This is Chengdu

Number of days:7 days
Time: May
With whom: husband and wife
Tour kinds: food, free travel, train, food forest
Updated: 2025.07.23

There is still a cool breeze blowing in the morning in May in Shenzhen, and the wind brings a little summer breath, although it has been a few days since I returned from Chengdu, and my thoughts sometimes stay there. On the contrary, it gets thicker little by little over time. What kind of charm does Chengdu have that makes you have so much stamina when you leave it?

Rongcheng, Jincheng, Furong City, Jinguan City, Tianfu Country, about the origin of Chengdu, according to the "Taiping Huanyu Ji", it is borrowed from the historical process of the Western Zhou Dynasty to build the capital, taking the Zhou king Qianqi, one year and one year to live in Chengju, two years to become a city, three years to Chengdu and named Shudu.

On May 1, 2025, Shenzhen flew to Chengdu and landed at nearly 9 o'clock, choosing to stay at the Mercure Hotel about 1 kilometer away from Jinli.

On the morning of May 2, I checked in Du Fu's thatched cottage first, and there were still a lot of people. In fact, the thatched cottage has been renovated and rebuilt countless times, and the scale has actually expanded, but the feelings for the thatched cottage can make people ignore these.

I came out of the thatched cottage and took a taxi to Taikoo Li and Chunxi Road, and found an old mother's hoof flower shop, which tasted okay and was cost-effective. After eating, it looked like it was around 2 p.m., and there was 30-degree weather in early May, and I found a coffee shop opposite, which was full of people. I bought an iced coffee to drink outside. Rest enough, walk along Chunxi Road.

In the daily chats of friends, I often hear that I like Chengdu and want to go again, and I often see the expression that I want to go to Chengdu in the circle of friends, but no one can fully explain the reason. In fact, travel does not require a reason. Just go. There is a kind of travel that is not for the longing of traveling thousands of miles, but only for aimless wandering

Change the place and see the fireworks in the world Turn the place you yearn for into a road
you have walked

The

elementary school classmates of Brother Qiao 5.3 arrived at the hotel lobby at 9 o'clock, According to our trip to Pidu District, where his home is located, it is the original Pi County.

Two primary school classmates chatted about the past and current life, I sat in the car and watched Chengdu move from the center to the outer ring little by little, without turning on the air conditioner, Chengdu in May, the temperature was just right, and gradually the eyes were full of green. The car is not fast, it seems that they want to deliberately lengthen this time, and it seems to make me think that Chengdu people should be like this. Treat everything as life. The moment is everything. Don't rush, don't force, don't catch up.

Surprises in travel are always unplanned, so it is known that the Wangcong Temple commemorates the Western Zhou Dynasty 2,700 years ago, when Emperor Wang Du Yu established the first recorded capital of Shu in Pixian, Cuckoo City. According to legend, Emperor Wang Du Yu taught the people to farm and taught the Ba people to farm, so in ancient times, Sichuan people regarded Du Yu as the god of agriculture, and spring plowing should first worship Du Yu. In Du Yu's later years, the Chengdu Plain was flooded. Du Yu's prime minister Turtle Ling "broke Yulei Mountain to eliminate water damage" (Yulei Mountain is the mountain at the mouth of the Dujiangyan Treasure Bottle). Du Yu gave up the throne to Turtle Ling and retired to the western mountains, when it was spring, the Shu people missed him, so they called the Zigui bird the cuckoo bird, and the first red flower that bloomed in spring on the mountain was called the rhododendron, saying that it was Du Yu urging people to plow in the spring, and I asked Emperor Wang if it was the sentence: Emperor Wang's spring heart entrusted Emperor Wang in the cuckoo, they only cared about reminiscing about the past, or they didn't know what I was talking about at all, and they ignored my excitement. I hurriedly looked at Baidu, and sure enough, when I arrived at the door, I found that it was under renovation and was not open to the public. Brother Qiao felt disappointed and sorry, but I said, I know I am very content here. It allowed me to re-appreciate and enrich the artistic conception of this poem. When I read it again, I already have a completely different feeling.

Jinse

Tang Dynasty Li Shangyin

Jinse has fifty strings for no reason, and one string and one pillar thinks of Hua Nian.

Zhuang Sheng dreams of butterflies, and hopes for the emperor's spring heart to rely on the cuckoo.

The

bright moon over the vast sea brings tears to my eyes, while the sun in Lantian is warm, and the jade smoke rises like smoke.

Can this feeling be reminisced? It's just that I was already confused at that time.

Let's talk about Pi County, there is a Wenchang Street, built along the river flowing down Dujiangyan, lined with teahouses, a comfortable festive atmosphere.

