2025 Wugong Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in August)

Friends, today I'm recommending an amazing place—Sanyuan Chenghuang Temple! This isn't just any ordinary temple; it's a living piece of history! As soon as I entered, I was struck by the ancient architectural style. The flying eaves, intricate brackets, carved beams, and painted rafters—every detail reflects exquisite craftsmanship. The statues enshrined in the main hall are solemn and awe-inspiring. The buildings here are incredibly well-preserved, with every brick and tile seeming to tell an ancient story. What surprised me most was the abundance of cultural exhibitions within the temple, offering insights into local customs and history. When you're tired from exploring, you can rest in the small courtyards within the temple and soak in the charm of the ancient architecture. I highly recommend visiting this place. It's truly a rewarding experience!

Explore the thousand-year cultural context and see the new chapter of the Silk Road together! The 7️⃣ stop on the journey of high-quality development in China ✨Houji Jiatai ➕Wugong Chenghuang Temple ➕Baoben Temple Pagoda ➕Su Wu Tomb ✨Li Shimin was born in Wugong and has a long history and culture. I will check in many famous attractions for you first! 👉Teach Jiatai. The only ancient agricultural scenic spot in the country, it is known as the world's earliest agricultural science and technology institute and the birthplace of Chinese agriculture. 👉Wugong Chenghuang Temple. Also known as the Capital City God's Mansion, it was built in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and is the first city god in the country. 👉Baoben Temple Tower. Renovated from the former residence of Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, it is an educational base for local people to receive the culture of gratitude and gratitude, and inherit virtues such as loyalty, filial piety, etiquette, righteousness, sincerity, trust, benevolence, and kindness. 👉Su Wu’s Tomb. One of the Eight Martial Arts Scenic Spots, with green mountains as its backdrop and Qishui River winding through, the environment is very beautiful. I recommend the must-visit attractions to everyone when visiting martial arts.

Meiyang Pass is located outside the east gate of Wugong Town, Wugong County, Shaanxi Province, on the east bank of the Qishui River. ❤Recommended Reason: Meiyang Pass was established during the Western Han Dynasty and got its name because it is located east of Meiyang City (now Wugong Town). As a crucial land route for foreign traffic in ancient China, Meiyang Pass was the first important pass on the Silk Road west out of Chang'an. It is the eastern gate of the ancient city of Wugong, which has a history of 2,360 years. After the Song Dynasty, due to the decline of land traffic with the west, the pass fell into disrepair. 🌟Highlight Features: Now, the Shaanxi Provincial Road 104 line (Xibao North Line) bypasses the southeast of Meiyang Pass. A reconstructed ancient-style pass city spans the original highway, with blue bricks and gray tiles, tall and heavy. The pass tower stands majestically, with an imposing presence. Above the city gate, the five characters "The First Pass of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" are written. ✅Must Experience: After observing the site for a while, although the road conditions here are no longer good, small vehicles passing east and west are still in an endless stream, making Meiyang Pass still a busy traffic hub. 👍Most Recommended: Meiyang Pass is worth visiting. 📍Detailed Address: Near the east slope of Qiaodong Village, Wugong Town, Wugong County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province (outside the east gate of the ancient city of Wugong, on the east bank of the Qishui River). 🚉Transportation Guide: Take bus No. 12 within Wugong County, Xianyang City, get off at Wugong Town Station, and walk to the destination. For self-driving, navigate to the Wugong exit of the Xibao Expressway, and follow the Xibao North Line directly to the destination. 🕙Opening Hours: All day, year-round 💰Ticket Price: Free

