Come for the pandas, stay for the bookstores

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Most travelers to China visit the Sichuan Province capital city of Chengdu for the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve, but bibliophiles will want to make time for the amazing Fangsuo Bookstore. With a dramatic entrance way and cavernous interiors, the bookshop demonstrates Chengdu’s commitment an ancient literary tradition going back to the Tang Dynasty.

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