Spring is a good time to travel and play. Chengdu has many attractions suitable for self-driving tours. Friends can choose to go on a self-driving tour. We recommend that you go on a self-driving tour, such as Xiling Snow Mountain, Dujiangyan and Sansheng Huaxiang. See below for details.
1. Xiling Snow Mountain
Xiling Snow Mountain is located in Dayi County, Chengdu, only 95 kilometers away from Chengdu. It takes about two hours by car from Chengdu to Xiling Snow Mountain, with a total area of ??482.8 square kilometers. Xiling Snow Mountain is a world natural heritage, a giant panda habitat, an AAAA tourist attraction and a national key scenic spot. It is named after the famous line by Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, "The window contains the Xiling mausoleum and the snow is thousands of miles away, and the door is docked with the Wudong ship thousands of miles away." There is a snow mountain in the scenic area with an altitude of 5353 meters, which is the highest peak in Chengdu.
Xiling Snow Mountain is a three-dimensional temperature zone, and has now formed a four-season tourism pattern of "appreciating azaleas in spring, avoiding the heat in summer, viewing red leaves in autumn, and skiing in winter". The scenic spot is rich in tourism resources and has unique advantages. There are mountain weather landscapes such as sea of ??clouds, sunrise, forest Buddha light, sunshine on Jinshan Mountain, Yin and Yang Realm, etc.
The original forest coverage rate of Xiling Snow Mountain reaches 90%. There are more than 6,000 species of plants in the scenic area, including rare tree species such as ginkgo, bitter gourd, and Davidia involucrata. There are two original osmanthus forests in Guihua Mountain, covering an area of ??nearly 1,000 acres, which are very precious. Various animals often appear in the mountain streams in the forest, including giant pandas, wildebeests, golden monkeys, red pandas, macaques, clouded leopards, golden roosters and other rare animals.
There are two main routes for road travel from Chengdu to Xiling Snow Mountain, namely:
1. Chengdu - Wenjiang - Chongzhou - Dayi County - He Ming - - Huashuiwan Hot Spring Resort - Xiling Snow Mountain Scenic Area, with a total length of 105 kilometers.
2. Chengdu - Liu's Manor - Dayi County - He Ming - Huashuiwan Hot Spring Resort - Xiling Snow Mountain Scenic Area, the whole journey is about 125 kilometers.
2. Dujiangyan
Dujiangyan is located about 1 km west of Chengdu, on the main stream of the Minjiang River in Leiyu. It is a famous water conservancy project and just a scenic spot. If you want to travel but don’t want to go too far and don’t want to travel through the crowds, you can choose to take a road trip from Chengdu to Dujiangyan.
The road conditions are good when driving from Chengdu to Dujiangyan. There are three routes to Dujiangyan. It takes about an hour to get to Dujiangyan.
1. Shaxi Line: Chengdu Shaxi Line, Dujiangyan
2. Chengqing Line: Chengdu Third Ring Road, Chengdu Wenqiong Expressway, Wenjiang Chengqing Expressway, Qingcheng Shandujiangyan
3. Chengguan Expressway: Chengdu Yangxi Line Chengguan Expressway Dujiangyan
When you arrive at Dujiangyan, you can choose to eat at a restaurant outside the scenic area, and then walk into the scenic area with your family and friends. From the entrance of Dujiangyan, enter Lidui Park - Fulong Temple - Baokoukou - Feishayan - Yuzui - Anlan Cable Bridge - Erlong Temple. There is a lot to eat along the way, but it is only a few times more expensive than outside. Therefore, it is best to bring more food with you when entering the scenic spot.
After visiting all the attractions, you must go to Nanqiao. Wait until night to see the lanterns come on and the neon lights reflected on the river. Very nice!
3. Sansheng Flower Township
Sansheng Township in the east of the city
Sanxiang has a long history of flower planting and is famous for its flowers. It is a fresh-cut flower production base designated by the Chengdu Municipal Government, and has been rated as the "Hometown of Flowers and Trees in China" by the State Forestry Administration and the China Flower Association. The "Huaxiang Farmhouse" in Hongsha Village is also the only national second-level scenic spot and the first batch of national agricultural tourism demonstration sites in Sichuan Province, featuring Western Sichuan folk customs and flower culture. The Gaodianzi Flower Wholesale Market, the main exhibition hall of the expo, has also been rated as a "National Key Flower Market" by the State Forestry Administration and the China Flower Association. It is the largest flower distribution center in Southwest China. In March, flowers in Sansheng Township are in full bloom. You can buy a few pots to take home while admiring the flowers in Sansheng Township to add a bit of spring to your home.
Visit Sansheng Town
You cannot miss the beautiful "Five Golden Flowers" of the Three Holy Flower Townships, such as "Huaxiang Farmhouse", "Jiangjia Vegetable Field", " "Happy Plum Grove", "Dongli Chrysanthemum Garden", "Moonlight over Lotus Pond". The country green vegetables and rabbit heads unique to local farm tourism will satisfy your taste buds.
