2025 Xichong Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in May)

✨Explore Zhang Lan's Hometown in Nanchong, Sichuan🌸Experience the beauty of history and nature Hello, everyone! I'm your travel expert👋 Today, I'm going to introduce you to a place with a rich historical and cultural heritage—Zhang Lan's Hometown in Nanchong, Sichuan! 🔥Zhang Lan's Hometown is located in Jialing District, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province. With its beautiful scenery and talented people, it is a great place to learn about Mr. Zhang Lan! 🌸As soon as you enter the scenic area, you will see a tall bronze statue of Mr. Zhang Lan. His eyes are firm and his expression is calm, as if he is telling his legendary life story. 👣Walking along the statue, you will see a long cultural corridor with an ancient style. On both sides of the corridor, Mr. Zhang Lan's life stories and calligraphy works are displayed, which are very inspiring. 🏞️In addition to the cultural corridor, there is also beautiful natural scenery in the scenic area. The green trees and fragrant flowers make you feel like you are in a natural oxygen bar. 🍃In addition, there are various local snacks and handicrafts in the scenic area, allowing visitors to enjoy the beautiful scenery while tasting authentic Nanchong food and buying exquisite handicrafts. 💕In short, Zhang Lan's Hometown is a tourist destination that integrates history, culture, natural scenery, and leisure. Whether you want to learn about history, experience culture, relax, or enjoy the scenery, it is a good choice!

Zhang Lan's Former Residence is located in Lianchi Township, Xichong County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province. It is a national AAAA tourist attraction. Here is a travel guide to Zhang Lan's Former Residence: • Transportation: • Self-driving: Navigate to "Zhang Lan's Former Residence". There is a parking lot outside the visitor center where you can park for free. • Public transportation: Take a bus to Lianchi Township in Xichong County, and then walk or take local transportation to the scenic area. • Opening hours: The scenic area is open from 09:00 to 18:00, and admission stops at 17:30. It is closed on Mondays (except for statutory holidays). • Tickets: Free. • Tour route: • Biaofang Square: After entering the scenic area, the first thing you see is the Biaofang Stone, a square sculpture named after Mr. Zhang Lan's name "Biaofang". The wavy pattern on the base symbolizes Mr. Zhang's magnificent life. • Central Lin Meiyuan of the Democratic League: It covers an area of 27 acres and is planted with more than 20 varieties of plum blossoms and more than 1,000 plants. The flowering period of plum blossoms is mostly in March and April, which coincides with Mr. Zhang Lan's birthday. • Democratic League Exhibition Hall: It is adjacent to the former residence of Mr. Zhang, covering an area of more than 470 square meters. The main building was built with donations from Mr. Fan Zeng, a famous Chinese calligraphy and painting master. There are five exhibition halls in the museum, which reproduce the extraordinary development process of the China Democratic League over the past 70 years through images, documents, film and television materials, computer touch screens, etc. • Zhang Lan's Former Residence: The old house is built against the mountain and faces the Jade Belt River. It is a quadrangle layout. The east and west are wing rooms, which are surrounded by the south and north rooms. The environment is quiet. The house is mainly gray-blue walls, with brick walls on the outside, and stone slab roads or small step roads connected between the houses in the courtyard. • Dining: There are farmhouses in the scenic area, providing local specialties, such as Xichong copper hot pot, lion cake, and sweet potato vermicelli. • Shopping: There are souvenir shops in the scenic area, selling books and souvenirs related to Mr. Zhang Lan. • Precautions: • Smoking and littering are prohibited in the scenic area. • Please keep quiet and do not make loud noises when visiting the Democratic League Exhibition Hall. • Some areas in the scenic area may require walking, so please wear comfortable shoes. The above guide is for reference only, and you can adjust it according to your own interests and time. During the tour, you can learn more about Mr. Zhang Lan's life and thoughts, and feel his patriotism and democratic spirit. At the same time, you can also enjoy the beautiful natural scenery and rural scenery, and enjoy a quiet and meaningful journey.

