SichuanCameron Wright

Chinese 2, 08.07

九寨沟

jiu zhai gou

九寨沟

jiu zhai gou

Jiuzhaigou Valley is located in Nanping County, 450 kilometers to

the north of Chengdu City. Its name is due to the existence of nine

stockaded villages of Tibetan origin, and it is always regarded as a

holy mountain by the Tibetan people.

Jiu zhai gou is a great masterpiece of nature, having dreamlike

scenery, which combines blue lakes, waterfalls, verdant forests,

snow-covered mountains, and the folk customs of the Tibetan and

Qiang peoples.

Legend has it that long ago Dago, the mountain God had a crush

on the goddess Semo, and he gave a mirror that was made from

wind and cloud to her. However, the devil appeared and made

trouble to Semo. Inadvertently, Semo broke the mirror into 108

pieces, which fell down to the earth and then turned to 108 colorful

lakes. This lake is called Haizi by the locals.

Sic

huan

Foo

d四川菜

Si c

huan

cai

Sichuan F

ood

四川菜

Si chuan cai

Sichuan food has bold flavors,

particularly the pungency and

spiciness resulting from liberal use of

garlic and chili peppers, as well as the

unique flavor of the Sichuan pepper. Sichuan is colloquially known as the

"heavenly country" due to its

abundance of food and natural

resources. The Sichuan people have

beautiful views and love their spices,

so most Szechuan dishes are spicy,

although a typical meal includes non-

spicy dishes to cool the palate. Most

consider Szechuan cuisine to be

composed of seven basic flavors:

sour, pungent, hot, sweet, bitter,

aromatic, and salty.

Sic

huan

Pop

ulat

ion

四川人口

Sic

huan

ren

kou

The Population of Sichuan is:80.5 Million

(and there are no longer any more pandas in

the old panda center due to the earthquake)

Sic

huan

Clim

ate

四川气候

Sic

huan

qi h

ou

The climate in Sichuan is:6-25 CAnd can rain up to 200 mm

The P

eople of Si C

huan

四川人

Sichuan ren

Sichuan E

arthquake

四川地震

si chuan di zhenThe people of Sichuan, on May 12, 2008 ecountered an 8.0

eathquake, destroying their city and killing over 69,000 people

and over 20,000 missing, over 80% of the buildings collapsed.

In the aftermath of the earthquake there were many after

shocks and tremors thooughout the country and into other

neighboring countries. Chengdu, Sichuan is also the home to

the main panda reserve in China,;however, most of the pandas

were recovered by rescue workers.