Sichuan

Center of Southwest China...

As a center of Southwest China, Sichuan offers a great deal of attractions for tourists including beautiful scenic spots, rich history relics and various local customs, Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong, Leshan-Emei Mountain and wolong Nature Reserve were enlisted the ''World's Natural and Cultural Heritages''. Sichuan is also arailroad hub in South-west China, and has convenient highway and air transport as well. Chengdu has embarked on the road of building itself into an international metropolis functioning primarily as the center, in South-West China, of scienceand technology, commerce, finance as well as communication and transport. Facechanging is the most amazing stunt in Sichuan opera. A performer in a black cap and black mantle flourishes his arm and twists his head, and his face changesinto a horrible black face. He turns around and in the blink of an eye, a frivolous white face emerges. He turns around yet again, and a splendidly colored face suddenly appears.