Chengdu, the capital of sichuan province, is located in central, located in sichuan chengdu plain hinterland. Now over eight counties 7 area four city, land area 1.24 million square kilometers, the end of 1999 1003.6 million population, including the urban population 330 million.
Chengdu is a historic and cultural city, 23 years history so far. 256 B.C. in TaiShou sichuan bing, father and son, build dujiangyan irrigation project hosted, chengdu plains "inundation, as from famine," agriculture, the handicraft and prosperity "developed the" land of abundance ". Especially zhuge liang established after the regime 1980-83 liu2 bei4, chengdu become southwest political, economic, culture and military center. History of han dynasty is prosperous, chengdu business for one of the five the mets. The world's first notes - "jiaozi" was born in chengdu in the northern song dynasty.
Chengdu culture developed, as early as the han dynasty is founded China's first official schools - Chambers wen wong is now chengdu Chambers middle school. Here, a distinguished scholar of han sima xiangru, ZhuoWenJun, tang and talented 53-18bc xue tao, a female poet HuangQuan five dynasties have master of painting, a historian FanZuYu, Ming dynasty YangShen a great scholar. Big poet li bai, du fu, lu you, etc have living chengdu. Ancient civilization left for chengdu's rich cultural heritage and sights. Existing wuhouci, dufu thatched cottage, the everlasting nationwide provincial key changling, etc in units of cultural relics protection, and mount qingcheng, 110 describes, there are 98 places such as mountain national and provincial and municipal level scenic spot constitute distinctive cultural relics in chengdu and colorful tourist sites.
Mention old chengdu, very natural reminded of diet. Sichuan cuisine, snacks, tea, and the like. Chengdu snacks, rice dumpling, 1999, clock face song sister-in-law of dumplings, dragon ChaoShou; Sanhe mud, flowers YuanZi, bread, pearl which don't let people linger over. Chengdu old teahouse are like stars fell on the streets of chengdu, the teahouse where can be comparable to, I'm afraid not. People in chengdu is earnest effort "to eat" as a great thing to see: each spring, chengdu have held "bashu food festival", the expected guests. For the convenience of people concentrated in chengdu snacks, taste YangShi now street and shudu avenue built "chengdu snacks center shop" and two comprehensive snack bar "pearl YuanZi" and "green Bess house".
History of chengdu, because of its deep cultural and precipitation into a symbol. Scenery of chengdu, because its quiet block between the qingcheng strength. Secular chengdu, because of its most unripe ways and entice love life. Like, everything, every thing, even if tiny to escape from one's horizons, are likely to even be realistic in chengdu become a culture. Have a long history of the cause? A mystery, a mystery, come on, let's see if we can peel off her veil cannot.