Shangli Old Town
Shangli Old Town is an ancient water town 20 km away from the Ya'an Bifengxia Panda Breeding Center. Surrounded by mountains and water, Shangli Old Town is noted for its evergreen trees, delicate hillocks, wooden resident houses, stone-paved streets, pagodas, ancient archways, caves, prings, and ancient stone bridges. The environment here is well protected, and the sites and scenery retain the ancient style. Shangli Old Town is listed as one of the 10 most pretty Ancient towns in Sichuan by the provincial cultural relics bureau.
Tours That Go to Shangli Old Town
Western Sichuan Driving Tour - 5 Days (Hailuogou Kangding Danba Siguniang)
Panda is not the only thing to look in Sichuan. We also have big mountains, stunning glaciers and rich Tibetan culture to present you. In this 5-day Wild Sichuan Highlight Tour, you have the chance to experience real Tibetan culture and beautiful Tibetan landscapes. Highlights of this adventure include Hailuogou Glacier Park, Tagong Tibetan town, Danba Tibetan Village and the snow-capped Mount Siguniang.
...Read morePanda is not the only thing to look in Sichuan. We also have big mountains, stunning glaciers and rich Tibetan culture to present you. In this 5-day Wild Sichuan Highlight Tour, you have the chance to experience real Tibetan culture and beautiful Tibetan landscapes. Highlights of this adventure include Hailuogou Glacier Park, Tagong Tibetan town, Danba Tibetan Village and the snow-capped Mount Siguniang.
Prepare yourself for the drive to Ya'an (about 2~2.5 hours driving). In Ya'an, you will visit Shangli Ancient Town which used to be an important town on the Ancient Tea-Horse Road. During the Long March, the Red Army once stationed in the town and left many slogans carvings on the stone. Shangli Ancient Town is surrounded by beautiful mountains and river. Here you can see not only century-old streets, wood resident house, towers, ancient archways, but also enjoy beautiful surrounding of green mountain and tranquil rivers. In the summer and autumn days, there are many art students come to the town to study and paint the bridges and waterside scenes. After the visit, drive into the bigger mountains via Ya’an-Kangding Express way to the base of Hailuogou Glacier Park. After arrival check in hotel and you can explore the small town Moxi on your own if time allows.
Visit Hailuogou Glacier park in the morning using tourist site bus. Hailuogou Glacier Park is one of the biggest glacier parks in China. It has big glaciers of Minya Konka. During the hiking in the park, you will need to be aware of the elevation change. The elevation is between 2600 meters to 3600 meters. The visit to the park takes about 6 hours. After the visit, drive to Xinduqiao for about 4 hours and drive over Zheduo Pass at 4300 meters. Have a quick stop by the pass if weather is good and continue driving to and stay in Xindqiao for overnight.
Have a morning walk in the believed-to-be “Paradise of Photographers” Xinduqiao to experience local Khampa Tibetan landscape and local people. Drive to Tagong. The drive takes about 0.5 hours. You will have 1 hour at Tagong Grassland on your own to explore the small village and the surroudings after a visit to the Tagong Monastery. From Tagong you can have views of the beautiful Zhara Latse, a 5800 meters’ holy mountain in Tagong and the local authentic Tibetan culture experience. After the stop at Tagong continue driving to Danba for another 3 hours during which you will have stops at Huiyuan Temple and the road pass and the Yak Valley to see the snow-capped mountains. Arrive in Danba and check in Hotel.
An early start to visit Danba Tibetan Village. Jiaju is one of the representatives of the Tibetan villages in Danba. It is authentic and traditional Tibetan villages. People there work in the farm and orchards. Their houses are unique and beautiful. The villages are located on the sunny slope and composed of over decades of families. The village bends into the shape of the mountain side: some lower and some higher. Green orchards and colorful houses made the villages here very attractive. After the visit, which takes about 1 hour, drive to mount Siguniang for about 3 hours and start your visit to Shuangqiao Valley of Mt. Siguniang. Shuangqiaogou Valley is a zigzagged, deep and quiet valley stretching over 35km in which there are more than 70 small attractions. Far away from your sight are the bright snow mountains, while surrounding you may be blooming flowers, flourish and colorful trees, or pure streams flowing from unknown place. Overnight in the town of Mount Siguniang.
Depart Mount Siguniang via Balangshan en route visit Dujiangyan Irrigation System, a project built by of the governor of Shu state, Li Bing. The irrigation system on the River was to prevent flooding. After a lengthy study and years’ hard work by the local people, the great Dujiangyan Irrigation Project was completed. Nowadays, the project still plays a crucial role in draining off floodwater, irrigating farms and providing water resources for more than 50 cities in Sichuan province. After the visit drive back to Chengdu. Trip ends.
Western Sichuan Road Trip with Classic Destinations - 8 Days (Leshan Emei Kangding Danba Siguniang)
Sichuan offers you a chance to see different cultures and sceneries in a single trip. It has many classic destinations such as Chengdu, Leshan, Mount Emei and Dujiangyan, as well as many wild destinations, such as Kangding, Tagong, Danba, Mount Siguniang. All these classic destinations and wild destinations are not very far away from each so you can travel at a very leisure pace....Read more
Sichuan offers you a chance to see different cultures and sceneries in a single trip. It has many classic destinations such as Chengdu, Leshan, Mount Emei and Dujiangyan, as well as many wild destinations, such as Kangding, Tagong, Danba, Mount Siguniang. All these classic destinations and wild destinations are not very far away from each so you can travel at a very leisure pace. You will visit the World Heritage Sites of Leshan Giant Bhuda, Mount Emei and Dujiangyan Irrigation System, also enjoy beautiful Tagong Grassland, featured Tibetan Village of Danba and alpine snow mountains and wild forests and valleys in Mount Siguniang.
