Moxi ancient town

Moxi ancient town is located in the south of Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, on the east slope of Gongga Mountain scenic spot and at the entrance of Hailuogou Glacier forest park. It belongs to the peripheral protection zone of Hailuogou scenic spot and is the tourist reception base and entrance of Hailuogou scenic spot. It takes about 10 minutes to walk from Moxi town to Hailuogou. Moxi town is 304km away from Chengdu, 52km away from Luding and 70km away from Kangding. The highway from Moxi to Kangding has been built. After touring Hailuogou, you can directly visit the famous plateau city of Kangding.

Moxi ancient town has a long history. Despite the vicissitudes of time, people can find out its long history from its numerous ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The ancient buildings keep their dignified status according to the old. The Catholic church built by the French and the camp led by Mao Zedong and other central leaders in 1935 are still preserved in Moxi town. There is also a Gothic church, built by French missionaries, which has been ringing for a century.

Go north along the old street of Moxi town and cross the intersection of Hengzhi street for 200 meters. There is a Guanyin temple on the right side of the road. In the small temple, there is a 1800 year old ancient fir tree. The fragrance is very strong. You can go to see it when you have time.

Moxi ancient town

Moxi ancient town is built on a sloping plateau surrounded by water and mountains from east to west and North. The entrance of Moxi ancient town bifurcates into two roads. One leads to the ancient town, the other goes through the new town, and then forms a circle around the city. On the ancient town paved with stone slabs, the buildings are close to each other and gather on both sides of the road. In fact, there are few ancient dwellings, especially the Catholic church built by French missionaries in 1918.

In 1935, when the red army passed by on the Long March, Chairman Mao Zedong stayed in the Catholic Church and held the famous Moxi conference. Later, the Red Army seized the Luding Bridge, and Chairman Mao followed the main force of the Red Army to cross the bridge.

Hailuogou Glacier, with its unique glacier advantages, has attracted nearly one million tourists since its opening. The topography of Hailuogou Glacier is unique. The glacier is 14.7 km long with an altitude difference of 3900 meters. The ice body moves downward in a short distance and time without melting, forming a rare low altitude glacier.

History and Humanities

It is also because of the low altitude that most people can visit here without the phenomenon of lack of oxygen and high cold.

Tourists spread the unique landscape of Hailuogou Glacier more and more widely, and more and more tourists come here. On the only way to Hailuogou scenic spot, which is called the mouth of the valley, there is a Moxi ancient town, which is famous for Hailuogou. Moxi ancient town, despite the vicissitudes of time, people can see its long history from its numerous ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The old Chinese architecture still retains its dignity, and one of the Gothic churches built by French missionaries has been ringing for a century. The blending of Chinese and Western cultures adds another flavor to the ancient town.

Moxi ancient town is the first town for the Red Army to enter Ganzi Tibetan area. The Catholic Church of Moxi ancient town was Mao Zedong's temporary residence during the long march of the Red Army. Here, the red army held a "Moxi meeting" and deployed a specific plan to seize Luding Bridge.

On the evening of May 29, 1935, Mao Zedong convened Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Wang Jiaxiang, Zhang Wentian, Qin bangxian, Chen Yun and Deng Xiaoping, who arrived on the same day, to hold a meeting in the priest's room to specifically study the policy of going north to resist Japan, which is historically known as the "Moxi meeting". At the meeting, all the generals objected to the Luding Bridge, because the Luding Bridge was a natural danger that only one man could control the pass and no one could open it. Shi Dakai's army was completely destroyed there in those years, and the Red Army had suffered heavy losses. But Mao insisted. Finally, several important decisions were made at the meeting: first, the Red Army did not go to Kangding because of the shortage of troops and food; second, it informed the army to pass through Luding Bridge in an orderly manner, passing people first and then passing horses; third, it asked Comrade Chen Yun for advice, and the Central Committee was ready to send him out to Shanghai to restore the party organization destroyed by the enemy and report the Chinese revolution to the Soviet Union; fourth, it was urgent to raise supplementary troops Fifth, after crossing the Luding Bridge, the Central Committee and the Military Commission held a meeting to study the issue of the route to the north. The next day, the red army went straight to Luding Bridge and seized this "natural danger" at one stroke. From then on, the Red Army got rid of the heavy soldiers of the Kuomintang and entered a relatively safe Tibetan area.

Main attractions

Moxi ancient town is located in the south of Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture. It is located on the east slope of Gongga Mountain scenic spot and at the entrance of Hailuogou Glacier forest park. It belongs to the peripheral protection zone of Hailuogou scenic spot and is the tourism reception base and entrance of Hailuogou scenic spot. Moxi town is about 304 km away from Chengdu, 52 km away from Luding and 70 km away from Kangding Luogou can directly visit the famous plateau city of Kangding.

