Songpinggou in Maoxian County, a small scenic spot in Chengdu, is suitable for autumn tour. The beautiful autumn colors are intoxicating, and patches of colorful forests reflect the mountains. In mid-October of the year before last, my colleagues and I went to Maoxian for a business trip and spent two days visiting Songpinggou in Maoxian. The biggest feeling was: it's really beautiful, the sea here, the waterfalls here and the autumn colors here make people linger. Let's take a look at it with me ~

Songpinggou in Maoxian County

Songpinggou in Maoxian County is located in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It is a pearl embedded in Aba Prefecture and a national 4A-level scenic spot. It takes more than four hours to get there from Chengdu and you can go there on weekends! Songpinggou Scenic Area has pleasant natural scenery, and because there are many Haizi and beautiful water features, it is like a miniature version of Jiuzhaigou. Therefore, it has always been called "Little Jiuzhaigou".

Songpinggou has "Three Gullies, Nine Seas and Fourteen Scenes". The representative scenic spots are: Wucaichi, Baishihai, Diexi Plum, Pearl Beach Waterfall, Changhai, Bailahai, etc. The scenery here is very beautiful. If you take photos while playing, you can easily spend most of your time.

After entering October, the beautiful autumn colors in Songpinggou, Maoxian County are intoxicating. At this time of the year, several kilometers of colorful forests reflect the Songpinggou Mountains, and the colorful forests all over the mountains are distinct against the blue sky and green water, and meet into a colorful and colorful world, just like a colorful oil painting, which makes people linger.

Location of scenic spots: Songpinggou, Diexi Ancient Town, Maoxian County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province

Tickets for adults: 71 yuan/person

Transportation route

Self-driving: 1, Chengdu-Songpinggou

Chengdu-Chengguan Expressway-Duwen Expressway-Yingxiu-Wenchuan-Maoxian County, passing Maoxian County and continuing along the direction of Songpan of G213 National Road for 55km. Drive for 3.5 hours.

2. Mianyang-Songpinggou

Mianyang-Anxian County-Beichuan-Wenchuan-Maoxian County, passing Maoxian County, continue along the Songpan direction of G213 National Road for 55 kilometers, turn left at the first corner of "6 Turn Back" and enter the Songpinggou Scenic Area in Diexi, with a total distance of about 197 kilometers.

Other modes of taking the bus:

You can get a ticket to Maoxian at Chadianzi Station, and there are many trains to Maoxian in the morning. After arriving in Maoxian, you can take the shuttle bus or carpool to Songpinggou Scenic Area, and the shuttle bus time is around 1 pm.

recommended sightseeing items

(1) Mohai

Mohai is the most peculiar sea, and the color of water is as deep as blue ink, so it is called Mohai. The Mohaiyin rock wall is formed by water accumulation caused by fracture subsidence and mountain collapse, with an area of 28 mu. The water is deposited on the dark blue rock, which is bottomless, surrounded by mountains, trees shaded by green leaves, green pines and miscellaneous flowers and plants. The interaction between water and water makes the water dark blue like ink, just like a pool of ink dumped.

(2) Pearl Beach Waterfall

Pearl Waterfall is a drop of water flowing on the slate. In the Diexi earthquake, the originally gentle slope fell down, and the rocks were exposed like clothes taken off, and water flowed over them, flying beads splashed jade, like shining pearls. Pearl Waterfall is small and exquisite. When it is different from other waterfalls, it gives people a delicate feeling. The mountains are high and the water drops are pure. If you sit on the stone and listen to the sound, you will be relaxed and happy.

(3) Colorful Pool

Colorful Pool is a colorful water, also called the sea of love, which always gives people five colors of mood. The pool is located in the center of Shuimogou, such as a woman hiding in a boudoir, giving people the feeling of "still hiding half her face from us behind her guitar", and the sound of water on the stone is like Bai Juyi's poem "like a pouring of large and small pearls into a plate of jade". The grass growing by the pool depends on each other. It is said that the grass is in pairs. If one of them is hurt, the other will wither slowly, which is a symbol of faithful love.

recommended tour route

Day 1: Depart from Chengdu to Songpinggou Scenic Spot in Diexi, enjoy the beautiful scenery of Minjiang River along the way, arrive in Maoxian County, and stay at Xiqiang Jiayuan Hotel. After lunch, visit Pingtou Qiang Village and China Ancient Qiang City, and enjoy Qiang's special food at Xiqiang Jiayuan Hotel and attend the Pot-zhuang Evening (the Pot-zhuang Evening needs to be booked in advance).

the next day: after breakfast, take a bus to Songpinggou scenic spot in Diexi, take a leisurely walk or take a tour bus to visit the spring scenery of Baishihai, Mohai, Wucaichi and Changhai in the scenic spot, have lunch at the seaside restaurant next to Baishihai in the scenic spot, and then take a yacht to visit the fresh scenery of Baishihai, then visit Bailafei Waterfall and Shangbailahai, and stroll along the forest paths along the way. Then take a bus to Diexi Ancient Town, an ancient town with a history of 1,111 years, and enjoy the historical ancient town, the cliff stone carvings of the Ming Dynasty, Fan Lihua Dianjiangtai, the return tour of the tortoise, and the former site of National Highway 213.