What traditional culture does Sichuan have?

The Changing Face of Sichuan Opera

Mou Qingyun, the master of Sichuan opera and meat lotus performance, Lu Guohua, the master of Sichuan photo calligraphy performance, and Liu Tao, the only successor of flying knives and flower drums

Sichuan Opera Sichuan Opera is also known as Sichuan Opera. A representative type of opera in Sichuan. It is spread in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hubei, Taiwan and other provinces. It is divided into four "river channels" (regional schools): Shangba, Ziyang River, Sichuan North River and Lower Sichuan East. Chengdu is the center of Shangba Sect. Sichuan Opera has a long history. During the reigns of Yongzheng and Qianjiang in the Qing Dynasty, "Huabu" opera flourished. Following the introduction of Liuzi Opera and Pihuang Opera to Sichuan, they gradually merged with Sichuan dialect, local folk customs, local folk tunes and Yangge, and evolved into Kun Opera and Gao Opera of Sichuan Opera. , huqin, tanxi and lantern opera, forming a unified style of Sichuan local opera. In the early years of the Republic of China, the Sanqing Hui Drama Club brought together five operas in one troupe, formally forming a five-acoustic performance format. Sichuan Opera has thousands of repertoires and is especially famous for comedies. Traditional performance procedures form a system of their own and are often used as references for other opera genres. There are also various stunt performances such as face-changing, hiding knives, and kicking the eye. After 1949, the art of Sichuan Opera developed further. It organized many troupes to perform across the country and in several countries in Europe and Asia. It was praised by the audience and was known as the "Flower of Tianfu". Famous actors such as Jinghua, Yang Shuying, Xiaofei, Xiao Ting, Lan Guanglin, Liu Yun, Chen Qiaoru, etc., and famous drummer Wang Guanfu, etc., all enjoy high reputation among the audience. ?

Puppet Show

Puppet Show Chengdu Puppetry was formed in the Tang Dynasty and has spread throughout urban and rural areas since then. The puppets at that time were called Jingpuppets, which were about 0.3 meters long, short, lean, and easy to operate. The plays performed such as "Yinfeng Tower", "Jinshan Temple", "Qunxianhui", etc. are all traditional Sichuan Opera plays. The classes include the Xiangrui Class, the Ruile Class, the Zijun Class, the Ronghua Class, etc., and they often perform at various divine gatherings, temple fairs, teahouses, courtyards and other places. Puppetry gradually declined in the 1930s. After 1949, puppetry gained attention and a professional puppet and shadow theater was established. At present, Chengdu puppets include large, medium and small stick puppets, bag puppets and palm puppets. The puppets are finely made and beautiful in shape, and have been shaped using chemical raw materials and paper shapes. The puppet's hand sticks are outside the clothes and are called "outer sticks". Its representative repertoires include the traditional plays "The World is Good", "Little Cowherd", "Agarwood Saves the Mother", and "Sun Wukong's Three Tune Banana Fan" , modern plays include "My Husband Sows Red Sweet Potatoes", "The Naughty Little White Rabbit", "Liu Wenxu", "Lei Feng Joins the Army", etc. Chengdu puppets have been invited to visit and perform in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Thailand, Japan and other countries, and have been well received and welcomed. ?

Comedy

A type of "humorous drama" pioneered by comedy artist Wang Yongsuo. One person performs alone, without paying attention to costumes and scenes, and the props are extremely simple. The actor is the only protagonist in the play, that is, the first kind of person in the play - a visible person; through the support of stage props and language, expressions, and movements, performances are performed in different ways. The second type of person in the play is shown to the audience from the side - the invisible but seemingly visible person. This is a unique performance technique of comedy. As early as 1939 during the Anti-Japanese War, the founder Wang Yongsuo created more than 20 comedy programs such as "Pickpocket", "Catching a Bus", and "Inspector Huang". After 1949, he adapted "On the Train" and " Marriage", "Twelve O'clock", "Brother Su", "100%" and other influential works. Sichuan People's Publishing House published "Selected Comedies of Wang Yongsuo" in 1985. In 1989, Sichuan Province held a comedy competition, and comedies in dialects from all provinces and regions appeared on the stage. ?

