The Releasing Water Festival to Open on Tomb-Sweeping Day

Date: 2011-3-22 0:56:00 by fadri Tags: Releasing Water Festival Chengdu

The releasing water festival, regarded as the holy festival by local people, is to be held on Tomb-sweeping Day (usually on April 5th) in memory of the builders of Dujiangyan Irrigation Project and in celebration of the great project, marking the beginning of a new spring ploughing.

At the beginning of the opening ceremony of the festival every year, a fete ceremony is held and the

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China trip!

Date: 2011-2-2 15:55:00 by yvesbune84 Tags: Beijing Chengdu Kunming Shanghai etc.

Well here is a little story about the trip I will be making this August with my girlfriend. Our plan
is to start in Beijing, stay here for a couple of days to see all the city has to offer and continue our
journey to Xian and from here to Chengdu. Mostly we will be staying in China for a

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In Southwest China's Sichuan

Date: 2008-4-8 20:46:00 by Jack Tags: Chengdu Jiuzhaigou

After a day's train trip from Xi'an,we were in Chengdu-capital city of Sichuan, right now. We have had just a few crazy days here. I'm wondering if that might be our "China theme song".

Sichuan needed at least a week while we only had four days so we had all the wanted places at the back of our minds beforehand. The places we had on our lists were jiuzaigou national park, whic

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Legendary Places in Sichuan Province

Date: 2008-4-1 5:48:00 by Olivia Tags: Chengdu Jiuzhaigou

I had a couple of interesting days in Sichuan-China's southwest province. Sichuan is a top tourist draw in China, keeping catching my eyes for years. I had a week for my journey, which was somehow enough for this imaginable land. The places on my list were Jiuzhaigou National Park, an amazing gully with waterfalls, snowy mountains views, Tibet villages; Huanglong another beautiful place w

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Cathy's trip to Sichuan(Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong)

Date: 2008-3-20 22:42:00 by chinatravel Tags: Chengdu Jiuzhaigou Huanglong

We were thinking of writing our experience after returning from Sichuan(Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong), but did not make it until recently. Hope this article is useful to your future travelers.

John and I left Beijing with Imagination of the stunning beautiful landscape in west Sichuan. We boarded our plane heading for Chengdu early in the morning. The flight was eventful but the he

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