Not Just Exciting Matches: Local Recommendations for Attractions Around the Venues

✨️The 2025 Chengdu World Games are in full swing! Which matches are you planning to watch or have already seen? After enjoying the games, don't rush off—explore the attractions around the venues for an unforgettable experience! 👉 Today, we bring you recommendations for fun spots near three major venues: Gui Xi Ecological Park, Chengbei Sports Center, and Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium. Let's dive in!
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✅️【Gui Xi Ecological Park】
Nearby Attractions: Jincheng Lake Park—Jiangjia Art Garden
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Gui Xi Ecological Park is one of the featured zones of Chengdu's Ring Ecological Park, divided into East and West sections. This year, the park's East section hosts the main field for the precision flying disc event of the Chengdu World Games. With a 20,000-square-meter lawn, beautifully arranged flower beds, and vegetation, the park naturally provides the necessary areas for disc throwing, pathways, and greens. Its trees, bushes, and water features serve as natural obstacles, adding challenge and visual appeal to the competition.
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The park also boasts over 150 sports facilities, including basketball courts, tennis courts, and running tracks, making it a popular spot for locals to exercise and relax. After cheering at the matches, spectators can visit nearby attractions like Jincheng Lake Park and Jiangjia Art Garden to experience the limitless possibilities of "park+" living.
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Jincheng Lake Park is lush with greenery and vibrant flowers year-round, offering scenic views and a spacious lakeside area perfect for camping, cycling, water sports, and sunset watching. Jiangjia Art Garden features expansive wetlands, lawns, and forests, with diverse recreational activities such as basketball, badminton, kayaking, and horseback riding. Whether cycling through greenways, picnicking on the grass, or paddling a kayak to connect with nature, you'll find a harmonious blend of people and nature—a true "city life" experience.
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✅️【Chengbei Sports Center】
Nearby Attractions: Tianfu Art Park—Wenshu Fang
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As Chengdu's first comprehensive sports venue, Chengbei Sports Center holds a special place in the memories of locals. During the Chengdu Universiade, it hosted the martial arts events, witnessing the first gold medal of the games. This year, it serves as the venue for three sports dance events: standard dance, Latin dance, and breakdance.
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For long-time residents, Chengbei Sports Center was once the city's hub for sports and cultural performances. Today, it features professional training facilities for table tennis, badminton, and dance, as well as outdoor fitness spaces, making it a go-to spot for daily exercise.
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After watching the matches, visitors can explore the art-filled Tianfu Art Park or the culturally rich Wenshu Fang.
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Tianfu Art Park comprises museums, art galleries, and libraries, offering immersive aesthetic experiences through innovative exhibitions, engaging public education activities, and cozy reading environments. Wenshu Fang, a unique street blending intangible cultural heritage, Hanfu, tea, cuisine, trendy theaters, and entertainment, is a must-visit for tourists in Chengdu. Every corner reveals a scenic view or an intriguing shop, making it a delightful place to wander.
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✅️【Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium】
Nearby Attractions: Chengdu Wuhou Shrine Museum—Yulin Street
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Once hailed as the "Number One Gymnasium in Southwest China," Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium has hosted major events like the 7th National Games, World Men's and Women's Volleyball Championships, Chengdu Universiade, and the Chengdu ITTF Mixed Team World Cup.
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During this year's Chengdu World Games, it serves as the venue for Muay Thai and kickboxing events. Beyond hosting top-tier competitions, the gymnasium is a daily hub for public fitness activities, with outdoor table tennis and badminton courts bustling with locals, and seniors practicing Tai Chi under the shade of trees. Here, elite sports and community fitness coexist harmoniously.
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Nearby attractions include Chengdu Wuhou Shrine Museum and Yulin Street.
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Wuhou Shrine is a temple dedicated to Zhuge Liang, the chancellor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, and is the only temple in China that honors both a ruler and his minister. Known as the "Holy Land of the Three Kingdoms," the shrine's inscriptions, plaques, and couplets are treasures of calligraphy worth appreciating. Yulin Street, located in Chengdu's Wuhou District, is a cultural hotspot and a signature landmark of the city. It attracts countless visitors with its poetry, literature, art, and rock music, as well as its local delicacies like skewers, ice jelly, and mahjong. Combining art and romance, life and commerce, Yulin Street offers the quintessential Chengdu lifestyle experience.
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Image Source & Article Reference: Wenlv Chengdu Official WeChat Account
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