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Mingyue Gorge 明月峡Míngyuè Xiá
4A scenic area · Guangyuan, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Guangyuan
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Mingyue Gorge
A narrow gorge of the Jialing River near Chaotian where six generations of routes squeeze through side by side: an ancient plank road, the Jinniu post road, a boat-haulers' towpath, the river itself, the Sichuan–Shaanxi highway and the Baoji–Chengdu railway. About 2 km of plank walkway has been rebuilt on the original beam holes cut into the cliff, among the best preserved in China, so visitors can walk the cliff face above the river. The gorge forms part of the Jianmen Shu Road heritage site.
How to get to Mingyue Gorge
About 26 km north of Guangyuan near Chaotian town, around 40 minutes by road.
Nearby
- Qingmuchuan Ancient Town 青木川古镇 40 km
A curving market street of timber shophouses where Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan meet - Jianmen Pass 剑门关 50 km
The cliff-walled gate on the old road to Shu that Li Bai said one man could hold
Also within 20 km: Longmen Pavilion Scenic Area 龙门阁 (under 10 km), Zhongzipu Microlith Archaeology Museum 中子铺细石器考古博物馆 (20 km), Thousand-Buddha Cliff (Guangyuan) 千佛崖 (20 km).
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