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landmarks
C
China is a country whose
cities aspire to worlddominating greatness:
Beijing, Shanghai, Hong
Kong, Shenzhen. Chengdu,
however, has taken a different, more human-scale path.
Sure, there are skyscrapers
and urban sprawl, but also
their antitheses. Temples —
both Buddhist and Taoist,
newly built and centuries
old — offer tranquil spaces
for incense lighting, fortunetelling and calm reflection
(and, often, a bit of snacking
and shopping in the surrounding areas). Parks and
squares dot the city, and in
the mornings and evenings
you’ll spot people practicing
tai chi, badminton or even
ballroom dancing for exercise. In the middle of the day,
it’s the promise of relaxation
that lures locals back to the
parks — specifically to the
open-air teahouses, where
you can while away the hours
over infusions of oolong or
dragonwell, watching waving stands of bamboo or the
endless flow of the rivers that
cut through Chengdu. Those
misty waterways, too, make
for wonderful wandering,
with bridges both utilitarian and insanely elaborate
criss-crossing back and forth.
If you get tired, don’t worry:
There’s always another
teahouse around the corner.
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