Tour of the top ten ancient towns around Chengdu

1. Jiezichang Ancient Town: Qingcheng Back Garden

Introduction of the ancient town:

Jiezi ranks well among more than 11 ancient towns around Chengdu, and still follows the typical composition of western Sichuan ancient towns with low eaves, wooden doors and Qingshi Road, but compared with those ancient towns with wide roads that have been repaired to the door, Jiezi is as clear as Lijiang Sifang Street.

Jiezichang is located under Fengqi Mountain, 25km northwest of Chongzhou City, connected with Qingcheng Houshan, and surrounded by mountains and waters. It not only has the beauty of mountains and rivers, but also has 32 temples and other historical sites centered on Guangyan Temple, an ancient temple in the Tang Dynasty, which integrates natural scenery with human landscape.

There are ancient temples in Jin Dynasty-Guangyan Temple, Fengqi Mountain Tourist Scenic Area, thousands of acres of virgin forest, Millennium Ginkgo biloba, Millennium ancient nan, Shanggu Temple, ancient pagodas in Qing Dynasty, a street built in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the site of Wang Xiaobo's uprising, a poet in Tang Dynasty, the former residence of Tang Qiu (Tang Qiu Memorial Hall), the ancient Longtan with magical legends, five cabinets and tuo.

Today, most of the old houses in Jiezichang are relics left over from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. For sightseeing, the editor suggested that you go to Yulong Bridge. There are more than ten tall ginkgo trees standing luxuriantly beside the dam at the entrance of the street. Next to the ginkgo tree, there is a red tower built in the late Qing Dynasty, with fine workmanship. Whenever the mountain wind blows, the small copper bell on the tower will make a pleasant sound. The ancients called this tower a "font library".

Aspect:

Jiezichang is a place full of seclusion legends. According to the General History of China, Zhu Yunwen, the son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had disappeared mysteriously in history. According to many folk experts' research, Zhu Yunwen actually lived in seclusion near Shanggu Temple in the Guangyan Temple in Jiezichang. I have lived in the mountains for more than ten years since 1414 AD.

When you walk into the pavement of a family named Duan Lin in Zhenwu Street, Jiezi Town, you will be surprised to find it. There is a wooden wall with a height of more than two people in his room. The wooden wall is about 4 meters high and divided into 6 grids. Each grid is like a wooden screen. The wooden wall has traces of something similar to lime, and a clear picture has been shown on the wooden board on the far right of the wooden wall. The beautiful women in the picture are dancing and wearing clothes, which is very similar to the "flying" in Dunhuang murals. This is the way the street always surprises you. All you need is your wise eyes.

Travel information

Bus route: from Chengdu, through Chongzhou and Yuantong Town, to Jiezi Town. Starting from Chengdu Jinsha Station (there are no.5, no.17, no.811, no.47, no.78 and no.69 in the city), there are buses to Meihuazhai and Gushi every day at 9: 11 and 11: 51 respectively, and the fare is RMB 1.5 per person. There is also a bus to Chongzhou, which runs every four minutes. The fare is 6.5 yuan/person (wild yellow "face"), and it goes to Meihuazhai (or ancient temple) via Yuantong Town and Jiezi Town.

Self-driving route: take the west gate of Chengdu, pass through chengwenqiong expressway, get off at Chongzhou exit, and then take Jinjiang, Yuantong Town and Shangyuan to Jiezi Town. You can also go from Chengguan Expressway to the finish line, go up the highway of Qingcheng Mountain, and go to Jiezi via Qingcheng Town and Daguan Town.

Accommodation: For tourists who love food, they will surely covet the local legend of "Tang Ma Cake", which is passed on from daughter-in-law to son. It is said that this snack was founded in Qingganlong for 51 years, and it is currently exported at home and abroad. It is one of the four famous snacks in Gushu Prefecture.

The local specialty food is medicated diet. Besides, black-bone chicken stewed with Chinese yam and Chinese yam elbow must be tasted. The price ranges from 15 yuan to 21 yuan, and there is also home-cooked stir-fry with 6 yuan.

