Chengdu has been an important town in southwest China since ancient times. It was the capital of Shu and Han in the Three Kingdoms period, and the capital of pre-Shu and post-Shu in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It has rich cultural relics and was declared as a national historical and cultural city by the State Council in 1982. Chengdu has a history of more than 2,3 years. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Chengdu has been famous for its prosperous agriculture and handicraft industry and developed culture. It has been the political, economic and cultural center of southwest China and an important city in the Yangtze River basin in all previous dynasties. Chengdu and Luoyang were listed as one of the five largest cities in Han Dynasty. The commerce and trade in the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, and it was as famous as Yangzhou, which was called "Yang Yi Yi (Chengdu) II". Jiaozi printed in Chengdu in Song Dynasty was the earliest paper money used in the world. The starting city of the Southern Silk Road is Chengdu. Du Fu's famous poem, "The window contains a thousand autumn snows in Xiling, and the Dongwu Wan Li boat is moored at the door", vividly depicts the prosperous scene of Chengdu as an important town in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and an economic and cultural center in the southwest.

Chengdu, which has long been known as "Sichuan Opera is the best in the world", is the hometown of Chinese drama. Sichuan Opera, which was formed in the Qing Dynasty, is one of the important local operas in China. It has a variety of plays, beautiful words, humor and wit, rich expression techniques, implicit and meaningful stylized movements, and unique instrumental music, especially the unique stunts such as "changing face" and "spitting fire". Chengdu people love outdoor amusement, and Su Dongpo, a great writer, once wrote a poem "Shu people don't know how to return their amusement". Up to now, the city holds lantern festivals and flower fairs every spring, and tourists are so busy. In the suburbs, there are Longquan Peach Blossom Club, Dujiangyan Qingming Water Festival, Xindu Mulan Club, Osmanthus fragrans Club, Pengzhou Peony Club, Xinjin Dragon Boat Club, and Pixian Wangcong Temple Song Festival, which attract tourists from all directions. All these folk festivals are not only happy festivals for Chengdu people to have fun, but also a good opportunity for foreign tourists and folklore scholars to watch and collect folk songs.

"Eat in China, taste in Sichuan", a famous saying circulated in four directions, points out the traditional dietary characteristics of "taste-oriented" and "good spicy flavor" in Chengdu. Beautiful agricultural products provide rich resources for Chengdu food culture; Different dietary habits of immigrants from different provinces are still integrated with each other, which has created a long-standing food culture and superb cooking skills in Chengdu, a gourmet capital. At present, Chengdu has 24 famous Chinese time-honored brands and 35 famous restaurants awarded by the municipal government.

Chengdu cuisine can be divided into three categories: Sichuan cuisine, snacks and hot pot. "Sichuan cuisine" is the first of the four major cuisines in China, with 3, varieties and hundreds of famous dishes. It wins by taste. Its characteristics of "one dish is unique, one hundred dishes are delicious, and spicy dishes are used skillfully" can be described as stories, and authentic dishes have allusions. Traditional famous dishes such as "Mapo Tofu", "Sichuan style pork" and "boiled cabbage" have become popular in many parts of the world. Snacks are well-known at home and abroad for their small and exquisite features, with hundreds of varieties, fine workmanship, delicious color and unique shape. The representative varieties are Zhong Dumplings, Dragon Wonton, Lai Tangyuan, Ye Erba, Korean Steamed Buns and Couples' Lung Slices. In recent years, the development of "hot pot" is amazing, especially the famous hot pot is popular all over the country, which is changing the eating habits in many places to some extent.

Chengdu is rich in biological resources, and rare plants include Ginkgo biloba and Davidia involucrata. Rare animals include giant panda, red panda and golden monkey. There are more than 86 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, among which Chuanxiong, Chuanyujin, Mume and Huang Lian are well-known at home and abroad. Chengdu is rich in tourism resources and famous for its scenic spots and historical sites at home and abroad. There are 172 cultural landscapes in the city, especially Wuhou Temple, Du Fu Caotang, Tomb of Wangjian, Dujiangyan, Erwang Temple and Qingcheng Mountain. There are 19 national key cultural relics protection units and 19 cultural relics protection units in Sichuan Province. There is the only research base for giant panda breeding in the world. It is located at the contact point between the Sichuan Tourism Circle and the National Tourism Circle, which consists of Jianmen Shudao, Jiuzhaigou, Emei Mountain and the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. It is also the main channel for the mainland to travel to Tibet, and its tourism location is very superior.