Travel and Tourism of Sichuan in china

Sichuan Province is one of the biggest provinces in China with an area of 485,000 km² (187,260 mi²). Its terrain slopes from west to east on the entire and the main landforms include plains, hills, mountains and plateaus. The temperature here is mild with profusion of rainfall. The usual annual temperature is 14℃-19℃ and the annual rainfall is 900-1,200 millimeters. Located in southwest China, Sichuan has been the entrance to Tibet. In fact, the western part of the prefecture is one of the Tibetan-inhabited areas and visitors can familiarity customs and living lifestyle of the Tibetan population here too. Another main cultural group of Sichuan is the Yi nationality, focussed in western Sichuan as well. The capital city of Sichuan, Chengdu, is the cultural and developed center for the agricultural Chengdu Plain and one of the first centers of printing in China. It has also been well-known for its deluxe satins, brocades, and gloss ware since the 13th century.

 

Apart from the main landforms like plains, hills, mountains and plateaus, Sichuan enjoys a wide variety of good-looking landscapes together with ravines, basin, rivers, lakes, hot springs, waterfalls and limestone caves, etc. Some of them have been residential into scenic sites for tourism like the Jiuzhaigou attractive Area and Trumpet Shell Valley. Moreover, the diversified landscapes together with the nice environment nurse a great number of rare plant and animal variety. The Hengduan Mountains in western Sichuan is home to over one fifth of China's rare plant variety, together with the so-called 'Living Fossil', silver fir and sequoia. The mountains also host more than 50 kinds of rare animals, among which the enormous pandas are most valuable. Actually, 85% of China's giant pandas are living in this mountain area, earning the province a standing of 'Hometown of Giant Pandas'. Visitors can contact with those lovely pandas in Chengdu Panda Breeding and explore Center (one of the most important centers in the world for the imprisoned conservation of giant pandas), Bifeng Gorge Base of China Panda fortification and Research Center, etc.

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