Neijiang 内江Nèijiāng

About Neijiang

Neijiang, on the Tuo River midway between Chengdu and Chongqing, is a transport and food-processing city long nicknamed the 'Sweet City' for its sugar cane. It is the home town of the painter Zhang Daqian, remembered at Zhang Daqian Park, and at Longchang 17 stone memorial arches, built between 1496 and 1877, line the old roads. Zizhong keeps a Qing Confucian temple and Guandi temple side by side, and Luoquan Ancient Town, an old salt town, strings out along a river gorge.

What to eat in Neijiang

• Qiuxi catfish (球溪河鲶鱼)

Listed sites in Neijiang

11 sites in Neijiang are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.

• Chonglong Mountain, Zizhong 重龙山 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  A hill on the north-eastern edge of Zizhong's old town whose cliffs, known as the North Cliff, carry 172 niches with more than 1,700 Buddhist figures carved from 783 through the late Tang, the Five Dynasties and the Song.
• Guyu Lake, Longchang 古宇湖 4A scenic area · on the map
  A large reservoir west of Longchang, officially Guyumiao Reservoir, listed as a National Water Conservancy Scenic Area.
• Lexian Peninsula, Neijiang 乐贤半岛 4A scenic area · on the map
  A peninsula in a loop of the Tuo River on the edge of Neijiang city, laid out as a riverside leisure area.
• Longchang Stone Arches 隆昌石牌坊 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  Longchang is known for its stone memorial arches (paifang): 17 survive, built between 1496 and the late 19th century to honour upright officials, chaste widows, filial sons and long-lived elders.
• Luoquan Ancient Town 罗泉古镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  An old salt-making town strung along one long street in the gorge of the Zhuxi River, a tributary of the Tuo, where brine wells were worked for centuries.
• Shibanhe Stone River 石板河 4A scenic area · on the map
  A shallow river that runs for around 7 km over a bed of solid rock, in the hills of the Weiyuan dome north-west of Weiyuan county.
• World Fig Expo Park, Weiyuan 世界无花果博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
  An agricultural park in Sifang village, Xiangyi town, built around fig growing, one of Weiyuan County's farm industries.
• Zhang Daqian Park 大千园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A hilltop park in Neijiang, the home town of the painter Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899–1983), one of the best-known Chinese artists of the 20th century.
• Zizhong Confucian and Guandi Temples 资中文庙和武庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  Zizhong's Confucian temple and its temple to Guan Yu (Wumiao), both mainly Qing buildings, stand about 100 metres apart on Zhuangyuan Street in the old county town, an unusual pairing.
• Shengshui Temple, Neijiang 圣水寺 National heritage site · on the map
  An active Buddhist monastery on the western side of Neijiang, founded in the 860s–870s under the Tang and named after the spring that flows from the cliff behind it.
• Xianglongshan Cliff Carvings 翔龙山摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
  A cliff of Buddhist carvings on a small hill in central Neijiang, begun in the Tang dynasty and added to as late as the Republican era.

On the map

Open Neijiang on the illustrated map to see its outline, its places and listed sites together, and to add them to a trip.

Learn more

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