Don't go into Sichuan when you are young, it will destroy your fighting spirit. Don't go out of Sichuan when you are old. Other places will not be as leisurely as Sichuan. Of course, Sichuan here refers to Chengdu.
Now there is another saying: working in Chongqing and living in Chengdu. It is said that many Sichuanese hope to save some money to live in Chengdu after working in Chongqing for a period of time. It can be seen that Chengdu is very attractive to Sichuanese at least.
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As the saying goes, "Young people never leave Sichuan":
Sichuan has always been one of people's favorite tourist provinces, and the number of tourists per year has basically remained in the top three of all provinces and cities in China. There has always been a saying in Sichuan that young people will never leave Sichuan. Then why do so many people come to Sichuan to travel?
Compared with Yunnan-Guizhou in neighboring provinces, most cities in Sichuan are located at the extreme edge of Sichuan Basin, so the climate is different from Yunnan-Guizhou provinces. It's hot and rainy in summer and low in winter, but it's cloudy and foggy. People have been used to it since ancient times, so they meet friends and relatives and go out for tea and cards.
Therefore, since the Qing Dynasty, Chengdu and even Sichuan have had the largest number of teahouses, and now you can see places to drink tea and play cards in various places in Sichuan, including parks, squares, sports centers and scenic spots.
This laid-back attitude towards life has developed a laid-back lifestyle for a long time. Although Chengdu has developed rapidly in recent years, surpassing most provincial capitals and ranking first in new first-tier cities, the pace of life and work is still one of the slowest cities in China.
So it probably means that when you are young, don't come to Sichuan to get used to a slow-paced life. Young and weak-willed, it is inevitable that you will linger and feel happy. From then on, it is easy to be dull, but difficult to achieve great things.
Probably literally, don't leave your comfortable environment. After all, it is still a leisure place suitable for living and living. It is common sense that old people don't want to leave, and there has been a saying since ancient times that it is difficult to leave their homeland, which is why they can't leave Sichuan.
Nowadays, on the streets of Chengdu, you can see street food stalls queuing to buy, hot pot restaurants in scenic spots crowded with people, couples walking their dogs aimlessly in parks, and elderly people dancing in square dances. Every lifestyle here is very slow, so it is a livable city compared with other first-tier cities.