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Chengdu, China
6 places worth your time in Chengdu, with what each is actually like and when to go.
The main research centre, best in the early morning when the pandas are actually awake and eating.
Reconstructed Qing streets — commercial, busy, and still a decent introduction to Sichuan snacks.
A memorial to Zhuge Liang and the Three Kingdoms, in gardens beside Jinli.
A 71-metre Tang-dynasty Buddha carved into a cliff at a river confluence, two hours south.
A birthplace of Taoism, with temples up a forested mountain and a cable car for the tired.
Bamboo chairs under the trees, bottomless tea, ear cleaning, and the marriage market at weekends.
