One of my other reasons for including Chengdu on my trip (apart from the Giant Buddha) was to visit the Chengdu Panda Breeding & Research Center, organising a trip with the hotel I got there early one morning to catch the pandas meal times, I still remember seeing the very first one amongst all the bamboo trees sitting there like a baby and chewing away on their favourite pastime, just like the one in the photo, brilliant. The rest of my time in Chengdu I spent wandering around the big city and seeing what interesting stuff I could find, I noticed the ‘new found wealth’ China creeping in with old buildings being knocked down and modern ones being put up…
Chengdu Panda Breeding & Research Center Photos
Panda sculpturesBambo forestWelcome to The Chengdu Panda Breeding & Research CenterThese two buddies enjoying meal time, you have to get here for the opening of the centre to catch the pandas doing stuff ~ most of the day they just lie around letting all that bamboo go downGiant panda looking at meClose up of a red pandaBe like Bamboo, flexable but never break! ~ I do like this stuff!!Some info on the female panda Xing YaIt's the baby pandas that every tourist wants to see ~ in fact you queue up to see these little guys through as glass window, and hardly have anytime to snap a photo before your moved on!A Giant Panda climbs for some bambooPanda iPhoneAdult panda chewing away on some bamboo ~ what a great life!
The People's Park Photos
Colourful flowers in the People's Park,Chinese citizen arming up before all the dancing in the People's ParkWatching the locals parade the catwalk in the People's ParkSinging & dancing in People's ParkNow this was unusual, apart from karaoke blaring out over the tannoys and lots of middle aged folk dancing away, they actually had a public catwalk going on with a red carpet to boot! all in the People's ParkMonument in the People's ParkBadminton being played in the People's Park
Tianfu Square & General Chengdu Photos
The metro in Chengdu was till very modern when I was there in 2014, in fact Line 1 was only just opened in September 2010If you’ve ever owed a skateboard then your know what I was thinking here…An old school monument with a backdrop of modern times, this is part of Tianfu Square in ChengduTianfu Square map in the form of a treeElaborate water fountain that sits above a huge underground shopping mall in Tianfu Square, ChengduMobile phone shop character'And just what to you think your looking at...'Soviet era style structure in Tianfu Square, ChengduThe Sichuan Science and Technology Museum, notice the giant Mao statue in front of it'City with World fame' pillar outside the Sichuan Science and Technology MuseumHuge stone statue of Chairman Mao outside the Sichuan Science and Technology MuseumTianfu Square map in the form of a treeBusy crossing in downtown ChengduGirl riding moped in downtown ChengduFish market, the eating kind, ChengduSome of the older housing apartments in downtown ChengduWet market in downtown ChengduDowntown ChengduOne of the many shopping arcades in ChengduLocal shopping centre in ChengduInside the IFS building/shopping mallTook this one inside the most modern shopping centres in Chengdu ~ it even had an ice rink inside...They thought of everything in this place!Another example of the older housing apartments that will more than likely be knocked down to make way for modern ones, downtown ChengduJust outside all the modern shopping centres and buildings theres still reminders of how this place was before it went into redevelopment modeEat and be happy...The panda haha love it!This LED billboard sign was huge, tried to capture it here amoungst the skyscrapersModern shopping arcade ChengduReally like this shot, sums up Chengdu for me ~ fast food & the overall happy-go-lucky people of this great Chinese city!Decorative sign on a bridge in ChengduModern housing apartments in downtown ChengduTypical apartment block in downtown ChengduMopeds en route in ChengduVintage wooden bus, ChengduIt's always rush hour in China, mopeds crossing in ChengduDaosangshu Street sign, ChengduStreet cleaner in ChengduA three wheeled contraptionLocal street cleaner in Chengdu having a food break
Jinli Pedestrian Street Photos
Hotel model in a hotel lobby, downtown ChengduBakkwa shop - a Chinese salty-sweet dried meat product similar to jerky, downtown ChengduThe colourful Jinli Pedestrian StreetThis is Jinli Street, Chengdu, a livley market with buildings designed in the Qing Dynasty styleChinese brushes stall in Jinli ~ I wish I had brought one of these come to think of it!Scary Halloween sign, Jinli Pedestrian Street, ChengduThe colorful Jinli Street - this spot is near the centre and is surrounded with lots of small stalls and restaurantsWalking around the Jinli Pedestrian StreetI'm not sure what this is ~ some kind of drink with a plum in it? made a nice shot thoughShadow Puppetry stall, Jinli Pedestrian Street, ChengduEmperor dressed food vendor, Jinli Pedestrian Street, ChengduHalloween lights, Jinli Pedestrian Street, ChengduColorful Chinese lanterns lit up at night in Jinli Street, ChengduStreet performance, Jinli Pedestrian Street, ChengduI saw this at a stall and thought it would make a great picture, turned around and noticed a bunch of Chinese tourists snapping away ~ glad to be of some inspirational for them!Live entertainment, Jinli Pedestrian Street, ChengduThe 'Dicos' fast food restaurant chain - if you've been around China you would have surely seen one of these! Jinli Street, ChengduThe wide variety of 'fast-food' snacks (definitely see some octopus in there) on sticks availiable in Jinli Street, ChengduA plaque showing the traditional food making of China, Jinli Street, ChengduChinese dolls, Jinli Pedestrian Street, ChengduMorning/ Evening dancing on street corners - another popular pastime in China.Street decoration, downtown ChengduKTV (Karaoke television) building lit up at night, downtown Chengdu
