[2024 Xichang Attraction] Travel Guide for Qiong Hai Lu Mountain Scenic Area (Updated Nov)
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Address:
Xichang Southeast, Xichang 615000, China
Opening times:
Opens at 08:00-19:00(Admission ends at 19:00)Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
0.5-1 day
Phone:
0834-3952075
A place 3 hours from Chengdu that you'll fall in love with as soon as you land
Want to just get up and go but don't know where to have fun? Highly recommend ➡️ Xichang
3 hours by high-speed train from Chengdu, come here to see the sea, climb mountains, bask in the sun, and eat delicious food, it's definitely a healing travel experience!
Travel recommendations:
▶️🌄 Morning visit: Lushan
In the morning, it's recommended to visit Lushan, where the air is fresh! Come here to feed monkeys, take the cable car, and slide down, it's fun!
📍 Navigation: Self-driving, hiking, and taking the sightseeing bus, self-drive navigation to: "Lushan", the bus stop name is: "Qionghai Hotel" station.
📍 Take the cable car up the mountain, self-drive navigation to: "Lushan Cable Car Slide", the bus stop is "Qionghai Park" station.
The monkeys here are particularly mischievous, remember not to hold food or drinks in your hand, otherwise, the monkeys will really snatch them.
▶️🌞 Daytime visit: Qionghai (Fishing Platform ➡️ Black Swan Coffee ➡️ Moonlight Town ➡️ Silver Scale Beach)
Opposite Lushan is Qionghai, very convenient
➡️ "Fishing Platform" to feed seagulls
Seagulls are in Xichang from November to March every year. If you come to Xichang during this period, remember to bring bread in the morning to the fishing platform to take a boat and feed the seagulls, it's definitely a highlight of the trip.
➡️ "Black Swan Coffee" to bask in the sun and drink coffee
Come to the coffee shop at noon to rest for a while, just to avoid the most intense sun. There are snack shops selling cold noodles and other snacks next to the coffee shop, which taste good and can solve lunch.
The coffee shop is inside Qionghai Hotel. If you are not staying at Qionghai Hotel, the entrance is not easy to find.
📍 Entrance tips: Walk forward from the popular long bridge for a while, there is a 🚻 sign on the right hand, walk towards it, and you will see "Qionghai Hotel". Enter through the pedestrian entrance with face recognition, turn left and you're there!
➡ Keep walking and you'll reach "Moonlight Town"
➡️ "Silver Scale Beach" to play in the sand and see the sea (Take a few minutes bus ride from Moonlight Town to "Baiyue Hotel", get off and the beach is inside the hotel)
▶️🌆 Evening visit: "Dashi Ban Village"
Come in the evening, the light is most suitable for photography! The orange background wall of Lingying Temple has a 100% photo success rate, and there are snacks and drinks everywhere, which also taste good!
▶️🌛 Night visit: "Tang Garden", "Jianchang Ancient Town", "Torch Square"
▶️🍜 Food:
Xiong's Beef and Lamb Rice Noodles
Huili Chicken Fire Silk
Li's Special Barbecue
🚌 Transportation: The travel experience in Xichang is very good, Lushan, Qionghai, and Dashi Ban Village are all on one line, and the transportation is very convenient.
Tang Garden, Jianchang Ancient Town, and Torch Square are in the city, and you can visit them all at once.
🏨 Accommodation recommendation: Most attractions are around Qionghai, it is recommended to stay at Qionghai Hotel.
💌 I am Owen's mom, I will share fun places and useful strategies with everyone here...
For specific strategies for each route, see the notes on the homepage, looking forward to every trip!
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Yuna - Matcha
Lushan Cableway and Qionghai Beach: The Dual Charms of Xichang
Lushan Cableway and Qionghai Beach: The Dual Charms of Xichang
Xichang, a city full of surprises and vitality, not only has a profound historical charm, but also offers heart-pounding modern experiences.
The Lushan Cableway is an exhilarating journey connecting the summit to the ground. Riding the cableway, you will feel the speed as swift as the wind and the thrill of passing through the clouds. Each ascent seems like an exploration into the unknown, a test of your heartbeat. Standing at the summit, overlooking the entire city, the shock and satisfaction you feel will be the most precious memory of your trip.
And Qionghai Beach is another calling card of Xichang. The fine sandy beach and clear waters compose a beautiful picture. Here, you can fully enjoy the embrace of the sun and the waves, feeling the gentleness and vastness of nature. Whether spending joyful time with family or having deep conversations with friends, this place is an excellent choice.
The Lushan Cableway and Qionghai Beach, one is a collision of speed and passion, the other a blend of tranquility and comfort. Together, they form the dual charms of Xichang, allowing you to continually discover new surprises and emotions on your journey.
