Kuanzhai Alley, Jinli Street and Wuhou Shrine are next to one another. Kuan Zhai Alley are actually two separate street-one wide, the other narrow but next to each other. As other reviewers had observed, it is very similar to the Hutong in Beijing. On a "low-season" time, these streets were still full of visitors. Some of the buildings here are more than 200 years old. It had every type of goods, souvenirs, foods, that you can think off, and more:-face changing opera, calligraphers writing your Chinese names on fans; stone/wood carving stamp of your Chinese names; all sorts of exotic foods (insects, rabbit, spicy hot pots; whole cuttlefish; various types of meat on skewers; dumplings; deep fried potatoes, various type of Chinese cakes, and yes even Starbuck coffee.) You just cannot list everything you come across. It is definitely an eye opener if you have not been to any of this type of street food district. If you loop in Jinli Street and Wuhou Shrine, plus explore the tea house, you can probably spend a whole day here.

It's an area of ancient infrastructures on the outside, occupied by modern day shops inside, selling things from craft to souvenirs to food. Another of those 老街 / 步行街 concept, but this area is a main street filled with little smaller side streets, hence the 宽 and 窄. It's here that I caught some sub-par traditional performances in one of the dessert shops. Nice photo spots but it's just too crowded for any proper photos to be taken without a bomber.

An interesting place to see with nice architecture and loads of food stalls and little shops selling everything from embroidery to cute panda toys. However, it was a bit overly crowded and touristy. Worth to visit to tick off the bucket list but just a one tie only exploration for me!

This is probably one of the "must visit" places in Chengdu and making a trip here can allow you to indulge the local history, food and arts culture, and of course lifestyle of the people here. The old shophouses located on both sides on the small walking paths, have been given a refurnished with a new lease of life, signaling the young and energy vibes of the city. These shophouses (also the makeshift stalls) are now mainly retail businesses, selling local souvenirs, toys, arts and handicrafts, foods and drinks etc. Because of these, the place is very crowded as lots of visitors and also quite touristy. Many shops have staff stationed outside their premise to tout passersby to go into their shops to buy things or watch the "facechanging" performances etc. Well, that's interesting but just smile and walk through them (unless you have intention to buy their products).

Great place for westerners to enjoy the Chinese culture and architecture. There are restaurants with Chinese decor that serves Chongqing food, complete with servers in Hanfu, there are also theaters with live operas and face changing performances. Great place to catch Chengdu culture in one place. Many shops r also selling the same touristic key chains, stuffed pandas and Mala and local preserved food. it’s Chengdu must visit spot, for once u r there, its kinda another tourist spot selling souvenirs, like in any other Chinese city.