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Chengdu,The Capital of SichuanProvince

Brief Introduction of Chengdu

　　   Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province,the hometown of giant pandas and city of cotton-rose hibiscus. Chengdu is located in one of the country’s richest agricultural plains, and it has an area of 12,300 square km. Chengdu is 2,048 km southwest from Beijing and slightly over 2 hours by plane. Chengdu has direct domestic and international flights from elsewhere in China and some Countries. The population of Chengdu is about 10 million. This city is divided into eight districts, four outlying towns and eight counties. About 3.5 million people reside in the city center.

　　 During the past 2,300 years, Chengdu never changed its location and its name despite many upheavals. It has always remained the capital of Sichuan. Fortunately the Dujiangyan Irrigation system brings the vast Chengdu plain under irrigation and has protected it against droughts and floods for over 2,300 years. Because of this Chengdu Plain has turned into the land of abundance with a mild climate and fertile soil.

　　 While in modernized Chengdu, there are still many miles of bustling back streets to explore: free markets, flea markets, peddler markets, commercial districts, underground shopping malls. And what‘s more, the countless tiny restaurants specializing in Sichuan snacks, myriad teahouse scattered everywhere... you’re looking at one of China’s most intriguing cities.




Chengdu Cuisine

General information about Sichuan Cuisine 　　
　　　　 Many travelers know Sichuan cuisine for its "hot and spicy" flavors or a few of its most famous dishes, but that is only the beginning. Sichuan cuisine is legendary in China for its sophistication and diversity. The regional cuisine boasts 5,000 different dishes.

　　Sichuan cuisine has enjoyed a worldwide reputation. However, most people immediately think of Sichuan food soon after it is mentioned as a hot or spicy food. You may wonder why the red pepper is so popular. Here is a common explanation. Sichuan has a humid climate that encourages people to eat strongly spiced foods. The red pepper may help reduce internal dampness.

　　Sichuan pepper is another important ingredient in Sichuan cooking. It is known as huajiao (flower pepper). It is the Chinese pepper, and it looks like a reddish brown fruit. The peppercorn comes from the prickly ash tree. The pepper flower creates a most sudden numbing effect on one’s tongue.

　　Sichuan cuisine so carefully balances color, smell, flavor, shape and nutrition that its dishes not only look pleasant and appealing, but also nutritious. In Sichuan menu there are several hundred popular dishes. Sichuan cuisine is able to produce 100 different flavored dishes! Besides, Sichuan cooks provide dishes that are intentionally toned down for tourists at home and abroad. They have no difficulty in getting Sichuan food that suits their tastes whether it’s in a banquet, outstanding lunches, dinners, or snacks.

Sichuan Snack
　　Sichuan cuisine include a number of famous snack dishes, they are called "xiaochi"in Chinese. Sichuan snacks are very popular for their unique flavors. They are cooked with various seasonings. Chengdu snacks have a long history. they have a particular style in color, smell, taste and shape. Each restaurant in Chengdu tries to offer a variety of traditional snack in an attempt to satisfy customers at home and abroad. Such an effort saves travelers much time in searching for snack places marked on the city guide map. A few of the more renowned snack dishes are listed here below:

Chengdu Transportation

ChengduShuangliuInternationalAirport
          Chengdu has one airport, the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CSIA), in the southwest of ChengduCity. It is about 20 km (12 miles) from the center of ChengduCity. The facilities in the airport are complete.

          Chengdu is the transportation hub of Southwest China, providing access to Yunnan, Qinghai and Tibet. Flights are available to Kunming, capital of YunnanProvince about every 1 hour. Flights to Xining, capital of QinghaiProvince, take about one and a half hours, with two-hour flights available to Lhasa, capital of Tibet.
　　  It is convenient to visit the Jiuzhaigou Scenic Spot by air from Chengdu, a 40-minute flight from CSIA to Jiuhuang (Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong) Airport with one-way airfare of about RMB 700 (Airport taxes and petrol excluded). Visitors are advised to book flights early for this popular trip if your time is very limited. Discounts may be available through hotels or travel agencies.

