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Land of plenty<\/h2>\n

The land of abundance… Sichuan’s<\/strong>fairy-tale landscapes range from vast rice paddies, mist-shrouded sacred mountains, snow-adorned peaks, magically colored lakes and waterfalls to dense green bamboo forest. The most famous nature parks are world heritage sites jiuzhaigou National Park <\/strong>and the Wolong Reserve<\/strong>, where not only the largest density giant pandas live in the wild but also the red panda and the snow leopard. Sichuan is the subtropical gateway to Tibet<\/strong> and China’s most important \u2013 and spiciest \u2013 culinary region.<\/p>\n

Chengdu<\/h4>\n

Was Chengdu once the center of the Silk Road, now it is best known for the Panda Base,<\/strong>for its immense cliffs carved Great Buddha Leshan <\/strong>and to the sacred Mount Emei Shan.<\/strong> The international hotspot is the birthplace of Sichuan opera<\/strong> and has been declared a ‘City of Gastronomy’ by UNESCO. Discover the true heart of the megacity on a street food tour, over a pot of tea shared with a local family, visiting a ‘wet market’, eating hot pot and sipping self-fired alcohol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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