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Szechuan Cuisine

Szechuan cuisine, is a style of Chinesecuisine originating from Sichuan province

in southwestern China. It has bold avours,

particularly the pungency and spiciness

resulting from liberal use of garlic and chili

peppers, as well as the unique avor of

the Sichuan pepper. There are many local

variations within Sichuan province and the

Chongqing municipality, which was part of

Sichuan until 1997. Four sub-styles include

Chongqing, Chengdu, Zigong, and Buddhist

vegetarian style.

One ancient Chinese account declared that

the "people of Sichuan uphold good avour,

and they are fond of hot and spicy taste."

Most Szechuan dishes are spicy, although

a typical meal includes non-spicy dishes to

cool the palate. According to at least one

Chinese culinary writer, Szechuan cuisine

is composed of seven basic avours: sour,

pungent, hot, sweet, bitter, aromatic, and

salty. Szechuan cuisine has changed little

over the years, and milder versions of Si-

chuan dishes remain a staple of American

Chinese cuisine.

UNESCO declared Chengdu to be a city of

gastronomy in 2011 in order to recognize

the sophistication of its cooking.

Dujiangyan Irrigation System

Dujiangyan is an irrigation infrastructure

built in 256 BC during the Warring States

period of China by the Kingdom of Qin. It

is located in the Min River near the capital

Chengdu. It is still in use today to irrigate

over 5,300 square kilometers of land in

the region.The Dujiangyan along with the

Zhengguo Canal in Shaanxi Province and

the Lingqu Canal in Guangxi Province are

known as The three great hydraulic engi-

neering projects of the Qin Dynasty.

During the Warring States period (406221

BC), people who lived along the banks of

the Min River were plagued by annual

Linqua franca

Sichuanese Mandarin or Szechwanese Man-darin, commonly known as Sichuanese, is a

branch of Southwestern Mandarin, spoken

mainly in Sichuan and Chongqing and the

adjacent regions of their neighboring prov-

inces, such as Hubei, Guizhou. Although

Sichuanese is generally classied as a

dialect of Mandarin, it is highly divergent in

phonology, vocabulary, and even grammar

from the standard language.

Modern Sichuanese was formed rather

recently in a great wave of immigration

during the Ming Dynasty (13681644):

many immigrants, mainly from Hunan,

ooded into Sichuan, bringing their lan-

guages with them. Sichuanese is spoken byabout 120 million people, so it would be the

10th largest language by number of speak-

ers, just behind Japanese.

ooding. Qin governor Li Bing investigated

the problem and discovered that the river

was swelled by fast owing spring melt-wa-

ter from the local mountains that burst the

banks when it reached the slow moving

and heavily silted stretch below.Li Bing

proposed to construct an articial levee to

redirect a portion of the rivers ow and

then to cut a channel through Mount Yulei

to discharge the excess water upon the dry

Chengdu Plain beyond.The massive con-

struction took four years to complete.

After the system was nished, no more

oods occurred. The irrigation made Sich-uan the most productive agricultural place

in China. On the east side of Dujiangyan,

people built a shrine in remembrance of Li

Bing. In 2000, Dujiangyan became a UNE-

SCO World Heritage Site.

Sichuan Hot Pot Cards of Sichuanese Mandarin

Dujiangyan Irrigation System


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CHENGDU

COUNTRY OF HEAVEN

Home of theGiant Pandas

As Chinas National Treasure, the giant

panda is one of the rarest animals in

the world. The total number is estimat-

ed to be 1,500, including those living in

the wild, 80% of which are in Sichuan

Province.

A breeding center for giant pandas was

founded in the north suburbs of Cheng-

du. It is the only one of its kind in the

world that's located in a metropolitan

area. In order to better protect wild

giant pandas, Chengdu has established

nature reserves in Dujiangyan City,

Chongzhou City, and Dayi County.

Sichuan Wolong Giant Panda Nature

Reserve, the biggest of its kind in the

world, is only 130 km (81 mi) outside

Chengdu.

Top 10 Chengdu Attractions

No. 01: Sanxingdui Museum

No. 02: Panda Breeding and Re-search Center

No. 03: Dujiangyan IrrigationProject

No. 04: Xiling Snow Mountain

No. 05: Qingcheng Mountain

No. 06: Wenshu Temple

No. 07: Du Fu Thatched Cottage

No. 08: Wolong National NatureReserve

No. 09: Luodai Ancient Town

No. 10: Jinli Old Street

1 by Liu Xiao Ping Paingting Paradise 1 by

City logo: Inspired by the Golden Sun Bird arti-

fact excavated from Jinsha Ruins.


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