Chengdu abbreviation hibiscus. Alternate name brocade city, Furong City. Is Sichuan's provincial capital city, China historical city, the first batch China outstanding tourist city, the national health city, the nation ˇ°the two supportsˇ± the model city. Is the southwest economy, the culture and the traffic center, one of our country southwest biggest cities. Chengdu located at Sichuan middle, the Western Sichuan plain center, east the Longquan sierra, south near the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, west depends on Mt. Qionglai, north according to the Qinling sierra, the total acreage 12,390 square kilometers, governs 9 municipal districts, 6 counties, acts as an agent 4 county-level cities. at the end of 2005 resident populations are 12,220,000 people, the urban population 7,310,000 person of Chengdu average elevation 500 meters, have the model basin climate characteristic. Under the subtropics monsoon climate function, here spring, Xia Re, the fall are early cool, the winter is warm, annual mean temperature 16ˇć, about annual rainfall 1000 millimeters. Chengdu climate has two outstanding features: First, the multi-fog, the sunshine time is short; Second, the air is moist. Therefore, although the temperature is not high in the summer, actually appears sultry; Second, the air is moist. Therefore, although the temperature is not high in the summer, actually appears sultry; In the winter although average temperature in 5ˇć above, but the cloudy day are many, the air tide, actually appears very cloudy and cold. Chengdu's rain water concentrates in 7, 8 two months, the winter spring two season arid few rain, extremely few snow and ice. Every year 3 to June, are comes Chengdu traveling September to November the best season Chengdu history to be glorious.
Chengdu is the ancient Shu culture important place of origin, as early as has created the highly developed bronze culture in the Shangzhou time. The Western Han Dynasty time, Shujun defended Wen Weng to organize in the Chinese history in Chengdu the first government operated school--Stone chamber school. At that time first-class prose poems Sima like, the big writer raised male, said that the scientist father equality stemmed from Chengdu. Hereafter Chengdu has also presented the Tang Dynasty well-known music monograph "Musical conservatory Salmagundi" author Duan Anjie, Five Dynasties renowned excellent poet Sun Guangxian, painter yellow bamboo fish trap, Northern Song Dynasty historian Fan Town, Fan Zuyu, Ming Dynasty first-class scholar Yang Shengan, as well as modern writer Ba Jin and so on a large quantities of cultural celebrity. Tang Song period is the Chengdu culture most prosperous time, at that time was famous poet Li Bai, Du Fu, Li Shangyin, Yuan Zhen, Su Shi, Lu You, Fan Chengda and so on once to dwell away from home this place, has left behind the rich cultural vestige for Chengdu. Chengdu is the China southwest biggest land route and the air traffic key position, the transportation extends in all directions, facilitates extremely.