Xilai ancient town

Xilai ancient town is located in Pujiang County. There are many buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties preserved in the ancient town. Folk houses are typical of Western Sichuan. More than 200 meters long old street is full of wooden tile roofed houses. The street is flat, which can't be seen in other places. There is also a Wenfeng tower built in the 13th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty in the town. Wenfeng tower is at the corner of Xilai ancient town. The tower is surrounded by opera sculptures, with Jiuqu Zhuanwen, which is rare in the world. The stage in the ancient town is still playing its role today. It is very lively during the festival. The most amazing thing about Xilai ancient town is the ancient banyan near the river. These ancient banyan trees are distributed on the back of the old street of the ancient town near the river. There are 11 banyan trees about 1000 years old on the riverbank, dancing in posture. The ancient banyan trees are luxuriant, blocking the hot summer sun, so Bazi near the river has become a gathering place for people in the ancient town. Under the sky, accompanied with the ancient town of banyan for thousands of years, Linxi river is flowing in front of you, which will make your mind fly. On the other side of the river, there is a courtyard on the other side, simple and unique. People who graze cattle and sheep on the beach are at ease, which makes people feel relaxed.

Route:

Shiyang passenger station: from Chengdu to Pujiang, 7:00-18:40 every day, every 15-20 minutes. The ticket price is 16 yuan per person. It's a new and big road.

Pujiang Xilai: 3 yuan / person. You can also take a bus to Shouan, Pujiang. You can get a minibus to the scenic spot passenger station, 3.5 yuan / person.

For the return journey, take a minibus from the passenger station of the scenic spot to Shouan, 3.5 yuan / person, and then return to Chengdu from Shouan, 13 yuan / person.

Take bus No.12, 28, 52, 61, 78, 85, 94, 100 to Shiyang passenger station in Chengdu.

Self driving route: Chengdu goes westward along Chengya Expressway to Shouan exit, and it takes about 10 minutes to drive to Xilai ancient town. It's only about an hour.

Xilai ancient town

Xilai ancient town is located in Pujiang County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. It not only maintains a large number of houses in Western Sichuan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but also has 12 famous banyan trees. Xilai town is located across Linxi River and Wumian hills, national highway 108 in the East, national highway 318 in the west, Western Sichuan Tourism Ring Line (provincial highway 106) and shouwo Road (National Highway 108, 318 connecting line) crossing through the town, covering an area of 79 square kilometers. It was originally Linxi County, and has a history of more than 1700 years.

On December 23, 2019, Sichuan Provincial People's Government approved the adjustment of administrative divisions of 15 counties (cities, districts) including Longquanyi District in Chengdu (cfzm [2019] No. 24): Fuxing township was cancelled and its administrative area was put under the jurisdiction of Xilai Town, and Xilai Town People's government was stationed at No. 166 shouwo road.

Brief introduction of ancient town

Xilai ancient town in Pujiang County is a small town located in Pingba in the mountains. It is a historical and cultural ancient town in Chengdu and one of the top ten charming towns in Chengdu.

The ancient streets, the gurgling streams, the green banyan trees, the gray houses, the small bridges, the flowing water, the people, are naturally fresh and fresh, which exudes the secluded historical charm and strong folk customs. This is the West.

Xilai ancient town is a typical folk culture ancient town in Western Sichuan and a holy land for tourism and leisure.

History of ancient town

It has a long history in the west, more than 1700 years ago. He used to be the seat of Linxi County. In 555, the second year of emperor Gong of the Western Wei Dynasty, the county was set up. The county was named after Linxi river. After Linxi County was established as a county, it experienced nine dynasties, including the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the former Shu Dynasty, the latter Tang Dynasty, the latter Shu Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, which lasted for 517 years. In 1072, Linxi County was reduced to Linxi town and assigned to Linqiong county. In the sixth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, the Ming government re established Pujiang County and assigned Linxi town and Shouan town to Pujiang County.

There are two versions of the name of "Xilai". One is that from the sky, the houses in the whole town have become a standard word of "Xilai". The second one is a legend. It is said that in the first year of Kangxi (1662 AD), Linxi river broke out a once-in-a-hundred-year flood, which washed the wooden statue of Guandi from zhangkuichang Guandi temple to the production field of Xilin temple in Linxi. Monk Jingci, the abbot of Xilin temple, donated the production field and built a new Guandi temple where the statue of Guandi was stranded. Generally, the gate of the temple is north-south, but the gate of the temple of emperor Guan who came from the West opens to the west, which means that the emperor Guan came from the West. In 1696, Li Shenwen, the magistrate of Pujiang County, visited linxichang. He found that there was more than one name of linxichang, which was easy to be confused. Because emperor Guan came from the west, it brought prosperity and hope here. He borrowed the allusion of "Buddhism comes from the west" in Buddhist doctrine, that is, Xuanzang of Tang Dynasty took the Sutra of Mahayana from the west, so he changed linxichang to the West. This is the origin of "first Guandi temple, then xilaichang".