Note:
         Tourists bound for Chongqing and places inside SichuanProvince such as Jiuzhaigou must take flights from the old lobby of CSIA, a short distance away from the new one.

　　A shuttle bus is available at 20-minute intervals from airport to city center, about 35 minutes, about RMB 10. The first bus starts at 5:00AM, starting point, Lantian Hotel Stop, at second section of Renmin South Road (beside China Southwest Airlines ticket office). If you accommodate at our youth hostel, then take a taxi about RMB 10 to get there.

Railway Station
         There are two train stations in Chengdu, but the main is the north station. It is about 8KM from the center of Chengdu city.

         You can go to the center of Chengdu city by bus (16,99,28), if you want to lodge in Wenjun mansion or dreams-travel youth hostel, we’ll pick you up at the station and send you there free of charge
About the reservation of the tickets, you can contact our receptionist

Bus Station
　　 There are several bus stations in Chengdu, including Chengdu Bus Station (Wugui Bridge Bus Station), Xinnanmen Station, Ximen (Jinsha) Bus Station, Chadianzi Bus Station, Beimen (North Gate) Bus Station, and Gaosuntang Bus Station.

　　Here is the brief introduction of the main bus stations, for the self-tour passengers, it is very convenient to take a bus from the bus station directly.

　　Xinnanmen Bus Station, No. 57, Linjiang Road, provides bus service to some famous scenic spots, such as Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, Mt.Leshan, and Mt.Emeishan, buses 6, 28, 49, 55 and 301 can get the bus station from Chengdu city.　　

　　Wugui Bridge Bus Station is near TazishanPark, east part of ChengduCity. It provides bus service to Chongqing, YibinCity, ZigongCounty, WanxianCounty, and NanningCity by expressway. For timesaving expressway service on high quality buses to Chongqin at the price of 120, the Wugui Bridge Bus Station is recommended.
　　Chadianzi Bus Station is seated in the Second Ring Road of Chengdu. Buses here run mainly to the famous scenic spots and Tibetan areas in the west and north of Sichuan, including Wolong Panda Reserve, DanbaCounty, Mt.Siguniangshan, Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, and Mt. Qingcheng.Buses 79,4,98 can get there.

　　Gaosuntang Bus Station is easily missed for its remote place from the Chengdu city, it provides buses to Lhasa, Tibet. It takes three days and two nights to run the whole distance at the price of more than RMB 620. At the same time, buses to Lanzhou, Xining, and Urumqi are available here. For the foreigners, we never recommend them choose this way to go to Tibet.

MT.Emei--The Most Famous BuddhistMountain in China

Mt.Emei

          Mt.Emei lies in the southwestern area of Sichuan basin in China. Its main peak is called as the Golden Summit while the highest peak, the Wanfoding Summit is 3099 meters above the sea level. As the famous scenic spot and the Buddhist mountain in China, UNESCO inscribed Mt.Emei in the World Natural Heritage List in 1996.
Mt.emei is blessed with clouds Sea, Sunrise, Buddhist halos, Saint Lamps -- these four great spectacles. The central clustering ridges and peaks, wreathed with thin mist, jade green, spurting waterfalls, twittering bird, and the fragrance of flowers, give Mt.Emei the reputation of our country’s famous scenic spot for tourists. Furthermore, the site also contains ancient Buddhist temples, thus Mt.Emei is one of four famous BuddhistMountains in China, and known as the place of Buddhist Rites of Puxian (Samantabhadra bodhisattva). Generally speaking, there are some beautiful titles of Mt.Emei, such as Kingdom of Plants, Paradise of Animals, GeologicalMuseum, and the Buddhist world.

Guide of Mt.Emei

Line A
Catch a sightseeing bus to Wannian bus station at Baoguosi bus centerjust located at the foot of Mt.Emei, hiking to Wannian Monastery, walking to Qinyin pavilion, and then to the monkey area. What’s fun for this route? For this route, you reach to the middle of Mt.emei. You can enjoy part of its charming and peaceful scenery, and the best monastery Wannian Monastery（where the copper statue of Puxian on white elephant is）, and one of the ancient plants called the dinosaurs’ food-- the tree ferns. That’s the essence of Mt.emei.

