[Chengdu Free Travel] How to enjoy Chengdu in 3 days and 2 nights, a comprehensive itinerary planning guide!

Take photos of the Three Kingdoms flavor at the red walls of Wuhou Temple, eat the Three Big Cannons in Jinli, clean your ears in People's Park, watch face-changing in Sichuan style, and all the fireworks in the old city are gathered in one day.
Watch the panda cubs chewing bamboo at the panda base, visit the Sun Bird in Jinsha, escape the summer heat at Du Fu's Thatched Cottage, and take an afternoon nap under the ancient trees at Qingyang Palace. The daily schedule is never repeated.

The Wuhou Temple commemorates Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. When it was first built, it was adjacent to Liu Bei's Han Zhaolie Temple. It was merged into the Han Zhaolie Temple in the Ming Dynasty, becoming a rare temple in China that enshrines both the monarch and his ministers. The cultural relics area of ​​the scenic area is mainly composed of Huiling, Han Zhaolie Temple, Wuhou Temple, Sanyi Temple, etc. The main building is Wuhou Temple, which enshrines statues of Shu Han heroes such as Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. Chengdu’s famous landscape “Red Walls and Bamboo Shadows” is located within the scenic area.

Address: No. 231, Wuhouci Street, Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Transportation: Take Metro Line 3 and get off at Gaoshengqiao Station.

Business hours: Open from 08:30 to 18:30 tomorrow (no admission at 17:30)

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Jinli Ancient Street is a well-known pedestrian commercial street in Chengdu. It consists of a large number of antique buildings in the architectural style of the late Qing Dynasty. It has a large number of bars and famous restaurants, including the famous Wuhou Temple. People usually come here for a stroll after visiting the Wuhou Temple. Items sold on both sides of the street are full of local characteristics, and there are many old Chengdu craftsmen busy making blowing sugar paintings and making dough figurines. In addition, the various delicacies will definitely make you salivate, such as Zhang Fei beef, tofu pudding, beef cakes, and Bobo chicken, each with its own flavor. When the red lanterns are lit up at night, the bars and teahouses in Jinli are also bustling and lively.

Address: No. 1, No. 231, Wuhouci Street, Wuhou District, Chengdu

Opening hours: 24 hours a day, all year round

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People's Park in the center of Chengdu was built in 1911. It is a great place for locals to drink tea and chat. When you come here, you can truly feel the "slow life" of the people of Chengdu. After arriving at People's Park, you can go to the teahouse in the park like the locals, order a cup of scented tea that the locals love to drink, bask in the sun and daydream, or find a few good friends to play mahjong together.

Address: No. 9, Citang Street, Qingyang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Opening hours: 06:30-22:00

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Kuanxiang and Zhaixiang are ancient streets from the Qing Dynasty left over in Chengdu. They consist of three parallel urban streets, Kuanxiang, Zhaixiang and Jingxiangzi, and the courtyard communities between them. Come here, drink tea, eat hot pot, and experience Chengdu’s leisurely life, slow life and new life. You can order a cup of tea here and chat with the old man next to you; you can also comfortably enjoy the pleasure of ear cleaning. The Kuanzhai Alley also has a unique charm under the night sky. Bars such as Dianzui, Baiye and Huli are full of fashion.

Address: No. 27, Kuanxiangzi, Qingyang District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Transportation: Take Metro Line 2 and get off at People's Park Station; or take Metro Line 4 and get off at Zhaixiangzi Station.

Opening hours: 24 hours a day, all year round

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If you want to watch a wonderful Sichuan opera and experience authentic Sichuan folk art, then come to the Shufeng Yayun Sichuan Opera House. Sichuan Opera is a folk drama loved by people in several southwestern provinces such as Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. In the Sichuan Opera House, you can enjoy the wonderful Sichuan Opera skills: face changing. You can also put on the costumes yourself and let professional makeup artists put on makeup for you to play the role in the play.

Address: Shufeng Yayun Folk Teahouse at the entrance of Chengdu Cultural Park, No. 73 Qintai Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu

Business hours: Open from 14:00 to 21:30 tomorrow

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The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is located in the northern suburbs of Chengdu, about 10 kilometers away from the city center. It is built to simulate the living environment of giant pandas in the wild, with lakes, streams, bamboo forests, lawns, etc. Close contact with giant pandas is the highlight here. Visitors here can observe the living conditions of giant pandas up close. There is also a "Panda Villa" here, which is an enclosed leisure place for pandas.