❤Recommended Reason: Baobensi Pagoda is located in Wuta Village, Wugong Town, Wugong County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. The temple is built on the mountain, and the pagoda is built next to the temple. It is one of the famous pagodas in Shaanxi. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit. ✅Must Experience: Nearly a hundred precious cultural relics such as gold coffins, silver coffins, relics, and leopard-patterned jade were unearthed in the underground palace of Baobensi Pagoda. Most of them are now collected in the Xianyang Museum. Interested friends can visit the Xianyang Museum to feast their eyes. 🌟Highlight Features: Baobensi Pagoda is named after being built in Baobensi Temple. According to Volume 14 of the "Chang'an Zhi" compiled by Song Minqiu, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, Baobensi Temple was originally the private residence of Li Yuan, the founder of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin, the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was born in this residence in the 18th year of the Kaihuang era of the Sui Dynasty. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he converted the residence into a temple to repay the kindness of his mother (Empress Taomu) and named it "Baoben". The legend of "Li Shimin and Wugong" has become an intangible cultural heritage of Xianyang City. The exact year of the construction of Baobensi Pagoda is still uncertain. It is said that the original wooden pagoda was destroyed in the war. The brick pagoda was built during the Northern Song Dynasty. Every spring, flocks of swallows fly around the pagoda, creating the unique spectacle of "Swallows Flying Around the Pagoda", which is one of the "Eight Scenic Spots of Wugong". 👍Highly Recommended: Baobensi Pagoda features Tang Dynasty architectural style, with a pavilion structure, seven levels, and eight sides. It has a total height of 39.66 meters and a base diameter of 10 meters. The eaves of each level are in a stacked beam style, with brick carvings at the corners and dougong (interlocking wooden brackets) arranged in between. The brick carvings are rough and bold, with meticulous craftsmanship. Each level has four arched doors, with real and fake doors alternating in an orderly manner. Baobensi Pagoda is tall and elegant, with an internal staircase that allows visitors to climb to the top for a view. However, it is now closed and climbing is prohibited. 📍Detailed Address: Wuta Village, Wugong Town, Wugong County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province 🚉Transportation Guide: Take bus No. 12 within Wugong County, Xianyang City, and get off at Wugong Town Station, then walk to the destination. For self-driving, navigate to the Wugong exit on the Xibao Expressway, and follow the Xibao North Line to reach directly. 🕙Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday 9:00-17:30 💰Ticket Price: Free (registration with a valid ID is required for visiting)

Wugong Guandi Caishen Temple is located in the historical and cultural town of Wugong, in the southern part of Wugong Town, Shaanxi Province, with a total area of 5700 square meters. 🌟Highlights: The Guandi Temple, also known as the "Laoye Temple," was first built during the Song Dynasty. The existing structures are a group of buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including the central hall, upper hall, and side halls. The main hall has three bays, a single-eaved Xieshan roof, colorful eaves, glazed ridge decorations, and two dragons playing with a pearl in relief on the sides. The flowers are large, with distinct layers and various shapes, with branches and leaves stretching, bending, and coiling, creating a vivid and lively scene. The upper hall has five bays, a hard mountain-style roof, a front eave with a corridor, and carved hanging decorations between the bright pillars, with golden dragons coiling around the pillars. The northern side hall is called the "Zhuangyuan Hall," where the top scholar Kang Hai from the Ming Dynasty, who was from Wugong, is worshipped. ✅Must Experience: The plaque on the mountain gate with the inscription "Guandi Caishen Temple" was written by the "Horseback Calligrapher" Shu Tong. The plaques inside the temple, "Wusheng Hall" and "Caishen Hall," were written by Qi Gong. ❤Recommended Reason: The Guandi Temple is one of the typical representatives of Ming and Qing Dynasty architecture and is a key cultural relic protection unit in Shaanxi Province. 📍Detailed Address: Zhengjie, Nanguan, Wugong Town, Wugong County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province 🚉Transportation Guide: Take a minibus or taxi from Wugong County to Wugong Town; take a minibus or taxi from Yangling Railway Station to Wugong Town Transportation Management Station, and walk 50 meters to reach. For self-driving, navigate to the Wugong exit on the Xibao Expressway and follow the Xibao North Line directly. 🕙Opening Hours: Open all day 💰Ticket Price: Free