Sichuan Pingshu

Sichuan Pingshu, also known as Pinghua, was popular in Sichuan in the early Qing Dynasty. It is mainly about speaking, supplemented by actions, and is famous for its narration in Sichuan dialect. The storyteller performs by himself with the help of a table, a piece of wood, a fan, and a handkerchief, regardless of time or location. The text can be long or short, and the book fee is paid at will by the listener. Sichuan storytelling is divided into two categories: "Qingpeng" and "Leipeng". "Qingpeng" focuses on literary narratives, focusing on clear conversation, but also on literary talent, witty lines, winning with writing, and moving people with emotion. "Lei Sheng" focuses on martial arts lectures, mainly shouting and imitating descriptions. The storyteller claps his hands on the table with a stick, and his eyebrows are dancing with joy, striving to achieve a realistic form. It is further divided into "Tiao Shu" and "Mo Shu".

"Tiao Shu" has no original script, and the storyteller makes up the story; "Mo Shu" has a script, and the storyteller processes and polishes it based on the original script. A book can last three to five months or even a year. Traditional "Tiao Shu" paragraphs such as "Two Noble Pictures" and "Ten Beautiful Pictures", etc., and "Mo Shu" traditional paragraphs such as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", etc., always focus on unofficial history, chivalry, public cases, myths and wonders. . Modern books include "Red Rocks", "Linhai Snowfield", "Gunshots on the Plains", "Railway Guerrillas", etc. ?

Sichuan Bamboo Qin

Sichuan Bamboo Qin is also known as Daoqin or Daoqing. A folk art singing form popular in Chengdu in the early Qing Dynasty. It first started as a Taoist exhortation to good deeds, and its tunes are "Xuanmen Tune" and "Nanjian Tune". During the Guangxu period, folk art artists used it to sing historical stories such as "The Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The musical instrument used is a bamboo tube about 1 meter long and 6.6 centimeters in diameter. One end is covered with pig heart-protecting oil skin (currently small intestine skin), and then two bamboo slices, 1.7 meters long, are added with bell accompaniment or automatic music. Sing to yourself. In the early years of the Republic of China, it was called Zhuqin. The singing forms include "group singing" and "single singing". "Group singing" is a group of 5 people singing together. In the first Southwest Opera Performance in 1953, Yang Qingwen, a famous bamboo qin artist, changed the "group singing" of sitting singing to a solo performance of standing singing. The Zhuqin singing tune "Provincial Diao" is also known as "Ba Diao" and "Shanghe Diao" and is popular in the Chengdu area. Jia Shusan, a famous old bamboo qin artist, integrated Sichuan Opera, dulcimer and bamboo qin into one, creating the "Jia style" bamboo qin. The "Jia School" bamboo qin is good at speaking different dialects from different places, describing different characters, and the words are accurate and precise, and are delicate and nuanced. The sound of thousands of troops and horses can be played by playing the piano, which seems to have a magnificent momentum. The repertoire is represented by "Three Battles with Lu Bu" and "Huarong Dao". ?

Qianban

Qianban, formerly known as "Golden Sword Ban", "Sancai Ban" and "Golden Sign Ban", is a folk art popular in Chengdu and other parts of Sichuan. Singing form. It was formed in the early Qing Dynasty. In the early days, it was mainly about traveling in rural areas and playing in land circles. Later, it entered singing in teahouses and bookstores. It is performed by one person, and the lyrics are mostly verses or cross sentences. They are sung in dialect and the lyrics are easy to understand. Its singing style is based on some Sichuan opera tunes and Sichuan folk songs. The money board is made of bamboo or mottled bamboo. It consists of three pieces. Each piece is 30 cm long, 3.3 cm wide and about 0.5 cm thick. Two of the pieces are embedded with small copper coins or metal pieces, hence the name "money board". ". It can play nine different rhythms and sounds of storm, thunder and rain. Its schools are divided into "Hua School", "Miscellaneous School" and "Qing School". The "Hua Pai" board style is full of flowers and lively, playing and playing, and the facial expressions and body movements are flexible and free; the "Za Pai" can use the length of lyrics freely and is not restricted by rhythm, singing one paragraph and talking about the other, and singing while talking; Pai "pays attention to enunciation and enunciation of words. The words must be precise and round, delicate and accurate. There should be no "la", "ha", "ah" and other empty word endings in the accent, and the performance movements are not large. The repertoire of the performance includes "Wu Song Goes to the Meeting", "The Blind Man's Fortune Telling", "The Merchant", "Tongue Twister", "Eighteen Bullshit", "The Honest Truth", "Little Cai Zhan", etc. The famous money board artist Zou Zhongxin performed after 1949 Drawing on the strengths of various art schools and constantly reforming and creating, they performed "Two Helpers", "The Trap", "Mountain Dew Heart", "Honghu Triumphant Song", "The Old Woman with Two Guns", "Stealing Chicken", etc. ?

