Ancient Shu Dao Culture-Jianmen Ancient Shu Dao was excavated before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is the main channel for communication between ancient times and the Central Plains, and the most profound historical and cultural section, the most beautiful natural scenery and the most dangerous section on Jinniu Road. Yinping ancient road is the main passage of ancient Sichuan in and out of the northwest. Zhuge Liang sent troops to guard during the Three Kingdoms period. Later, Wargo led the army from Yin Ping Road through Motianling, "wrapped in felt, and the soldiers climbed the wooden cliff and filed in", thus destroying Sichuan. There are many cultural relics and national forest parks on the road, and Tangjiahe, a giant panda reserve, is on this road. Micang Road is another ancient road from Sichuan to Shaanxi, and it is one of the ancient battlefields for the hegemony of Shu and Han in the Three Kingdoms. Zhang Fei and Wei Yan fought many wars with Wei Jun here in the Three Kingdoms, and Zhang He, the general of Wei State, also died here. Micang Road has many historical and cultural traces, and Gucheng Mountain, a national scenic spot, is also on this road.
Culture of the Three Kingdoms-Guangyuan is a place where the cultures of the Three Kingdoms converge, with 140 relics of the Three Kingdoms. It is the main battlefield of the Wei-Shu War in the Three Kingdoms and the main channel for Zhuge Liang to leave Qishan. Cultural sites of the Three Kingdoms within the city, such as Jiang Weicheng, Zhong Hui Old Base, Guansuo City, Jiang Wei Tomb, Jiang Wei Temple, Fei Yi Tomb, Deng Ai Father and Son Tomb, Bao Sanniang Tomb, Cui Yun Gallery, Zhangfei Temple, Guandi Temple, Wuhou Temple, Chu Biyi, Yue Mingxia, Shengli Dam, Jiamengguan, Tianxiongguan, Baishuiguan, Shimenguan and Beixiongguan.
Niangniang Culture-Focusing on the commemoration of Wu Zetian, Guangyuan has preserved the custom of "Twenty-three women swimming in the river in the first month", which lasted for nearly 1000 years and formed a cultural landscape with unique local female characteristics. Huang Ze 'an, Wushi Family Temple and Loutai Waterfront Triple Hall have been restored, and the cultural landscapes such as Wu Zetian Exhibition Hall, Zetian Sculpture Group, Tang Wenhua Promenade, Zetian Painting and Calligraphy Institute and Tang Culture Street are being stepped up, and the activities of Queen Keith are also being planned. After the completion of the project, Huangze Temple will become the most distinctive queen cultural brand and the best cultural tourist area that fully reflects Wu Zetian's life and shows the relationship between Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian. In addition, the Phoenix Building built in modern times also has its own characteristics. The gesture of "looking back at the phoenix" reflects the feelings of a generation of queens who are homesick, and is called "the first building in northern Sichuan".
Red culture
Cultural tourist attractions include: provincial patriotism education base, national defense education base, provincial cultural relics protection unit, Guangyuan Red Army Cultural Park, with stone slogans as the core, fully displaying the battle history of the Red Army in Guangyuan. Provincial patriotism education base, provincial cultural relics protection unit, the former site of the Wooden Door Conference with important historical significance in the history of the development and growth of the Red Fourth Front Army and the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area, and the Wangcang Red Army City, the capital of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area and the Red Fourth Front Army in the later period. The national patriotic education base, provincial-level cultural relics protection units and the symbolic Red Fourth Front Army, in coordination with the Long March of the Central Red Army, embarked on the Long March road for the Red Army to cross the Jialing River Ferry Site. At the same time, there are Huang Mao Ya Battle Site, Jianmenguan Site conquered by the Red Army, Taigong Hongjun Mountain Site Group, four county committees, 10 counties and more than 100 Soviet government sites, which are of great significance in the battle history of the Red Fourth Front Army. There are nearly 2,000 stone slogans and more than 4,000 revolutionary cultural relics reflecting the propaganda work of the Red Army.
Grottoes art and culture-Guangyuan has the earliest, longest-lasting and largest grotto group in Sichuan, which is helpful to study the inheritance route of Sichuan grotto statues and explore the evolution of Sichuan grotto art. Among them, the most representative and tourist value are: the first batch of cliff statues of Huangze Temple, a national cultural relics protection unit, were excavated in the Northern Wei Dynasty and lasted for more than 400 years. From the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 10,000 statues, and there are more than 7,000 existing statues. It is known as the first batch of cultural relics protection units in China, the Cliff Statue of Thousand Buddha Cliffs. Carved in Tianbao period of Tang Dynasty, there are more than 40 caves and 400 statues, among which Guanyinyan, a provincial cultural relic protection unit, was carved by Princess Yonghe, the granddaughter of Tang Xuanzong and the daughter of Su Zong, reflecting the historical statues of "An Shi Rebellion", such as Tang Xizong leaving Sichuan and Huang Chao Uprising. According to legend, it is a group of Taoist statues in Hemingshan, a provincial cultural relics protection unit that Zhang Tianshi practiced.
Early human sites and ancient cultural sites-Guangyuan early cultural sites mainly include the Neolithic site of Zhongzi Town in Chaotian District, the Neolithic site of Zhangjiapo in Guangyuan and the settlement site of Xiaomiaoshan in Caijiahe, Jiange. Paleontological sites include Wangcang dinosaur fossil sites.
Folk custom-Guangyuan is located in the main road connecting the Central Plains and the Northwest, and folk custom has its unique local characteristics. Folk customs mainly include Daughter's Day to commemorate Wu Zetian's birthday, women swimming in the river bend, boat racing and other customs. Festival entertainment is mainly lantern show, Nuo show, various lantern dances, puppets and shadow play. Usually, the entertainment in production is mainly folk songs with unique flavor in northern Sichuan, such as mowing songs, mowing gongs and drums, yangko and firewood songs. Weddings and funerals have unique paekche banquets and wedding songs. The houses in the village are mainly wooden houses of quadrangles in northern Sichuan. Guangyuan Daughter's Day, Jianmen Tofu Culture and Tourism Festival, Cangxi Pear Flower Festival, Lizhou Peach Blossom Festival, Yuanba Osmanthus Festival, Qingchuan Panda Shanzhen Festival, Niutou Mountain, Zhao Tianshan Temple Fair and other folk festivals are splendid, with large scale, diverse forms and simple folk customs.