"Don't enter Sichuan when you are young, don't leave Sichuan when you are old" means:
Saying that you should not enter Sichuan when you are young, which will wear out your fighting spirit, and don't leave Sichuan when you are old, as other places will not be as relaxing as Sichuan. Of course, the word Sichuan here refers to Chengdu.
Now there is another way of saying: work in Chongqing, live in Chengdu. It is said that many Sichuanese want to work in Chongqing for some time and save up some money to live in Chengdu later. As you can see, Chengdu is very attractive to at least the people of Sichuan.
Expanded:
The reason why the saying goes, "If you are young, you will never enter Sichuan, and if you are old, you will never leave it":
Sichuan has always been one of the most popular tourist provinces, and the number of tourists every year basically stays in the top three of all the provinces in the country, and there is a saying that has always been passed down in Sichuan, which is called "If you are young, you will never enter Sichuan, and if you are old, you will never leave it". words, called less not into the Sichuan, the old out of Shu, then why are there so many people to travel to Sichuan?
Compared with the neighboring provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, most of the cities in Sichuan are located in the extreme edge of the Sichuan Basin, so the climate is not the same as the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, high temperature and rain in summer, low temperature and less rain in winter, but more cloudy and foggy weather, so since ancient times, people are used to a little bit of good weather, on the appointment of friends and family, go out to drink tea and play cards party.
So from the Qing Dynasty years, Chengdu and even Sichuan's teahouse is the country's most, and now in various places in Sichuan, including parks, squares, sports centers and scenic spots and many other places, can be seen drinking tea and playing cards.
This slow and easy attitude to life has long fostered a leisurely lifestyle, and although Chengdu has developed more rapidly in recent years, overtaking most provincial capitals in one fell swoop and ranking as the first of the new first-tier cities, the pace of life and work is still one of the slowest in the country.
So, less not into Sichuan probably means, do not come to Sichuan at a young age to get used to the slow pace of life, if the young will not be determined, will inevitably linger on this, a kind of happy not think of returning to the feeling, so it is easy to life is dull, difficult to achieve great things.
And the old not Shu is probably as literal as the same, do not leave the comfortable environment accustomed to, after all, this is still considered to be suitable for living and living in a place of relaxation, the elderly do not want to leave and do not want to leave are common sense, and since ancient times there is a "difficult to leave the homeland," the saying, which is also the reason for the old not Shu.
Nowadays, in the streets of Chengdu, you can see everywhere in the queue to buy street food stalls, as well as scenic spots crowded hot pot store, aimless stroll in the park to walk the dog's couples, exercise and dance in the square dance of the old people, where every kind of lifestyle is a slow and easy, so compared to other first-tier cities, it is more of a suitable city to live in.