#1 Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
The world's best place to see giant pandas up close — and the only place to watch newborn pink cubs. Arrive before 8:30 …
#2 Dujiangyan Irrigation System, a UNESCO Wonder
Two thousand two hundred years old and still working: Li Bing's gravity-fed masterpiece tamed the Min River and made the…
#3 Mount Qingcheng, the Taoist Sanctuary
One of the four sacred Taoist mountains of China — emerald forests, misty peaks, ancient temples and bamboo groves. Pair…
#4 Wuhou Shrine, Shrine of the Three Kingdoms
China's most famous memorial to a strategist — Zhuge Liang, the "Crouching Dragon." Red walls, cypress trees and a war e…
#5 Du Fu Thatched Cottage, Home of a Poet Sage
The humble riverside hut where China's greatest poet wrote 240 of his finest works. Now a walled garden of bamboo, lotus…
#6 Jinli Ancient Street, Three Kingdoms Old Town
Chengdu's most photographed snack-and-souvenir lane — red lanterns, Sichuan opera masks, sugar figurines and street food…
#7 Kuanzhai Alleys, Old Chengdu in Three Lanes
Three parallel Qing-dynasty lanes of courtyard mansions, now reborn as teahouses, boutique hotels and cocktail bars. The…
#8 People's Park and the Heming Teahouse
The beating heart of local Chengdu life — a 100-year-old park where locals play chess, practice calligraphy on the pavem…
#9 Jinsha Site Museum and the Golden Sun Bird
A 3,000-year-old Shu kingdom city unearthed in 2001 — and the Golden Sun Bird, the 24-gram gold foil that is now the emb…
#10 Sanxingdui Museum, the Alien-Like Bronzes
China's most baffling archaeological site — 3,000-year-old bronze masks with bulging eyes and long ears that look like t…
#11 Wangjianglou Park, a Bamboo Garden by the River
A peaceful riverside park dedicated to Xue Tao, a Tang-dynasty female poet — with more than 200 species of bamboo and th…
#12 Anren Ancient Town and the Jianchuan Museums
A preserved Republican-era town 50 km west of Chengdu, with 27 old mansions and China's largest private museum collectio…
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#10 Sanxingdui Museum, the Alien-Like Bronzes
China's most baffling archaeological site — 3,000-year-old bronze masks with bulging eye…
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#11 Wangjianglou Park, a Bamboo Garden by the River
A peaceful riverside park dedicated to Xue Tao, a Tang-dynasty female poet — with more t…
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#12 Anren Ancient Town and the Jianchuan Museums
A preserved Republican-era town 50 km west of Chengdu, with 27 old mansions and China's …