Qionglai Pingle Ancient Town Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

Pingle Ancient Town in Qionglai, Sichuan, as the "First Town on the Ancient Tea Horse Road", used to be a bustling land and water dock in history. Today, the ancient town has a unique and rich place with its thousands of years of folk art and residential buildings that have stood for hundreds of years. The unique scenery of water and mountains has become the epitome and symbol of the ancient water town in Western Sichuan, and has won the reputation of "Western Sichuan Water Town of Qin and Han Culture". In the ancient town, the thousand-year-old banyan tree stands majestically on the bank of Baimo River, the stilted buildings along the river with a unique Western Sichuan style, and the well-proportioned riverside buildings. The water wharf, well-preserved ancient streets and shops of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the Qing Dynasty "Leshan Bridge" across the river show the ancient charm of the water and land commercial port in western Sichuan. It can be described as a vivid "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" in western China.

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Qionglai, Sichuan is one of the "Four Ancient Cities" in Bashu. The classic Chinese love story "Feng Qiu Huang" performed by Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Xiangru was born here. It is also the first stop on the ancient "Southern Silk Road". Here, Pingle Ancient Town is located 19 kilometers southwest of Qionglai City, a famous historical and cultural city. It has a long history and rich humanities. It has formed a market town as early as the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty (150 BC) and has a history of more than 2,000 years. The ancient horse road starts from here, and it can be said to be the first stop on the ancient southern Silk Road in China.
Pingle Ancient Town has cascading green hills, luxuriant bamboo trees, abundant products, and prosperous humanities. The Baimo River originating from Yuxiao Peak of Tiantai Mountain flows through the ancient town from west to north. It can be said that it is surrounded by Qingjiang River, lined with ancient banyan trees, and dotted with old streets and alleys. It is dotted with simple folk houses and picturesque scenery all year round. The old banyan trees, Baimo River, stilts built along the river, streets paved with bluestones, and the endless sea of ​​bamboo have jointly cultivated the idyllic landscape feelings of the people of the ancient town for thousands of years, and cultivated the natural and fresh local culture of the ancient town.
Pingle Ancient Town has Qin and Han post roads, Deng Tong, Zhuo Wangsun's iron smelting ruins, Tianguan Sword Test Stone, Tang Dynasty cliff statues in Jinhua Mountain, Tianguan Tomb, Jiangxi Guild Hall, Huguang Guild Hall, ancient wharf, and Qiongnan First Bridge , Guanyin Yuan, Lugou Bamboo Sea, natural stone Buddha, Marshal's Well, Emerald Manor, Qing Dynasty residences, riverside stilted buildings and many other historical sites and attractions. Strolling along, visitors will personally experience the various customs of the 13 ancient streets, listen to the good stories of the ancient bridges from generation to generation, sit in the shade of the ancient yellow oak trees, watch the rolling waves of the ancient weirs dividing water, and taste the grandeur of ancient residential buildings. The lingering atmosphere of the courtyard is joined by the shouts of the ancient song "Bamboo Ma Hao Zi"...

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 4A-level scenic spot

Scenic spot features:

Cultural tourism, folk customs, ancient towns and villages