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Chengdu Shopping Tips
Popular souvenir on Chengdu tours are Sichuan embroidery, vases, coffee sets, flowers sets of procelain body woven by bamboo, silver filament handiwork, Quanxiang Distilled Liquor and thick broad-bean sauce. Those specialties are available in South Huanhua Road, Huazhaocun Road, Shaanxi Street and Zhulinxiang Road.

Chunxi Road is the main shopping area in Chengdu, with more than 700 shops and malls, department stores, boutiques and street stalls available; Songxian Qiao Antique Market fills of communist relics, old porcelain dishes, jewelry, calligraphy equipment and some Tibetan stuff. Bargain is available; Lotus Wholesale Market is a huge market place for local people, with kinds of local stuff from clothes to home decoration to toys; Wuhou Tibetan Area selling kinds of clothing, textiles, jewelry and Tibetan stuff; Near the Panda base there are some pretty stalls or shops selling kinds of panda toys.

Eating / Drinking in Chengdu
Sichuan cuisine in Chengdu is delicious, fiery as well as spicy, with heavy use of Sichuan pepper which causes your mouth to become a little numb. You may also find the local food too oily or too salty for your taste, and may want to advise your server accordingly. Try the authentic Sichuan dishes with Sichuan pepper is a great experience and use a bottle of milk or something sweet would much better than water.
Hotpot is the most special food in Chengdu, comes with a big pot of soup and spices simmering in a hole in the middle of your table and add-ins like lamb, mushroom, beef, tofu and kinds of vegetables; the served soup in hot pot is spicy or non-spicy available;other reprehensive Chengdu dishes are Tea smoked duck, Twice cooked pork, Mapo dofu, Sichuan hotpot, Fuqi Feipian, Spicy deep-fried chicken, Shuizhu, or literally "Water cooked", dishes, Dan dan noodles, Bon bon chicken.Where to eat local cuisines and food in Chengdu; please come to Chengdu Food and Restaurants page

Nightlife / Entertainment in Chengdu
Chengdu is famous for its relaxed and laid back lifestyle, from traditional teahouse to modern pubs, cafe, theaters, you will find many place for night activities.
Jinli Old Street is an relaxing area with ancient Chinese style houses, and a great place for night stroll, shopping and eating; if you want to have a drink, go to the bar street located by the river. There are around 30 bars together. Another recommended activities for visitors in Chengdu is enjoying the Sichuan Opera, see their unique technique of changing masks in unbelievable speed and camera shots are forbidden during the performance.

China Post: Visitors can have their postcards, common letters, and express mail sent directly all over the world. Printed matters, parcels and packages have to be sent through post offices.

Shuwajie Post Office: No. 25, Shuwa Beiyi Street
Mengzhuiwan Post Office: No. 346, Shuanglin Road
Shawan Post Office Branch: New No. 71, Shawan Road
Yiguanmiao Post Office Branch: No. 6, Yongfeng Road

Foreign Exchange: This can be done in Bank of China, available throughout mainland China.

Complaint:
Tourism: 028-96927, 028-86622065, 028-86764621 (Fax)
Public Bus: 028-85073535, 028-85076868
Taxi: 028-86636630

Internet Cafe: scattered in the streets and lanes of the city, especially around colleges and universities. The charge is CNY 1.5 to CNY 2 per hour.

Famous Universities:

Sichuan University
No. 24, the first section, south of the First Ring Road
No. 29, Wangjiang Road, Jiuyan Qiao

Sichuan Normal University
No. 5, Jing'an Road, Jinjiang District

Chengdu Institute of SISU (Sichuan International Studies University): 
Yinhe East Road, West Hi-tech Zone

Chengdu University: Chengluo Road, Dong Shiling Town