Meihua Mountain Villa from 41 yuan to 81 yuan/room. Accommodation standards for the ancient temple of Guangyan Temple are 15 yuan/person (Simmons bed) and 11 yuan/person (ordinary bed) respectively. You can stay at Qunyi Hotel in Jiezi Town at a price of RMB 11/person

If you want to experience the rural customs, you can stay at a local farmhouse in or near Jiezi Town, which is generally for every guest in 31 yuan, including food and accommodation. You can also choose to go to the nearby Fengqi Mountain, where there are hotels of different grades to meet the needs of different consumers.

telephone number for consultation and complaint: jiezi town government 82294191.

2. Huanglongxi: one of the top ten water towns in China

Introduction to the ancient town:

Huanglongxi, an ancient town in western Sichuan with a history of more than 1,711 years, is located in Shuangliu County, about 31 kilometers southeast of Chengdu. Six old streets, such as Main Street, Xinjie Street, Hengjie Street, Shanghe Street, Xiahe Street, Fuxing Street, etc., have just been closed for one year, all of which have been paved with red stone streets, and the buildings on both sides have also recovered their true colors and are antique.

In the ancient town of Huanglongxi, buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties abound and are still well preserved. Streets paved with red stones, pavilions and houses with wooden columns and green tiles, and beautifully carved railings and windows all give people a feeling of simplicity and tranquility. There are also six big banyan trees in the town, all of which are more than a thousand years old. They are luxuriant and cover the sky, which adds a lot of aura to the ancient town. There are still three ancient temples in Zhenjiang Temple, Chaoyin Temple and Gulong Temple in the town, which are deep and winding. There are many small restaurants on both sides of the street, and most of them have a white wine flag on a blue background in front of the door, such as "Yuxiangzi", "Lvhuitou" and "Tangsu Store", which keep dancing in the wind to attract guests. The stone mill tofu pudding in the ancient town is very famous, and almost every family can make it, but each has its own characteristics. Walking through a street, I saw another lane, with bare bluestone road at the foot, shiny black door panels and antique signs, which were full of ancient meaning.

In the ancient town, the most distinctive feature is its teahouse, with bamboo stands, chairs, stools and colorful umbrellas on both sides of the road, on the river bank and under the bamboo forest, which has become an attractive scenery in the ancient town. A bowl of tea costs two or three dollars, and you can sit for a day, especially for the old people. It is a leisurely and elegant enjoyment to walk birds and drink tea in a restaurant in the morning of Qing Dynasty, which costs little money.

Every year from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the New Year, Huanglongxi will also hold entertainment activities such as playing with fire dragons and water dragons.

Editor's recommendation: Huanglongxi is one of the top ten ancient towns in China, and you must go for this fame. The most beautiful time of Huanglongxi is the rainy and foggy weather, which is misty and poetic.

Travel information

Bus route: There is a shuttle bus from Chengdu Xinnanmen Bus Station to Huanglongxi, with 8 yuan/person every 1 hours from 8: 11 to 16: 11; Hongpailou leaves every half hour. 7 yuan/person

Accommodation: Jiaopi elbow, pearl bean curd, scrambled eggs with wild vegetables, vegetable-fried wild grey vegetables, braised yellow spicy diced vegetables, etc. are the special foods of Huanglongxi, which must be tasted. The most enjoyable thing is to hire a boat, about RMB 111, to bring all kinds of delicious food aboard, and enjoy the scenery on both sides of the strait while tasting it. When you are full of food and wine, you can just go ashore for sightseeing when you arrive at the Buddha Temple, and the boatman will wait on the shore and return to the ancient town by boat two hours later.

staying in the town for one night ranges from 15 yuan to 41 yuan/person, and you can usually send it back to Chengdu on the same day when you visit Huanglongxi.

3. Huaiyuan Ancient Town: Bamboo Weaving Resort

Introduction to the ancient town:

Huaiyuan Ancient Town is located in chongzhou city, with a history dating back more than 1,611 years. It is small and covers an area of only one square kilometer.

most of the ancient town buildings were built during the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China, while maintaining the pattern of four doors and four streets. There are more than 31 existing streets, of which more than 11 are well preserved, including Xiaobei Street, Nanjie Street, Xiaxin Street, Zhengxi Street and Linjiang Street. Most of the buildings are built in accordance with the law of the Ministry of Industry in Qing Dynasty, and most of them are built in wooden structures. The basic style of Huaiyuan ancient town is to put columns on the street, combine the front hall with the backyard, combine the corridor with the building and lead the alley to live in the courtyard, but its specific streets and lanes have many different characteristics.

