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(阁塔)andage-oldtrees.DuFuThatchedCottageMartialMarquisMemorialTemple(WuHouCi)MartialMarquisMemorialTemple(WuHouCi)isdedicatedtoZhugeLiang,theMartialMarquisofShuintheThreeKingdomsPeriod.LocatedinthesouthsuburbofChengdu,thetemplecovers37,000squaremeters.Thedateofitsestablishmentisunclear,onlythatitwasbuiltnexttothetempleofLiuBei,theemperorofShu.ItwascombinedwiththeTempleofLiuBeiatthebeginningoftheMingDynasty.Surroundedbyoldcypresses(柏树)andclassicalredwalls,thetempleevokesnostalgia(乡愁).MartialMarquisMemorialTemple(WuHouCi)JinliJinliJinliisthenameofanoldstreetinHandynasty.TheancientJinliwasoneoftheoldestandthemostcommercializedstreetsinthehistoryofWestShuandhadbeenwell-knownthroughoutthecountryinQin,Han,andThreeKingdomsPeriods.WithQin,Han,andThree-kingdomculturesasitssoul,thesocialstyleofMingandQingdynastiesasitsappearance,theWestSichuanfolkwaysandcustomsasitsbody,thenewJinliPromenade,supportedbyWuhouShrine,hascondensedtheessenceoutoftheworldlylifeinChengdu:teahouses,inns,restaurants,bars,theatricalstages,handicrafts,localsnacksandspecialties.JinlibronzehumanfigurestheBroadandNarrowAlleytheBroadandNarrowAlleytheBroadandNarrowAlleyBeinginthelistofChengduHistoricalandCulturalProtectionProject,BroadandNarrowAlleyiscomposedofbroadalley,narrowalleyandacrossalleys,amongwhich,therearealotoftraditionalcourtyards,orSiheyuan.SomeveryoldalleysareinChengduwheresomeimportantpeoplehadlived.Afteritsreconstruction,theBroadandNarrowAlleyhasbeenreopenedtopubicandisnow,oneofthehottesttouristdestinationinChengdu.TheDujiangyanDamMt.QingchengMt.EmeiMt.EmeiJiuzhaigouValleyGiantPandaBreedingResearchbaseThegiantpandasarenotonlyaChinesenationaltreasurebutarealsobelovedbypeopletheworldover.TheyarefoundonlyinSichuan,ShanxiandGansuprovinces.Intotal,therearefewerthan1000,ofwhich80%aredistributedwithintheterritoryofSichuanprovince.Therefore,whenvisitorsfromhomeandabroadcometoChengdu,oneoftheirmainobjectiveswillbetoseethegiantpandasforthemselves.Locatedjust10km(6miles)awayfromdowntownChengdu,theChengduPandaBreedingResearchCenterhasbeencreatedandimitatedthepandas'naturalhabitatinorderthattheymighthavethebestpossibleenvironmentforrearingandbreeding.III.Typicalthings---SichuanfoodSichanfoodhasalonghistory.Asoneoftheeightregionalcuisines,Sichuancuisineoccupiesanimportantpositioninthehistory.ThecharacteristicofSichuanfoodisveryobvious--outstandinghot,sweetoil,delicious,heavyflavor,usethreepepper--chili(辣椒),pepper(胡椒),pepper(花椒)andfreshginger(生姜).MapobeancurdGongbaojidingTwice-cookedporkboiledporkSpicychickenFuqifeipianAntsclimbingupatreeThelamplightbeefSoakchickenfeetIII.Typicalthings---SichuanOperaSichuanOperaisamajorfeatureofSichunculture.Chengduisthehometodrama.III.Typicalthings---ShuEmbroidery蜀绣又称“川绣”,是以四川成都为中心的刺绣品的总称。蜀绣与苏绣、湘绣、粤绣齐名,为中国四大名绣之一。ShuEmbroideryalsocalledChuanembroidery.ShuEmbroideryisthegeneralnameforembroideryproductsinareascenteredonChengdu,SichuanProvince.ShuEmbroideryisoneoffourfamousembroideriesinChina,whichareSuEmbroidery,ShuEmbroidery,XiangEmbroideryandYueEmbroidery.