How to get to Sansheng Township?
Take a bus to Sansheng Township and get off at the "Sansheng Township Flower Market" stop.
There are buses 23, 31, 56, 343, etc. Sanxiang is just outside the third ring road in the southeast of Chengdu, very close to the city. You can reach your destination quickly by driving from Jinjiang Chenglong Avenue.
4. Qingcheng Mountain
Qingcheng Mountain is one of the birthplaces of Taoism in China and a famous Taoist mountain. It is located in the southwest of Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province. It was called "Zhang Ren" in ancient times. It is 68 kilometers east of Chengdu and 10 kilometers southwest of the Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project. The main peak, Xiaolaofeng, is 1,600 meters above sea level. Among the famous mountains in Sichuan, it is as famous as the danger of Jianmen, the beauty of Emei and the hero of Kuimen, and has the reputation of "Qingcheng Mountain secluded world". Qingcheng Mountain is a famous historical mountain and a national key scenic spot in China. In 2000, it was included in the World Heritage List together with Dujiangyan as a world cultural heritage. Qingcheng Mountain was greatly affected by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.
How many kilometers is it from Chengdu to Qingcheng Mountain?
Qingcheng Mountain is one of the birthplaces of Taoism in China and a famous Taoist mountain. Qingcheng Mountain is located in the southwest of Dujiangyan City and the northwest of Chengdu Plain. Qingcheng Mountain-Dujiangyan Scenic Area is 60 kilometers away from Chengdu, 16 kilometers away from Dujiangyan City, and 20 kilometers away from Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project.
It takes about an hour to drive from Chengdu to Qingcheng Mountain. Qingcheng Mountain was called Zhangren in ancient times and is a branch of Qionglai Mountain.
Self-driving route: urban area - Yangxi Line - Chengguan Expressway - Dujiangyan - Provincial Highway 106 - Qingcheng Mountain.
5. Pujiang Shixiang Lake
Shixiang Lake has unique natural resources. The large-scale ecological park has become a paradise for animals and plants, and a pure land for urbanites to cultivate their bodies and minds.
Shixiang Lake is named after an ancient temple in the lake area, Shixiang Temple. It is said to be the place where Yan Yan, the general of the Three Kingdoms, rode an elephant to heaven. There are many scenic spots in the lake, such as Shixiang Temple, Western Sichuan Giant Buddha, Two Dragons Playing with Pearls, etc. In addition, Shixiang Lake is a "sea of ??flowers". The tulip, sunflower and lily tourism festival attracts countless tourists every year. People even call Shixiang Lake "a dreamland, a comfortable hometown and a paradise for people to live in".
Address: "Pujiang Shixiang Lake" at 86 kilometers (exit) of Chengya Expressway
Self-driving route: Chengdu: Drive 86 kilometers along Chengya Expressway to the exit of Pujiang Service Area, which is The gate of Shixiang Lake Scenic Area.
6. Xinjin Flower Dance World
The four major theme flowers of Chengdu Flower Dance World make the scenic spot bloom continuously in all seasons. In spring, you can see the red azaleas in the mountains, in summer you can enjoy the fragrance of lotus flowers, in autumn you can look for fragrant chrysanthemums in the mountains, and in winter you can enjoy the red leaves staining the forest. Dancer World is the largest artificially cultivated azalea exhibition venue in Asia, with more than 130 varieties and more than 5 million species of azaleas. Among them, carefully cultivated azaleas such as azalea vases, hollow azalea columns, azalea trees, and weeping azaleas are unparalleled in the world. Every year in March, the "Chengdu (Flower Dance World) Azalea Festival" will be dressed up to create a grand feast! In addition to the theme flowers of the four seasons, the scenic spot also planted large areas of cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, pear blossoms, crabapples, tulips, hyacinths, cyclamen, camellias, magnolias, acacias, lilies, bougainvillea, chrysanthemums, jasmine, wintersweet, red leaves, etc. Thousands of flowers bloom with every season, creating a bustling floral feast!
Flowers will change with the seasons, the pictures are for reference only. For the specific flowering period and details, please consult the customer service staff carefully when booking the product, which shall be subject to the scenic spot.
Business hours
(March-October and Spring Festival, Labor Day and National Day) 08:30-18:00
(November-the following year February) 08: 30-17: 30
New Golden Flower Dance Humanistic Route
"Flower Dance World" is located between Laojun Mountain and Lihua Creek in Xinjin County, the southern suburbs of Chengdu, 100 meters away from Chengdu More than 30 kilometers, connection
3: From the Chengdu-Xinjiang Expressway to the Xinjin section, follow the traffic signs to the Flower Dance Room.