More than 21 criss-crossing streets and alleys are full of silk shops, tea shops, bamboo weaving shops, oil shops and drug shops ... On a single day of market, the town is very lively. Huaiyuan's most famous "three weaves": rattan weaving, brown weaving and bamboo weaving, almost every family has skilled craftsmen. In the hands of those old people, rattan, brown and bamboo have become a work of art, which is dazzling along the street. Huaiyuan has a large number of "three series" professionals. According to the preliminary statistics in 1985, there are more than 1,911 professional households in the town with more than 3,111 employees. In the east of the town, a 911-meter-long rattan street is emerging in the first section of Donghua Huailu Road and the lower section of Wenjing New Street, and more than 31 large rattan houses have set up workshops here.

Aspect:

In huaiyuan town, we not only see the wooden pavement of houses with a complete structure (there is no nail or glue at the joint! The bright part of the roof is called "bright tile", which is a kind of glass with the same shape as the tile and is used for indoor lighting. According to the data, most of the buildings here were built during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China), and there are still many architectural decorations such as exquisite doorways and woodcarvings, and even a very clear slogan "Quotations from Chairman Mao" (it should be at least 25 years old)! !

Walking from a small street by the river, an ancient courtyard appeared in front of the reporter, with the characters "Lin's Ancestral Hall" on the mottled wall. (with pictures) This is a ancestral hall built in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty. Entering the main entrance, the spacious quadrangles are busy, and dozens of old people gather here to play cards and make a dragon gate array. The smiles on their faces and the birdcages around them explain their leisurely life. Wu Jianying, a staff member of Huaiyuan Ancient Town, said that the main building of this ancestral hall has been well protected so far, completely preserving the unique pure Nanmu ancestral hall cabinet card in the city, engraved with the documents of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, with smooth writing, strong and beautiful fonts and exquisite carving.

Travel information

Bus route: You can take the bus to Chongzhou to Chengdu Jinsha Station, Shiyangchang Station and North Railway Station, and then transfer from Chongzhou to Huaiyuan. The ticket is 5 yuan/person.

Gourmet: When you come to Huaiyuan, you must eat the "three musts" here: tofu curtain, frozen cake and yeerba.

Tofu curtain is fresh, tender and delicious, and extremely nutritious. Frozen cakes have a history of more than 211 years in Huaiyuan. Authentic parfait is made by natural fermentation of rice pulp and refined with lard, which is slag-melted at the entrance and full of fragrance. Ye Erba's history can be traced back to the Western Jin Dynasty, and its predecessor was a well-known "vegetable flat". Today, on the bustling street about 511 meters above Wenjing Road, Huaiyuan, there are more than 11 famous snack shops, mainly Ye Erao. I especially recommend the old brand "Huang Laoshi" Ye Erba opposite the bus station. The clear fragrance of pomelo leaves makes people drool. The small hotel in town is 11 yuan/person.

4. Shangli Ancient Town: an ancient post station on the South Silk Road

Introduction to the ancient town:

Shangli Town is located in Yucheng District, Ya 'an City, Sichuan Province, 27 kilometers away from the urban area. Shangli Ancient Town was the Southern Silk Road in ancient times, and it was also an important station for Linqiong Ancient Road to enter Ya 'an. Shangli lives in the included angle where the two rivers intersect, and it is said by the people that it is a treasure place where "financial resources" gather. The ancient town is surrounded by mountains and waters, with idyllic hills, wooden houses as homes, stone paved streets, and 18 hills of "eighteen arhats facing Guanyin". Eight ancient stone bridges represented by "Erxian Bridge" have a long history and different styles.

The first thing you see when you arrive in Shanghai is a memorial archway of "Double Filial Piety Festival" built in Daoguang in 2119. The archway is a four-column, three-eaves and multi-ridge stone carving workshop, which is tall and fine; There are also more than 21 groups of stories of more than 111 dramatic characters engraved on the beam. The memorial archway is a relic of feudal etiquette, which was established at that time to promote Han's "never losing his virginity or changing his driving, and honoring his parents and in-laws for life". The stone archway, which was built by Yang Han's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for two generations, is a testimony of the feudal system in China that binds women and is also a fine stone carving art in China. At present, there are still three stone archways in the town, namely, the provincial-level protection unit "Double Filial Piety" stone archway, as well as the municipal-level cultural protection units Chen's "Ninth Cohabitation" and Chen's "Chastity" archway.

