In Qionglai, far away from Chengdu, there is a beautiful ancient town called Pingle Ancient Town, which is the famous Jiangxi Street. Not talking about the Chinese people in Chinatown. Jiangxi Street refers to Hexi. The Baijiang River passes through the ancient town, and the water nourishes the ancient town. This ancient town is surrounded by green mountains. Let's get to know this ancient town.

Pingle Ancient Town Travel Guide

Attraction Locations + Self-Driving Routes

Pingle Ancient Town is located about 100 kilometers southwest of Chengdu. Driving from Chengdu onto the Chengdu Ring Expressway, you can drive directly to Pingle Ancient Town in about an hour. There are many parking lots outside the ancient town. You can park your car outside and start your trip directly~

Western Sichuan Water Town

Le is different from ordinary commercial streets and towns. There are traditional commercial shops here and a bamboo street selling handicrafts. Here, you can also meet artists sitting on the roadside painting. The thousand-year-old banyan tree by the river is regarded as a "sacred tree" by local people. Every festival, birthday, or wedding, residents of the ancient town will tie red strings under the ancient banyan tree to pray for happiness and peace. The architectural style of the town continues the typical Western Sichuan architectural style for thousands of years, and there are many unique B&Bs. It is recommended that you choose to stay here for one night if you have time~

Pingle Food

In addition to the famous Qionglai milk noodle soup, there are also Pingle Ancient Town’s sweet-skinned duck, Zhang mutton, Stone ground tofu, fried mushrooms, godmother's elbow. These are the taste buds that cannot be missed~ Even the sizzling tofu and crispy potatoes on the street, sprinkled with a little dried chili powder after being cooked, are mouth-watering!

More expectations for the future

Currently, Pingle Ancient Town is striving to become a national 5A-level scenic spot! Xiaoxi first reveals the latest news about Pingle Ancient Town! In the construction of the latest M50 project, the ancient town focuses on the theme of "music" and strives to create "Pingle residential buildings". In addition, the ancient town also takes "Leshan Waterscape Street" as the main body, upgrades the bar street landscape, implants folk music elements, and creates a "folk bar street". Finally, many art hotels were introduced into the ancient town. Currently, an art hotel with the theme of "plucked strings" is under development ~ I am really fascinated by this unique design ~ Xiaoxi believes that in the near future, a more distinctive Pingle Ancient Town will be Meet everyone~ From now on, we have another business card of Chengdu~

Travel guide

The thousand-year-old castanopsis tree beside the Xingle Bridge, the landmark of Pingle Ancient Town. The giant yellow castanopsis trees have strong branches to support continuous shade.

There are many castanopsis trees in the town, which grow in strange ways.

There are always men, women and children drinking tea, playing Sichuan cards and smoking leaves under the tree. Sichuan people’s concept of leisure is vividly demonstrated here.

The houses in the ancient town still retain the wooden structures of the Qing Dynasty. This kind of house is breathable and earthquake-resistant, but it is afraid of fire.

Although the ancient town has also integrated into modern civilization, you can still feel the ancient atmosphere when walking on the street.

This quiet old street seems to be stuck in ancient times.

Her heroic past can still be vaguely seen in the weathered stone sculptures at the head of the bridge.

A local old lady selling handmade toys in Qiaotou. In her hand she was holding a bamboo toy that we loved to play with as children. When shaken, it makes a sound like a cicada. This toy has different names in different places. We called it "ring" when we were kids.

Due to the development of tourism, many residents have converted their houses into hotels, restaurants and bars.

The houses by the river are always built on stilts according to the situation. Once, we watched the river slowly rise outside the window from the stilted building. The feeling of excitement and excitement is difficult to describe in words.

“One river is divided into three waters” is a special scenery in Pingle. It is actually a weir built by the ancients to control water.

On holidays, boys go fishing by the river, which is also a good way to relax.

Or make an appointment with three or four friends, rent a raft, drink tea and play cards in the river, it will also be a fairy-like day.

Do you dare to play mahjong so close to the river?

Of course, loyal men and women can also come to this release platform and make wishes under the big banyan tree.