Chengdu People’s Park: Experiencing Local Laid-back Life
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Located in the city center, Chengdu People Park (Renmin Park) is the first public park in Chengdu. It’s a beautiful city park to explore Chengdu locals’ daily life, with artful landscaping, bonsai garden, tea houses, kiddie amusement rides, a pond with row and motor boats connecting winding streams.
Filled with locals, it’s a best place to experience the slow lifestyle of Chengdu and Chinese tea drinking culture by drinking a cup tea and you’ll have a wonderful and chill afternoon. If you truly want to understand real life in China beyond the glossy travel brochures, just start your exploration right here.
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Highlights & What to Do at Chengdu People’s Park
What to do at Chengdu People Park? From sip a cup of tea to view beautiful flowers, there are plenty of things can do in this Chengdu city park. Here are the highlights you must not miss on your Chengdu tour.
Tea Experience at Heming Teahouse (鹤鸣茶社)
No visit to People’s Park in Chengdu is complete without tea at the legendary Heming Teahouse. Established in 1923, this century-old establishment is one of the oldest tea houses in China. Settle into a bamboo chair at a wooden table, order a cup of traditional Gaiwan tea (prices range from CNY12–30, with free hot water refills), and watch the world go by.
While sipping your tea, you’ll likely spot the “ear cleaners” (舒耳郎) wandering between tables, offering the uniquely Chengdu experience of ear cleaning. Using a fascinating array of tools: bamboo picks, copper wire feather brushes, and tuning forks. These skilled practitioners provide a service that locals describe as both relaxing and exhilarating.
Besides, you can also play Mahjong. While playing Mahjong, the tea house will also serve famous snacks of Chengdu to customers, like Zhong Dumpling and House Special Pancake.
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Chengdu Local Life Experience
Chengdu local life experience is best observed right here. As you wander through Chengdu People’s Park, you’ll witness a remarkable cross-section of Chengdu locals daily life. Early mornings bring tai chi practitioners moving in slow, graceful unison. Throughout the day, you’ll see square dancing China in full swing: groups of middle-aged and elderly locals dancing to upbeat music with infectious enthusiasm.
You’ll also spot senior lifestyle Chengdu at its most vibrant: here, retirees playing Chinese chess, playing Tai Chi, practicing calligraphy with water on stone pavements, singing opera, or simply dozing in the afternoon sun.
Chengdu People’s Park Marriage Market (相亲角)
Another highlight of Renmim Park is the Marriage Market where the old post photos and bios of their unmarried son/daughter to find his/her soulmate. They use this old way, instead of online date app to look for right person.
This place perhaps is the most unusual sight in Chengdu People’s Park and you can only see in China. Established in 2005, this unique social phenomenon has evolved into a properly managed cultural landmark. Today, you’ll find rows of laminated sheets — pink for women, blue for men — hanging neatly on metal racks, each sheet detailing a person’s age, occupation, education, and expectations for a partner. Parents hover, scrutinize profiles, and negotiate potential matches for their adult children.
In recent years, this spot has become an unexpected hit with international visitors, who arrive with phone translators in hand, fascinated by this window into Chinese matchmaking culture. In spring 2026, news outlets reported large numbers of foreign tourists flocking specifically to this corner of people’s park of Chengdu, turning it into an unlikely meeting point of Eastern and Western perspectives on love and marriage.
Scenery & Seasonal Flower Exhibitions
Chengdu People’s Park is also a botanical delight and one of the attracting parts of Renmin Park is the various flower shows. Chrysanthemum show in autumn is the most popular flower shows.This event showcases over 700 varieties and more than 100,000 chrysanthemum plants, including award-winning species. The exhibition transforms the entire Chengdu People’s Park into a living canvas of color and artistry, with floral displays celebrating both traditional Chinese horticulture and contemporary design.
Snacks & Local Eats
If you’re hungry, within the park or just outside its gates, you’ll find plenty of Chengdu local food options for eating. Such as Zhong’s Dumplings and Chicken Soup Shop (鸡汤铺子), these two Sichuan snack institutions serves up delicious dumplings and Sichuan local snacks alongside at fair prices.
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How to Get to Chengdu People’s Park
The park sits in the heart of downtown Chengdu, right off Shaocheng Road in Qingyang District. You can reach by metro just take Chengdu Metro Line 2 to People’s Park Station. From Exit D1, it’s a 2–3 minute walk to the main entrance. Exit A is also convenient. This station will eventually become an interchange with Line 17 as well, making access even easier.
Besides, there are numerous bus routes serve the park, including lines No. 4, 5, 7, 13, 43, 47, 58, 64, 81, and 85.
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A visit to Chengdu People’s Park is just the beginning of exploring this city. Chengdu actually offers world-famous attractions like the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, where you can see adorable pandas up close, the ancient Dujiangyan Irrigation Project, and the sacred Mount Qingcheng, which is the birthplace of Taoism. For those with more time, the stunning natural beauty nearby of Jiuzhaigou National Park and the massive Leshan Giant Buddha are within reach.
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