National Geographic didn't lie to me. I really regret not coming to this small town earlier.

It is worthy of being selected as the most beautiful small town in western Sichuan by National Geographic, 3 hours away from Chengdu🚄 Half mountain and half city, no bustling tourists Coming here is not a "tourism", I would rather call it "accumulating strength for another journey" ➡️Get a Xichang City ✔️Mountain✔️Sea (Qionghai)✔️Ancient town✔️Yi customs✔️Food ➡️【2 days and 1 night trip】 Day 1: Jianchang Ancient City > Diaoyutai > Qionghai Hotel > Qionghai Park > Tingtao Valley > Torch Square Day 2: Lushan Scenic Area 》 Yinlin Beach 》 Dashiban Village 》 Lingying Temple ✅Jianchang Ancient City An ancient city with a history of more than 600 years. The feature is that you can wear Yi folk costumes to take photos and check in ✅Diaoyutai to Tingtao Valley Visit the essence of Xichang and walk from Diaoyutai along Qionghai Lake to Tingtao Valley. The scenery along the coast is better than that of Sanya. If you want to see the sunrise, you can come to Diaoyutai early in the morning. ✅Tingtao Valley The art town built by Xichang is backed by mountains and has literary shops, delicious food, and homestays. One of the youth hotels has a rooftop where you can overlook the town and the entire Qionghai Lake. ✅Torch Square It is more lively during the Torch Festival. Not far away is the Aranyu Fire Show Theater, which has performances every Saturday outside the Torch Festival. If you want to watch the show, you need to confirm the show time again in advance. ✅Lushan Scenic Area When standing on the Lushan Observation Deck, I always mistakenly think I am standing in Sanya’s forest park. From afar, Qionghai is the sea! You can take the cable car up the mountain, and walk 200 meters down the cable car to the observation deck and Guangfu Temple. You can choose to slide down the mountain, which is more interesting than the cable car. ✅Dashiban Village, Lingying Temple The biggest surprise of the trip. Dashiban Village is not big, and there are many delicious foods and Trip Moments shops at the entrance of the village. Put on Yi costumes, take a walk around the village, and any photo you take will be a blockbuster! 🏨Accommodation Wanda Plaza, Torch Plaza, Qionghai Hotel, Tingtao Valley 🍝Food There are many barbecues in Xichang, and Xichang people also love to eat fish, copper hot pot, tofu pudding, etc.