Moxi town is inhabited by Han, Yi and Tibetan people. The farmhouse, which has the architectural style of Qing Dynasty, is composed of a water mill and irrigation system connected by a gravity irrigation canal. In Moxi Town, there are still the Catholic church built by the French and the encampment of the Red Army led by Mao Zedong and other central leaders in 1935. Many of the mountain people in Moxi town still keep their own customs of Yi People's new year, Torch Festival, Baby Club, wedding and carrying the bride.

Moxi ancient town has a long history. Despite the vicissitudes of time, people can find its long history from its numerous ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Chinese style architecture still retains its dignity, while the Church of Gothic style built by a French missionary has been ringing for a century. The blending of Chinese and Western cultures adds another flavor to the ancient town.

Tourism information

1. Highway:

(1) route 1: Chengdu Ya'an (134 km) - Erlangshan Tunnel (110 km) - Moxi (60 km). The whole route is 304 km, with a journey of about 7 hours.

(2) route 2: Chengdu - Ya'an - Shimian County (266km) - Moxi (69km) the whole route is 335km.

2. Railway: take all the trains on Chengdu Kunming line, get off at wusihe station (those who take the express at Xichang station), and then transfer to moxizhenhai, the entrance and exit of Hailuogou.

3. By bus:

(1) there is a through train to Hailuogou at Xinnanmen station in Chengdu. The departure time is 7:30 and the fare is 113 yuan. Moxi ancient town is at the entrance of Hailuogou.

(2) take the same route as the first one, just stop at Luding. Take a bus to Luding at 6:30, 7:00, 7:30 and 11:30 every day in Chengdu chadianzi passenger transport center or Chengdu Xinnanmen passenger transport center, and the air-conditioned bus is 30 yuan (if you choose to start in the afternoon, you can start at 16:00 and 16:30 in the afternoon, which is a sleeper car, 96 yuan for the upper berth and 104 yuan for the lower berth). Through the Erlangshan Tunnel to Luding County, we ate and stayed in Luding that night. The next morning, take the bus from Luding County to Goukou Moxi at 7:00 a.m. daily, and the fare is 15 yuan / person. It is the famous Luding Bridge on Dadu River.

4. Road conditions:

(1) From Chengdu to Ya'an, the road surface from Ya'an to Tianquan is fair. From Tianquan to Erlangshan Tunnel, the mountain road is becoming more and more difficult. After passing Erlangshan Tunnel, the road surface in Luding County is fair, and the road surface from Luding to Moxi is good.

(2) If there is a problem on the road from Ya'an to Tianquan, you can take chengdu-ya'an Expressway to ya'an-xi'an expressway, take S211 provincial road 79 km at shimian-xia expressway, turn left, cross Dadu River Bridge, and then walk 20 km county road to your destination. This route is safe and fast.

5. Board and lodging: people who go to Hailuogou usually choose to board and lodge in Moxi ancient town. There are all kinds of guest houses and hotels.

Delicious food

Pork leg

Pork leg is a famous dish. It tastes delicious. It is a delicacy for festivals and entertaining guests and friends. Every family slaughters fat pigs every winter. In the past, most slaughtered pigs tied their four feet, cut a hole from their chest with a knife, reached into their chest and pulled off the heart lung joint. After slaughtering the pigs, they sewed the edge of the knife, repeatedly burned the pig's hair with hay and then cut it open to peel off the fat and lean meat.

Jiudou bowl

In the rural areas of Chengdu Plain, it's customary to invite friends and relatives to get together and have a big meal, which is commonly known as eating jiudouwan. As for the origin of the term, it is also because Chengdu used big bowls to drink in the period of the Republic of China. The reason why the banquet is called "nine bowls" is that there are generally nine bowls of dishes for each banquet. Its characteristics focus on steaming dishes, originally named after the "nine dishes" of steaming dishes. That is: soft fried steamed meat, steamed ribs, steamed beef, steamed turtle, steamed chicken, steamed duck, steamed elbow, sand meat, salty white. The content of jiudou bowl is that farmers usually make ready-made chicken, duck, fish, meat, eggs and seasonal vegetables into Sichuan's home dishes. For example, Furong egg, steamed chicken and duck, steamed chowder, sweet and white, salty and white, steamed pork with flour, steamed elbow, Gongbao chicken, shredded leek, fish flavored sliced meat, sliced liver with white oil, fried chicken with pepper, hot double crispy, sweet and sour tenderloin, three delicacies with white sauce, braised elbow with sauce, hot nest chicken with ginger sauce, steamed duck with flour, etc. are all representative dishes in jiudou bowl. Of course, the sausages, bacon and soy sauce produced by farmers are indispensable. So far in Shuangliu County near Chengdu, there is still such a song called "nine bowls song": "the master invited me to have lunch, and the nine bowls were better than Gusu. First bowl of fish liver fried fish maw, two bowls of chicken stewed Fritillaria. Three bowls of stewed lard

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