Sichuan Qingyin

The original name of Sichuan Qingyin is "Singing Pipa" and "Singing Yueqin". The "Qingyin Professional Trade Union" was established in Chengdu in the 1930s, and was later renamed the "Qingyin Music Reform Association", giving it its current name of "Qingyin". Sichuan Qingyin was developed from folk songs and minor tunes during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It belongs to the folk art form of singing and singing, with rich tunes and beautiful singing. There are 8 major keys, more than 100 minor keys, and more than 200 arias that have been handed down to this day. Major tunes are mostly based on stories and legends, while minor tunes are mostly sung with folk songs, folk songs and other popular Sichuan tunes. The accompaniment instruments include pipa, erhu, bamboo drum, sandalwood board, etc. Among them, bamboo drum is a unique accompaniment instrument for Sichuan Qingyin. During the performance, the actress sings solo, hitting the bamboo drum with her right hand and the sandalwood board with her left hand, and sings by herself. In recent years, she has begun to sing long-form songs such as "White Lotus Heroine", embedding confessions in the singing and singing, and interweaving verses and prose. Sichuan voiceless music is divided into Shanghe school and Xiahe school. The "provincial tune" in Chengdu is the Shanghe School. Its singing style is light, delicate and mellow. There is a unique style of jumping continuous tone singing in the tune - "Haha tune".

Li Yueqiu, a famous voiceless singing artist, has deep attainments in "Haha Tune". She has a sweet tone and a soft and melodious accent. As early as the 1940s, she was known as "Chengdu Zhou Xuan". The representative repertoire of Sichuan Qingyin includes "Kite Flying", "Broken Bridge", "Autumn River", "Embroidered Lotus Color", "Huang Jiguang", "Flower Party", etc. ?

Chengdu Yangqin

Chengdu Yangqin originated from Chengdu and was spread in Chengdu and other places as early as the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It is mainly named after the Yangqin accompaniment, and there is also a "sitting on the ground to express feelings" called. It draws on the strengths of Sichuan Opera, Qingyin, and Zhuqin. Through singing and dialogue, it integrates narrative and lyricism to express the plot of the drama in a hierarchical manner. It is mostly sung by five people: Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo, and Chou. Yangqin, drumboard, Xiaohuqin, Wanwanqin and Sanxian are all played while singing. The singing style is beautiful and full of charm. The singing tune is divided into major key and minor key (yue tune). The major key has a "plate change structure" and is widely used; the minor key has a "qupai couplet structure" and is more lyrical. Traditional songbooks mostly adopt a genre that combines narrative and endorsement. There are two types of songbooks: large books and single-fold songs. Its schools are divided into two schools: "Nan Hui" and "Bei Hui". Since there are many blind people in "Nanhui", they are very particular about singing; "Beihui" are not blind, but they are particularly particular about lyrics. In 1925, the "Cihuitang" of Yangqin Science and Technology Society recruited blind people to learn singing, and cultivated "Tangpai" artists with unique styles such as Hong Fengci, Zhang Dazhang, and Zhuo Qinchi. In the 1930s and 1940s, dulcimer became increasingly popular in the province. After 1949, Sichuan Yangqin developed rapidly. Its representative figure and singing genre is the famous Yangqin singing artist Li Decai and his unique "Depa" Yangqin. "Depai" dulcimer uses sound, tune, emotion and rhyme combined with the harmonious beauty of urgency, slowness, strength and weakness of dulcimer accompaniment to express emotions and depict characters. Representative traditional programs include "Capturing Saburo Alive", "Green Lotus Releases Her Son", "Sacrifice to the River", "Sacrifice to the Tower", "Xianlian Enters the Palace", etc., and modern programs include "White-Haired Girl", "Second Sister Li Remarried", etc. ?