WESTON EVANS
Qionghai Lushan | When you get to Xichang, you must take a trip to Lushan
| When you get to Xichang, you must take a trip to Lushan. Lushan Forest Park is really a treasure park
It's primitive and not commercialized
Rich vegetation! Tall trees
There are also the super popular internet-famous cable cars, slides
And lots of cute monkeys
Transportation 65 RMB/person (includes uphill cable car and downhill slide)
Online ticket purchase and on-site ticket purchase are the same channel
You have to queue for both
Children under 1.2m are free
One adult can only bring one child for free
Seniors aged 65 and above can only take the cable car when going downhill
🗺Address: Lushan Road, Xichang City, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province
⏰Opening Hours: 8:00-19:00
Penelope.Ward.25
Spring Festival Parent-Child Travel | Take your kids to the 20º Spring City
| Take your kids to the 20º Spring City.
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We went to Xichang Qionghai for an early Spring Festival trip
We stayed by Qionghai for two nights
Sharing with everyone some check-in spots
👉 All are free of charge
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① Qionghai Park: features a wave-walking plank road and Moonlight Town
Navigation: Yuehai Tower, the parking lot can accommodate more than 10 cars.
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② Fishing Platform: You can take a boat to Qionghai to feed the seagulls, the seagulls are very hungry in the morning, and you can walk towards Qionghai Hotel along the way, where there is a popular bridge, navigate directly to the Fishing Platform.
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③ Little Fishermen's Wharf: This is a large wetland park where you can enjoy flowers in spring. Navigate to the entrance of Little Fishermen's Village (Dream Flower Sea Wetland Park)
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④ Moon Bay: A good spot for watching the sunset in winter, with few people and beautiful cycling plank roads on both sides. Navigate to Xichang Moon Bay Scenic Area.
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⑤ Golden Scales Beach: The sand is very fine, children like to play, and there were quite a few people in the afternoon when we went, navigate to Qionghai Lushan Planning Scenic Area Development and Construction Company
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⑥ Dashi Ban Village: An ancient village on the Tea Horse Road, the exterior wall of Lingying Temple is very photogenic, if you have time, you can rent a Yi ethnic costume for a photoshoot, the fruit at the entrance is cheap, strawberries are 10-20 yuan per half kilo, very fresh.
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⑦ Jianchang Ancient City: The night view is beautiful, and you can see the panorama by climbing the city tower.
⑧ Lushan Mountain, with Guangfu Temple. From the mountain, you can see the whole Qionghai, and the monkeys are very well-behaved, more so than those at Emei Mountain. You can take the cable car up the mountain and the slide down. If you are driving, as long as it's not a holiday or weekend, there are parking spots on the mountain, and you can drive directly to the top.
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🔺 Travel Time: 2.4-2.6
🔺 It's hot in the sun during the day, but cold in the early morning and evening
🔺 The wind blows unpredictably, so it's still necessary to prepare a cotton coat or a light down jacket
✅️ Questions are welcome for discussion!
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CHEYENNE TAYLOR
A small city in Sichuan, known as 'Little Spring City', is extremely livable in winter
Sichuan Province, located in the southwest of China, is a province with rich natural landscapes and a long history and culture. In winter, a fourth-tier city in Sichuan has become one of the most livable destinations. It is known as the 'Little Spring City', and with its unique climate conditions, magnificent natural scenery, beautiful environment, and relatively low housing prices, it has become a top choice for winter tourism and vacation.
This fourth-tier city is Xichang, located in the southwest of Sichuan Province. Due to its location in the basin, Xichang's climate is known as 'spring-like all year round'. The warm and comfortable winter weather, almost without severe cold, attracts many people to Xichang for winter refuge. Especially for people from the north, Xichang's winter seems like a distant spring.
Xichang also has breathtaking scenery. The small city is surrounded by mountains, lush forests cover a large area of land, and clear rivers flow through the mountains. Xichang also has rich natural resources, such as Qionghai Lushan Scenic Area and Moon Lake Wetland Park. In winter, these sceneries are even more peaceful and beautiful, giving people a pleasant feeling. Whether you are walking on the mountain trails or admiring the beautiful scenery of the lake reflecting the mountains, the scenery of Xichang will make you linger.
The most important point is that the housing prices in Xichang are relatively low. Compared with first-tier cities and second-tier developed cities, the housing prices in Xichang are very reasonable. This allows many people to buy comfortable housing at a lower price. Not only that, the cost of living in Xichang is also relatively low, people can enjoy a high-quality life with less money, which is one of the advantages that many big cities cannot match.
In addition to these advantages, Xichang is also a place full of vitality and opportunities. With the increase of the country's investment in Xichang, more and more enterprises and projects are settling in Xichang, bringing new impetus to the local economic development, and also providing more job opportunities and development space for the residents of Xichang.
The small city of Xichang in Sichuan, with its pleasant climate, magnificent natural scenery, low housing prices, and abundant development opportunities, has become the most livable fourth-tier city in winter. Whether as a tourist destination or a place of residence, Xichang can let people enjoy beautiful natural scenery and comfortable life. If you are looking for a place to live that is away from the hustle and bustle and has a pleasant winter, Xichang is definitely a choice worth considering.
