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Wangjianglou Park 望江楼Wàngjiāng Lóu
National heritage site · Chengdu, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chengdu
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Wangjianglou Park
A riverside park on the Jin River honouring the Tang poet Xue Tao, who is said to have drawn water from a well here to make her coloured letter paper. Buildings added in the Ming and Qing include the tall Chongli Pavilion, a Chengdu landmark, along with smaller halls and the Xue Tao Well. The park grows more than 100 kinds of bamboo, a plant she loved.
How to get to Wangjianglou Park
On Wangjiang Road beside Sichuan University's main campus, a short taxi or metro ride south-east of the centre.
Nearby
- People's Park & Heming Teahouse 人民公园与鹤鸣茶社 under 10 km
Bamboo chairs, jasmine tea and roving ear cleaners in Chengdu's favourite park - Wuhou Shrine & Jinli Street 武侯祠与锦里 under 10 km
Cypress-shaded halls honouring Three Kingdoms heroes, with a bustling snack lane next door - Wenshu Monastery 文殊院 under 10 km
An active Buddhist monastery of incense-filled courtyards, a teahouse and vegetarian food - Kuanzhai Alley 宽窄巷子 under 10 km
Three restored Qing-era lanes of courtyard gateways, teahouses and Sichuan snacks - Du Fu Thatched Cottage 杜甫草堂 under 10 km
Bamboo groves and plum blossom where Du Fu, China's 'Poet-Sage', once lived
Also within 20 km: Early Buildings of Sichuan University (Huaxiba) 四川大学早期建筑 (under 10 km), Shuijingfang Distillery Site 水井街酒坊遗址 (under 10 km), Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Chengdu 平安桥天主教堂 (under 10 km), Dongjiao Memory 东郊记忆 (under 10 km), Tomb of Wang Jian 王建墓（永陵） (under 10 km), Sansheng Flower Villages 三圣花乡 (under 10 km).
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