Chengdu located in southwest of People's Republic of China, is the capital of Sichuan province and a sub-provincial city. Chengdu is sometimes called the "Land of Milk and Honey". Chengdu offers visitors like no other, including a Panda Research base, museums, temples, excavation sites and amusement parks. You will get many extraordinary places to explore and admire from the moment you step in the discount destination Chengdu. It is simple and easy for you to book the cheap flights and the discount holiday tours with no one else but with FlightsFlights. Visit www.FlightsFlights.com.au and fine out more. Visit the Tianfu Square overlooked by an enormous Chairman Mao statue in the centre of the city, has been spruced up. Every evening at dusk, as well as at noontime, an elaborate water show, synchronized to music, bursts out from the square's fountains.

Explore the Sichuan Science and Technology Museum which is huge four-storey museum is filled with interactive exhibits about science, aerodynamics, space, mathematics, robotics and physics. Children will love the interactive displays and indoor playground on the 4th floor. Everyone will love the crowd-pleasers like the robotic orchestra and walk-through maps of Sichuan's waterways. Stroll through Chengdu Zoo, which offers all the typical animals that one might expect in a zoo, elephant, tigers, giraffes, monkeys, as well as panda bears.

Inspect the Sichuan University Museum. Excellent display of local artefacts including stone carvings dating from the Han dynasty to the Tang, ancient bronzes, Stone Age artefacts, furniture, silk clothing, leather puppets, calligraphy scrolls, paintings, and ceramics. Stop at the Jinsha Excavation Site. Recently discovered site featuring various tools and art pieces from around 3,000 years ago. The amount of unearthed items is just massive. They include pottery, blades, jade items, building foundations and various golden art pieces. There are two main buildings, the hall constructed over the centre of the excavation site and the modern exhibition hall with various artefacts on display.

Gaze at the Wenshu Temple. This Tang Dynasty Buddhist temple is the most impressive, and perhaps also the most used, temple in Chengdu. It is dedicated to the Buddhist representation of Wisdom and contains more than 450 Buddha statues and other precious relics. In addition to the halls and gardens, the temple also has a charming tea house that offers an insightful window of Chengdu life.

Wonder at the Qingyang Temple, a Taoist temple which is the oldest and biggest of its kind in the area, located in the west of downtown. A large and still-active temple that takes into consideration Taoist philosophy in its construction and with both a park next door and a number of relaxed courtyards inside. Relax at the Happy Valley Great amusement park with roller coasters and Water Park and the Floraland that includes a moderate selection of rides water, relaxing and thrill, and various recreation activities. Capture the excitement at the Panda Research Base. This is the biggest facility of this kind in the world. Due to habitat destruction and other reasons, the giant panda is maybe the most famous endangered animal. It is home to some 60 giant pandas, but also has some red pandas and a colony of black-necked cranes. Also a small museum and a cinema screening related documentaries.

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