Guanxian Old Town, Dujiangyan 灌县古城Guànxiàn Gǔchéng

About Guanxian Old Town, Dujiangyan

The historic core of Dujiangyan, a city known as Guan County until 1988, lying beside the ancient irrigation scheme. Much of it was rebuilt after the 2008 earthquake, but its lanes include West Street, the starting point of the old road into the mountains towards Songpan, a restored stretch of the old city wall, the Confucian temple and the City God Temple, a nationally protected group of halls climbing the slope of Yulei Mountain. It is easily combined with a visit to the Dujiangyan Irrigation System.

How to get to Guanxian Old Town, Dujiangyan

In the centre of Dujiangyan city, under an hour from Chengdu by train or road, next to the Dujiangyan scenic area.

Nearby

• Dujiangyan Irrigation System 都江堰 under 10 km
  A 2,200-year-old waterworks that tamed the Min River without a dam and still runs today
• Mount Qingcheng 青城山 10 km
  A cradle of Taoism, where forest stairways climb past temples and cave shrines
• Du Fu Thatched Cottage 杜甫草堂 50 km
  Bamboo groves and plum blossom where Du Fu, China's 'Poet-Sage', once lived
• Kuanzhai Alley 宽窄巷子 60 km
  Three restored Qing-era lanes of courtyard gateways, teahouses and Sichuan snacks
• Wenshu Monastery 文殊院 60 km
  An active Buddhist monastery of incense-filled courtyards, a teahouse and vegetarian food

Also within 20 km: Kuiguang Pagoda 奎光塔 (under 10 km), Lingyan Temple and Thousand Buddha Pagoda 灵岩寺 (under 10 km), Hongkou Scenic Area 虹口 (10 km), Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Area, Yingxiu 汶川特别旅游区 (10 km), Zhanqi Village, Pidu 战旗村 (20 km).

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