Chinese food
Would you go to a museum about dinner?
The Sichuan Cuisine Museum’s own exhibition page describes a collection of more than three thousand utensils in a display area of about 1,200 square metres.…
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Chinese food
Does Sichuan food have only one setting?
Chengdu’s food profile talks about a range of flavours, not a single level of heat.
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Places & Regions
How Huanglong’s water builds stone pools
Travertine terraces at Huanglong form through mineral-rich water and changing chemistry, not a human plan for a staircase of pools.
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Places & Regions
Why place a giant Buddha by three rivers?
The Leshan Giant Buddha makes more sense when you look at the cliff and rivers around it.
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Chinese food
Why is a teahouse more than a café?
In Chengdu, the history of the teahouse is also a history of people meeting, talking and hearing news.
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History, Arts & Traditions
How can a river be guided without a dam?
The Dujiangyan system near Chengdu began more than 2,000 years ago and still helps direct river water across the plain.
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Places & Regions
Why are some lakes so blue?
Jiuzhaigou's clear, mineral-rich waters can appear blue, green and other colours. The photographs are striking; the ecosystem matters too.
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Everyday China
Why would a panda keeper make a toy?
At the Chengdu panda base, keepers use enrichment objects to give pandas more interesting things to do.
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Places & Regions
A panda forest has other residents
The panda is the famous face of Sichuan's mountain forests. It shares those forests with far more living things than a logo can show.
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