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Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan Province and the cultural heart of southwest China, is located on the edge of the fertile plains of the Red Basin in the central part of Sichuan Province.The city is 192 kilometers (about 119 miles) from west to east and 166 kilometers (103 miles) from south to north, covering an areal of 1,239,000 hectare. Chengdu has been a multi-ethnic region with the total population of 1,125 millions, including 54 minority nationalities inhabiting in the city for the present, and the number of the minority nationalities has reached as many as 60,538. The city was originally built around the Jin Jiang River, so it was also called the "Land of Milk and Honey" in the ancient times. Over more than 2300 years, the city is famous all over the world for its natural resources and culture relics as well as its fabulous history though there were wars and n... Chengdu Overview

Chengdu Attractions

Chengdu is an ancient famous city with more than 3,500-year history, abundant in cultural relics and natural resources, which gestate the whole unique Chengdu Plain. The characteristics of Chengdu can be summarized as below: Shu (221 A.D.-263 A.D.) and Han (25 A.D.-20 A.D.) Dynasties’ culture, Hometown for Pandas and Paradisiacal Sceneries on the Earth. Chengdu Attractions

  • Jinsha Relics Museum: Jinsha Relics is the first important archeological discovery in the new millennium and was selected in 2006 as an important unit of cultural relics under the national protection. Now the Jinsha Relics museum is founded functioning as a base for archeological research and exhibition of unearthed cultural relics. There are more than 1,000 unearthed culture relics in the discovery, most of which are from later period of Shang Dynasty ( 1700 B.C.-1100 B.C.) and the early time of Chunqiu Dynasty ( 1100 B.C.-771 B.C.), including gold vessels, jades and bronze wares.
  • Yong Mausoleum: Yong Mausoleum or the Tomb of Wang Jian is located in Yongling Road in northwest of Chengdu city of China. The essential part of Yong Mausoleum is underground palace, where contains stone statues of Emperor Wang Jian, stone chamber and sculpture giants that can be called masterpieces. A museum lies in the right side of the Front Gate, which holds plenty of fine and delicate culture relics in the period of Five Dynasties and Ten States.
  • Luodai Ancient Town: Luodai Ancient Town, the largest Hakka community in the west of China, is located in the east part of Chengdu in China. It was established during the Three Kingdoms (220 A.D.-280 A.D.) period and was ...

Chengdu Shopping

  • Chunxi Road : Chunxi Road in Chengdu City is one of the most prosperous shopping streets in China, and many convenient department stores such as Wangfujing Department Store and Baisheng Department Store all lie in ...
  • Huaxing Shopping Street : Huaxing Shopping Street is the only shopping site in the European style. Huaxing Shopping Street is also the favorite shopping places of white collars and foreigners. Up to now, there are more than 80...
  • Zongfu Road Walking Street : As the first walking street in Chendu, Zongfu Road Walking Street is also the biggest walking street in southwest China. The beautifully paved street, modern buildings surrounding it and the lively co...

Chengdu Nightlife

  • Pubs and bars: The bars of Chengdu City often in downtown, most of which locate in the South of Renmin Road and the west of Yangshi Street. Nightclubs in Chengdu features discos, karaoke and live band performing oth...

Chengdu Transportation

  • Railway: Chengdu North Railway Station is the biggest rail passenger transport center in Sichuan Province, so the railway transportation is convenient. The bus No. 2, 9, 11, 16, 24, 27, 28, 34, 36, 44, 52 goes...
  • City Transportation: Buses The bus system in Chengdu City is very modern and convenient, so you can take a bus to most of the places of the city, especially to the scenic spots. Now all the buses in Chengdu are automatic...
  • Highway and Passenger Stations: The highway in Chengdu is more than 90,000 kilometers (about 55923 miles) in total, which is about 10% of the whole country and rank the first in China. There are many routine buses from almost all th...

 

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