Practical information

Accommodation information

Du's restaurant in Xinxing Street: Braised pig's feet, bean curd, xuewang, and delicious noodles. Li's restaurant in SHIZIKOU: shaofeichang (2.5 yuan / small portion, 5 yuan / large portion), Douhua. Happy Hotel: parking, accommodation, air conditioning, shower. There is an old Luzhou distillery on the ancient street. The peas are very delicious, 1 yuan / small bowl, 2 yuan / large bowl. For accommodation, there is a Youli Inn on the ancient street. The standard room is 40 yuan per person. It will be much cheaper in off-season, and the cheapest is 15 yuan per person. The Yaoyao hotel in Ouhua street is also a good choice. It's good in quality and low in price, including xuewang, Douhua and all kinds of home dishes. The snack bars in the center of the ancient town are very good and characteristic.

On the way to the west, you can see many fruit trees. The fruits in Pujiang area are very rich, and the oranges in winter are more fresh and cheap. Out of the ancient street, across the bridge is the farmers' market, where there are many fruit buyers, you can buy them there.

Traffic information

Intercity train: there are three intercity trains in Chengdu West Railway station every day, which can reach Xilai station via Chengdu Ya'an railway, lasting 36 to 48 minutes.

Shiyang passenger station: from Chengdu to Pujiang, 7:00-18:40 every day, every 15-20 minutes. The ticket price is 16 yuan per person. It's a new and big road. Pujiang Xilai: 4 yuan per person. You can also take a bus to Shouan, Pujiang, and get off the bus to the passenger station of the scenic spot, 3.5 yuan / person. For the return journey, take a minibus from the passenger station of the scenic spot to Shouan, 3.5 yuan / person, and then return to Chengdu from Shouan, 13 yuan / person.

Chadianzi passenger station: every day from Chengdu to Qionglai, with one full shift, the ticket price is 24 yuan / person, taking the Chengdu Wenzhou Qionglai expressway. Qionglai Xilai: 5 yuan per person.

Xinnanmen passenger station: from Chengdu to Pujiang, 9:00-18:00 every day, every two hours, the ticket price is 22 yuan / person, taking the new Dajian road. Pujiang Xilai: 4 yuan

Take bus No.12, 28, 52, 61, 78, 85, 94, 100 to Shiyang passenger station in Chengdu.

Self driving route:

1. Chengdu goes westward along the Chengya Expressway to the exit of Shouan. It takes about 10 minutes to drive to Xilai ancient town. It's only about an hour.

2. Chengdu goes to Shouan along chengxinpu expressway, and drives Shougao road westward from Dengkou of Honglu road. It takes about 10 minutes to reach Xilai ancient town, and the whole journey takes about 1 hour

Main attractions

The core scenic spot of the ancient town is the old street, which has a history of nearly 100 years. Boji street, Yanxiang, Shuixiang, hualongmenzi, tingzi Lane crisscross, forming a long street of 1200 meters and a small lane of nearly 700 meters. There are many buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties preserved here. Folk houses are typical of Western Sichuan, simple and elegant.

Wenfeng tower

The Wenfeng pagoda built in Qing Dynasty stands on the central courtyard dam of Laojie. Wenfeng tower is about 20 meters high, with three floors and a top. It was built at the end of 1833. The body of the tower is hexagonal, with cornices on each floor. The pagoda is surrounded by classical opera sculptures and poems written in Jiuqu Zhuanwen, which is rare in the world. There is an official sitting in the hall of reporting meritorious deeds on the literary style tower. If you have done good deeds and got merits, just go and report them to him, and he will write them down for you. Then, according to your merits, the gods decide to increase or decrease your longevity, or to bestow blessings on you. There is a big stove under the tower for burning the written words, so it is called Xizi palace.

It is said that there is a young man living on the Bank of Linxi river. He has been fond of calligraphy since he was a child, and he has learned to write well. But he had a bad habit of writing words everywhere. Later, his eyes became blind. In a dream, an old man with white beard came to his bed, pointed to him and said, "young man, this is your retribution! Do you want to see the light again? You have to cherish words. " The next day, he would stick around to pick up word pieces. Every time he picked up a basket, he would pour it into the Wenfeng tower and burn it. When it was dark, he would give a number to the official gods of Baogong hall. From then on, whether it was hot summer or cold winter, he never stopped, and he picked up all the characters in xilaichang. His action moved the spirit, and his eyes were much better than before. Ten years later, the young man's eyes were completely restored.

stage

On the old street, there are also two large wooden stage. It is said that they were built by Qian and Liu. They often sing each other, singing each tune and playing each number. In the street, there are tall light poles, on which dozens of lamps are hung

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