Young giant panda who living in Chengdu research base of giant panda breeding. [Photo/Xinhua]

In addition to food, Chengdu also brings Sichuan local opera, brocade, embroidery and giant panda toys that are representative of the "Chengdu elements".

The two exhibitions "virtual experience area" and "depth of experience area" are held in the Milan World Expo China pavilion "Chengdu Week" exhibition, which will offer the visible and tangible experience of "The taste of Chengdu" for the audiences. There is a full stage showing Chengdu traditional culture including Sichuan embroidery, Sichuan figured satin, Sichuan opera, and tea ceremony and etc.

More than that, the outdoor plaza also provides an activity propaganda point of "greeting and invitation from panda home", where it invites visitors to fill out the panda postcards, write the blessings to friends and relatives, and send it into the cute Panda mailbox.

These postcards will be brought back to Chengdu after the event, covered with a special kind of postmark panda claws, then sent back through Panda mail offices to the world. According to a Chengdu friend at the activity site, it has a lottery draw for lucky tourists during the event, who will receive a "Chengdu tourism passport with a gift package and Chengdu tourism information with the postcards.

The "Chengdu Week" will continue to run to July 12. You cannot miss it if you are deeply attracted by the "The taste of Chengdu."