history of Chengdu

CHENGDU ART TRAIL

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Chengdu Art Trail: Long Lake is crescent-shaped and is the highest (3,000 m), largest and deepest lake in Jiuzhaigou, measuring 7.5 km in length and up to 103 m in depth. It reportedly has no outgoing waterways, getting its water from snowmelt and losing it from seepage. Local Tibetans call the lake “a magic gourd that will never be poured full or dried up”.

Chinese art collector Zai Huang has a romantic attachment to Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan province in south west China. She grew up there and over recent years has witnessed the city transform into a tourist mecca. She also… Continue reading →