Line B Take the sightseeing bus at Baoguosi bus center to Leidongping bus station where you can take the cable car to the golden summit, if you are lucky enough you can see the four great spectacles of Mt. Emei and minya konka miles away, and then back to the foot of mountain to visit baoguo monastery.

Line C For those people who are rich in passion, there is the third choice for you, hiking. It may cost you three days. Imagine, how nice it is putting you in a picturesque place for three whole days.

Leshan Giant Buddha

Leshan 　　
        Leshan is about 180km south to Chengdu and 20km west to Emeishan, located in the southwest area of Sichuan province.

　　Leshan is a cultural city with a history of more than 3000 years and a mordern city as well. Because of the rapid city development most of the old buildings have been torn down but fortunately the Giant Buddha remains intact. Nowadays,it attracts milions of visitors from home and abroad.

Leshan Giant Buddha
        Leshan Giant Buddha, the largest stone sculpture of Buddha in the world, sits at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers. According to records, the carving of this giant Buddha was begun in the first year of the reign of the Tang Emperor Xuanzong (713 AD), and completed in the 19th year of Emperor Dezong (803 AD), a total of 90 years.

       Taking the shape of a Maitreya Buddha,who is depicted barefooted with drooping ears and has his hair arranged in a spiral topknot. His chest is exposed and his hands rest on his knees. Carved from the side of the Lingyun Hill, with his head level with the cliff top, the gigantic stone sculpture facesMt. Emeishan, with the rivers flowing below his feet.

       Looking dignified and solemn, the Buddha measures 71 meters in height. His shoulders are 28 meters across. The head is 14.7 meters long and 10 meters broad with total 1021 buns of hair on it. The instep, which is 8.5 meters wide, can accommodate 100 people. The toe is large enough to accommodate a dinner table. Taller by 17 meters than the standing Buddha in Afghanistan, Leshan Giant Buddha is therefore the tallest Buddha in the world and in 1996, it was added to the World Natural and Cultural Heritage List.
Besides all of these, by cruising over the Minjiang river right in front of the Buddha Mount (Lingyunshan) one will be able to have a panoramic view of the whole mountain as a huge sleeping Buddha. On MountLinyunshan stands the Pagoda of the Souls. It is 125ft (38m) high built in the Song dynasty (960-1279) .Seen from the pagoda you can appreciate a beautiful view of the surrounding countryside.

Hailuogou,A Unique Glacier Forest Park

Brief introduction

          Located in the GonggaMountains in western Sichuan, Hailuo Gou is the biggest glacier park in China. Gongga mountains, at the height of 7556 meters above the sea level, called as "the King of the mountains", is the 11th highest mountains in the world and the highest one in SichuanProvince. In Tibetan the word "Gong" means sovereign and the "Ga" means pure white, therefore the Gongga mountains is regarded as holy and pure mountains by local people. It extends for 30.7 kilometers, and has many geologic features, land forms, rare animals and plants. There are endless ice holes, ice lakes, ice mushrooms, ice doors and ice steps that make up a wonderful ice world.

        The ice waterfall reaches a height of 1080 meters, and is 1100 meters in width. In the primeval forest, there are many rare plants such as the Mongolia of Kang Qing, Chinese gooseberry, Gastonia tubers and the bulb of fritillary. There are also many clear hot springs with good curative effects. Hailuogou National Glacier Forest Park is an ancient and magic land that is only 280 km southwest from Chengdu. The park is a glacier-eroded valley on the east slope of the highest peaks area of Mt.Gongga, 7556 meters in altitude. It is an alpine barrack of HengduanRange, which is the edge of Plateau of Tibet. It boasts three characters: it is the lowest altitude glacier in the same altitude glaciers; with high activity, and with the most integrity of glaciered landform.

