Why does Chengdu look so old?

Chengdu is a very developed city in our country, but now many people are asking why Chengdu looks like this. Old? ? Why on earth is this? Originally a very prosperous city, why is it called the old city? Let's find out.

Let's look at the city of Chengdu first. Chengdu is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province, called Rong for short. Rongcheng and Chengdu? It is the capital of Sichuan Province, a sub-provincial city, a mega-city, the headquarters of the western theater, an important national high-tech industrial base, a commercial logistics center and comprehensive transportation hub determined by the State Council, and an important central city in the western region. 20 18 The whole city governs1/district 4 counties and 5 county-level cities, including Sichuan Tianfu New District, Chengdu High-tech Industrial Development Zone and Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone, with an area of14,335 square kilometers, permanent population of16.33 million and 2,065,433.

Chengdu is located in the southwest of China, the west of Sichuan Basin and the hinterland of Chengdu Plain, with flat terrain, vertical and horizontal river networks, rich products and developed agriculture. It belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate and has enjoyed it since ancient times. Land of abundance? The reputation of; As an important electronic information industry base in the world, it has 30 national scientific research institutions, 67 national R&D platforms and 56 universities with about 3.89 million talents. There are 285 Fortune 500 enterprises.

Chengdu is a national historical and cultural city and the birthplace of ancient Shu civilization. Zhou is here? One year in a city, two years in Chengdu? , hence the name Chengdu; Seven separatist regimes established their capitals here; It has always been the prefecture and county jurisdiction of various dynasties; Han is one of the five major cities in China. Tang is one of the most developed industrial and commercial cities in China, known as? Yang Yi one two? ; The Northern Song Dynasty was the second largest city outside Bianjing, and invented the first paper money in the world. With Dujiangyan, Wuhou Temple, Du Fu Caotang and Jinsha Site, it is an excellent tourist city in China.

It has been rated as the best emerging commercial city in the world, the benchmark city of inland investment environment in China, the national demonstration base city of small and micro enterprises, the top ten comprehensive cities in China, the top ten entrepreneurial cities in China and the top 100 foreign trade cities in China, ranking 18. We are accelerating the construction of a world famous cultural and creative city with national leading power and global competitiveness.

As can be seen from the above introduction, Chengdu has always been a famous historical and cultural city. No matter in which period, there will be many cultural monuments and many cultural celebrities, so they will look "old" because of this.

To sum up, we can know that people say "old" because it is a city with profound cultural background.