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A food street in Chengdu where locals and tourists flock to try local specialties. This kind of food street proliferates all around China after the “new ancient streets” model, which entails the entire demolition of a neighbourhood and the building of a new one imitating a traditional style. The Chinese have a saying that encapsulates well this model: qianpianyilü (“thousand articles, same rule” or “once you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all”). The good news is that the food is specific to each region, and in Chengdu the visitor is spoiled with choice.