         These characters make Hailuogou even better than glacier parks in Alaska of United States and Canada. Hailuogou Glacier, formed 16 million years ago, is one of the natural wonders of the world. When you see this glacial formation, you cannot help but marveled at the elaborated handiwork of nature. The vast movement of the earth‘s crust caused the Gongga mountains to thrust upward and the moderate climatic circumstances both created the good conditions of the formation of the modern glacier and simultaneously made large amount of sights of glaciers including ice mushrooms, ice pagoda forest, ice stairs, ice grooves ,ice pearl lake and ice crystal etc.

Jiuzhaigou-Huanglong

Jiuzhaigou valley

        Known as the "Fairyland on Earth”. Jiuzhaigou sits on 103°46′—104°4′E and32°15 ′-33°19′N, within the boundary of JiuzhuigouCounty, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan. It lies between the southwest margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and at the north foot of Duo‘erna Mountain Range, with an average altitude between 2,000 and 3,000 meters, and a distance of about 435 kilometers from Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province.

       To its east, Jiuzhaigou neighbors both the Baihe River Nature Reserve and the Wanglang Nature Reserve, and to its south is the Huanglong Place of Scenic Interest. Jiuzhaigou covers a total area of 720 square kilometers, with a periphery zone of 600 sq. m. and a buffer zone of 110sq. m.

       Jiuzhaigou, also called "Yangtong" in ancient times, currently has other names like "Heyao Jiuzhai", and the " JadeSea ". Jiuzhaigou, literally the NineVillageValley, is hence known for the nine Tibetan villages within its boundary, that is, Panxin, Rize, Yacuo, Panya, Zechawa, Heijiao, Shuzheng, Heye and Zharu. The area of Jiuzhaigou as well as the upper reaches of the Jialing River and Minjiang River is called the land of Shiqiang (Qiang ethnic minority) in ancient times, where human activities have been recorded dating back as early as to the Yin-Shang Period (16th-11th Century B. C.). According to The Records of Songpan (vol. I - Rivers and Mountains), the "JadeSea is 50-odd kilometers to the northeast county, within the territory of Zhongyang Tongfan Tribe. Its valleys are as long as several kilometers with green water and jade-like ripples." This evidences that the Jade Sea beauty was well known as far back in ancient times。

       Jiuzhaigou covers the ShuzhengValley, RizeValley and ZechawaValley that form a "Y" shape, in the Minshan Mountain Range. Inhabited by Tibetans, the nine villages and alpine lakes, affectionately called "Haizi", are like reflecting mirrors or crystal jade blocks inlaid in snow mountains and forests. At the end of ZechawaValley is the Chang (Long) Lake and the end of RizeValley are virgin forests. From south to north, both valleys stretch and meet at Nuorilang. The drop between the two valleys and Shuzheng Valley is over 1,000 meters, with 114 lakes lying downward in an echelon manner, on which are 17 waterfalls, 11 rip currents and 5 travertine beaches, formulating alpine lake clusters and travertine spots that are rarely seen in China and even in the world. A fairyland on earth, Jiuzhaigou collects the primitive, natural beauties best demonstrated in its lakes, waterfalls, beaches, water currents, snow peaks, virgin forests and Tibetan customs.

HuanglongValley

HuanglongValley
         Literally means YellowDragonValley, which is ‘ The fairyland on Earth’. This valley was added to the Natural World Legacy List in 1992.This incredible valley undulates through the southern part of the Minshan mountain range in the Songpan County about 270 miles away from Chengdu - the capital of Sichuan. Legend has it, that about 4000 years ago, a yellow dragon helped Xiayu, the king of Xia dynasty (21st -16th century B.C.), channel the floodwater into the sea, hence making the MinjiangRiver. Due to the calcium carbonate mineral deposit patterns and the gold hue of the water the river looks just like the tail of a Yellow Dragon. In later years a temple was built in honor of the yellow dragon and the valley was given its name. The river carves out the scenery for the limestone valley, which is over 4 miles long and as wide as 300 meters, covering an area of an impressive 270 square miles.

        Huanglong wins its fame for its magic landscape of lime formations, made up of 3400 multi-colored and uniquely sized ponds, interlace along the valley. These amazing ponds are paved with golden lime deposit. Not to be excluded there are also five waterfalls, four stalactite caves and three ancient temples, and all in the same valley, which looks like a dragon surging down from snowcapped peaks of Mt.Minshan.　　

