Chengdu Shuangliu shouldn’t only be known for its airport, it is also home to many travel-worthy destinations! (3)

What comes first to your mind when you think of the district of Shuangliu in Chengdu? Perhaps most of people will blurt out, “the airport!” This major international airport serving Chengdu has surpassed an annual air passenger throughput of 50 million, attracting countless Chinese and foreign tourists.

Chengdu Shuangliu is the fourth largest aviation hub in the Chinese mainland. Playing to the airport’s strengths, Chengdu Shuangliu is on its way to being internationally renowned as it positions itself as a top-tier Aviation Economy in China and adopts a 100 billion-level airport industry “ecosphere”.

If you “daka” (Chinese word “打卡 ”， meaning “punching the card”. It refers to the practice of marking your presence at a popular location) in this charming city, you will find that the airport isn’t the only place where you can “ daka”.

Airport Flower Fields - People will come from all around the world just to stand in the flower fields surrounded by galsang flowers while admiring from a distance the planes that slowly fly over their heads. The sight of galsang flowers together with the planes in air, is a brand new experience for many people. .

After heading out of Jinguan City, you can stay overnight in Huanglongxi, an ancient town where the two rivers meet. Over there, you can enjoy listening to the relaxing sound ripples created by those paddling around millennium water wharf, as well as admiring the fiery trees and silvery flowers in the performance of fireworks and the sea of lanterns.

Walking into a Pengzhen old teahouse that exists today after centuries of vicissitudes, you might see a wrinkled old man sitting in a yellow bamboo chair with a cigarette stick in his hand, holding an expression of calmness and peace.

Shuangliu’s cuisine is also coveted. Hot pot, Laoma rabbit head, Huangjia mutton soup, Baijia pork intestines vermicelli, one strip noodle... are just a few examples. One week is hardly enough even just for a little taste of these internet-famous foods.