This is a place where not only tempeh is made all over the world, but beef is eaten to the extreme. Dinner treated us to a beef hot pot with barbecue, the beef in the hot pot was a large piece, the iron plate around the hot pot was grilled with cowboy bones, pork belly, and everyone also prepared a knife and fork for Western food. Lettuce and garlic cloves for Korean barbecue are also prepared. They are in charge of catching up and reminiscing about the past, and I am in charge of tasting the food.

5.4 There must be a day left for Chengdu to wander around, coming out of the wide and narrow alleys through unknown streets, inadvertently touching the ancient poems on the wall, all belong to Chengdu, everyone knows that his thatched hut is broken by the autumn wind in Chengdu, and his spring night rain makes Chengdu's spring more yearning. Jinli at night is as lively as the Tang Dynasty Never Sleeps City.

5.5 days Worship water Dujiangyan, ask about Qingcheng Mountain, there is a high-speed rail from Chengdu to Qingcheng Mountain, but I tried to hit Didi and chose the lowest price of more than 60, and someone actually took the order, he said that this price was not wanted to be taken, but he had never been to Qingcheng Mountain, and he also wanted to go around, and the homestay he booked was located in the town less than 2 kilometers at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain. The owner couple is nice. The B&B is equipped with an elevator. The room is huge. Floor-to-ceiling glass on both sides.

Qingcheng Mountain has always been a place I yearn for, and the Qingcheng Mountain in my imagination should be quiet and mysterious, so it has the reputation of "Qingcheng Tianxia You". Qingcheng Mountain is one of the birthplaces of Taoism in China. In the afternoon, take the cable car up the mountain, although it is a weekday, there is still a certain flow of people. Shangqing Palace is surrounded by incense, Laojun Pavilion. Although most of the monuments are located in the mountains, there are many tourists. There are too many shops. Over-commercialization. Before getting on the cable car, the mountain below is more like Qingcheng Mountain. It is already 10 o'clock in the evening when Qingcheng Mountain comes down, and the restaurant recommended by the boss is within walking distance. Business is good. We made it on a small table outside the door, and the food was okay, but not amazing. A little salty.

On May 6, I took a taxi to Panda Valley, which was not the main attraction. Just because it is close to Qingcheng Mountain.But it was very unexpected. Tickets are moderate. The scenic spot is a scenic spot that is open as a panda base, but it is very well managed. Both the environment and the management of scenic spots are remarkable. The eyes are full of various green plants. Fresh air. Pandas are either eating bamboo or playing in their natural environment. Pandas are more active in the morning. The brown red panda shuttles through the trees, which looks even more cute. It's still early to come out of Panda Valley, so take a taxi to Dujiangyan. I went there many years ago, and there has been little change in the scenic spot. Take a photo at the mouth of the treasure bottle and check in. On the contrary, a hand-drawn map of Dujiangyan during the Republic of China attracted me. Because I booked a high-speed rail ticket back to Chengdu at 3 p.m. So you can only watch the flowers.

The first time I took the high-speed rail, I encountered a half-hour drive and then notified to change the direction of travel. It turned out to be the opposite direction to a station, and then turn around in the direction of Chengdu. Only when I came out did I know that many things were different.

In the evening, relatives made an appointment for dinner, saying that it was a fly restaurant, at the intersection of a riverside market. Relatives and restaurants are regular customers. Sitting facing the window outside the street, the feeling of Chengdu came out, and the lights were on. Outside the vendor sells watermelons. Sweet and sour pork, fat sausage tofu, big knife waist slices, braised duck... A table full of dishes for three people, relatives said they all let me try them.

On May 7th, today I went to Wenshu Monastery on the recommendation of my relatives, and when I saw the red courtyard wall, I realized that I had actually been here when I first came to Chengdu, but at that time Wenshu Monastery was supposed to be under maintenance and was not open to the public, and I walked through the commercial street outside. If I were to recommend a temple in the past ten years of travel, Wenshu Monastery would definitely be in the top three. Approaching the front of the temple, I saw a simple and heavy wall coiled around the ancient temple, and the three big characters "Wenshu Monastery" were embedded in the main entrance, which contrasted with the walls of "Namo Amitabha Buddha", "solemn land, Lile and love", "world peace, human happiness", making Wenshu Monastery look very solemn and solemn. It allowed me to experience what a monastery should be.

Not only that, but the whole atmosphere of stepping into the courtyard makes you feel that this is what a monastery should look like, quiet, simple, elegant, without exaggerated incense smoke, some are fresh lilies in the morning, the volunteers here are honored as protection, they wear yellow vests, neat and clean, silently dedicated, and feel what the Pure Land is for the first time.

Those who are interested can learn about the history here, the social responsibility during the Anti-Japanese War, and the collection here. Worth coming again.

Next to the tea room: Chenlu, order a seasonal green tea, uncover the bowl, and the tea fragrance rising under the light floats in the air of Wenshu Monastery. This kind of life is very luxurious elsewhere, but it is very daily in Chengdu.