Houji Square is located in the northern suburbs of Wugong Town, Wugong County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, covering an area of 90,000 square meters. It is the natural leisure center north of the ancient city of Wugong. ❤Recommended Reason: Houji Square is a square that integrates cultural leisure and tourism, built to commemorate Houji, the ancestor of Chinese agriculture, relying on the banks of the Qishui River. This place was the touring ground of auspicious dragons and phoenixes in the past, the place where the agricultural god Houji started farming and experimenting with planting during the Yao and Shun periods, and also the place where the descendants of Houji in the Zhou Dynasty returned to their hometown to hold military and horse sacrifices. It is very worth a visit. 👍Most Recommended: The main building of the square Qinian Palace, built on a platform of rammed earth, with a three-story pavilion-style building on the west side of the Qishui River, with a statue of Houji in front of the hall, facing the music fountain to the east, which is the largest fountain in the western Guanzhong area, unfortunately not performing during the visit. To the west, it connects to the Qishui River Folk Custom Street through the Yujia Bridge. ✅Must Experience: Visit and admire the Hongrong Gengsheng Archway, Huilong Bay, Forest Town Stele, and other attractions, where you can see exquisite sculptures of famous people such as Jiang Yuan, Houji, Su Hui, Li Shimin, and Kang Hai in the square. 📍Detailed Address: Beside X227 Road, Wugong County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province 🕙Opening Hours: All day, all year round 🚉Transportation Guide: Take bus No. 12 in Wugong County, Xianyang City, get off at Wugong Town Station, and walk to the destination. For self-driving, navigate to the Wugong exit of the Xibao Expressway, and follow the Xibao North Line to reach directly. 💰Ticket Price: Free

Wugong Chenghuang Temple is located in the middle section of East Street, Wugong Town, Wugong County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. It covers an area of 5000 square meters, with a building area of 1656 square meters. ❤Recommended Reason: The deity of Wugong Chenghuang Temple is the only one in the country conferred the title of 'Fude King' by Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin. Therefore, Wugong Chenghuang Temple is also known as the Capital Chenghuang Mansion, holding the highest status among Chenghuang Temples nationwide. The temple's architectural structure is unique, grand, and tall, forming a complete Ming Dynasty architectural complex. 🌟Highlight Features: Wugong Chenghuang Temple faces south, with the central axis from south to north consisting of the archway, mountain gate, offering hall, main hall, and sleeping hall. There are side halls on the east and west sides. The archway is 12 meters high and 15 meters wide, making it the first archway in the Guanzhong area. The middle hall has a single-eave hip roof, with five layers of eaves brackets and prominent corner columns. The entire decoration is made of glazed components, shining in various colors, luxurious and magnificent. The hip roof is adorned with a glazed 'Two Dragons Playing with a Pearl' relief, with the pearl rolling and the dragons leaping, vividly lifelike, which is rare in ordinary temples. ✅Must Experience: Wugong Chenghuang Temple is built on the scale of a royal mansion, with the offering hall, main hall, and sleeping hall all having five bays, using dragon motifs and yellow as the main color. The roof ridges and surfaces are all covered with yellow glazed tiles. 👍Highly Recommended: Wugong Chenghuang Temple preserves the 'Reconstruction of Chenghuang Temple Stele' from the 30th year of the Wanli period (1602) and the 'Reconstruction of Chenghuang Temple Stele Record' from the Gui Chou year of the Wanli period (1613). It is a seventh batch national key cultural relic protection unit. 📍Detailed Address: Middle section of East Street, Wugong Town, Wugong County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province 🚉Transportation Guide: Drive and navigate to the Wugong exit on the Xibao Expressway, follow the Xibao North Line to Wugong Town, and drive straight to the Chenghuang Temple entrance following the signs. 🕙Opening Hours: 9:00—17:00 💰Ticket Price: Free

❤Recommended Reason: The Teaching Farming Platform is located on the shore of Qishui outside the east gate of the old city of Wugong, Shaanxi. It is the only ancient agricultural site in the country, known as the world's earliest agricultural science and technology research institute and the birthplace of Chinese agriculture. It is a provincial-level key cultural relic protection unit in Shaanxi Province. 🌟Highlights: The Teaching Farming Platform is where Houji, the ancestor of the Zhou people, taught farming over 4,000 years ago. In front of the platform is a tall seated statue of Houji, holding a bundle of wheat in his left arm and a farming tool in his right hand. He is strong, full of vigor, and has a determined gaze. Houji, named 'Qi', was the son of Emperor Ku and his mother was Jiang Yuan of the Tai clan. Influenced by his mother, he devoted himself to studying farming techniques and was appointed as the agricultural teacher by Emperor Yao. He cultivated the five grains and taught people farming, ending the nomadic lifestyle of hunting and gathering. People honored him as 'Houji'. 'Hou' means monarch, and 'Ji' refers to the leader of the five grains, worshipped by emperors as the god of grains. 👍Most Recommended: The Teaching Farming Platform is shaped like a covered bucket, very similar to ancient grain measuring tools. The platform is 9 meters high and 12 meters long on each side, with a simple and elegant design. It has four doorways, symbolizing the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The platform is surrounded by 24 railing posts, representing the 24 solar terms. The front steps are divided into five and six levels, symbolizing abundant harvests of the five grains and prosperity of the six livestock. ✅Must Experience: In front of the platform and in the four doorways are embedded poems, couplets, and handwriting by famous figures such as Qian Fanyu, Liu Zhongkun, Yu Youren, Wang Renzhong, Qu Wu, Zhou Yao, and Zhao Hongzhang. The 'Introduction' steles of institutions like Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Wugong Research Center stand in front of the platform, making the entire Teaching Farming Platform solemn and magnificent. The park around the Teaching Farming Platform features farming statues and a propaganda corridor with a clear theme. The surroundings are adorned with weeping willows, evergreen cypresses, and a profusion of flowers and leaves, creating a vibrant scene. Visitors can climb the platform to enjoy the natural beauty. 📍Detailed Address: 80 meters southeast of the intersection of Provincial Highway 517 and Dongjie, Wugong Town, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province 🚉Transportation Guide: Drive and navigate to the Wugong exit of the Xi'an-Baoji Expressway, then follow the Xi'an-Baoji North Line directly. 🕙Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday 9:00-17:30 💰Ticket Price: Free admission