Guifeng Zen Temple in Nanchong, this Zen temple is quite large in this area, and it was officially opened as a religious activity venue in 1992. It seems to have been rebuilt recently, and the furnishings are quite new. The entire Zen temple is located on the top of Phoenix Mountain in Duofu Town, Xichong County. It is only 20 kilometers away from Nanchong City, 10 kilometers away from Xichong County, and 2 kilometers away from Duofu Town, which is very convenient to come and go. The Zen Temple was built to commemorate the birth of the fifth ancestor of the Chinese Buddhist Huayan Sect, the Tang Dynasty monk Zongmi (known as the ancestor of Guifeng), hence the name Guifeng Zen Temple. The ancient Guifeng Zen Temple was almost destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. After the Cultural Revolution, local believers invited Shangyuan Xiajing (then the president of the Nanchong Buddhist Association) to be the abbot. Fengming, Yao Mingliang and other laymen assisted the master to raise funds everywhere. After several years, they spent more than 2 million yuan to build it, covering an area of 11 acres. The Zen Temple is located in the south and facing the north, high on the top of the mountain. Most of it is flat, with few slopes and steps, which is very friendly to the elderly and does not require high-intensity exercise. 1. The flowers and plants in the courtyard are flourishing, the Tang-style buildings are scattered, the temples are rich, and there are many stone carvings on display. It will be very good to take pictures in ancient costumes. 2. Outside the courtyard, there are steep peaks and deep valleys, lush woods, and a panoramic view of the mulberry fields and orchards and the peaks and valleys. It is very comfortable and comfortable! 3. There are more than a dozen halls worth visiting in the Zen Temple: Daxiong Hall, Heavenly King Hall, Bell and Drum Tower, God of Wealth Hall, Guanyin Hall, Puxian Hall, Pharmacist Hall, Manjusri Hall, Peacock Ming King Hall, Pray for Blessing Hall, Amitabha Hall, Guest Hall, Amitabha Home Layman Building, Dining Hall, Lecture Hall, Comprehensive Building, etc. 4. The Chinese Studies Lecture Hall can also be visited. There are a lot of Buddhist scriptures and related materials, as well as various classics. 5. There are several peacocks in the Zen Temple. ❤️ Highly recommended: You must go to eat the local specialty Tuozirou when you come to Xichong County. Tickets🎫: Free🆓No reservation required 🚥 Traffic strategy: self-driving tour. You can also take a taxi or a car. Browsing time: 1-1.5h

Xichong is the hometown of the famous patriot and educator Zhang Lan (1872—1955), and the hometown of the Han Dynasty general Ji Xin. The Xichong Confucius Temple faces north and south, and on the central axis, there are Lingxing Gate, Pan Pool, Dacheng Gate, and Dacheng Hall in order. On both sides of the central axis are the east and west ceremonial gates, the east and west corridors, and the east and west side halls. The Xichong Confucius Temple is a relatively intact and large-scale ancient architectural complex of the Ming Dynasty in northern Sichuan, which has a certain value for studying the development and evolution of Confucius Temple architecture in Sichuan. The Dacheng Hall of Xichong Confucius Temple was rebuilt in the 15th year of Ming Hongzhi in 1502, built on a 1.8-meter-high platform, with a total height of 11.4 meters. The roof is a double-eave Xieshan style, with 17 dougong under the front eave, and the interior is a platform beam style. The most recent renovation of the Confucius Temple complex was at the end of 2019, so the overall, including the statues inside the main hall, look very intact and "brand new". 📍Address: Xichong Confucius Temple is located in Jixin Square, Xichong County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province. 🚗Transportation: Self-driving to Xichong Confucius Temple can get off the highway at Yixing, pass through Yixing Town, arrive at Jixin Square, and then walk to Xichong Confucius Temple.

Located in Taikoo Li, the fishing and Thai seafood hot pot restaurant, this red shop is the top three in Chengdu's popular food list, and its reputation is very good. The main product in this store is the bottom of the Tom Yum Kung pot. The soup cooked by the squid is added with lemongrass and coconut milk. The taste is very delicious. After the soup is drunk, there are various health effects such as improving digestion and other functions. . The waiter service in the store is very attentive. The soup and cooked dishes will be served to the guests, and the guests will be served. At the restaurant, I ordered a two-person set menu with a large plate of seafood and a large plate of vegetables. The amount of seafood was very high. In order to maintain freshness, the seafood was also filled with ice. It is worth recommending the fresh shrimp here. When these shrimps come up, they are all alive and kicking. The waiter will help the guests to cook. Then they will help the guests to peel off the shrimp shell and pick out the shrimp line. It is also recommended to have a snack in the restaurant. If it is two or three people, you can choose the package in the restaurant, which is very cost-effective. If you come, you must be early, otherwise you will queue up~

A must-try food series in Chengdu: The Hoover Shrimp Museum (Chungxi Road Main Store) For Chengdu people, the summer without crayfish is not a summer. The location of this store is also very good, very close to the popular street sweeping spots such as Taikooli, Chunxi Road and IFS. Not within 10 minutes. It is in the corner of the second floor of Tulip Square. Although a bit biased, but the wine is not afraid of the deep alley, many people line up every day. Now the store has been refurbished, a little bigger than before. is now divided into two floors, the decoration is also a little Japanese style, it is much better than the environment of eating lobster. Boiled crayfish, of course, every time you come to before eating, just taking pictures, I feel full of appetite. The spicyness of their home, or a little spicy afraid of spicy, you can order the garlic taste is not so spicy, garlic shrimp ball is particularly flavorful. In addition to crayfish, there are also garlic scallops. Summer lobster, served with a bowl of ice powder, is the complete broiled flower armor: I can eat two dishes in one breath, the shell is very small, the armor has been treated, and there is no sand to eat. Address: 2nd floor of Tulip Plaza opposite Chunxi Road. per capita: 100