Best Traditional Chinese Sichuan: Chengdu Giant Panda Research Base, Jiuzhaigou UNESCO 1992, Huanglong UNESCO 1992, Leshan Giant Buddha UNESCO 1996, Mount Emei UNESCO 1996, Dujiangyan Irrigation UNESCO 2000, Wolong Panda Sanctuary UNESCO 2006, Mount Siguniang and Sichuan Deep Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: China travel | Asia destinations Best Traditional Chinese Sichuan: Chengdu Giant Panda Research Base (1987), Jiuzhaigou Valley UNESCO 1992, Huanglong UNESCO 1992, Leshan Giant Buddha UNESCO 1996, Mount Emei UNESCO 1996, Dujiangyan Irrigation System UNESCO 2000, Wolong Giant Panda Sanctuary UNESCO 2006, Mount Siguniang Four Sisters, Daocheng Yading and a Sichuan Deep Heritage Tour for 7 to 14 Days TL;DR Sichuan is the single Chinese province where six UNESCO listings, the giant panda, Tibetan high country, Tang dynasty Buddhist art and a still-working 256 BC irrigation system overlap on one map. The province covers 486,000 square kilometres with about 83 million people, the provincial capital Chengdu carries a metro population near 21 million, the eastern half sits inside the warm humid Sichuan basin and the western half climbs onto the Tibetan plateau where peaks pass 6,000 metres. Travellers come for the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding founded in...