Chengdu Lantern Festival

Chengdu Lantern Festival Chengdu’s annual lantern festival is held in Qingyang Palace. This ancient Chinese folk custom is well demonstrated in Chengdu. The Lantern Festival is an unprecedented event, with all kinds of lights on display, colorful and dazzling, such as chandeliers, hanging lights, revolving lanterns, carp lanterns, lotus lanterns, wall lanterns, Aoshan lanterns, large flower baskets, etc., which have strong ethnic and local characteristics. Most of them use Sichuan opera repertoire, historical stories, folklore, municipal construction, industrial achievements, etc. that are familiar to the public, reflecting Chengdu's long history and culture and major contemporary construction achievements. Exquisitely made, it is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the Chengdu people and showcases Chengdu's superb traditional arts such as folk color tie-making skills, calligraphy and painting. ?

Chengdu Flower Fair

Chengdu Flower Fair Chengdu is a famous "Flower City" in ancient times, and its history can be traced back to the Tang and Song Dynasties. According to traditional habits, people generally designate the "Flower Market" in Chengdu around the time of the "Hundred Flowers Birthday" (the 15th day of the second lunar month) - the Flower Festival. To this day, this traditional custom that has lasted for thousands of years is still followed, and the "Flower Market" is held every year in Qingyang Palace, thus developing into a popular spring outing event among the people. At that time, flower farmers gather together, and residents from both urban and rural areas come to the meeting to sell flowers, compete with each other, appreciate flowers, exchange fine seeds and learn cultivation techniques from each other. Various snacks and local products are lined along the streets. Chengdu is famous for its crabapples, plum blossoms, magnolias, camellias, winter jasmine, etc. A poem by Lu You of the Song Dynasty: "The Jade Rooster and Begonia are the best in the world, and the branches seem to be stained with the blood of orangutans." "Back then, when I walked west of Jincheng, I was as drunk as mud because of the plum blossoms. The fragrance continued for twenty miles, from Qingyang Palace to Huanhua Creek." From the poem, it can be seen that I want to see the grand occasion of Chengdu Flower Market back then. There are constant tourists and it is very lively. The locals call it the flower party. ?

Chengdu Bonsai

Chengdu Bonsai Chengdu Bonsai belongs to the Sichuan School and is one of the main schools of Chinese bonsai art. Bonsai is a traditional garden art in my country. It uses the artistic techniques of "shrinking a dragon into an inch" and "reaching a thousand miles away" to create "three-dimensional paintings and silent poems". There are three major schools of bonsai art in my country: Jiangnan, Lingnan and Jiannan. The Jiannan school is represented by Chengdu and Chongqing and focuses on expressing the unique features of Sichuan's famous landscapes. Exotic flowers and grasses, dangerous peaks and rocks, green mountains and green waters are all included in Chengdu's bonsai, allowing people to enjoy the great scenery of Chengdu from bonsai, which is deeply loved by the people.

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Hibiscus

Hibiscus Chengdu is also known as Rongcheng. It originated from Meng Chang, the lord of Shu during the Five Dynasties, who loved to plant hibiscus flowers. Nowadays, Chengdu people still have deep feelings for the hibiscus flower, and the names of parks, shops and streets are often named after "hibiscus". Hibiscus is a deciduous shrub, its branches and leaves are densely covered with star-like pubescence, its crown is spread out, and its flowers are large and colorful. Varieties include drunken hibiscus, white hibiscus, red hibiscus, five-color hibiscus, etc. The flowering time is from October to November, which is the time when the flowers are withering. ?

