Sichuan Travel Guide

    Chengdu is the capital of "Heavenly State" (Tian Fu Zhi Guo), habitat of giant pandas and city of cotton-rose hibiscus. Chengdu is located in one of the country’s richest agricultural plains, and it has an area of 12,300 square km.  Chengdu is 2,048 km from Beijing and slightly over 2 hours by plane.  Chengdu has direct domestic and international flights from elsewhere in China and some Countries. The population of Chengdu is about 10 million. This city is divided into eight districts, four outlying cities and eight counties. About 3.5 million people reside in the city center...

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    The Leshan Giant Buddha is a statue of Maitreya (a Bodhisattva usually represented as a very stout monk with a broad smile on his face and with his naked breast and paunch exposed to view) in sitting posture. The Buddha is located to the east of Leshan City, Sichuan Province, at the confluence of three rivers, namely, Min River, Qingyi River, and Dadu River. The statue makes itself the most renowned scenic spot in Leshan City. In December, 1996, the location of the Buddha was included by UNESCO on the list of the World Heritage sites. Begun in the year 713 in the Tang Dynasty, and finished in the year 803, the statue took people more than 90 years to carve. During these years, thousands of workers had expended their efforts and wisdom on the project. As the biggest carved stone Buddha in the world, Leshan Giant Buddha is featured in poetry, song and story.

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    Yangtze River is the birthplace of Chinese civilization.Over 2,700 miles long,the mighty Yangtze is the longest in the world.This extensive waterway cuts through the heart of China,marking the division of China into north and south,both geographically and culturally.The river rises in Qinghai Province in the far western part of China and flows through eight provinces before disgorging its water into the Yellow Sea.

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