CHENGDU funky & different

Pandas, Ear Cleaning & Everyday Absurdity

Even if you didn’t know it before, Chengdu will make sure you do:This is panda land.

Pandas on signs, toys, cartoons, billboards.Cute, overwhelming—and somehow unavoidable.You will leave with a panda souvenir. Even if it’s a fridge magnet.

And then there are the ear-cleaning shops.More common than cafés.Live. On screens. An obsession.

Fascinating? Yes.Tempting? Absolutely not—for me.

Instead, I chose a chair massage by the river, lanterns glowing, bridges lit, shoulders slowly loosening.Some things you try.Some things you admire from a distance.