Chengdu Teahouse

Chengdu Teahouse The history of tea drinking by Sichuan people can be found in documents for more than 2,000 years. Chengdu teahouses are mostly distributed in the streets, alleys, parks and scenic spots in Chengdu's urban areas and districts. They are places for people to rest and entertain. Chengdu people pay attention to comfort and flavor when drinking tea. The seats in the teahouse are bamboo chairs with backrests, which are stable and close to the body. You can lean or sit on them without feeling tired, and you can close your eyes and relax without fear of falling. The tea set uses "three pieces", namely a porcelain bowl, a porcelain lid and a metal tray (also known as a tea boat). The porcelain from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi is the highest quality. A long-mouthed kettle is used for boiling water, and tea-making also requires skill. A masterful person will make sure every detail is leak-free from beginning to end, which is pleasing to the eye. The teahouse serves pastries and candies, and also carries out various cultural and entertainment activities, such as chess, rap, cross talk, etc. In terms of its characteristics, it can be divided into old teahouses, new teahouses, cultural tea gardens and chess garden teahouses. There are many varieties of tea, including scented tea, Longjing tea, Maojian tea, and Tuo tea, depending on everyone's different preferences. ?

Shu Brocade

Shu Brocade is a traditional silk fabric with a long history in Chengdu. It is as famous as Nanjing Yun Brocade, Suzhou Song Brocade and Guangxi Zhuang Brocade. All silk fabrics are soft in texture, bright in color, diverse in variety, strong and durable, and rich in distinctive national and local colors. The products are divided into quilt tops, clothing materials and decorative brocades, with quilt tops being the main products. The main brocades include Fangfang brocade, Yuehua brocade, Yusi brocade, Huanhua brocade and Padi brocade. Shu brocade has a long history, and was produced in large quantities in the late Qin and Han Dynasties. Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu, placed sericulture production in an important position. Shu brocade was not only a commodity for foreign trade at that time, but also a source of military expenditures. In the Tang Dynasty, Shu brocade technology developed greatly and was exported to Japan and Persia. Chengdu Jinyuan was established in the Northern Song Dynasty. Since the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, there have been more varieties and wider applications. ?

Shu embroidery

Shu embroidery is one of the four famous embroideries in China, together with Su embroidery in Jiangsu, Hunan embroidery in Hunan, and Yue embroidery in Guangdong. With its rigorous and delicate stitching techniques, elegant and delicate colors, graceful and smooth lines, and the style of Chinese ink painting, it has formed its own unique style and has been praised at home and abroad. Shu embroidery has a history of more than 1,600 years. In "Huayang Guozhi" written by Chang Xu of the Jin Dynasty, Shu embroidery was called "the treasure of Shu". The varieties of Shu embroidery are rich and colorful. According to its use, it can be roughly divided into two categories: daily necessities and appreciation items. The former has high practical value, while the latter has strong artistic effect. Its composition is based on the landscape and figure paintings of famous artists. In addition, double-sided embroidery is also very famous. ?

Lacquerware

Lacquerware Chengdu lacquerware has reached a very high level in the Western Han Dynasty. A large number of lacquerware unearthed in China are engraved with the words "Made in Chengdu" and are still intact to this day, which is amazing. Incessantly. The main raw materials are lacquer and red ink. It is famous for "carving and filling". It uses refined raw lacquer to coat various bases, and then grinds, carves, fills with colors, and then polishes and clears them. The knife is like a pen, with both hardness and softness, smooth lines, smooth and bright. The patterns are often decorated with plums, orchids, bamboos, chrysanthemums, etc., and a large number of antique lacquerwares are created using traditional techniques. At the same time, new techniques such as hidden flowers, hidden flowers, and depictions are developed to make the lacquerware more colorful. The main products include bottles, boxes, trays, cylinders, lacquer figures, hanging screens, etc. Because Chengdu lacquerware organically combines practicality with decoration, it is a valuable work of art and is very popular with customers at home and abroad. ?

Silver wire craft

Silver wire craft uses silver as the material, uses filigree and dot chisel techniques, and alternately uses filling wire, tired wire, carbon wire, and thread thread according to the design requirements. It is a combination of thread rolling and dot, line and surface relief patterns chiselled on the silver sheet. The structure is rigorous, the shape is unique, the virtual and the real are alternated, the palace is magnificent, and has a strong oriental color. Traditional products include women's jewelry, hairpins, rings, children's clothing, Arhats, Eight Immortals, lions rolling hydrangeas, and daily necessities such as white fungus bowls and silver-inlaid chopsticks. In recent years, the new technique of "shading lining" has added many new varieties.

