2024 Liangshan Prefecture Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in November)
The Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (凉山彝族自治) is the region with the highest population of Yi people in China. Liangshan Prefecture is rich in tourism resources, such as the Luoji Ninety-nine Li Hot Spring Waterfall, the Lushan Mountain Qionghai Lake Scenic Area, the Luojishan Scenic Area, the Mianning Mount Lingshan Scenic Area and the Lugu Lake Scenic Area.
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Luoji Ninety-Nine Miles Hot Spring Waterfall Scenic Area
Huili Ancient City
Luojishan
Xichang Satellite Launch Center Scenic Area
Qionghai
Xichang Qionghai Bay Boyue Hotel.
Xichang Qionghai Bay Boyue Hotel is a unique resort hotel. It is located in the Qionghai Bay International Tourism Resort on the southwest bank of Qionghai Lake.
The hotel is beautiful and quiet, with plenty of greenery, as if you are in a scenic area. When you walk out of the hotel, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Qionghai Lake and the natural scenery.
The hotel combines "Yi culture" with "European and American fashion culture", and the ecological concept runs through it, forming a unique international tourism resort theme style. The interior of the lobby is themed with migratory birds, and the landscape pool is naturally connected to the sea surface of Qionghai Lake, creating a relaxing holiday atmosphere with a view of the water and sky.
The hotel is large in scale and has a variety of room types, including resort rooms and hotel-style apartments, with a total of 265 rooms. The rooms are spacious and comfortable, with complete facilities. Some rooms are equipped with independent bathtubs, dry and wet separate bathrooms, etc., creating a comfortable resting space.
The hotel is equipped with basic facilities such as free parking, elevators, restaurants, and luggage storage. It also has a gym, tennis court, bicycle rental, meeting rooms, etc., to meet the various needs of guests.
- Dining service: A rich breakfast is provided, as well as various restaurants, bars, etc., where you can enjoy delicious food and wine while enjoying the beautiful scenery of Qionghai Lake.
I thought Xinjiang was beautiful enough, until I came to Liangshan
No need to squeeze with the crowds in Xinjiang anymore, just around Chengdu, you can make a weekend trip,
a completely pristine natural scenic area, yet it has the beauty of the grasslands and cattle and sheep, just like a mini Xinjiang
Whether it's a rainy day or a sunny day, it will give you a different experience~
Sichuan's severely underestimated treasure town
Liangshan Prefecture, a mysterious corner worth visiting again and again.
Xichang, Liangshan, the most overlooked and underestimated treasure town in Sichuan, is also the most secluded paradise in the mountains. Xichang is known as the backyard of Sichuan, where it is spring all year round, the sky is blue, and it is also a city full of ethnic colors. Here, Qionghai is better than Hainan, but it is more cost-effective.
Fairy Dating Place: Jinyang Baicaopo
Baicaopo, in the Yi language, is called 'Yi Hawei Jue', which means a large grass slope with lush water and grass. Most of the territory of Jinyang County is mountainous and canyon, but there is such a flat and vast alpine meadow with an area of 25,000 hectares. Baicaopo is rich in wild animal and plant resources, and rare animals such as forest musk deer, red pandas, black bears, and antelopes often appear here.
Baicaopo is a sacred place in the hearts of the local Yi people. There is a pond here that never dries up. It is said that this pond was dug by a Bimo for his daughter when he passed by here. Bimo once chanted sutras and performed rituals by the pond, so the pond never dries up. This spring has become the divine spring of Jinyang County.
Jinyang County's Baicaopo has a hundred miles of grassland, a hundred grasses grow, a hundred trees are lush, a hundred flowers compete, a hundred beasts appear, a hundred birds compete, a hundred streams form a river. As the name suggests, Baicaopo, the northeast is Ahuowatuo Mountain, the northwest is Cailuo Mountain, and the southwest is surrounded by Lion Mountain. It is a place where tourists yearn for.
Baicaopo is a good place for horse riding enthusiasts. When you come to Baicaopo, as long as you want to ride a horse, notify the farmers and herdsmen at the foot of the mountain. People who can't ride horses are best not to ride horses. The horses here have grown up on these lawns since they were young, and they are particularly fast to ride through the training of Yi boys.
The lush Baicaopo is also a good place for photography enthusiasts. Photography enthusiasts trek through mountains and rivers, eat and sleep in the open air to come here to shoot Lion Mountain snow scenes, grassland sunrise, Swallow Cave, Stone Girl Mountain and other tourist attractions.
Tips: It is recommended to drive by yourself and bring your own dry food and drinking water.
Liangshan Prefecture
Xichang Visit the ancient temples in the mountains of Shanghai!.
🔸This Lushan is not that Lushan, Lushan is also known as Frog Mountain, it is one of the provincial scenic spots in Sichuan, known as the "Southern Sichuan Scenic Area".
🔸There are ancient trees on the mountain, and there are Guangfu Temple, Mengduan Shrine, Sanjiao Nunnery, Ancestor Hall, Guanyin Pavilion, Queen Mother Hall, Jade Emperor Hall, Qingyang Palace, Wuzu Nunnery and other ancient temples built in the Han, Tang, Ming, and Qing dynasties hidden in the dense shade. These ancient temples belong to Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Although their doctrines, philosophical thoughts, etc. are not the same, they can live in harmony in a mountain for thousands of years, and each teaches their own teachings, which is rare in the country, and unique.
🔸Here is the spiritual clock, and it is also praised by monks and Taoists as a good mountain for enlightenment. More than a dozen Buddhist temples and Buddhist palaces are scattered in the dense forest, and the ancient temple buildings are built according to the situation, each occupying a secluded place, majestic and spectacular, with carved beams and painted buildings, which are fascinating. It is often said that "Guanyin Pavilion is winding and winding, Yaochi Palace is high and sunny, Jade Emperor Hall is dangerous and majestic, and Wuzu Nunnery is secluded and deep". Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism built temples on a road in the mountain, there are five temples on the mountain, four Taoist temples, a total of nine ancient temples, reflecting the religious purpose of "three religions in one" of Empress Wu of the Tang Dynasty. Emei is all Buddha, Qingcheng is pure Tao, only Xichang Lushan is unique, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism coexist, forming a tourist attraction where natural and cultural landscapes gather.
🔸Ming Dynasty's top scholar Yang Shengan stayed in Lushan on the night of the Torch Festival. After seeing the beautiful scenery of Lushan and the grand occasion of the Torch Festival, he chanted the famous verse here: "The old man stays in Lushan tonight, and the sky gate is not closed at night. Who smashed the universe, the stars fell to the earth".
🔸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 it is about eight kilometers from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Lushan Mountain is strange and beautiful, with towering ancient trees. It is the natural green barrier of Xichang. There are many rare species of animals and plants in the forest. There is the Jiu Long Han Cypress, one of the ten "Bashu Tree Kings" with a history of two thousand years. It is unique in the world.
The Jinkou River Grand Canyon is also known as the Dadu River Grand Canyon. As the name implies, the river in the middle of the valley is the Dadu River. After the construction of the hydropower station, the river of the Dadu River is very gentle. The
grand canyon is located at the junction of Leshan Jinkou River, Ya'an Hanyuan and Liangshan Ganluo. It runs from the Jinkou River to the Us River in the east, with a total length of 26 kilometers. The canyon is less than 200 meters wide and the valley is 2,600 meters deep. It is steep and magnificent, comparable to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and the Grand Canyon of the United States.
The two peaks of the gorge on the banks of the gorge, the gorge of the canyon, the geological astronomical book, has been rated as one of the "Top Ten Gorges in the Country" by China National Geographic magazine.
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