Benjamin.Moore@52
The Pearl of Western Sichuan Tourism - Xichang
Xichang, the capital of Liangshan Prefecture in Sichuan Province, is a beautiful county-level city not far from Chengdu, with comprehensive transportation facilities such as high-speed rail and airports. Xichang is located in the valley of the Hengduan Mountains, with a mild climate, no severe heat in summer and no severe cold in winter. It is a place where people in the Sichuan Basin often go to escape the cold in winter, and it can be called the backyard of Sichuan. The long history, rich culture, and beautiful scenery of Xichang itself make it a dazzling tourist pearl in Western Sichuan.
The beauty of Xichang lies first in its natural scenery. Located between Lushan and Qionghai, Xichang, like Dali, is also a plateau city where 'mountains and seas depend on each other'. Whether overlooking Qionghai from Lushan or looking at Lushan from the shore of Qionghai, this mountain and sea form the most charming scenery line of Xichang. Xichang has not wasted these unique tourism resources, and has made great efforts to build the Lushan Qionghai Scenic Spot, making it a natural park. Climbing Lushan and circling Qionghai are essential tourism projects for Xichang.
The scenery of Xichang is not only here. In the mountains not far south of Xichang City, there is a mountain that is as famous as Emei Mountain - Luoji Mountain. This mountain range has a large number of glacial landforms, peaks that pierce the blue sky, and wide U-shaped valleys, which show the powerful erosion of glaciers with a grand momentum. What is most attractive is the glacial lakes scattered among the Luoji Mountains. These large and small lakes, either blue and clear, or yellow and bright, are like gems scattered in the mountains, showing the beautiful side of the glacial landscape with their beautiful scenery. Wandering in Luoji Mountain is not only a wonderful experience in Xichang, but also a rare experience in China.
The beauty of Xichang is not only in the natural scenery, but also in its history and culture. Xichang has a long history and has been a county seat since the time of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty. Xichang is located at the intersection of Han and Tibetan cultures, and is also a north-south corridor for Tibetan and Yi ethnic groups. It is also an important town on the ancient southern Silk Road. Frequent economic and cultural exchanges between various ethnic groups and civilizations have left Xichang with a rich cultural heritage, among which, the ancient city of Jianchang is undoubtedly the most comprehensive.
Jianchang Ancient City was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty and is one of the best-preserved ancient cities in China. The streets and alleys of the ancient city retain a strong historical atmosphere. Walking through the streets of the ancient city is like traveling through time and space. Xichang also vigorously excavates its own historical culture and has built a series of cultural tourism facilities, such as Tang Garden, which recalls the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, and Torch Square, which promotes ethnic culture, are all worth seeing cultural tourism treasures.
Xichang is also a city of food, especially the famous Xichang barbecue, which has already occupied a place in various food documentaries and food bloggers' exploration trips. After appreciating the natural and cultural scenery of Xichang, having a hearty barbecue is undoubtedly the most perfect tourist experience.
VoyagingDreamer
Qionghai Lushan Scenic Area
Lushan is born on the bank of Qionghai, but this Lushan is not that Lushan. Lushan is located 5 kilometers south of Xichang City. It is adjacent to the mirror-like Qionghai in the east, the winding and beautiful Anning River in the west, the ancient city and the growing new city in the north, and the towering Luoji Mountain in the south. It is not tall, not tall, not majestic, but with the momentum of 'half a wall supporting the sky, Ningcheng lined with screen paintings', it constitutes one of the famous scenic spots in southwestern Sichuan, known as 'the best place in the south of the sky'.
The forest here is green as emerald, with a variety of rare animals and plants. The ancient trees on the mountain are towering, especially the pine trees. The ancients used 'pine wind and water moon' to describe the scenery of Lushan Qionghai, that is, the pine of Lushan, the wind of Anning River, the water of Qionghai, and the moon of Xichang.
The small path in the forest winds and winds, and the green pines and cypresses standing on the side of the road lead the tourists into the mountain and reach the top of the mountain. There are 12 ancient temples built in the Han, Tang, Ming, and Qing dynasties, such as Guangfu Temple, Mengduan Temple, Sanjiao Temple, Guanyin Pavilion, Wangmu Palace, Yuhuang Palace, Qingyang Palace, and Wuzu Temple. The cultural landscape composed of the existing 9 temples perfectly combines religious cultural tourism and mountain climbing leisure tourism, attracting a steady stream of tourists. The temples of Lushan are built according to the mountain situation. Although each temple has its own courtyard, they are staggered with each other, dependent on each other, and look at each other. The temples hear each other's bells and drums, and the temples respond to each other's music. Under the guidance of the regular stone steps, climbing all the way, entering and exiting the temple, flowing like clouds and flowing water, stopping and walking, walking and stopping. Enter the temple to smoke a scent, and leave the temple to dye a green. The chanting sound is intermittent, the bird's voice is intermittent, and the cicada's voice is intermittent. The fairy world, the Brahman world, and the natural world can be tasted in detail; heaven, the Buddha country, and the natural world can be appreciated alternately, which is particularly interesting.
The main peak of Lushan, Shamao Xiang, is 2317 meters above sea level, with a relative height difference of about 800 meters from the surface of Qionghai, and about 8 kilometers from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Walking up the mountain, moving a step is a scene; leisurely sightseeing and exercise, it is refreshing.