Today we won't be special forces soldiers, let's be street walkers Go to some very city streets in Ningbo 🚏Yongshou Street-Xiaowen Street These two streets are really old-fashioned. There are sycamore trees on both sides🌲There are also some ancient buildings from the Qing Dynasty. Every wall and tile has traces of time. The old street is very photogenic when there is sunshine. The intersection of the road🈶I❤️NB installations and graffiti walls of celebrity's former residences. Xiaowen Street can go to the old Chunhe Hotel, Yongxiang Bookstore, etc. 🚏Huayan Street Ningbo's most popular🔥Internet celebrity street 🈶Endless coffee shops☕️ and delicious bakeries, restaurants🍴, etc. You can check in at Roumu Coffee☕️ There is salt🥯 AGED☕️ 🚏Zhenming Road This street is really beautiful all year round. Yuehu Park and Drum Tower are nearby. There are also many delicious foods and drinks. You can check in coffee and Cigarettes (cigarette coffee) Finger Lake ☕️ Wheat Field Workshop 🥯 🚏Chenghuang Temple-Lianqiaodi These two downtown blocks can be visited together 🈶Tianfeng Tower, Chenghuang Temple Pedestrian Street, Tu Youyou's Former Residence, etc. Ancient buildings + pagodas are really a scene at every step 🚏Others can also go to Lion Street, Junzi Street, Yingfeng Street, Guangren Street Summer night breeze, make an appointment with friends to stroll on the street, stroll on the street, eat melons 🍉, leisure time is enough~

The most beautiful city god temple in China is in a small county town in Shaanxi Sanyuan City God Temple in Xianyang, Shaanxi, may be the most beautiful ancient city god temple preserved in China. Although only the Ming and Qing architectural complex along the central axis is preserved, which is not the complete scale of the time, all the wood carvings and stone carvings are extremely complete and exquisite, and the colorful glazed tiles on the roof also add a lot of color to the building.

The Wugong City God Temple covers an area of 4500 square meters, and the date of its initial construction is unknown. According to the remaining inscriptions, it was rebuilt in the 41st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1613). The existing buildings include the archway, mountain gate, east and west side halls, bell and drum tower, offering hall, main hall, and sleeping hall, and the overall architecture still retains the style of the Ming Dynasty. The offering hall is in the form of a scroll shed, and the main hall and sleeping hall are in the form of a resting mountain, all of which are five bays wide, with yellow glazed tiles covering the roof, and the ridge is in the form of a diamond flower dragon, with fine woodwork brackets. The brick carvings, stone carvings, wood carvings, glazed reliefs and colored paintings are all exquisite in craftsmanship, highly appreciable and of research value, and can be called the treasures of ancient Chinese architecture. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in China.