There are more than 11 ancient and modern bridges in Shangli with different styles. Among them, the most beautiful shape is the "Erxian Bridge" built in the 41 years of Qianlong in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is a stone arch bridge with the characteristics of Jiangnan water town. The clear river is like a high, round bridge opening, so don't have a love affair. There are also two stone bridges with one high and one bottom across the Longxi River at the mouth of the town, which have become the main traffic routes in and out of the town. Gao Qiao can turn from the low bridge to the inverted river below Gao Qiao through the vehicles and pedestrians in and out of the town. The high and low bridges are cleverly enough to become an "interchange" system.

Aspect:

There are exquisite architectural complexes in Shangli, and the most famous one is the Han Family Courtyard. The doors, windows, eaves and eaves of the whole building are decorated with reliefs, hollowed-out carvings and inlaid carvings, which have extremely high value and exquisite craftsmanship. Han Family Courtyard was built in his hometown by Han Tingfan, who was an official abroad during Daoguang period, according to the official residence of Beijing at that time. The whole building consists of seven quadrangles, also known as "seven stars holding the moon". The layout of the courtyard is clear, and exquisite wood carvings can be seen everywhere. It is worth mentioning that the wooden windows of the compound are finely carved, rich in content and diverse in shape, which are highly praised by experts.

To travel to Shangli Ancient Town, you must go to White Horse Spring, 8 kilometers north of the town. White Horse Spring is a gap spring, and the water temperature is around 15 degrees. Spring water gushed from the mouth of a stone dragon, and the daily tide was several times. When the spring gushed out, the corridor was mostly spring water.

Travel information

Climate characteristics of the area where the scenic spot is located: Ya 'an is a famous rainy city, and the scenic spot is also rainy and humid. There is no severe cold in winter and no intense heat in summer. The annual average temperature is about 15 degrees, the average temperature in January is about 5 degrees, and the average temperature in July is about 23 degrees. There are 318 frost-free days and as many as 211 rainy days. It is rainy in autumn and showers in summer. You should bring rain gear when you visit.

Bus route: Chengdu Xinnanmen Bus Station-Bifengxia, get off at Ya 'an North expressway Toll Station, take the bus from Chengdu to Ya 'an at Shiyangchang Bus Station to Ya 'an and Ya 'an-Shangli, and the round-trip fare is RMB 11.11.

Self-driving route: There are two ways to drive from Chengdu to Shangli: one is to take Chengya expressway, get off at Ya 'an North Exit, and pass Xiali, Zhongli and Shangli; The other is to take Wenqiong Road to Qionglai, first visit Pingle Ancient Town and Jiaguan Ancient Town, and then go up the mountain to White Horse Spring. This is a circular line. Self-driving cars can go one way and then return from another.

Accommodation: There is a dish in Shangli Ancient Town called "Stewed Yam with Black-bone Chicken", which is delicious and nourishing. 25 yuan/serving. You can live in Shangli Town or White Horse Spring. There are hotels and restaurants in both places, which are very convenient and hygienic, and the price is not high, 15 yuan/person.

Play: Bifeng Gorge, a famous scenic spot in Ya 'an, is in Xiali. You can also string Bifeng Gorge together when you travel to Shangli.

Tickets: White Horse Spring 2.11 Yuan Shangli Hanjia Courtyard 1.11 Yuan Shangli Shuangjiexiao Paifang 1.11 Yuan

5. Yuelai Ancient Town: Adjacent to Xiling Snow Mountain

Introduction:

Yuelai Ancient Town, located in Heming Township, Dayi County, is the main throat leading to Xiling Snow Mountain and Huashuiwan Hot Spring. Yuelai is a typical ancient town in western Sichuan. On the yue lai zhen, everything is quiet and harmonious. People are playing long Sichuan cards in the lazy afternoon sun, sitting in a small tea shop at the bridge, drinking a bowl of scented tea with three cents. Time seems to have stopped, and the excitement and noise in their eyes are only illusory.

The ancient town of Yuelai is small, with only four streets. The ancient buildings are mainly concentrated in Yuelaizheng Street and Heba Street, which are basically the architectural style of small towns in western Sichuan from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. There are many houses with the integration of Chinese and Western architectural style elements, which is Yuelai Ancient Town.