Chengdu is a famous cultural city with a long history of more than 2,300 years. It can be regarded as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities announced by the State Council. Chengdu is one of the birthplaces of Bashu culture and a famous craft city. Lacquerware enjoys a long reputation. Shu brocade and Shu embroidery are popular all over the world, and gold and silver silk products and porcelain tire bamboo weaving are famous far and near. The teahouse culture in Chengdu is unique, with the largest number of teahouses in the world.
Chengdu is "the most famous cultural city in China" and "the best tourist city in China". It was awarded the title of "Food Capital" by UNESCO Creative City Network. It has successively approved two world heritages and two world protected heritages, and has many historical sites and cultural landscapes such as Wuhou Temple, Du Fu Caotang, Yongling, Wangjianglou, Qingyang Palace, Wenshuyuan, Shuming Mausoleum and Zhaojue Temple.
Introduction of famous tourist attractions in Chengdu:
1. Qingcheng Mountain
Qingcheng Mountain was called Tiancang Mountain in ancient times, also known as Zhang Ren. Qingcheng Mountain is located in the southwest of Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province. It is one of the cradles of Taoism in China and a famous Taoist mountain. Among the famous mountains in Sichuan, it is as famous as the danger of Jianmen, the beauty of Emei and the hero of Kuimen, and has the reputation of "Qingcheng is quiet in the world". In 2000, it was listed as a world heritage together with Dujiangyan.
2. Dujiangyan
Dujiangyan, located in Guankou Town, Dujiangyan City, is a large-scale water conservancy project built in ancient China and still in use today. Known as "the originator of world water conservancy culture", it is the oldest and only preserved grand water conservancy project in the world, featuring water diversion without dams, and it is also a world cultural heritage and a famous tourist attraction in China.
3. Wuhou Temple Museum
Wuhou Temple is the most famous memorial site of Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei in China, and it is also the only temple where the monarch and the minister worship together. It was founded in 223. Wuhou Temple Museum is a famous cultural shrine of the Three Kingdoms at home and abroad, the most influential museum of cultural relics of the Three Kingdoms in China, and the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
4. Du Fu Caotang Museum
The former site of Chengdu, the hometown of Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu, is located in the downtown area of Chengdu, which is a famous garden full of poetic and picturesque scenery and bamboo forest scenery. Caotang Museum has more than 30,000 volumes of historical materials and more than 2,000 pieces of cultural relics, which are precious materials for studying poet Du Fu. Du Fu Caotang is the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
5. Xiling Snow Mountain
Located in Dayi County, Sichuan Province, it is a world natural heritage, a giant panda habitat, an AAAA-level tourist attraction and a national key scenic spot. Named after Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, "The window contains a thousand miles of autumn snow in Xiling, and the gate of Wan Li boating", there is a snow-capped mountain in the scenic spot, with an altitude of 5,364 meters, which is the first peak in Chengdu.
6. Jinsha Site
Located in Qingyang Avenue, Chengdu, it is known as the first major archaeological discovery in China in 2 1 century. The site represents the splendid ancient Shu culture more than 3000 years ago. Among the more than 3,000 cultural relics unearthed, most of them are exquisite gold and jade ornaments and a large number of funerary objects. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit.
7. Shu Ming Tomb
Located in the eastern suburb of Chengdu, the Tomb of Shu, represented by Nuowangling, is praised by experts as "the most exquisite underground palace among ancient tombs in China". 1996, Shuming Mausoleum was announced by the State Council as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
8. Qingyang Palace
Located in the urban area of Chengdu, it was built in the Tang Dynasty, and the existing temples were built in the Qing Dynasty. The main buildings are Lingzu Hall, Hunyuan Hall, Bagua Pavilion, Wuji Hall (Sanqing Hall), Doumu Hall, Tangwang Hall and Chaijingtai. It is one of the famous Taoist temples in China.
9. Zhaojue Temple
Located behind Chengdu Zoo, it was built in Tang Dynasty. 1983 was identified by the State Council as a key Buddhist temple in the Han area of China. It is a key Buddhist temple in Sichuan and a key Buddhist activity place in China. Known as the "first Zen forest" in western Sichuan.