ladies and gentlemen:
on behalf of our travel agency, i would like to extend a welcome toyou.wish you have a pleasant stay in chengdu.
there is a saying that “once you come to chengdu ,you do not want to leave” which reveal the charming of this city.
the splendid chengdu city is renowned for its fertile land and agriculturalwealth.it is the capital of sichuan province and the center of its economyculture ,politics and information. with many images, chengdu is a colorful andcharming city. city of brocade,city of leisure and eden of the east are severalof its widely spread names.
according to historical records “chengdu was built into a city with oneyear's effort. and then,it became the capital the next year." in chinese,chengdu literally means "the becoming capital”.
the total area of chengdu is about 12600 square kilometers, and the cityproper occupies an area of 87 square kilometers.according to the recentpopulation census,chengdu's entire population was close to 11000 million,ofwhich 1/6 live in the urban area lying in the eastern part of chengduplain,chengdu is strategically situated in western part of the sichuan provinceby the mingjiang river. it extends about 166 kilometers from east to west about192 kilometers from north to south.
chengdu enjoys a generally subtropical and monsoon climate.therefore,warmand moist weather dominate most days of a year.the four seasons are clearlydemarcated,the average annual temperature is around 16’c ,while the rainfall isabout 997.6million meters.
topographically speaking, chengdu is high on the relief map in thenorthwest but low in the southeast.the highest elevation is 5364 meters and thelowest 387 meters.the average elevation of the city is 500 meters.36.4 percentof the land area of chengdu is occupied by plains while 63 percent is hillylands and mountions.
for the purpose of administration,chengdu is divided into 7 urbandistricts, and 12 suburban counties.
the municipal people's congress as the legislative body which enacts allthe local laws and supervises their execution is the supreme organ through whichthe citizens exercise their power.the municipal government of chengdu is theexecutive body of the highest organ of administration.the city flower is thehibiscus and the ginkgo tree is the city tree.
chengdu is honored as a city of lights ,a sea of flowers, and a home ofdelicacies.in downtown area,long and wide avenues are dotted with greentrees,and pretty flowers are flanked by high-building. chengdu is a beautifulcity full of vigor and vitality.besides drinking tea in the local teahouse,andtasting local snacks in some special restaurants,one can either taste thetypical sichuan cuisine local wine and find out some local special products likeshu embroidery,bamboo-woven porcelain ware and lacquer ware,you would be pleasedto immerse into the local chengdu people's slow pace of live.
the excavated remains from yangzi mount proved that there were human beingsinhabited in chengdu as early as the later stone age
around 4000-5000 years bc,in the news stone age,people began to live in amuch lager scale area.their footprints can be found in chengdu including xinjin,chongzhou and many other counties.
around 400 years bc,the king of the kaiming dynasty moved its capital tochengdu.since then,chengdu has been the capital of sichuan area for more than __years. what is more, chengdu as a name for this city has never been changed.
in 316 bc libing built the dujiangyan irrigation system.by the mid of theeastern han dynasty,the first public school in china was established by wenweng, a magistrate to the shu prefecture.
chengdu has been a city that many rebels fighting for during the war time.about 7 separated sovereigns were established when the central government wastoo weak to control this encircled mountainous area. in 24ad, chengjia state wasestablished in chengdu bu gongsun shu.in 221 ad,the shuhan kingdom was built byliubei.in 907 ad,mangjian established the former shu state in chengdu.in 934ad,meng zhixiang established the later shu state in chengdu.in 994ad li shunestablished the da shun state in chengdu.in 1644ad,zhang xianzhong had the daxipeasant sovereignty established in chengdu.
as we known,that chengdu has been the formal name for this city since itsborn,there are also many given nicknames, which tells us the history of chengducity in a special way. the first city in chengdu built in qin dynasty wasnicknamed as “the tortoise city ", for people followed a big tortoise crawlingto build the wall.
in the western han dynasty, with booming economy, chengdu was a highlyfamed for brocade. the silk and brocade was sold for the overseas. so,it wascalled“the city of brocade ”.
as meng chang,the king of the shu state, ordered that the hibiscus plantedalong the city wall,which made the forty kilometers of the wall as beautiful asbrocade, chengdu was known as “the city of hibiscus.”
nowadays, chengdu as a metropolitan in the western region is famous for itsbooming economy.in fact,its glory could be traced back long ago. as early aswestern han dynasty, chengdu with the population of 350000 was listed as one ofthe most flourishing cities together with luoyang linzi handan yuan.it was intang dynasty that yanghzou was the most prosperous city while chengdu was in thesecond place. at that time, the long famed brocade in chengdu was booming withthe developed economy together with paper, silk, porcelain and the lacquer wareproduction.in 1023 ad in the song dynasty, a special administration was set inchengdu to regulate jiaozi the earliest currency issued in china.when marcopolo, an italian businessman, arrived in chengdu in yuan dynasty,he was deeplyimpressed by the prosperity and richness, which had been described vividly inhis book,travels.
with its flourishing economy, talented scholars were born in chengdu area.sima xiangru and yang xiong were the most prominent scholars in the han dynasty.in the following dynasty, many of the talents either were native of chengdu orhad certain romance with chengdu city.that all poets under heaven came tochengdu was the slogan at the tang dynasty. li bai, dufu, and xuetao, sushi andluyou just named a few. and zhangdaqian, xu beihong, guo moruo and marshalchengyi were the proud of chengdu city .
chengdu is proud of its cultural background and scenic beauties. we can seea clear history with all the sites and evidence that exists. on the vast andfertile chengdu plain,there are many historic remains that reveals the past ofthis city.sangxingdui museum displays the ancient city, ancient kingdom, andancient shu, which is considered as one of the ten most valuable discoveries inchina. the jinsha ruin is anther important remain that has been discovered inrecent years.the dujiangyan irrigation system built about __ years agecontributes to the fertile land and agricultural wealth of chengdu. in chengducity, we can visit the royal tomb of wangjian, the wuhou temple, thedufu’thatched cottage, the river viewing pavilion park, and qingyang temple.
around chengdu sity, there are many beautiful and impressive naturalscenery sports, such as mt emei, mt qingcheng, mt xilingxueshan etc.those arethe best choices to smell the fresh air.
the famous cultural city, chengdu,is not only known for her history of morethan 2300 years, but also noted for its leisure life style. chengdu portraysitself as the eden of the east, for it is associated with leisure affluence andromance, just like the orifinal garden of eden of biblical reputation,leisure isdefinitely the true color of the city.
on a fine day, one can go to a plain tea house, find a bamboo chair,lie onit in the most comfortable position and order a cup of tea. you can half a dozennewspapers and flip through the pages as you like. you might doze off in all thecomfort. you might slop tea while watching tea art or various performances, suchas the breathing of fire or acrobatics.
the leisure and idleness of chengdu is also reflected in various localsnacks.the snacks are delicious yet inexpensive,and a food break is a good wayto kill time. after dusk in the summer, the native like to go out to sit on thedikes of the funan river to drink beer,eat snacks, and enjoy the slow pace oflife.
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