Image credits & privacy

Selected third-party photography is credited below. Images are visual references: seasons, weather and conditions during your visit may differ.

Seated giant panda, Chengdu — kf zhou · Pexels License. Displayed proportionally or fitted to the layout.

Giant panda portrait, Chengdu — Kerry Hu · Unsplash License. Displayed proportionally or fitted to the layout.

Jiuzhaigou landscape in autumn — David Tran · Pexels License. Displayed proportionally or fitted to the layout.

Chengdu Anshun Bridge at night — Tito Zzzz · Pexels License. Resized for the homepage cover.

Mount Siguniang snow peaks — 虎 曼 · Pexels License. Resized for the homepage cover.

Jiuzhaigou autumn detail — Kent Chin · Pexels License. Displayed proportionally or fitted to the layout.

Huanglong pools — Jan Dvorak · Pexels License. Displayed proportionally or fitted to the layout.

Leshan Giant Buddha — christels · Pixabay Content License. Displayed proportionally or fitted to the layout.

Mount Emei, Golden Summit — Yi Zhang · Unsplash License. Displayed proportionally or fitted to the layout.

September 2026 additions

Photographs taken by the operator — Wuhou Shrine, Huanhuaxi Park, Citang Street, Tianfu Square, Wangjiang Pavilion, Daci Temple, Ping’anqiao Church, Tianfu Art Park, Mount Emei, Mount Siguniang and the Aba prefecture roads. © the site operator, used here with permission.

Hotel photography — homepage property and room images are accommodation planning references; the exact hotel and room type are confirmed in the written proposal.

Dujiangyan waterworks — StockSnap / Pixabay · Pixabay Content License. The website version is resized for layout.

More of Sichuan & Chengdu life

Jiuzhaigou, Five Flower Lake — Liiiiin / Pexels · Pexels License. Resized for the homepage.

Jiuzhaigou boardwalk and lake detail — David Tran and Chris Duan / Pexels · Pexels License. Resized for the homepage gallery.

Jiuzhaigou autumn lake — Fred 9527 / Pexels · Pexels License. Resized for the homepage gallery.

Huanglong travertine pools — Jan Dvorak / Pexels · Pexels License. Resized for the homepage.

Huanglong valley and mountain setting — Jan Dvorak, misty valley and Jan Dvorak, mountain setting / Pexels · Pexels License. Resized for the homepage gallery.

Huanglong winter terraces — Teresa Wang / Pexels · Pexels License. Resized for the homepage gallery.

Leshan-area rock carvings — Guillaume Kremer / Pexels · Pexels License. Exact sub-site is unverified.

Leshan-area temple stairway — Guillaume Kremer / Pexels · Pexels License. Exact sub-site is unverified.

Mount Emei statue detail — Kjbromme / Pexels · Pexels License.

Mount Emei Huazang Temple — Jan Dvorak / Pexels · Pexels License.

Bamboo landscape illustration — Gang Liang / Pexels · Pexels License. The exact location is unverified; this is not presented as a photograph of Shunan Bamboo Sea.

Bamboo pathway illustration — Daven Hsu / Pexels · Pexels License. The exact location is unverified; this is not presented as a photograph of Shunan Bamboo Sea.

Bamboo hillside illustration — Pexels User 1433506698 · Pexels License. The exact location is unverified; this is not presented as a photograph of Shunan Bamboo Sea.

Anyue rock carvings and Chengdu life — photographs supplied by the site operator: Anyue carvings, Guanyin Pavilion old teahouse, People’s Park teahouse, a Chengdu produce market and night market, Wangjiang Pavilion Park, Chengdu Culture Park, Wuhou Shrine and Chengdu streets. Resized for the homepage galleries. People pictured in public settings are not presented as endorsing the service.

Hotel reference photographs — exterior and room photographs of Mercure Chengdu Taikoo Li (Chunxi Road area), shown on the homepage as an accommodation planning reference with the operator’s permission. If you are the rights holder and would prefer they not be displayed, contact chengjiehe@offpathnow.com.

Privacy & enquiries

Personal-data processing — website enquiries, email, WhatsApp, hosting and optional analytics — is explained on the privacy, cookies & your data page. Submitting an enquiry stores a private request on our German-hosted website for our authorised team to review; WhatsApp remains optional. Analytics is subject to the choices described in that policy.

China cover photography

The Terracotta Army and Forbidden City covers are photographs supplied and authorised by the site owner.

Shanghai, Lujiazui skyline at night — Oliver Hu / Pexels · Pexels License. Resized and compressed for the website; cropping varies by screen.

China city life additions — Bruna Santos / Pexels · Liuuu _61 / Pexels · Anderson Wei / Pexels · Pexels License. Shanghai street location is not verified as Wukang or Anfu Road. The additional Palace Museum and Xi’an photographs were supplied by the owner.

Xi’an Huimin Street: photograph supplied by Off Path Now’s owner for website use; location identified by the owner.

The Shanghai Bund night photograph is the owner’s own image, IMG_3107.HEIC. Its web version is oriented correctly, cropped to 3:2, resized, compressed and stripped of EXIF/GPS metadata.

Nanluoguxiang, Forbidden City steps and the layered Terracotta Army photographs are the owner’s own images, authorised for this website. The originals are retained; web copies are oriented correctly, resized, compressed and stripped of location metadata.