       Local people are as much of an attraction as the virgin forest and the scenery, Composed of more than 20 nationalities the main nationalities being the Tibetan and Qiang groups.

HuanglongTemple (YellowDragonTemple)
           The temple lies at the foot of SnowTreasurePeak, the major peak of Mt.Minshan. With a distance of about 20 miles off the entrance of the valley, it provides a retiring place for the visitors. The whole temple consists of three small ones; the front, the middle and the rear temples, which mark the head, the waist and the tail of a dragon respectively, going all the way down the valley. The front temple has almost been ruined. The middle temple has five halls remaining, to worship the Goddess of Mercy, and the 18 arhats. As for the rear temple, it enshrines the Dragon King.

           On the 15th of every sixth lunar month, the day when the yellow dragon was said to achieve his Buddha hood, a big temple fair is held in the rear temple. At that time, local people of different groups come to attend, praying for good fortune and harvests. Young people also find it the best time to tell sweet words to their lovers.

Colored Terrace-Ponds
         Dotted upward along the valley, the 2300 ponds come into 8 groups, such as the Guest Greeting Ponds, The Flowing Pools of the Waterfall, the Potted Landscape Ponds, the Fragrant Ponds, the Jade-bathing Ponds, etc. The last group, the Five-Color Ponds are the best of all, which perch atop the highest part of the valley, at the back of the rear temple. Amid it stand a pair of stone towers, stone houses with up-curved roofs, which have been there since Ming dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644). Due to varied depth of the ponds and all kinds of mineral pigments and deposits on the bottom, the water reflects a variety of charming colors.

HuangLongCave (YellowDragonCave)

          This huge cave, lies behind the rear temple, is filled with stalactites. In winter, there are icicles and ice waterfalls hanging inside. Left of the hall in the cave, there are three seated Buddha statues from the Ming dynasty (A.D.1368-1644). Now all of them are coated with a thick layer of lime deposits. To visit the HuangLongValley, it will take 3-4 hours to look around and about another 3 hours for a round trip along the valley. Since there is no transportation in the valley, visitors must walk all the way, it proves to be a tough trip, with its high elevation.

Siguniang(Four Girls) Mountains,The Oriental Alpes

Mt. Four Girls (Sigunuiangshan)

         The FourGirlsMountain (Siguniangshan) lies in the boundary between XiaojinCounty and Weichuan County Of Aba Tibet-qiang Minority Autonomous Prefecture, which is reputed as the Oriental Alps, and is famous for its grandness, straightness and forcefulness. There are abundant forest, thick green grass and clear flowing rivers. The mountain looks like South European scenery.

         The fourth girl(the fourth peak) ,6250m high ,is the tallest amomg the four. The other 3 peaks (known as the first,second and third girl) are respectively 5335m, 5454m, and 5664m. They stand shoulder by shoulder plunging their heads into the cloud, with glacier wrapping around their shoulders and green forests around their waists. The FourGirlsMountain is beautiful, virgin and comely , so it is also called Shushan huanghou, the queen of mountains in Sichuan province.

         The FourGirlsMountain, which covers an area of 450 square kilometers, consists of the Moutain Siguniang , Shuangqiao( DoubleBridge) Valley, Changping( Long Flats) Valley and HaiziValley. Every valley has its own characteristic, it is definitely worth your visiting.

         The Mt. Siguniangshan Scenic Area is a mystical and beautiful land. Ancient, simple, pure and original, the special sights of its three valleys attract you here to enjoy the spirit of nature.

Mt.Siguniang 3-Day Tour

Day 1:Chengdu - Mt. Siguniang
         Depart from Chengdu, then route visit Mt. Balang, grassland and the yaks, on the way ,we can see the Minjiang River,Pitiao River,then arrive Mt. Siguniang / Rilong town then head to Shuangqiaogou, have supper and overnight in Rilong town.

