Huanglongxi ancient town

With a history of more than 1700 years, Huanglongxi town is one of the top ten water towns. The town's ancient archways, ancient temples, ancient buildings and dwellings are integrated with the ancient banyan trees and ancient cliff tombs, as well as the streets paved with bluestone slabs, green tile pavilions and houses, exquisitely carved railings and window lattice, and six Huangjue trees over 300 years old. In Huanglongxi ancient town, there are many restaurants. Yigenmian, Dougu and Zhima cake are the most recommended delicacies. You can also taste farmhouse rice.

Huanglongxi ancient town

Huanglongxi ancient town scenic spot is located in Huanglongxi Town, Shuangliu District, Chengdu City.

The ancient name of Huanglongxi is "Chishui". According to Renshou County annals, "Chishui confluences with Jinjiang River, the river is brown, the river is clear, the ancients called it Huanglongxi Qingjiang River, and the real dragon is hidden in it". The description of "huanglongganlu stele" in Lidu records that "Huanglong sees Wuyang affairs, casts a tripod, looks like a dragon and sinks into the water", so it is called Huanglongxi. In the 24th year of Jian'an (AD 219), in the Han Dynasty, Wuyang was also the place of Pengshan in Xinjin, bordering on the southeast of Dongxian county (Huaxian county), renshouye ivory, and the place where Huanglong belonged. It used to belong to Wuyang, but now it belongs to Zhijing, so it is named Huanglongxi.

Huanglongxi ancient town is located in the southwest edge of Shuangliu District, Chengdu City, with 103 ° 58 'e, 30 ° 17' n, 42 km away from Chengdu City, 34 km away from Dongsheng Street of Shuangliu City, and 28 km away from Huayang street of Tianfu new district. It is a tourism oriented Town with tourism as the leader and agriculture as the basis. It is a new tourism hot spot in the suburbs of Chengdu City, with tourism as the main and business service as the auxiliary It's a scenic town. Known as the hometown of Chinese folk art fire dragon, national small town construction pilot town, national small town economic comprehensive development demonstration town, the first batch of historical and cultural towns in Sichuan Province, provincial scenic spots in Sichuan Province, key tourism town in Chengdu, national beautiful environment town and one of the 14 priority development key towns in Chengdu, it has rich natural landscape resources and human tourism resources.

Huanglongxi ancient town is a historical and cultural ancient town in Sichuan Province and a provincial tourist scenic spot. The ancient town not only has beautiful scenery and beautiful environment, but also is a famous natural film and television photography base at home and abroad. The main features of the ancient town are: ancient streets, ancient trees, ancient temples, ancient water and land docks, ancient buildings and simple folk customs. It is the hometown of Chinese folk art (fire dragon) named by the Ministry of culture of the people's Republic of China. It is known as "film city" and "Chinese Hollywood".

In November 2017, Huanglongxi ancient town was rated as "China's top ten quality leisure bases in 2017".

Practical information

Ticket information

Free Admission

Opening Hours

Open all day

Suggest playing

2-4 hours

Best season

All seasons

geographical position

Southwest edge of Shuangliu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Historical records

The ancient town of Huanglongxi has been built for more than 1700 years. It has a profound history. It is also known as "Chishui" and yongxingchang. The original site was in the backwater area on the East Bank of the Fuhe River. It was destroyed by a fire in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, so it was also called "huoshaochang". Later, families of he, Qiao and Tang moved to the current site to build the site, gradually developing into today's scale.

Records of Huayang state records a natural wonder that took place in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty: "in the 24th year of Jian'an (AD 219), Huanglong saw (now) the ninth day of Chishui in Wuyang.". In the Han Dynasty, Huanglongxi was under the jurisdiction of Wuyang, which was probably in the area of today's Xinjin and Pengshan along Mumashan.

Chishui River is the Luxi river that meets with Fu River today. In every flood season, because the upstream of Luxi river originates from Longquan Mountain, the water flowing down is mostly mountain stream water, which carries a large amount of sediment, and the water color is red and yellow; while the Jinjiang River from Fuhe River originates from Minjiang River, which is clear and transparent. When the two rivers meet in today's Huanglong River, the clear and turbid rivers are quite different. The mountains and waters rush into the Fu River by subduction, showing the scene of undercurrent surging. It looks like a giant dragon swimming in the Qianjiang River. The local people vividly describe it as "the Yellow Dragon crossing the Qingjiang River". As time goes by, under the influence of myths and legends from generation to generation, people naturally call it Huanglongxi, the treasure land where "Huanglong" appears.

