#Hanyang Town Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Towns
Address:
Qingshen County, Meishan City
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
0.5-1 day
Chengdu Surroundings | The Ceiling of Cultural Relics (with Strategy)
Why not invite your friends for a two-day and one-night cultural walking tour if you don't want to travel far?
Let's be joyful children in the wilderness
Chasing, laughing, and sharing along the way
You can also avoid the crowds and feel the cultural heritage
Why not enjoy it?
⛳ Address: Qing Shen Zhong Yan Temple
🎫 Ticket: 27 for adults, free for children
⛰️: About 5km loop hike, very suitable for the whole family
✅ Recommended reasons:
✔️ Historical culture: Zhong Yan has been a place of spiritual beauty and cultural essence since ancient times. Su Dongpo, when young, studied here, and the existing Dongpo Reading Pavilion is a testament to that. During the Song Dynasty, famous figures like Fan Chengda and Lu You visited, praising it as the 'best spring and forest in Western Sichuan' and as 'the number one mountain in southern Sichuan', later known as 'the place of Su Dongpo's first love'.
✔️ The vegetation is lush and the negative oxygen ion content is very high, suitable for spring and summer.
✔️ The streams are now full, and it's possible to catch crabs and small fish and shrimp
✔️ The overall route is quiet and peaceful, not crowded, with moderate slopes, very suitable for children and the elderly
✅ Recommended itinerary:
Day1️⃣
Morning visit to Hanyang Ancient Town, lunch with the world's number one chicken, afternoon hike to Zhong Yan Temple, stay overnight in Meishan or Hanyang
Day2️⃣
Morning visit to the Three Su Temple, afternoon at Dongpo Urban Wetland Park, evening meal on Shuijie (Water Street) to enjoy the night view before heading home
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Qingshen County, Meishan | Hanyang Ancient Town | Weekend Trip
🔸It takes 1.5-2h to drive from Chengdu to Hanyang Ancient Town in Meishan City
🔸Qingshen County is named for its worship of the ancient Shu King Cancong, who 'taught the people about farming and sericulture in blue clothes, and all the people revered him as a deity.' The county has a history of over 1400 years.
🔸Hanyang Ancient Town has been named since the Han Dynasty and has a long history. Nowadays, the town is mostly inhabited by elderly people, and its former prosperity has faded away.
🔸The town has a low level of commercialization, with few remaining courtyards and stilted buildings, and many old houses have become dilapidated and dangerous within the courtyards. It has the style of a Sichuan county town from the early days of the reform and opening up in the last century.
🔸The ancient town is small and can be toured in half an hour.
🔸Recommended dish: 'Hanyang Bangbang Chicken'.
🔸Prepare to get up early the next day for a hike in the Zhongyan Temple scenic area. The chosen accommodation is 'Hanyun Xingye Homestay,' located on the road between the ancient town and Zhongyan Temple, with a fresh and tidy environment, and breakfast is provided.
LAMAR HESS
The human world of the ancient town
Hanyang Ancient Town,
a very niche ancient town in Sichuan,
leisurely and relaxed,
strolling among them,
time seems to have returned to childhood
Hanyang Ancient Town