Day 2:Changpinggou Horse riding
         (horse-riding costs RMB50-RMB150, excluded, trekking by the footpath is also available.)
Transfer to Changpinggou valley after breakfast, tourists may visit this valley by trekking or horse-riding, you can see the four peaks of Mt.Siguniang and virgin forest, tourists should prepare some food since you have few food options inside. Overnight in Rilong town.

Day 3:Back to Chengdu
         After breakfast, visit Wolong Panda Research and ProtectionCenter and photo with the panda(cost excluded) , back Chengdu after lunch, end tour.

SanxingduiMuseum

         Sanxingdui, located in the city of Guanghan, 40 km from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, is recognized as one of the most important ancient remains in the world for its vast size, lengthy period and enriched cultural contents.

        The first Sanxingdui relics were discovered by a farmer in 1929 and excavation has continued ever since. During this period, generations of archaeologists have worked on the discovery and research of the Sanxingdui culture. In 1986, two major sacrificial pits were found and they aroused widespread academic attention around the world.

        The Sanxingdui finds are exciting, but they remain enigmatic. No texts have been found, nor is there any mention of this culture in the records of other countries. Analysis of lead and other elements in the bronzes indicates sources similar to those of other cultures along the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. At this point, however, the unique culture that produced these artifacts remains a mystery.

        The whole design of the museum is simple, but with a solemn style. The flame is peculiar. The main object is a deformed spiral. It has the poetic charm with historical, geographical features and cultural art. It fully shows the broadness and profundity of Sanxingdui culture.The designs of SanxingduiMuseum have many architectural breakthroughs.Modern Technologies (sound, light, and electricity) are used to show the charm of the ancient site. The displays also provide foreigners with information about the history of China.

        The surroundings of the SanxingduiMuseum are beautiful and elegant. There are green grasslands, bright lakes, unique hills, and beautiful gardens nearby.
A few of the famous cultural relics are listed here below:

Wolong Panda Nature Reserve

         The Wolong Nature Reserve sprawls over some 200,000 hectares and contains about 10% of the world‘s wild panda population. Local people also live in the preserve. Researchers wanted to know just how well protected the pandas‘ habitat actually was. To do this, the scientists used remote sensing data and maps to determine what kinds of and how much habitats were located within the reserve. By comparing data collected prior to 1975 to data obtained after 1975 they were able to specifically quantify exactly how much habitat was highly suitable, suitable, marginally suitable, and unsuitable to pandas. By comparing panda habitat before and after the reserve was created, they could see whether panda habitat in the reserve really was well protected.

       What they found was startling. Even within this so-called “flagship.” protected area, all types of panda habitat declined significantly. Prior to protection, the reserve contained about 14,000 hectares of highly suitable habitat. By 1997, that number had dropped to below 12,000 hectares. What‘s more, the area of unsuitable panda habitat increased from around 118,000 hectares to more than 133,000 hectares.

       How is this possible? If an area is protected, then how can habitat quality be degraded? The researchers attribute the deterioration to a population increase of the reserve‘s human inhabitants. They write, “Local people in the reserve were the direct driving force behind the destruction of the forest and of panda habitat.” In 1975, when the reserve was created, there were 2560 people, while in 1995 there were 4260 people. And these people typically work as laborers who farm, collect fuelwood, harvest timber, build roads, and collect Chinese herbal medicines — all activities that can potentially impact forest habitat.

        According to the report‘s authors, the degraded and fragmented habitat in this “flagship.” nature reserve is one reason why the number of resident wild pandas declined from 145 in 1974 to 72 in 1986. They suggest that, protecting natural areas to conserve endangered species may not be enough. Without sound understanding of how people interact with the environment, species within supposedly protected areas may still be at risk.

     Thatched Cottage of Du Fu It lies by the side of the Huanhua Stream in Chengdu‘s western suburb. It was the residence of Dufu, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty when he took refuge in Chengdu.

           Du Fu (712-70 AD), one of China‘s most famous poets, left home at the tender age of 20, becoming a court official at the former capital in Chang‘an (near Xi‘an).

