#Xinchang Ancient Town Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
Churches and Cathedrals
Ancient Towns
Address:
Xinchang Ancient Town, Dayi County, Chengdu
Recommended sightseeing time:
3-4 hours
Phone:
028-88350369
Dayi, a lesser-known ancient town in Chengdu
This lesser-known ancient town in Chengdu really makes me no longer envious of Wuzhen!
Everyone knows that when you come to "Dayi", you must visit the ancient town called "Anren". But little do they know, Dayi also has a stunningly lesser-known ancient town called "Xinchang Ancient Town".
This place is much less popular compared to Anren Ancient Town, so it often gets overlooked by many people.
Xinchang Ancient Town was established during the Eastern Han Dynasty, flourished during the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty, and is one of the historically and culturally famous towns on the Tea Horse Road. Xinchang is also known as the "last Sichuan Western Plateau", and is the largest and best-preserved ancient town in Sichuan.
Compared to the ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, Sichuan's ancient towns lack that misty and smoky charm of the human world, but the unconstrained, simple folk customs of Sichuan's ancient towns also have the most unadorned human charm of this land.
Truly stepping into Xinchang, I really don't feel envious of Wuzhen anymore. Here, there are also small bridges over old streets, rolling green smoke on the blue tiles and white walls. There are also the resounding cries of the market. So, it also possesses the same ancient charm and beauty of the south of the Yangtze River. Especially in September in Xinchang, when the osmanthus flowers are in full bloom, walking on the old streets, you can smell the strong fragrance of osmanthus.
Xinchang Ancient Town, Dayi, Chengdu, Sichuan
It takes about an hour to drive from Chengdu city center
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Off-the-beaten-path spot
🚞🚞🚞 The last long holiday of 2023 has ended. Besides returning to busy work, don't forget to go out and see more! Autumn is a season suitable for praying. The bell of the temple rings in the golden autumn, praying for Buddha for thousands of years. There are many temples around Chengdu, but there is a temple hidden in a water town ancient town that you may not know about, which is 1.5 hours away. It is Bishan Temple, which combines Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
🚎🚎🚎 Bishan Temple is located on Shangzheng Street in Xinchang Ancient Town. The entire temple is built across the Eryan River that runs through the ancient town. It was originally built to worship the then Chongqing Bishan County magistrate Li Wanchun. He pleaded for the people and later became a temple where the locals worship their ancestors and gods.
🍃🍃🍃 The temple is not big, distributed on both sides of the Eryan River. The front side is the 'Guanyin Hall' mainly for worshipping Guanyin. After passing through the Guanyin Hall and walking in, passing through a row of particularly flavorful wooden corridors, you will come to Bishan Hall. After passing through Bishan Hall and walking across the river bridge, you will come to the main hall on the other side, the 'Daxiong Baodian'. The entire temple uses a lot of wooden structures, with lotus leaves in the lotus pond and small bridges running water, which has the taste of Suzhou gardens.
🍵🍵🍵 In addition to burning incense and praying, the temple also has a tea room. If you are tired from walking, you can sit down and brew a pot of clear tea, and sit quietly by the small bridge and running water.
📍Location: Bishan Temple, Shangzheng Street, Xinchang Ancient Town, Dayi County, Chengdu City
🚗Parking: Cars can be parked in the ancient town parking lot
✈️Surroundings: After visiting Bishan Temple, the door is Xinchang Ancient Town. The ancient town is also worth a visit. The Maoxuewang in the ancient town is worth a try.
KYLIE HENDERSON
High-speed rail direct!!! The seriously underestimated ancient town of the Eastern Han Dynasty!! !
Dayi Cultural and Tourism Bureau! It's really foolish not to promote this place! ! ! Pingle Ancient Town and Anren Ancient Town really have too many people, there is no need to promote them too much! Hahaha! Why don't you promote this unpopular ancient town! There are few people and it's good to stroll around! It's not commercialized! It's this ancient town that was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty: Xinchang Ancient Town! ! ! And it is also a historical and cultural famous town on the Tea Horse Road~
It takes half an hour to get to Dayi Station by high-speed rail from Chengdu, and then it takes more than ten minutes to get to the destination by taxi! Self-driving is also fast, one and a half hours on the highway or expressway can do it! ! !
The Culinary Odyssey
Xinchang Ancient Town|This obscure ancient town in Chengdu makes me no longer envy Jiangnan
|This obscure ancient town in Chengdu makes me no longer envy Jiangnan. Everyone knows that when you come to 'Dayi', you must go to the ancient town called 'Anren'. But little did they know that Dayi also has a beautiful obscure ancient town called 'Xinchang Ancient Town', which is much less popular than Anren Ancient Town, so it is often overlooked by many people.
Xinchang Ancient Town was established in the Eastern Han Dynasty and prospered in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It is one of the famous historical and cultural towns on the ancient tea-horse road. Xinchang is also known as 'the last Sichuan basin', and it is the largest and best-preserved ancient town in Sichuan.
Compared with the ancient towns in Jiangnan, the ancient towns in Sichuan lack the misty and worldly charm under the rain, but the unconventional Sichuan ancient towns have simple folk customs and also have the most rustic worldly charm of this land.
When I walked into Xinchang, I really didn't envy Wuzhen so much. There are also small bridges running across the old streets, and there is also rolling green smoke on the green tiles and white walls. There are also market hawking sounds echoing in the ears. It also has the beauty of the ancient Jiangnan.
There are many osmanthus trees on the side of the road, and you can smell the strong fragrance of osmanthus now.
Address: Xinchang Ancient Town, Dayi, Chengdu, Sichuan
🚗: About an hour's drive from downtown Chengdu
HARLAN OSBORNE
Chengdu 1h|A camping spot unknown to 99% of people!
|A camping spot unknown to 99% of people!.🌿Catch the tail of summer!
Start playing with water💦Camping🏕️!
This time we go light, simple table, fruits🍇, drinks🥤, and we also brought our always used outdoor essential forest mosquito repellent spray!
🚗Found a riverside, just spent a relaxing afternoon like this!
🌿Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, listening to the sound of water and the chirping of cicadas and birds!
Perhaps this is everyone's ideal rest state!