ladies and gentlemen
on behalf of our travel agency i would like to extend a welcome to youwish you have a pleasant stay in chengdu
there is a saying that once you come to chengdu you do not want to leave which reveal the charming of this city
the splendid chengdu city is renowned for its fertile land and agricultural wealth is the capital of sichuan province and the center of its economy culture politics and information with many images chengdu is a colorful and charming city city of brocadecity of leisure and eden of the east are several of its widely spread names
according to historical records chengdu was built into a city with one year's effort and thenit became the capital the next year in chinese chengdu literally means the becoming capital
the total area of chengdu is about 12600 square kilometers and the city proper occupies an area of 87 square kilometersaccording to the recent population censuschengdu's entire population was close to 11000 millionof which 16 live in the urban area lying in the eastern part of chengdu plainchengdu is strategically situated in western part of the sichuan province by the mingjiang river it extends about 166 kilometers from east to west about 192 kilometers from north to south
chengdu enjoys a generally subtropical and monsoon climatethereforewarm and moist weather dominate most days of a yearthe four seasons are clearly demarcatedthe average annual temperature is around 16’c while the rainfall is about 9976million meters
topographically speaking chengdu is high on the relief map in the northwest but low in the southeastthe highest elevation is 5364 meters and the lowest 387 metersthe average elevation of the city is 500 meters364 percent of the land area of chengdu is occupied by plains while 63 percent is hilly lands and mountions
for the purpose of administrationchengdu is divided into 7 urban districts and 12 suburban counties
the municipal people's congress as the legislative body which enacts all the local laws and supervises their execution is the supreme organ through which the citizens exercise their powerthe municipal government of chengdu is the executive body of the highest organ of administrationthe city flower is the hibiscus and the ginkgo tree is the city tree
chengdu is honored as a city of lights a sea of flowers and a home of delicacies downtown arealong and wide avenues are dotted with green treesand pretty flowers are flanked by highbuilding chengdu is a beautiful city full of vigor and vitalitybesides drinking tea in the local teahouseand tasting local snacks in some special restaurantsone can either taste the typical sichuan cuisine local wine and find out some local special products like shu embroiderybamboowoven porcelain ware and lacquer wareyou would be pleased to immerse into the local chengdu people's slow pace of live
the excavated remains from yangzi mount proved that there were human beings inhabited in chengdu as early as the later stone age
around 40005000 years bcin the news stone agepeople began to live in a much lager scale areatheir footprints can be found in chengdu including xinjin chongzhou and many other counties
around 400 years bcthe king of the kaiming dynasty moved its capital to chengdusince thenchengdu has been the capital of sichuan area for more than XX years what is more chengdu as a name for this city has never been changed
in 316 bc libing built the dujiangyan irrigation system the mid of the eastern han dynastythe first public school in china was established by wen weng a magistrate to the shu prefecture
chengdu has been a city that many rebels fighting for during the war time about 7 separated sovereigns were established when the central government was too weak to control this encircled mountainous area in 24ad chengjia state was established in chengdu bu gongsun shu 221 adthe shuhan kingdom was built by liubei 907 admangjian established the former shu state in chengdu 934ad meng zhixiang established the later shu state in chengdu 994ad li shun established the da shun state in chengdu 1644adzhang xianzhong had the daxi peasant sovereignty established in chengdu
as we knownthat chengdu has been the formal name for this city since its bornthere are also many given nicknames which tells us the history of chengdu city in a special way the first city in chengdu built in qin dynasty was nicknamed as the tortoise city for people followed a big tortoise crawling to build the wall
in the western han dynasty with booming economy chengdu was a highly famed for brocade the silk and brocade was sold for the overseas soit was calledthe city of brocade
as meng changthe king of the shu state ordered that the hibiscus planted along the city wallwhich made the forty kilometers of the wall as beautiful as brocade chengdu was known as the city of hibiscus
nowadays chengdu as a metropolitan in the western region is famous for its booming economy factits glory could be traced back long ago as early as western han dynasty chengdu with the population of 350000 was listed as one of the most flourishing cities together with luoyang linzi handan yuan was in tang dynasty that yanghzou was the most prosperous city while chengdu was in the second place at that time the long famed brocade in chengdu was booming with the developed economy together with paper silk porcelain and the lacquer ware production 1023 ad in the song dynasty a special administration was set in chengdu to regulate jiaozi the earliest currency issued in chinawhen marco polo an italian businessman arrived in chengdu in yuan dynastyhe was deeply impressed by the prosperity and richness which had been described vividly in his booktravels
with its flourishing economy talented scholars were born in chengdu area sima xiangru and yang xiong were the most prominent scholars in the han dynasty in the following dynasty many of the talents either were native of chengdu or had certain romance with chengdu citythat all poets under heaven came to chengdu was the slogan at the tang dynasty li bai dufu and xuetao sushi and luyou just named a few and zhangdaqian xu beihong guo moruo and marshal chengyi were the proud of chengdu city
chengdu is proud of its cultural background and scenic beauties we can see a clear history with all the sites and evidence that exists on the vast and fertile chengdu plainthere are many historic remains that reveals the past of this citysangxingdui museum displays the ancient city ancient kingdom and ancient shu which is considered as one of the ten most valuable discoveries in china the jinsha ruin is anther important remain that has been discovered in recent yearsthe dujiangyan irrigation system built about XX years age contributes to the fertile land and agricultural wealth of chengdu in chengdu city we can visit the royal tomb of wangjian the wuhou temple the dufu’thatched cottage the river viewing pavilion park and qingyang temple
around chengdu sity there are many beautiful and impressive natural scenery sports such as mt emei mt qingcheng mt xilingxueshan etcthose are the best choices to smell the fresh air
the famous cultural city chengduis not only known for her history of more than 2300 years but also noted for its leisure life style chengdu portrays itself as the eden of the east for it is associated with leisure affluence and romance just like the orifinal garden of eden of biblical reputationleisure is definitely the true color of the city
on a fine day one can go to a plain tea house find a bamboo chairlie on it in the most comfortable position and order a cup of tea you can half a dozen newspapers and flip through the pages as you like you might doze off in all the comfort you might slop tea while watching tea art or various performances such as the breathing of fire or acrobatics
the leisure and idleness of chengdu is also reflected in various local snacksthe snacks are delicious yet inexpensiveand a food break is a good way to kill time after dusk in the summer the native like to go out to sit on the dikes of the funan river to drink beereat snacks and enjoy the slow pace of life
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