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Pingle Ancient Town 平乐古镇Pínglè Gǔzhèn
4A scenic area · Chengdu, Sichuan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chengdu
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Pingle Ancient Town
A market town on the Baimo River at the foot of the Qionglai Mountains, a settlement since the Western Han and traditionally counted as a stop on the Southern Silk Road. Old banyan trees line the riverbanks, two-storey timber shophouses face stone-paved lanes, and the Leshan Bridge, a multi-arched Qing-dynasty stone bridge, crosses the river. It is one of China's listed historic towns.
How to get to Pingle Ancient Town
About 18 km south-west of Qionglai; roughly 1.5–2 hours from Chengdu by road, or by train to Qionglai and then a taxi.
Nearby
- Mount Mengding 蒙顶山 40 km
Misty tea terraces and an imperial tea garden where tea growing is said to have begun
Also within 20 km: Qiong Kiln Site, Shifangtang 邛窑遗址 (10 km), Qionglai Cliff Carvings 邛崃石窟 (10 km), Tiantai Mountain (Qionglai) 天台山 (20 km), Shixiang Lake, Pujiang 石象湖 (20 km), Chengjia Tea Country, Pujiang 成佳茶乡 (20 km).
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