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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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