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Traveling in Chengdu: Visiting the free temple and drinking Zen tea to watch a show, wondering why Qingyang Palace costs 10 yuan for the entrance fee

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After returning from Tibet, I decided to rest for a few days in Chengdu. This trip to Sichuan and Tibet was fast-paced and felt very hard, so I wanted to rest for a few days.

Chengdu is an important town in Southwest my country. In recent years, it has developed rapidly, its economy is getting better and better, and its urban construction is also changing with each passing day. In recent years, it has also been doing well in tourism and has become a popular tourist city with a high status in tourism. The top of the list. So after staying in Chengdu, I most want to eat Sichuan Sichuan food, just walk around. 1. I visited Daci Temple in Chengdu first. It feels very similar to Jing’an Temple in Shanghai, but there is no charge here. Daci Temple is located in the downtown area of ​​Chengdu, which can be called the center of Chengdu’s city center. Daci Temple is also an ancient temple with a long history. It is said that Master Xuanzang was ordained in this temple and is also known as “Aurora The first jungle”. This monastery is very large and is located in the city center, so there are many tourists, many letters and incense. In fact, I have been here in 2015, and I am still familiar with it. Especially after a few years, there have been some new buildings and changes in the temple, but the temple is still free. Do not buy tickets. This reminds me of the Jing’an Temple that I visited during my visit to Shanghai in January. The two are very similar. Both are in the downtown area, but the Jing’an Temple costs 50 yuan, which feels a bit too much. So I think Daci Temple is more friendly to the people, there are many tourists, the incense is also prosperous, the temple is beautiful, it is worth seeing. 2. When visiting Daci Temple in Chengdu, I did not expect that there is a very good tea shop: Daci Tea Garden. There is an important common people’s culture in Chengdu, that is, tea culture. Therefore, there are many tea shops in Chengdu, and you will even see many tea stalls on the street. There is also a tea shop in Daci Temple: Daci Tea Garden. The tea garden is located in the Daci Temple. The environment is very good and quiet. There are several kinds of tea, and the quality is good. The price is 30 yuan per person, which is small and expensive. There happened to be a performance that day. I thought it was a Sichuan opera at first, but it said “Sichuan Qingyin” on the stage. I don’t know what it was. Later, the staff told me that there would be performances only on Wednesdays. I was lucky enough to encounter it. Daci Temple is located in the central area of ​​Chengdu. Tickets are not required here. The environment is very good. Friends who recommend to visit Chengdu should come to see it. And drinking a cup of tea, listening to Sichuan music, Sichuan music, holding a bowl of tea, and with the ups and downs of the music, it must be a good choice and taste the life of the Shu people. Anyway, I sat all afternoon and poured some tea… 3. Checking in Taikoo Li, I did not expect that Apple and Nike stores are still very popular. After visiting Daci Temple, I had an afternoon tea, and then went to visit the famous Taikoo Li in Chengdu. This is definitely a high-end consumer place. Visitors need to take their temperature and show their health code when entering the streets. Although there are not many people, there seems to be business in each store. You can also see the consumption pattern in Chengdu. There are a lot of famous brand stores here, and world-class luxury brands are also particularly conspicuous and dazzling. The most eye-catching ones are Apple and Nike stores, which have a lot of customers. I am a little bit emotional when I think of boycotting them not long ago. But I am not interested in this kind of place, mainly because my consumption ability can’t keep up, so I go around and watch the flowers. Even if I have been there, I don’t know if others have my “check in” mentality. Finally, I went to the surrounding “Long Chaoshou” and ate a bowl of won stew, and came back beautifully… 4. Many temples in Chengdu do not charge any fees. Why does Qingyang Palace require 10 yuan tickets? In Chengdu for two days, there is no charge for visiting Daci Temple and Wenshu Monastery, but you still have to buy a 10 yuan ticket to visit Qingyang Palace. Qingyang Palace is a Taoist site. It was built here very early, but it was repeatedly destroyed by wars. The existing buildings were all built during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. I visited here in the winter six years ago. At that time, the ginkgo trees in the garden were very beautiful. I stayed for a long time and took a lot of photos. At that time, Qingyang Palace collected tickets. I didn’t expect to keep collecting it like this. Is the fee a Taoist venue? This time, because I was already familiar with it, I felt that there was no major change, so I didn’t stay too much. The biggest change here is that there is more room for drinking tea and there are more people, but instead of drinking tea here, I chose to go to Wenshu Monastery for tea. There are two monasteries that do not charge, Daci Temple and Wenshu Monastery. Tea was paid 30 yuan and 18 yuan, while Qingyang Palace only cost 10 yuan to buy tickets. Later, someone said that although Qingyang Palace accepts tickets, the tea inside is cheap. Unfortunately, I didn’t taste it. I don’t know the specific taste and price. Who knows why the Qingyang Palace continues to accept tickets? Some people say that the incense of teaching Buddhism is very strong, so Qingyang Palace is not rich, maintenance and management need money, and the 10 yuan ticket is not much, everyone can accept it, right? 5. Chengdu Wenshu Monastery is a provincial-level cultural preservation unit, but there is no charge here, and visitors can enter at will. As mentioned earlier, Daci Temple does not charge tickets, and there is also an important monastery called Wenshu Monastery, which does not charge any fees. Wenshu Monastery is located in Qingyang District, Chengdu, and was built during the Daye Period of the Sui Dynasty (605-617). It was rebuilt in the thirty-sixth year of Kangxi (1697) and renamed Wenshu Monastery. It is one of the national key Buddhist temples designated by the State Council, the first of the four major Buddhist forests on the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China, and a key cultural relics protection unit in Sichuan Province. In fact, there is a place for relaxing tea here, the price is lower than that of Daci Temple (maybe there is a reason for the performance). I sat down and asked for high mountain green tea for 18 yuan. It feels so-so, the most ordinary tea. It’s even lower while drinking. In addition to the environment, the service here is also poor. You have to make your own tea, which means you will be given a set of tea sets and a bag of tea after you pay, and then you will find a seat and make tea with water. Chengdu people like gaiwan tea. Soon I discovered that some people use tea sets differently from mine, and there is more than one person. I quickly thought about my own, and finally confirmed that I was right, and the wrong person was someone else, and see if this one is wrong. . However, something embarrassing still appeared. Suddenly something fell from the sky and hit my pants. I was puzzled. I looked up and saw a bird. I understood that it was bird dung. Fortunately, I didn’t fall into the teacup… I can’t sit still, I want to go back and wash my pants…