcuisines,Sichuancuisineoccupiesanimportantpositioninthehistory.ThecharacteristicofSichuanfoodisveryobvious--outstandinghot,sweetoil,delicious,heavyflavor,use"threepepper"--chili(辣椒),pepper（胡椒）,pepper（花椒）andfreshginger(生姜).MapobeancurdGongbaojidingTwice-cookedporkboiledporkSpicychickenFuqifeipianAntsclimbingupatreeThelamplightbeefSoakchickenfeetIII.Typicalthings---SichuanOperaSichuanOperaisamajorfeatureofSichunculture.Chengduisthehometodrama.III.Typicalthings---ShuEmbroidery蜀繡又稱“川繡”，是以四川成都為中心的刺繡品的總稱。蜀繡與蘇繡、湘繡、粵繡齊名，為中國四大名繡之一。ShuEmbroideryalsocalledChuanembroidery.ShuEmbr