         Don‘t expect to see anything in the cottage that belonged to Dufu. What we see today is the reconstruction of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The cottage is located in the western suburb of Chengdu. All these give the place an atmosphere of solemnity, meanwhile a sense of beauty and grace. Around the hones are bamboo fences and inside the fences are vegetables and herb plots, easily remind people of the scenes described in Dufu‘s poems. While taking a quiet walk in such a historical and cultural environment, visitors are apt to be brought back to the ancient times.

         The Dujiangyan Irrigation system is a miracle of ancient Chinese ingenuity. Before the completion of Dujiangyan irrigation project, the plains around the Min River were prone to floods due to the fast moving Min River flowing down from its mountain source and meeting flat ground. It was in the Warring States period about 2200 years ago, that the engineer Li Bing and his son led the construction of the Dujiangyan irrigation system that tamed the phantasmagoric Min River and irrigated the surrounding plains.

         The central brilliant idea of the project is the annual silt removal and maintenance plan devised by Li Bing that ensures the projects long-term usefulness. The actual structure of the project includes a dyke that divides the Min River into inner and outer flows. The inner flow is then redirected to irrigate local farm land. One interesting thing about the irrigation system is that the project is still in operation and has treble d its original irrigation area of 1 million hectares.

　　The Fulong Temple (Fulong Guan) was erected in A.D.168 to commemorate the taming of the river. Fulong Temple locates in Lidui Park overlooking the split between the inner and outer flows of the Min River. Also, Li Bing’s genius is again celebrated at the Two Kings Temple (Erwang Miao) near the dyke. The "two kings", of course, are Li Bing and his son, Er Lang. Two Kings Temple can be found in the western section of Yulei Park overlooking the dyke. There are cable cars that run between Lidui Park and Two Kings Temple in Yulei Park. The relatively high fares of RMB25 per ride keep the cable car’s passengers to a reasonable number.

　　The Two Kings Temple: It is a temple commemorating Li Bing and his son.With a silk map in hands, Li Bing is fixing his eyes on the map as if the water-regulated project has been in his mind. With the tool in his hands, the statue of his son in the posterior hall is heroic as if he is going to cleave the mountain and build the weir. The experience and discourse on water regulation chiseled in the temple is the ancient Chinese people’s scientific summary on conquering nature, and is of great importance to the construct of water control.

　　Anlan Bridge: It is 500m long and bestrides the inner and the outer rivers. The Anlan rope bridge is one of the famous bridgeworks in ancient China. Made of local material, the bridge is refinement in structure. Taking wood as pockets and bamboo as hawsers, the bridge, covered with board, is hung over the river. It is very interesting for visitors to step on the bridge and have a view of the river, which seems as if a boat is flying through the fierce billows.

　　 Fulongguan Temple: With narrow river and strategic topography, this spot guards the throat of the Neijiang River, and therefore is called "the mouth of Aquarius". In 1974, the stone statue of Li Bing was unearthed here and now is installed in the middle of the main hall. The statue carved in 168 during the East Han dynasty is 2.9 meters in height and 4.5 tons in weight with a simple figure and graceful manner. It is considered as a very costful relic of stone carving. An iron"Flying Drago’’of Tang dynasty is also displayed in the temple. There are eight lifelike flying dragons with vivid different expression emerging in the clouds. The quadripod weighing more than 500 kilograms is a rare ancient treasure.



                            Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

                 
                Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is situated on the Axe Hill 10kilometers from the north suburb of Chengdu City. It covers an area of 600 acres. The environment here is exquisitely designed; the air is refreshing with the bamboo growing luxuriantly and flocks of wild birds flying around. There are 39 giant pandas and tens of specious animals such as red pandas and black-necked cranes.

               The Giant Panda Museum, Butterfly Exhibit Hall and Vertebrae Animal Exhibit are located in the Base. Besides, thereare also restaurants, entertainment places and conference facilities with special characteristics in the Base. Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is the most famous conservation and protection center for giant pandas and "State Science Popularization Base". What's more, it is the most ideal ecological tourism place for visitors all around world to get to know the appearance of giant pandas and to get around the wild nature. It was awarded "Global 500" twice by the U N in the year of 1989 and 1994.