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Bamboo silk porcelain body

Bamboo silk porcelain body, also known as "bamboo silk button porcelain", is developed from excellent folk crafts and is a type of bamboo weaving. Special weaving technology with high craftsmanship. It is made of very thin bamboo silk and very soft bamboo strips and has dual value as daily necessities and handicrafts. At the end of the 19th century, he won the silver medal of the Panama International Exposition and was known as the "Flower of Oriental Art". Bamboo silk porcelain body has strict material selection and difficult to prepare. The traditional color is mainly bronze, supplemented by natural bamboo silk and black bamboo silk. The designs are diverse, the varieties are diverse, and the colors are renovated. The main products include vases, coffee sets, tea sets, rice bowls, jewelry boxes, smoking sets, bamboo pressure plates, etc. ?

Silk fan

Silk fan is a kind of palace fan, which was originally an appreciation item for noble women. Chengdu silk fans inherit the shape of ancient silk fans, with iron wire as the frame, bamboo pieces as the handle, and colorful threads with bows as the pendants. They are cheap, high-quality, generous and practical. The main feature of the silk fan is the elegant style of the fan painting. Chengdu's silk fans use fine brushwork and heavy colors, which are different from the clear and elegant Suzhou and Hangzhou silk fans. They use woodblock watermarks, colored lines and hand paintings as expression techniques. ?

Xue Tao Jian

Xue Tao Jian, also known as Huanhua Jian, is a small colored paper designed and made by Xue Tao, a female poet in the Tang Dynasty, based on the Songhua Jian paper. It was named because Xue Tao used it to write poems and harmonize with poets such as Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi and Liu Yuxi. Dyeed with rouge, the pattern is exquisite and the color is bright. The poem "Send Cui Jue to Xichuan" written by Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty goes: "The peach-blossom colored paper is a good choice for writing poems about jade hooks." Wei Zhuang, a poet of the Five Dynasties, said in "Song of Begging Colored Papers": "The head of the creek is left to rustle and splash. The paper is a gorilla color. The golden knife is used to cut the colorful clouds, and sometimes the autumn green is cut. ?

Shu Jian

Shu Jian is a kind of woodcut color printed poem paper with both pictures and text from ancient Chengdu. In the Tang Dynasty, it was as famous as Shu paper (ie hemp paper). Huanhuaxi in Chengdu was the center of paper making in the past dynasties. There are mainly Songhua Jian, Xue Tao Jian, Ten Color Jian, etc., among which Xue Tao Jian is particularly famous. Literati often used Shu Jian when writing poems. The invention of Shu Jian promoted the development of poetry, calligraphy and painting in later generations. ?

Ten-color Jian

Ten-color Jian is also known as Xie Gong Jian, commonly known as Luan Jian or Man Jian. Xie Jingchu (1019-1084), courtesy name Shihou, was born in Fuyang (now Fuyang, Zhejiang Province) in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was erudite and capable of writing, especially poetry. The paper he created is called ten-color paper because it has ten colors: dark red, pink, apricot, bright yellow, dark yellow, light cyan, dark green, light green, copper green, and light cloud. Han Pu's poem "Sending Notes to My Brother to Shu" says: "Ten kinds of wild notes left Yizhou, and new ones came from Huanhuatou." This refers to this note. ?

Shi Maid’s House

Shi Maid’s House is located in the northern section of Chunxi Road, Chengdu. It is a calligraphy and painting mounting workshop, as famous as "Rongbaozhai" in Beijing, "Duoyunxuan" in Shanghai, and "Xiling Seal Society" in Hangzhou. It was built in 1920 on Ziku Street and later moved to Yangshi Street. Because the owner's surname was Zheng, he borrowed the name from a story about the slaves in the family of Zheng Xuan, a Chinese literary scholar in the Han Dynasty, who all knew poetry and could answer each other's poems. We deal in celebrity calligraphy and painting, Four Treasures of the Study, watermarked poems and notes, woodcut watermarks, etc. The watermarked notes produced are simple and elegant. ?

