China Conservation and Research Centre for The Giant Panda Dujiangyan Base( short for Chengdu Dujiangyan Panda Base ) 

located 2km away from Mt.Qingcheng , about 1 hour 20 minutes drive from Chengdu to Dujiangyan Panda Base . in the morning you can do the panda volunteer work from 8:30-16:00, and you can also hold a panda for photos here . apparently, Dujiangyan panda base is not so crowded as Chengdu panda base . and more natural
there are around 20-40 Giant pandas, and some red pandas .

at around 12:00 lunch time you will finishe the panda base . drive about 30 minutes to Dujiangyan city for lunch .
in Dujiangyan Panda base you can take photos with pandas , need to be booked in advance , price is 1800 rmb

in Dujiangyan Panda base you can do panda volunteer work such as feeding the pandas , clean the cages need health examination to prove you have no infectious disease . from 8：30-16:00 , price is 700 rmb

if you are interested in Sichuan Opera costume , you may go to Shufengyayun Teahouse , on  Qintai Road in Chengdu city , here you have the chance to  experience the opera life . the opera actors and actresses will make up for you . then teach you how to act .

you never know how much fun and laugh  will you get from it .

if you want to see how Chengdu people live, you should go see their daily life market. here you will find people are buying fresh vegetables , fresh mushrooms, fresh meat such as beef . pork and mutton . live fish . live loach ans some strange things you have never seen . 

and here you will find a lot of Sichuan spice. hot-pot spice 

located in the Sichuan Basin,  Chengdu plain is well protected by the mountains . west is the edge of Tibet-Qinghai Plateau, South is Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, East is Wu mountain, North is Jiuzhaigou Plateau. we have four seasons Spring , summer, autumn and  winter.  Chengdu plain has various plants , we have seasonal food to eat in each season of the year. 

Jiuzhaigou is located on the plateau. not many plants can grow there. but there are very good Tibetan medicine plants , such as :

1. tendril-leaved fritillary bulb （ which is used in very famous medicine Chuanbei Pipa Syrup for coughing ) 

2. The Cordyceps sinensis was wild, growth zone above the altitude of 3000 meters to 5000 meters high mountain grassland shrub grass slope near the snow line. in Summer time, the worm lay eggs on the ground, about a month after hatch into larvae into the soft wet soil. A mold the earth invasion of larvae, growth in the larval body, eroding the larvae until his death. After a winter, spring comes to second years, fungal hyphae grow, the fungus grows out of the ground, the appearance is like a piece of grass, body and mycelial larvae constitute a complete "". The spores to body as food, rapid growth, body is generally four to five cm, fungus, a day can be long to body length , then the Chinese caterpillar fungus is known as "head of grass", the best quality; about two times as long to the very next day fungus worm, called as the "two grass", the quality of. Because of the rigid after President of roots, so called "Cordyceps sinensis".

3. Herba Rhodiolae .Rhodiola is resistant to the effects of altitude sickness 

more interesting things , you may go there to see~~

To travel in Jiuzhaigou ,please avoid October 1- October 7, May 1-May 3. because on these days it will be so crowded. from the airport to Jiuzhaigou park it takes 1 hour usually, but on these days, it may take 3-4 hours to go. because October 1-7 is during Chinese National Holiday. and May 1-3 is Labor's Day. many Chinese people will drive there , that makes all the hotel price go up and full, all restaurants are full, and where ever you go, you will see People. 

Kangding, located in the east of Sichuan Kanzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, is the capital city of the prefecture. Kangding is a  distribution center for Tibetan and Han goods trade since long time ago, it is the mainland gateway to Tibet.The "tea horse trade" economic exchange center.

in Tang and Song Dynasty, it started the trade that the people in Tibet ,Qinghai, Mongolia etc, they had very good horses, but no good tea, Sichuan and Yunnan grow very good tea( both green tean and black tea), but these area had no good horses, so they trade with tea and horses.

Oriental Buddha Park is located in the Leshan Giant Buddha scenic mountain peaks, the Department of antique statue Buddha theme park, collection of religious art, sculpture, garden art as a whole, is the Leshan Giant Buddha tourist attractions Buddha culture extension, is the main part of the Leshan Giant Buddha scenic spot.

Unlike many other Qiang village in Maoxian or Wenchuan which were completely destroyed by the 2008 earthquake and rebuilt after that. The Heihu Qiang Village survives in the earthquake because it's 100 km away from the disaster. The Qiang people in this isolated remote mountain village are still keeping their traditional lifestyle, ladies dress their pretty hand made embroidered costume in everyday life. The village is few visited by tourists,quite peaceful and not commercialized yet. But easily to find a guest house there,no worry for accommodation and dining.

How to go there: Bus from Chengdu Chadianzi Bus Station(茶店子汽车站）to Maoxian(3.5 hours) then hire a min van to the village(cost a bout 50Yuan for one way,30min).