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Lizhuang Ancient Town 李庄古镇Lǐzhuāng Gǔzhèn
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Yibin, Sichuan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yibin
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Lizhuang Ancient Town
A riverside town on the south bank of the Yangtze east of Yibin, with stone-paved lanes, Qing-dynasty guild halls and temples, and the Zhang family ancestral hall with its windows carved with a hundred cranes. From 1940, during the war against Japan, it sheltered Tongji University, institutes of Academia Sinica and the Society for the Study of Chinese Architecture, whose former premises, where Liang Sicheng finished his history of Chinese architecture, are now a protected site. On the edge of town stands the Ming-dynasty Xuanluo Hall, which Liang counted among Lizhuang's 'four wonders'.
How to get to Lizhuang Ancient Town
About 20 km east of central Yibin, 30–40 minutes by bus or taxi.
Nearby
- Shunan Bamboo Sea 蜀南竹海 40 km
Ridge upon ridge of feathery bamboo, laced with misty trails, waterfalls and cliff shrines
Also within 20 km: Wuliangye Distillery and Old Cellars 五粮液 (20 km), Nanxi Old Town and City Wall 南溪古街 (20 km), Daguan Tower, Yibin 大观楼 (20 km), Liubeichi Park 流杯池公园 (20 km), Cuiping and Zhenwu Mountains 翠屏山与真武山 (20 km).
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