Sichuan cuisine

Sichuan cuisine is one of the four major cuisines in China and is famous for its long history. Chengdu is the authentic Sichuan cuisine. Sichuan cuisine can be summed up by careful selection of ingredients, exquisite knife skills, fresh seasonings, skillful cooking and beautiful presentation. Chengdu Sichuan cuisine has formed its own style system with high-end banquets, banquets, casual meals, home-cooked flavors, and folk snacks. It pays attention to color, aroma, taste, and shape, and pays attention to multiple flavors, a wide range of flavors, and diverse flavors. It has "one dish, one style." It is praised as "a hundred dishes and a hundred flavors", including spicy, red oil, pepper and numbing, fish, bean, spicy, strange, etc. There are many cooking methods, and each has its own unique crafting requirements. There are now more than 4,000 varieties of Sichuan cuisine, including more than 300 famous dishes. Rongyuan Garden, a famous Sichuan restaurant in Chengdu, is located at No. 137 Renmin Middle Road. First built in Huguangguan Street in 1911, it was opened by brothers Wei Lezhai and Lan Guangjian. They are good at seasoning their banquets with delicious soups and have unique characteristics. The carefully made milk soup makes people linger aftertaste. The famous traditional soup "boiled cabbage" "It has also won praise from Chinese and foreign tourists. Others such as "Double Grilled Chicken", "Dry-roasted Shark's Fin", "Spicy and Sour Sea Cucumber" are all famous dishes of Rongyuan Garden. Endeavor Restaurant is also a famous Sichuan restaurant in Chengdu.

Located at Nos. 55-57, Ancestral Street, Chengdu, it was founded in 1929 by Che Yaoxian, secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. The roasted assorted dishes, Kung Pao chicken, three delicacies in clear soup, steamed rice bowls, popular noodles, etc. are famous for their authentic Sichuan flavor, low price and good quality. There are songs praising: the roasted assorted dishes are famous all over Sichuan and taste good. , effort meal. It is called affordable and affordable food for common people by the masses. ?

Kung Pao Chicken

Kung Pao Chicken is one of the famous Sichuan dishes. When Ding Baozhen was the governor of Sichuan in the late Qing Dynasty, he was fond of using green peppers to cook diced chicken. Because he was an official in Beijing, he was named Gongbao Chicken. Later, it developed into using dried chili peppers and oiling them to turn brown-red. The marinated meat of the fat rooster was cut into cubes and stir-fried. Then the seasonings and peanuts were added and stir-fried. The color and aroma were excellent. ?

Sichuan kimchi

Sichuan kimchi is an economical side dish that Sichuan people love to eat. It is made by soaking fresh vegetables in a salt water jar. Appetizing and relieving greasiness, it is a great condiment for banquets. The chefs who specialize in kimchi in Chengdu restaurants use fresh vegetables from each season to make kimchi that is bright, crisp and delicious, and has a variety of complex flavors. Some dishes can be soaked for many years without losing flavor. ?

Ma Po Tofu

Mapo Tofu is one of the famous Sichuan dishes. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Mapo opened a restaurant in Wanfu Qiaotou, Chengdu. Because the tofu she cooked was delicious and delicious, porters in the past came to rest and dine here. The business was booming, and because she had a pockmarked face, the restaurant got its name. Its main ingredients are tofu and beef, and the production of tofu and beef is also unique. The beans are carefully selected, and the quality of the beef is very high. It is made with original soup, red oil, and appropriate seasonings. Because of its fine production, low price and good quality, it is quite famous. ?

Husband and wife's beef slices

Husband and wife's lung slices are "cold beef" that has been refined and seasoned. According to legend, the founder Guo Chaohua and his wife hawked goods from a pushcart. Because of their skillful preparation and strong fragrance, they were known as "cars traveled half the way, and meat was fragrant all the way." Some beef, beef heart, tripe and other mixed vermicelli are called "Hui Niu" because the pronunciations of "Hui" and "Lung" are similar, hence the name. It is characterized by carefully selected meat ingredients, finely blended spices, uniform thickness, and stirred flavor. ?