A research and breeding centre for giant pandas in a large bamboo park in Chengdu, where you can see adult pandas, cubs and red pandas. Go first thing in the morning, when the pandas are fed and most active; they sleep in the afternoon heat.
Chengdu is famous for spicy Sichuan food; try hotpot and mapo tofu. The Leshan Giant Buddha, a 71 m Buddha carved into a cliff, is an easy day trip.
The world's largest stone Buddha, 71 m tall, carved into a red sandstone cliff where three rivers meet, in the 8th century.
A valley in the mountains of northern Sichuan with lakes of astonishing blue and green, waterfalls and Tibetan villages, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A deep gorge where the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) races between the Jade Dragon and Haba snow mountains, up to 3,900 m deep.
An old town of the Naxi people, with cobbled lanes, wooden houses and canals, at the foot of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, a UNESCO World Heritage S…
The most complete ancient city wall in China, a 14 km Ming dynasty rampart with gates and towers, wide enough to cycle around; bikes are for hire on …
Thousands of life-sized clay soldiers, archers, horses and chariots, each with an individual face, buried to guard the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's…
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