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Ziyang 资阳Zīyáng
Lemon orchards and Tang Buddhas in the quiet hills east of Chengdu
About Ziyang
Ziyang is a farming prefecture of low hills along the Tuo River between Chengdu and Chongqing, and its Anyue County calls itself China's capital of lemons. Anyue is also scattered with Tang and Song Buddhist cliff carvings, the Anyue Rock Carvings, led by a 23-metre reclining Buddha at Wofoyuan and the graceful Purple Bamboo Guanyin of Pilu Cave. Most of the sites lie among fields and see few visitors.
Featured places in Ziyang
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Anyue Rock Carvings 安岳石刻
Tang and Song Buddhas carved into quiet hillsides, led by a 23-metre Buddha at rest
Listed sites in Ziyang
5 sites in Ziyang are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Baosen Lemon Town, Anyue 宝森柠檬小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A lemon-themed farm park in Yanqiao village, Wenhua town, in Anyue, the county named China's home of lemons, rated 4A in 2023. - Former Residence of Chen Yi 陈毅故居 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The rural family home in Laodong town where Chen Yi (1901–1972) was born and grew up. - Banyueshan Giant Buddha 半月山大佛 National heritage site
A Maitreya Buddha about 20 metres tall carved into the hillside of Banyue Mountain south of Ziyang, the largest of six niches at the site. - Kunfo Temple Cliff Carvings 睏佛寺摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
A group of Buddhist cliff carvings at Kunfo ('Sleeping Buddha') Temple in the countryside of Lezhi County, begun in the Sui dynasty and added to up to the Song. - Mumen Temple 木门寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small Ming temple in the hills north of Anyue, built around the stupa of the Chan master Wuji (1380–1446).
On the map
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