Chengdu - a heaven of leisure
Chengdu is the municipal capital of Sicuan province, it is known as a heaven of leisure. The city is dotted with numerous teahouses and gourmet eateries, where locals like to hang around and socializing over a pot of tea. Most local people have the talent of a good story teller and/or public speaker, and a teahouse is a perfect stage to show off such skills. This teahouse culture is called "Bai Long Meng Zhen" (Arrange the Dragon Gate Phalanx) in Sicuan dialect, means chatting and socializing.
After we experienced this unique teahouse culture (I could figure out about 50% of the local dialect, so won't be as "deaf" as my companion, who was totally shut out of such a grass-root fun), our next stop was WangJiang Park, a park named after an ancient tower (Wangjiang Lou) inside it.
Wang Jiang Lou (River View Tower) across the river
The pictures are taken at a cloudy day in April, we traveled to Wangjiang Park (River View Park) alongside Jingjiang (Jing River, previously the moat of old Chengdu city). The park is very big, with a total area around 12.5 hectare. There is a wide collection of bamboos (over 200 speices) planted in the park.
Bamboos Garden and a stream inside
We followed sign board to Wangjiang Lou (River View Tower), the highest building in the park next to Jing River. It's a wooden architecture built in the Qing Dynasty, this four stoy building at a height of 27.9 meters witnessed hundreds of years past by. In ancient times, the tower (the highest building at the time) is the place where Chengdu people bid farewell to their friends/relatives who left the city via water way.
Wangjiang Lou (River View Tower)
A Peaceful corner of the garden shot from Wangjiang Lou
* Famous speciality green tea of Sicuan: Zhu Ye Qing (Green Bamboo Leaf), its appearance resembles green bamboo leaves. 
Chengdu street delicacies: Zhong's Jiaozi (wonton type dumpling dipped in spicy sauce), Tan's fish steamboat, Lai's glutinous rice ball, Couple spicy beef slice, dandan(carrying pole) noodle, Sis rabbit meat dice, Mrs. pockmark-face's tofu, cool rice jelly, Zhangcha smoking duck (duck smoked over a fire built from camphor tree leave and leaf tea) ...
