Popular Chengdu Attractions
Can't decide how to spend your time in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province? Start with this list of Chengdu's most popular attractions to get started planning your trip to Chengdu, China.
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Teahouses in Chengdu
An old Chengdu saying goes, "Sunny days are rare, but teahouses are abundant”. Teahouses have played diverse social roles in the history of Chengdu. Locals are passionate about going to tea houses, not only for tea, snacks, and entertainment, but also for social gatherings and business meetings. Tea houses have also served as unofficial courthouses where local people resolved conflicts under advisement of communit...
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Wide and Narrow Alleys
The Wide and Narrow Alley (aka Wide and Narrow Lanes) located in Chengdu Shudu Avenue, with a total length of about 500 meters, is a unique civilization street of the old Chengdu residential characteristics. It is one of the three major historical and cultural protected areas of Chengdu; consist of the wide lane, narrow lane and Jing lane three parallel old-fashioned streets and the courtyard house between them.The Wide...
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Chengdu Panda Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Located in northern suburb of Chengdu, 10 km away from the urban, the Chengdu Panda Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (also commonly known as Chengdu Giant Panda Base) is a non-profit organization engaged in wildlife research, captive breeding, conservation education, and educational tourism. The panda base covers an area of 1,000 acres, is an important place for Chinese giant pandas ex situ conservation. Pandas,...
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Sichuan Opera
Sichuan Opera is a type of Chinese opera originating in China's Sichuan province around 1700. Today's Sichuan opera is a relatively recent synthesis of 5 historic melodic styles. Regionally Chengdu remains to be the main home of Sichuan’s opera, while other influential locales include Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hubei and Taiwan. Initially there were 5 distinct opera styles. The history of each style varies greatly...
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Mahjong in Chengdu
Mahjong has been an essential part of most local people's life. Almost every household in Chengdu has at least one set of mahjong. People play mahjong at home, under the trees in the residential areas or in teahouses. On sunny days, local people like to play mahjong on the sidewalks, especially in the area nearby the Fu Nan River. Most people play with money to make the game more exciting.Mahjong is the most popular enter...
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Sichuan Science and Technology Museum
Located in the downtown of Chengdu, Sichuan Science & Technology Museum covers an area of 60,000 square meters, of which the building area is 41,961 square meters while the regular exhibition is 25, 000 square meters.There are 600 exhibits distributed over about 20 exhibition halls on four floors. This huge four-storey museum is filled with interactive exhibits about science, aerodynamics, space, mathematics, robotics...
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Jinli Ancient Street
Jinli, a busy trading street with a history stretching back to the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC) around two thousand years ago. Today, a bustling Jinli Ancient Street has been built on the site of the ancient lane in the southern part of Chengdu. It has become a tourist attraction, featuring aged buildings and folk customs from the area. It is said that Jinli was the oldest and most commercial atmosphere streets in the...
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Sichuan University Museum
As the first comprehensive museum in Chinese colleges and universities, Sichuan University Museum is located in the campus of Sichuan University. Built in 1914, and formally established in 1919, formerly known as West China University Museum, and then renamed as Sichuan University History Museum in 1952 and changed to its present name in 1984.As one of the most important comprehensive museum in the country's institutions...