Address: No. 1375, Waibei Panda Avenue, Chenghua District, Chengdu

Business hours: Open from 07:30-18:00 tomorrow (ticket sales stop at 17:00; admission stops at 17:00)

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Wenshu Monastery is located in Qingyang District. It was first built in the Sui Dynasty and was rebuilt during the reign of Emperor Kangxi and renamed Wenshu Monastery. There are more than 300 Buddha statues of various sizes enshrined in the courtyard, made of various materials such as steel, gauze, wood carvings, stone carvings, and clay sculptures. Among them is a Burmese jade Buddha, which comes from Myanmar and is very precious.

The five main halls in the temple, including the Hall of the Three Bodhisattvas, the Main Hall, the Dharma Hall, and the Sutra Library, are connected in sequence and integrated with the bell tower, dining hall, and corridors on the east and west sides. Together with other buildings, they form a closed courtyard. There is also a teahouse and a distinctive vegetarian restaurant "Xiangzhaitang" in the courtyard, making it a favourite leisure place for residents.

In addition, the temple houses many precious calligraphy and painting pieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties. The most famous is the "Empty Forest" plaque bestowed by Emperor Kangxi on Wenshu Temple in 1702, and the scroll "Sea Moon" which Kangxi imitated from the Song Dynasty calligrapher Mi Fu. There are also Buddhist cultural relics such as the parietal bone of Master Xuanzang from the Tang Dynasty, Indian palm leaf scriptures, and Japanese gilded sutras from the Tang Dynasty. However, since it is a precious cultural relic, it is rarely seen by outsiders.

Wenshuyuan Street in front of Wenshuyuan has been developed into Wenshufang, known as the "urban Zen temple". It is full of antique buildings and many snacks are still sold there.

Address: No. 66, Wenshuyuan Street, Qingyang District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Business hours: Open from 08:00 to 17:00 tomorrow

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Chunxi Road is a representative commercial street in Chengdu and one of the fashion centers of Chengdu. Going shopping and eating local delicacies here are what tourists must do when they come to Chengdu. On both sides of Chunxi Road, there are century-old stores, fashionable shopping malls, and delicious snack shops. Well-known local snack shops such as Zhong Dumplings, Lai Tangyuan, and Long Chao Shou all have branches on Chunxi Road.

Address: Jinjiang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Opening hours: 24 hours a day, all year round

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The Jinsha Site Museum is located in the northwest of Chengdu city. It was built on the original site of the Jinsha Site, an important archaeological discovery of the ancient Shu civilization. It is an archaeological museum dedicated to protecting, researching and displaying the Jinsha Site and the ancient Shu civilization.

In April 2007, the Jinsha Site Museum was officially opened to the public. The museum covers an area of ​​300,000 square meters and has a total building area of ​​about 40,000 square meters. It is divided into a ruins hall, an exhibition hall, a cultural relics protection and restoration centre, a cultural exchange centre, and a garden area. The museum's collection of cultural relics is rich in variety and complete in system, and all have high historical, scientific, cultural and artistic value. The exhibition comprehensively displays the splendour of the ancient Shu Jinsha Kingdom from multiple angles, including archaeological sites, ecological environment, production and life, religious sacrifices, and cultural background.

The Jinsha Ruins were rated as one of the "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2001", a national key cultural relic protection unit and one of the first national archaeological site parks, and were included in the "China World Cultural Heritage Tentative List" together with the Sanxingdui Ruins. The "Sun Bird" gold ornament pattern unearthed from the Jinsha Ruins has been identified as the symbol of China's cultural heritage and the core pattern of Chengdu's city image logo.

The Jinsha Site Museum is now a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, a national first-class museum, a national research and practice education base for primary and secondary school students, and a Sichuan Province postdoctoral innovation and practice base.

Address: No. 2 Jinsha Ruins Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu

Business hours: Open from 09:00 to 18:00 tomorrow (no admission at 17:00)

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Du Fu Thatched Cottage is the former residence of Du Fu, a famous Tang Dynasty poet in Chengdu. Du Fu lived here for nearly four years and wrote hundreds of poems, so this place is regarded as a "holy place" in the history of Chinese literature. The current Du Fu Thatched Cottage has gone through many dynasties and has been restored many times. The iconic landscape in the scenic area is the thatched cottage, which was rebuilt based on the characteristics of folk houses in western Sichuan.

Address: No. 37 Qinghua Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Transportation: Take Metro Line 4 and get off at Caotang North Road Station.

Business hours: Open from 09:00 to 18:00 tomorrow (no admission at 17:00)

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Qingyang Palace is located in the southwest of Chengdu. It was built during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. It is one of the oldest and largest Taoist temples in Chengdu. There is a lot of incense here and a strong Taoist atmosphere. People often come here to burn incense and pray for blessings. The environment is quiet. There is also the Sichuan Museum, Du Fu Thatched Cottage, etc. around Qingyang Palace. If you have time, you can visit them all.

Address: No. 9, Section 2, West First Ring Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu

Business hours: Open from 08:00 to 18:00 tomorrow

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