Please note this trip is costumizable and can be cut short to 5 or 6 days.
Today, we will go to visit two sacred Buddhist places which are also great place to get amazing both visual and heart touching. Firstly, drive about 2 hours to Leshan city to see the famous Giant Buddha. Sculptured on the cliff facing River, Leshan Giant Buddha is 71 meters high, and has sit here for more than one thousand years. You will walk the plank road built on cliff to get close observation of the Buddha.After about 2 hours’ stay at Leshan, drive about 40 minutes to next Buddhist kingdom – Emeishan. Take a short visit to Baoguosi Temple which is one of most influential Buddhist temple of Emeishan.Check in hotel, and take a good rest.
Today is a full day visiting on Emeishan. Firstly, take sightseeing bus to the upper station – Leidongping where you hike about 30 minutes to get to the Jieyingting Cableway Station. Then you can take cableways to the top of Emeishan – Golden Summit, or hike about another 2 hours up the stone steps. The experience on the Golden Summit is fabulous – sparkling golden Buddha statue, grandiose temples, endless stretching cloud sea, fresh air, etc.After the sightseeing, take sightseeing bus back to the foot of mountain, then to to check in your hotel at Emeishan City.
Prepare yourself for the drive to next destination - Ya'an (about 2~2.5 hours driving). In Ya'an, you will visit Shangli Ancient Town which used to be an important town on the Ancient Tea-Horse Road. During the Long March, the Red Army once stationed in the town and left many slogans carvings on the stone. Shangli Ancient Town is surrounded by beautiful mountains and river. Here you can see not only century-old streets, wood resident house, towers, ancient archways, but also enjoy beautiful surrounding of green mountain and tranquil rivers. In the summer and autumn days, there are many art students come to the town to study and paint the bridges and waterside scenes.This evening, you can choose to stay overnight in the ancient town, or go to Ya'an city, which is about 30km from the Shangli.
This morning, you will have a short driving from Shangli to visit Mengding Mountain (alt: 1456 meters). With more than 2000 years history of tea planting, Mengding Mountain ins regarded as the Cradle of World's Green Tea Culture. In Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty, Mengding Tea was selected as the tribute tea for the royal families. Nowadays, the local farmers still plant teas on the mountain. You can see vast green tea plantations on the mountain.After the visit drive to Kangding for about 3 hours and stay in Kangding
Have a morning walk in the town of Kangding to experience local Khampa Tibetans and the modernization of this town before drive over Zheduo Pass at 4300 meters. Have a quick stop by the pass if weather is good and continue driving pass Xinduqiao before arrive in Tagong. The drive takes about 3 hours. Lunch before hiking on the Tagong Grassland. Start the walking from a Nunnery and view the beautiful Zhara Latse, a 5800 meters’ holy mountain in Tagong and visit ancient Tagong Monastery.Keep drive from Tagong to Danba. Overnight in Danba.
Today the trip starts by walking in the traditional Tibetan village of Jiaju, a very beautiful village considered one of the most attractive traditional villages in China. The Jiaju Village has unique watchtowers and their distinctive Jiarong houses. Spend two hours wondering in the village, then drive about 2 hours to enjoy a leisure natural sightseeing in Shuangqiao Valley where you can see peaks, primitive forest. Shuangqiao is one of the three opened valleys of Mount Siguniang. It is over 30km long and a valley that you can see lots of snow mountains. Tourist buses are used for visiting this valley. The valley is with a series of “scenic spots”, which are the places where you get off the bus and take photos. A road was built in the valley however one can still choose to walk between the bus stops. The buses are running like public buses: you can get off and get on at the bus stops. After the visit to Shuangqiao, drive to Rilong for accommodation.Keep drive from Shuangqiao Valley to Rilong Town. Overnight in Rilong.
Today, you will hike into Changping Valley with a 10-minute riding of bus to get to the starting point and walk on wooden planks in the bushes and forest. Total walking time is up to 7-8 hours and up to 20km with flexibility. The walking trail is not steep and the first 4 km is well-paved boardwalk. Walking for around 12km into the valley one can reach Muluozi, the foot of Mt. Views of Mt. Siguniang from its west are totally different from that of the south. It shows you the big steep wall of this big mountain.Return to the town by the road you come. Have a good rest.
Depart Mount Siguniang via Balangshan Pass en route visit Dujiangyan Irrigation System, a 2000-year old human construction and a display of ancient Chinese wisdom. After the visit drive back to Chengdu.
Bifengxia Panda Breeding Center+Shangli Old Town one day tour
Depart Chengdu at 7am,and drive 2 hours to Ya'an Bifengxia Panda Breeding Center,after visiting the Pandas hike 1 hour
in Bifengxia Valley to see the beautiful scenery with plants,cliff,stream and waterfalls.
After lunch drive to Shangli Old Town and relax 2 hours in the town with 300 years old Chinese Traditional architectures,tea houses,handcraft shops. Cold Beer is available in the town.
At 4pm,leave Shangli for Chengdu along the mountain road, enjoy the breathtaking view of the mountain and farming land terrace on the way.
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god, i never heard this old town before. the houses look very nice
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