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I never go so far South when I go to Chengdu.
I always go from the airport to the center and then West.
I would attempt to get a vpn so you can load English apps on your phone and try apps like google translate or pleco (https://www.pleco.com/).
Both have downloadable Chinese/English dictionaries. And if you use Pleco, purchase the OCR. It is great at single character Chinese translations. And it gives you pinyin and English.
I have used is when I had to translate the menu’s in Chengdu. But my phone app was loaded in the UK.
Here is a little bit of history that may help shed some light on differences.
Humans first appeared in North Africa and spread into Europe and then spread across India then into Asia and China.
At that time, Asia was fertile plains but Europe was thick forests. Many bears and wolves live in forests.
This allowed humans to form colonies faster and produce the first civilization in China. Where as the West had to survive and overpower, powerful animals before they could form any large colonies.
Writing came in the form of lines formed from axe blows where as the Chinese used dyes and inks earlier so they could form complex flowing characters. Hence the formation of ideographs (single character pictures/ideas) to make a word in China compared to multiple characters of simple strokes to form words in Europe.
But boiling your water makes it drinkable. 🙂
Here is another difference.
China: Tea is drunk without milk or sugar. It is clean and fresh with no bitter after taste.
UK: Tea is drunk with lots of milk and sugar. Is has a bitter after taste and not a lot of people like it.
Sorry, I would not be able to make it. the thousands of miles to travel is too far.
But I am happy to talk differences here.
First noticeable difference is water.
In the west, we have big filtration systems and bacterial killers to keep the ring water mains clean and the underground pipes keep the water cool. So many western countries culturally drink cold water. Where as in China, the mains water is not so clean for whatever reason and bottled water is drunk a lot more. But is came to the Chinese attention that hot water kills off bacteria so hot or warm water has culturally become the norm instead.
Hmm. Hello.
I have not read all the posts in this forum but some of it has gotten a little racy.
I did see the post about Chinese girls preferring Chinese men. Lets clarify a little as to why. A lot of Chinese girls of the early to mid twenties are pressured into marriage from their families and meeting a Chinese man helps in that they know of the massive background culture and language, where as a laowhy will have a lot of catching up to do. It is the same in any culture, someone from America would naturally pick another American over others purely because they are seen as someone from the same or similar cultural background and share the same language.
This does not mean that all marriages or relationships that cross languages and cultures are doomed to failure. There are many who prefer to widen their views and outlooks. And a lot of cross culture marriage do in fact work.
But on the subject matter at hand of where to find girls in Chengdu. The first thing you must do is to respect the country you are living in. If you are a laowhy living in Chengdu, you must first think of why you would want a girl. In most countries, girls are looking for a suitable husband. Not a one night stand (Apart from some areas of America, Holland or Thailand. But you have to pay for those services).
Are you a religious man? There are a number of religious centers where you could meet a nice and beautiful Christian or Taoist.
Do you like beautiful places? There are beautiful gardens where girls walk that you could strike up a conversation with. Above all, you must respect each other as a person and the cultures.
