{"id":2660,"date":"2019-10-04T02:38:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T02:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/?p=2660"},"modified":"2019-10-04T02:38:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T02:38:49","slug":"chengdu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/chengdu\/","title":{"rendered":"Chengdu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This was my third visit to Chengdu. My friend Howie picked me up at the airport, and was a very gracious host throughout my visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was great to see Howie again . He continues his mission to turn me into a total “foodie”! And, with all that great food in Sichuan, I am a goner!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Howie drove me around Chengdu, giving me a peek at various landmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Statue of Chairman Mao at People’s Sqiare<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That climbing panda was designed by the same artist who did the famous blue bear in Denver!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wenshufang Neighborhood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Howie took me to the Wenshufang neighborhood and we visited Wenshuyuan (Wenshu Monastery)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although this looks like it could be a gigantic carved timber to be suspended and used to strike a large bell, it is not. Actually it is a sort of drum\/bell. You can see a worn area in the middle, where it was struck to produce a sound.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oddly shaped bell\/gong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After visiting the monastery, we went to a shop owned by one of Howie’s old chums. There we relaxed and enjoyed some pu’er tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wuhou Temple<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A famous period of Chinese history is known as the Three Kingdoms period. It was a contentious time, with China divided into three areas, each struggling for overall supremacy. The historical novel about the period, “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” generally takes the side led by Liu Bei. The territory of this faction changed over time, but ultimately its capital became Chengdu.
Liu Bei was buried within the grounds of what is now the Wuhou Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Statue of Liu Bei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Liu Bei was not an overly forceful or successful ruler. Credit for their successes really belonged to his chancellor Zhege Liang. This man was a brilliant strategist, as well as an inventor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zhege Liang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Zhege Liang is still well admired, and great things of visitors flock to this site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bridge over the Jinjiang River<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Night view of this beautiful bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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This was my third visit to Chengdu. My friend Howie picked me up at the airport, and was a very gracious host throughout my visit. It was great to see Howie again . He continues his mission to turn me into a total “foodie”! And, with all that great food in Sichuan, I am a … Continue reading Chengdu<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}