Carl Crook, is a 74-year-old British-Canadian born in Beijing, who speaks Chinese as one of his native languages and has a deep appreciation for Chinese culture. He was among a group of eight foreign experts invited for an inside look at Glamorous Chengdu, an event organized by the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology and Chengdu Productivity Promotion Center. The Baodun Site and Baodun Culture Exhibition, their first stop on September 20, offered intriguing glimpses into the city’s past through artifacts like pig skulls showing evidence of early domestication and ancient city wall ruins.
According to the exhibition, the pig skulls, which date back 3,700-4,500 years, indicate the point in history at which Chengdu people had surplus crops to feed livestock. For