1 Day Visit Sichuan Culinary Museum and Yunqiao Wetland

Sitting in the inland areas in southwest China, Chengdu has been named as the Land of Abundance since ancient times because of its vast fertile lands and abundant agricultural produces. The unique geographical conditions and rich historical culture have helped Sichuan cuisine become distinctive in China. As one of the eight famous cuisines in China, Sichuan Cuisine is known for a great variety of tastes depicted as that each dish has its flavor and a hundred dish features a hundred different tastes. Some of the dishes such as Mapo Toufu, Double Cooked Pork, and Gongpao Chicken have become known around the world.

Sichuan Culinary Museum, which is located in the ancient Gucheng village of Pidu District, is an eco-museum with culinary culture as its exhibition theme. Here you can see the cooking utensils used from Warring States(475-221B.C.) to the modern times; you can experience the process of making Pixian Chili Bean Paste, known as the soul for Sichuan Cuisine; here you can learn some folk culture such as The Shrine for the Kitchen King; you can also observe the skillful cooking of the Sichuan Cuisine chefs and taste classic Sichuan Cuisine.

Sitting close to Sichuan Culinary Museum, Yunqiao Wetland is one of the important conservation sites for drinking source water, where 80% of the drinking water flows through here. With a sound ecological environment, the wetlands have over 600 hundred wildlife species. Our visit to these wetlands helps us understand the important relationship between people and nature.

▲ Classic Sichuan Cuisine and unique dim sum

Led by a teacher from Sichuan Culinary Museum and a natural teacher from ApandaTour, we will understand the history of Sichuan Cuisine with hands-on experience of making Sichuan cuisine and sample classic Sichuan cuisine and unique dim sum. At the same time, we will go to Yunqiao Source Water Conservation Site to learn the wetlands system and its roles, observe the common birds in the wetlands and learn about the wetlands conservation methods.

▲ The past activities in Sichuan Culinary Museum

Trip Targets

1. Acquire fresh knowledge：Though on-site visits and hands-on experience, we will learn actual knowledge that can not be acquired from books, know more about the profound culinary culture of Sichuan Cuisine. We learn about the wildlife in wetlands through our visit to the important source water site;

2. Know more about local culture：The unique style of Sichuan Cuisine comes from the unique natural and geographical environment in Sichuan Basin, Sichuan Cuisine shows the relationship between people and nature. We will know more about Sichuan culinary culture through our activities specially made for this trip;

3. Raise the awareness for environmental protection：Come to know the important roles played by wetlands to nature and people and raise our awareness for wetlands protection.

Trip Highlights

1. Visit Sichuan Culinary Museum, get to know about the traditional dining, drinking, and cooking utensils, and have hands-on experience of turning the stone mills to grind soaked soybeans to make toufu;

2. Experience the unique art of making Pixian Chili Bean Paste;

3. Visit the Shrine of Kitchen King, and learn about the unique cooking culture and related rites, taste classic Sichuan Cuisine and various dim sum;

4. Learn how to make panda dumplings and making instant chili bean paste;

5. Visit Chengdu Source Water Site and know the ecological system of wetlands and their roles;

6. Learn how to observe birds and get to know the common wetlands birds.

▲ Sichuan Culinary Museum