Jinli () is a street in

Chengdu Chengdu; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, previously Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a ...

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. Its history can be traced back to the pre-

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era more than 1800 years ago. Jinli was ranked first in "the world's most beautiful streets" published by

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in 2019. The street is about 550 meters long. It is a part of the Temple of Marquis, and the buildings are in the Qing Dynasty style. The theme is

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Culture, a traditional folk custom. There are many bars, inns, snack stores and

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s. The street was renovated in 2004. In 2005, Jinli was named as “National Top Ten City Commercial Pedestrian Street”. In 2006, Jinli was named as “National Demonstration Base of the Cultural Industry” by the

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. It has achieved 18,000,000 visitors a year in 2018. Especially during the Spring Festival, more people come to visit the "Big Temple Fair".

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