City Tour in Chengdu:

Chengdu as the capital of Sichuan, its administrative, economic, educational, cultural and transportation center, as well as a major industrial base. Travelers to most points in northern and western Sichuan often find themselves passing through here at least once or twice, as the city also stands at the gate way to Tibet and on the passage to Xi’an, Kunming and Chongqing(a newly established central-government-administered city).

In comparison with the Chinese northern cities, Chengdu is an altogether different place, with more greenery, overhanging wooden housing in the old section of town. Many miles of bustling back streets deserve to be explored by tourist, and the better way to do so is riding a bicycle or taking a tri-wheeled paddle-cab of strike off on a walk, just away from the Beijing-style boulevards. Tea-houses, free markets, flea markets, peddler markets,

commercial districts, underground shopping malls-you will stumble over more and more of them with each twists and turns of the back alleys. Add to this, the indoor food markets, the countless tiny restaurants specializing in Sichuan snacks,

especially the popular hotpot-a kind of chafing dish in woks full of hot, spiced oil, the local tea houses the Go-chess houses scattering everywhere, artisans like small-coffee parlors and time basket-weavers, cobblers, itinerant dentists, tailors, road-side barbers, snack hawkers who swarm the streets, all contributing to the bustling energy of the city. Travelers and tourists are well advised to take a closer look at Chengdu, one of China’s most intriguing cities.