Day 01
Arrive in Chengdu
Airport/Railway Station pick up, and then
transfer to your hotel
Day 02 Chengdu (AB,L)
One day city tour in Chengdu, Thatched Cottage
of Dufu, Wuhou Shrine, Panda Studying Center
Day 03 Leave Chengdu (AB)
Transfer to Airport/Railway Station, depart Chengdu
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Hotel
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Rating
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Low Season
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Single Supp
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High Season
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Single Supp
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Anguo Hotel
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4 star
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$199
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$ 100
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$229
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$ 120
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v
High
season – Apr, May, Sep, Oct
v Optional tours (with tour guide, Private bus service,
admittance):
A, Chuan Opera Show: $35/person
B, Hot Pot:
$25/person
C, Local Snacks: $25/person
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Chengdu is one of the 24
well-known historical cities approved by the Sichuan provincial committee
and the State Council of China. 2,300 years ago, King Kaiming
the 1Xth of the Shu State relocated his
capital here. In 256BC, the Shu County Governor Li
Bing and his son built the Dujiang Dam. Since then
the Chengdu plain has never had
any flood or drought disasters and its farm and handicraft industries have
prospered. The Chengdu plain has hence been
referred to as the "Kingdom of Heaven." Since then, Chengdu has become the state
capital of Sichuan, and an important
political, economic, cultural and military center in the southwest. It was
one of the 5 famous cities in Han Dynasty, and the best commercial city
second to Yangzhou only in Tang
Dynasty. It was also the second largest cosmopolitan city of the North Song
Dynasty (960-1127) next to its capital city Bianjing,
where Jiaozi, the earliest paper money in the
world, was first circulated.
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Thatched
Cottage of Dufu / Dufu Caotang
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Du Fu (AD 712-770) lived in a period when the Tang
Dynasty (AD 618-907), one of China's most flourishing dynasties, began
a slide into decline. Seeking refuge from the rebellion war, Du was forced to move to Chengdu. With the aid of friends, he
built a thatched cottage by the Flower Bathing Brook and settled here for 4
peaceful years. It was here that he wrote 240 of his 1400 poems.
In AD 761, a storm destroyed the roof of the thatched
cottage. This led to the writing of one of his masterpieces, "the Song
of Autumn Winds Destroying My Cottage". In this poem, he expressed his
anxiety for the plight of other poverty-stricken scholars and the desire
for shelter for all the poor.
After Du Fu's death, people
built a new cottage on the ruins of the original site, as a memorial to Du. Today, the Thatched
Cottage has become a commemorative museum in the form of a traditional
garden. The area contains several interesting structures, including the
grand lobby, the Shrine of Gong Bu (Du's official
title) and the Memorial Hall of Du Fu.
In the grand lobby stand two antique wooden screens. One
bears a brief account of Du's life and the other,
a traditional Chinese painting of Du's cottage.
Inside the Shrine of Gong Bu are stone tablets of the Ming (AD 1368-1644)
and Qing (AD 1644-1911) dynasties. Du's poems have been translated into 15 foreign
languages and are on display in the Memorial Hall of Du
Fu.
Each year, on the seventh day of lunar January, local
scholars and poets get together in the cottage to honor Du
Fu. They celebrate his works by chanting his poems to the accompaniment of
dances and music.
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Panda Studying Center
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