Carrying thousands of years of history, Chengdu is endowed with numerous scenic attractions. Downtown Chengdu has a concentration of attractions, including ancient streets, temples, modern city museums, and shopping malls. A few of the best Chengdu attractions are located outside the city limits. As the home of China’s national animal, the panda, Chengdu allows you to get up close and personal with them.
Sanxingdui Museum, opened in 1997, with the expansive grounds covering 1,000 mu (165 acres) of meticulously maintained landscape, the museum showcases relics of the mysterious Sanxingdui civilization that thrived over 3,000-5,000 years ago, including an extraordinary collection of bronze, gold, jade, and ivory artifacts, many featuring unique artistic styles unlike anything else in Chinese history.…
Tianfu Square, standing at the very heart of the city, is renowned as a cultural and spiritual center of Chengdu, where ancient history and modern ambition converge. As its name “Tianfu” (天府) carries the meaning “Land of Abundance,” the square itself becomes a reflection to Sichuan’s fertile plains and Chengdu’s 2,300-year legacy…
Located in the southern section of Minshan Mountain Range in the northwest of Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou (Nine Village Valley or Jiuzhai Valley) covers a total area of 74,132 hectares with a forest coverage rate of over 80%, and it is high in the south and low in the north with many deep…
Mount Emei, in the southwest of sichuan province, is located at the southwest edge of the sichuan basin, 168 km to Chengdu and 37 km to Leshan, two popular tourist cities in Sichuan province. Rich in cultural heritage, it is the holy land of Chinese Buddhism, which is known as…
Thatched Cottage of Du fu, located at Qinghua Road, Qingyang district, was the former residence of the famous poet Dufu in the Tang dynasty when he was living in Chengdu. He lived here for nearly four years and wrote more than 240 poems. Thus, this building is regarded as a “holy…
Leshan Giant Buddha, also known as Lingyun Giant Buddha, is located in Leshan City, Sichuan Province, and situated at the confluence of Dadu River, Qingyi River and Minjiang River. This statue of Maitreya is the largest stone statue carved on cliff in China, and the largest seated Buddha statue in the world. How tall is Leshan Giant…
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, located in the northern suburb of Chengdu, is 15 kilometers away from the city center and covers an area about 670,000 square meters, which is an important place for the conservation of giant pandas in China. Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is a world-class…
Wide & Narrow Alley, located at the Changshun Street, is composed by wide alley, narrow alley and well alley. All of them are blue-bricks courtyards in an ancient style. There exists large scale antique lanes and alleys of the Qing dynasty. Thus, it enjoys the great reputation as one of the…
Jinli street, a part of the Wuhou Temple, covers an area of over 30,000 square meters with a building area of over 14,000 square meters, and the street is 550 meters long. It is said that Jinli Street was one of the oldest and most prosperous streets in the…
Located in Wuhou District of Chengdu, Sichuan province, Wuhou Temple (Chengdu Wuhou Shrine Museum) is a memorial to Zhuge Liang, a chancellor of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period. At the beginning of construction, it was adjacent to the temple of emperor Liu Bei. Later, it was incorporated into the Hanzhaolie Temple in…