Teach Jia Terrace is the first of the four famous terraces in Guanzhong and one of the eight famous terraces in China. It is said that this is where Hou Ji, the ancestor of agriculture, taught the people to farm. The so-called Teach Jia Terrace, as the name suggests, is the lecture platform of agricultural culture. The grain god Hou Ji was the first teacher of agriculture in Chinese history, and this place became the first agricultural college in China. People regard food as the sky, and food must talk about farming. Worship the ancestors and sages of agricultural culture, Hou Ji, and pray for good weather and a good harvest. More than 4,000 years ago, the Tai clan lived in Wugong County, and Qi was born here. Under the influence of his mother, he devoted himself to studying agricultural technology and pioneered agricultural culture with unparalleled courage and wisdom. He was promoted by Emperor Yao as a farmer, planted five grains, taught people to farm, and ended the hunting life of human beings. His vivid deeds are detailed in the 'Shan Hai Jing', 'Shi Jing', and 'Historical Records'. The agricultural civilization he advocated quickly made his descendants-the Zhou people strong and created the Zhou Dynasty that ruled China for more than 800 years. His achievements cover the world, his name is spread all over China, and people respect him as 'Hou Ji'. 'Hou' means monarch, and 'Ji' is the leader of the five grains. The emperor worships the grain god. The Teach Jia Terrace was originally a rectangular earth-brick platform, with a large bottom and a small top, in the shape of an inverted bucket, with a hole in the middle, which is a necessary road for pedestrians and vehicles. There is a stone carving about 1 meter wide and 2 meters long on the east entrance of the cave, which reads: 'Teach Jia Ming District'. The upper part is 'Repaired in January of the fifth year of Daoguang (1825)', and the lower part is 'Deng Zhaotong, who knows Wugong County, stands', and the west entrance is 'Teach Jia Terrace'.

The tomb of Jiang Yuan is located on Xiaohuashan, south of the old city of Wugong, Shaanxi. According to the 'Annals of Wugong County', the tomb of Jiang Yuan is located 360 steps south of the south gate, then 40 steps west, on a ridge, and connected to the Dongyuan Meijia Village. Some say that the tomb of Jiang Yuan is commonly known as 'Mother's Tomb'. Jiang Yuan, also known as Jiang Yuan, is the mother of Hou Ji, the ancestor of the Zhou clan, and a daughter of the Tai family. Some say she was the wife of Emperor Ku. The tomb is located in the middle of the high ground, with offerings hanging on both sides like wings, hence the name 'Flying Phoenix Cave'. The mound is about 4 meters high, square at the bottom, with a circumference of 15 meters. According to the 'Historical Records', Jiang Yuan was the first concubine of Emperor Ku, who gave birth to Hou Ji by stepping on the footprints of a giant, and was honored as the 'Holy Mother' by the world because her son was noble. The tomb faces east, and in front of the tomb is a brick-carved archway from the Qing Dynasty. The top of the front face is inscribed with the five characters 'Jiang Yuan Sheng Mu Tomb'. The inscriptions on the archway are blurred, and the couplets on both sides are no longer visible. The horizontal inscriptions above the couplets on the left and right are respectively engraved with 'At the beginning of the birth of the people' and 'Yan Huang's great respect'. The couplets on the left and right pillars are engraved with 'Walking Emperor Wu Min Zhou people are born, spanning the ancient high tomb Zhi Tai City'. The top of the back is inscribed with 'Mother Yi Tai City', and the couplets on the left and right are 'Yi Ji three chapters lacquer forever bright', 'Da Ya one song mountains and rivers show'. Key cultural relics protection unit in Shaanxi Province.

Wangxiang Palace, also known as 'Shaotai Temple', has been managed by Daoist Yang Zhicheng (Kundao) of the Quanzhen Longmen sect since 1998. The name 'Wangxiang Palace' is due to its distant view of the Louguan Terrace, which is said to be the palace of the Taoist founder Laozi; another theory is that after Laozi descended from immortality to the mortal world and finished preaching to Emperor Wu of Han here, he transformed into an immortal and ascended to the sky, and Emperor Wu gazed at him and named it 'Wangxiang Palace'. After Laozi became an immortal by alchemy at Louguan Terrace, people worshipped and burned incense on the preaching platform of that year to commemorate him, also known as the Incense Burning Platform. According to a large bell cast in the fifth year of Ming Zhengde (1510) that is still preserved in the bell tower of the palace, during the reign of Emperor Xianzong of Ming, the Taoist temple fell into decline, and the temple was occupied by Shanis, so people also called it 'Shaotai Temple'. In 2008, the Taoist temple was announced as the fifth batch of key cultural relics protection units in Shaanxi Province.