Chengdu - Sichuan Province

The capital of Sichuan province and culinary home to some of China’s finest, and hottest, cuisine, Chengdu offers the visitor a number of interesting temples and some peaceful parks in which to drink tea, play mahjong or watch the locals sing and dance. North of the city is the important Giant Panda Breeding Base, which is doing great work to preserve this rare creature from extinction, and to the south lies the Buddhist pilgrim route to Leshan and Emei Shan.