The origin of Chengdu

Rongcheng is named after the hibiscus flowers that were planted there in ancient times.

During the Five Dynasties, Mrs. Huarui, the concubine of Meng Xu, Lord of Shu, preferred hibiscus flowers, so Meng Xu ordered the people to plant hibiscus trees all over the city walls. When the flowers bloomed, Chengdu "forty miles is a beautiful show." , so Chengdu is also called Furong City, or "Rong" for short. Also known as Rongcheng and Jincheng, Sichuan Province governs prefecture-level cities, provincial capitals, sub-provincial cities, megacities, national central cities, and the world's gourmet capital.

It has a long and unique historical origin and extremely profound cultural accumulation. As early as about 4500 to 3700 years ago, a series of settlement centers of ancient Shu ancestors, known as the "Baodun Culture" in later generations, had appeared in the Chengdu Plain. City walls have been built in these settlement centers, and places for worship and gatherings have been built. Based on the large number of historical relics unearthed at the "Jinsha Site", it can be basically inferred that from the late Yin Shang Dynasty to the early Western Zhou Dynasty, the Chengdu area had become the central city of the ancient Shu Kingdom.

Rongcheng’s main attractions

1. Dujiangyan

Dujiangyan is located in Guankou Town, Dujiangyan City, Chengdu City. It is a large-scale water conservancy project built in ancient China and used today. Known as the "originator of the world's water conservancy culture", it is a famous tourist attraction in the country. The Dujiangyan Irrigation Project was built by Li Bing, the prefect of Shu County in the Qin State, and his sons around the 59th year of King Nan of Zhou (256 BC). It is the oldest and only remaining grand water conservancy project in the world, characterized by diversion without dams. The project is also a world cultural heritage.

2. Tianfu Square

Tianfu Square is located in the heart of Chengdu and is the starting point of Renmin East Road, Renmin West Road, Renmin Middle Road and Renmin South Road.

3. Wuhou Temple

The Wuhou Temple Museum is a famous cultural holy place of the Three Kingdoms at home and abroad. Wuhou Temple is the most famous memorial site for Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei and the only emperor and minister in the country. Hesi Temple is the most influential Three Kingdoms relics museum in the country. Wuhou Temple was built in 223 AD and is mainly composed of three parts: Huiling, Han Zhaolie Temple and Wuhou Temple. The temple is densely populated with ancient cypresses, has an elegant environment and magnificent temples. It is one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Chengdu Baidu Encyclopedia-Dujiangyan