历史唐超•Thousandsofyearsago,akingoftheancientShuKingdomestablishedhiscapitalinthecenterofSichuanplainandnameditChengdu.Nowadays,ChengduisthecapitalofSichuanProvince,whichis1.24thousandsquarekilometersinsizeandhasapopulationof11million.It’sthetechnological,commercial,trading,financialandtransportationcenter.Chengduisdescribedas“AncientShuCulture”,“SichuanScenery”,“CultureofThreeKingdoms”,“PandaProtection”,“ChengduDelicacies”byvisitorsfromallovertheworld.Histroy--AncientTownofPingle•PingleAncientTownhasalonghistory,asearlyas150B.C.thefirstyearoftheWesternHanDynasty,surroundedbymountainsgreensmall,ithasahistoryofover2100years.•Pingletownbelongstotheshallowhillhilldamtypeoflandform,eachaccountedfor1/3ofthetownterritory,mildclimate,abundantrainfall,groundwaterresourcesisabundant,thetownandtheadjacenttownaboundsinbamboo,bambooresourcesisveryrich.IntheearlySongDynastyPingletownisthefamouspapertownship.Peripheralsurroundedbymountains,themiddleisaflatplain,highview,likeasmallbasin,knownasTianfuPinglereputation.Histroy--ThatchedCottage•DuFu(712~770)ThatchedCottageusedtobetheformerhoneofDuFu,oneofthegreatestpoetsintheTangDynasty.LocatedinthewesternsuburbsofChengdu,thespotismarkedbyastream,ancientstylearchitecture,pavilionpagodasandage-oldtrees.•Thecottageconsistsofsiximportantparts,TheyaretheFrontGate,theLobby,theHallofpoemHistory,theWaterPavilion,theGongbuShrineandtheThatchedCottage.AtthetimeoftheTangDynasty,DuFu'spoetryfirstcametoberecognized.ReadersofmanydifferentperiodshaveconsideredDuFutobethegreatestpoetoftheChinesetradition.Suchgeneralagreementcanpartiallybeexplainedbytheimmensevarietyofhiswork,whichholdsupquitewelltodifferenttastesandhistoricalchangesinfashion.LikeShakespeareinEnglishtradition,DuFu'spoetrycametobesodeeplyboundupwiththeconstitutionofliteraryvaluethatgenerationaftergenerationofpoetsandcriticsrediscoveredthemselvesandtheirinterestsinsomeaspectofthepoet'Nature--Kowloonditch•Kowloonditchscenicareaislocated35kmsouthwestofShahecityatthefootofthemountainare.Isanaturalandhumanecomplementofvalleylandscape.Themainattractionsare:Kowloon,KowloonLakeTemple,afterdragonpool,hangingcorpsecliff,Huqiuhill,umpeach,DragonLakeandsoonmorethan20.1992bytheHebeiProvincialPeople'sgovernmentforapprovaloftheprovincialscenicarea.Scenicareaofabout21squarekilometers.Theareaaroundthenineridge,likeninedragonscirclingextendingMizoguchi,socalledKowloonditch.Nature--QingchengMountain•QingchengMountainistheheadstreamofChineseTaoism.Itisfamousforitsbeautyandquietness.Boundlessluxuriantforestandgreentreesineveryseasonlookliketheoutlineofacity,soitiscalledQingcheng.Nature--PandaBreedingandResearchCenter•Locatedjust10km(6miles)awayfromdowntownChengdu,theChengduPandaBreedingResearchCenterhasbeencreatedandimitatesthepandas'naturalhabitatinorderthattheymighthaveathebestpossibleenvironmentforrearingandbreeding.TheCentercaresalsoforotherrareandendangeredwildanimals.·TheResearchCentercoversanareaof560squaremeters(92acres),96%ofwhichisverdure.Giantpandas,lesserpandas,black-neckedcranes,whitestorksaswellasover20speciesofrareanimalsarefedandbredtherethroughouttheyear.Verdantbamboo,brightflowers,freshair,anaturalhillsceneandabeautifulartificialviewaremergedingeniouslyatthebase.Cultural--teaceremony•ShunxingAncientTeahousewasrebuiltinthespringof1999withanareaofmorethan3,000squaremeters,anditisaclassicalmasterpiecewhichtea-makersinthelandofabundancehandeddownfromteacultureinSichuan.Moreover,itisafolkculturemuseumwhosecharacteristicsareratherlocal.ThereisaChengdufamoussnackcityinit.Tourists,tea-drinkers,anfood-seekerscanenjoyallkindsoffolksnacks,whicharefamousinChina.Inoneword,hereyoucandrinkGaiwantea,eatfamoussnacks,watchhighlightsfromSichuandialect,appreciateChinesecalligraphiesandpaintings,readcarvingsontablets,andstrolldowntheancientmarket.Cultural--Sichuanfiguredsatin•Astheimportantcultureheritageandfamoustraditionaltechnologyinourcountry,SichuanBrocadeisthebeatofthetopfourfamousbrocadesinchina,including“YunBrocade”,“SongBrocade”,and“ZhuangBrocade”.Earlyin1908,itwonthegoldenprizeintheTradeFairofPANAMA.In1917,SichuanBrocadegottheinternationalspecialprizeintheFairofSouthAsia,andagainitwontheEastBeautyPrizeintheWorldFairinNewYork.SichuanprovincewasoneofthefirstareastostartSericulture,asthesourceofChineseSericulture,itwascalled“TheancientcountryofSericulture”.DuringtheZHAN,SichuanBrocadehadbeentheimportantmerchandise,andpeoplebuiltaveryfamousroadwhichbeganfromChengdu,throughYunnanprovince,Myanmar,Indian,andPakistan,finallytotheMiddleAsia.Later,itwascalled“SilkRoadofSouth”.DuringSHUHAN,thegovernmentrenamedChengdu“BrocadeCity”,andgavethenameof“BrocadeRiver”totheriverthatacrossthiscity.Atthattime,SichuanBrocadewaswell-knowninChina.OnlyitcouldbecalledthebestbrocadeofChina.Cultural--SichuanOpera•FacechangingisthehighlightofSichuanOpera,itisamagicalart.Actorschangemorethan10masksinlessthan20seconds!Byraisingthehand,swingingasleeveortossingthehead,anactorusesdifferentmaskstoshowdifferentemotions.Fromgreentoblue,red,yellow,brown,black,darkandgold,thesemasks