C is for Chengdu
We visited several Chinese cities in 2006, including Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province (see also S is for Shanghai). From here, we also made a side trip to Leshan to see the 1200 year old, 71m high Buddha carved into the rock face. We were only able to view it from a river boat, although other tourists were climbing up to the crown. Wannian and Baoguo Temples were also from this trip; Wenshu Temple and the River View Pavilion are in Chengdu which is also where we saw the folk art concert with the Chengdu Faces. The dancers wear masks which they change imperceptibly – though you can see one making a mistake in this YouTube video. Since then, Chengdu has become very familiar to John because he travels there regularly on business – fortunately not suffering from the aftermath of food poisoning as he was on this first trip! We’ll blame another city for that.
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
Hoe beautiful actually-Love your pics:)
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Wow, it looks amazing. I’ve not made it to China yet but one day…
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Yes, definitely try to go one day!
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Anabel, My girls and I loved Chengdu when we visited. We were on our way to Tibet! We loved the show, especially!
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Ah, Tibet! I have a whole other story about that, but it’s far too long for A to Z. Some day it will see the light of day.
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What amazing photos. I would love to spend time exploring China and I enjoy taking time to wander around temples, especially ones that look like the ones above. 🙂
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Thank you! I agree, temples are fascinating. Full of interesting sights – and smells with all the incense burning.
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We spend hours exploring religious sites when we are travelling which is strange as we are not religious ourselves but there is something very soothing about some of these locations.
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No, I’m not religious either, but I find the customs fascinating.
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Oh wow, this looks gorgeous! I would love to visit China some day.
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Thank you! You should definitely try to visit.
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Have not been to mainland China yet, but it looks very tempting:-) And your post makes it not less tempting. Great collage and chose for “C”. Happy atoz blogging:-)
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You too! I have now found your blog.
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Great choice for C – all of these are so new to me as we haven’t made it to Asia yet. I love the opera photo in your collage, so colourful!
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It was very colourful, and I still can’t work out how they manage to change their masks so quickly.
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The carved Buddha is amazing! I’ve always wanted to see the Great Wall of China. I think it would be just a spectacular sight. Maybe someday…
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It is – would have featured on Day 2 if B had been for Beijing rather than Bangkok!
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Great choice for ‘C’. I haven’t made it to China yet but can’t wait until I do. Good thing he hasn’t gotten food poisoning since 🙂
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He’s quite good at getting food poisoning, as he’ll eat anything! Me, I’m more cautious and also a veggie which is generally safer.
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