According to the records of Huayang County of the Republic of China, "the place Huanglong saw was once in Wuyang, but now it belongs to Zhijing, so the river is named after it."

According to Renshou County annals: "Chishui and Jin confluence, the stream is brown, and the river is clear", the ancients said: "Huanglong crosses Qingjiang River, and the real dragon is hidden in it". According to the record of Huanglong Ganlu stele recorded in Lidu, "Huanglong sees Wuyang affairs, builds a tripod, and looks like a dragon in the shape, sinking into the water... So it is called" Huanglong River ". In the 24th year of Jian'an (A.D. 216), in the Han Dynasty, Wuyang was also the place of Pengshan in Xinjin, bordering on the southeast of Dongxian county (Huaxian county). Renshou was also like Longya, the place where Huanglong lived in spring. It belonged to Wuyang and was governed by the government, so the river was named Huanglongxi.

In the Qin and Han Dynasties, Huanglongxi town belonged to Wuyang County of Qianwei county (now Pengshan District).

In Song Dynasty, Huanglongxi town belonged to Pengshan County of Meizhou. In Yuan Dynasty, Pengshan County was abolished and merged into Meizhou.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Meizhou was reduced to Meixian County, and now the area near Huanglongxi town is under the jurisdiction of Renshou County. According to page 184 of the directory of Shuangliu County, Huishui village of Huanglongxi town was subordinate to Shunhe township of Renshou County in Ming Dynasty.

In the early Qing Dynasty, Renshou County belonged to Zizhou, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Zizhou. For this large area, Renshou County set up three townships, namely, Donglin, Shunhe and anxiashang townships. Today, Huanglongxi town and its surrounding areas belong to the Northeast Shunhe township.

At the end of Qing Dynasty, Huanglongxi was transferred from Renshou County to Huayang County of Chengdu.

On March 27, 1965, the 154th meeting of the State Council decided to abolish the establishment of Huayang county and merge it into Shuangliu County. On April 8, the people's Committee of Sichuan Province issued a notice of withdrawing and merging counties. On July 1, Huayang county was officially merged into Shuangliu County, with 18 communes (including huangfo) and 3 towns under its jurisdiction merged into Shuangliu County.

In 1976, Huishui Township, Jitian District, Renshou County was designated as Shuangliu.

On October 10, 1992, Shuangliu County decided to carry out the adjustment of District, township and town organizational system. Huangfo Township and Huishui Township were merged into Huanglongxi town.

On December 3 and 15, 2015, the State Council and the people's Government of Sichuan Province successively approved the abolition of Shuangliu County and the establishment of Shuangliu District in Chengdu. The former administrative region of Shuangliu County is the administrative region of Shuangliu District, and Huanglongxi town is under the jurisdiction of Shuangliu district.

On March 26, 2016, the municipal government officially approved the request for instructions on adding sub district offices in six towns including Yong'an Town, and agreed to add sub district offices in Huanglongxi Town, Shuangliu district.

Original name

The ancient name of Huanglongxi is "Chishui". According to Renshou County annals, "Chishui confluences with Jinjiang River, the river is brown, the river is clear, the ancients called it Huanglongxi Qingjiang River, and the real dragon is hidden in it". The description of "huanglongganlu stele" in Lidu records that "Huanglong sees Wuyang affairs, casts a tripod, looks like a dragon and sinks into the water", so it is called Huanglongxi. In the 24th year of Jian'an (A.D. 216), in the Han Dynasty, Wuyang was also the place of Pengshan in Xinjin, bordering on the southeast of Dongxian county (Huaxian county), renshouye ivory, and the place where Huanglong belonged. It used to belong to Wuyang, but now it belongs to Zhijing, so it is named Huanglongxi.

Cultural characteristics

Huanglongxi's ancient cultural tourist attractions are like bright pearls, which can be divided into three ancient scenic areas connected by water, namely core scenic area, diffusion scenic area and extension scenic area. The core scenic spot of Huanglongxi is an area of 5 square kilometers centered on the ancient town. It is famous for the "ten ancient" of ancient streets, ancient trees, ancient temples, ancient dykes, ancient nians, ancient dwellings, ancient docks, ancient battlefields, ancient cliff tombs and ancient Yamen. The ancient town also has "one street, three temples", "three counties, one yamen", "millennium old trees with the ancient town" and so on, which are regarded as national wonders. Opposite Zhenjiang temple is the intersection of Jinjiang River and Luxi river. The water of Jinjiang River is clear and Luxi River is brown. It can be seen that "the Yellow Dragon crosses Qingjiang River, and the real dragon hides in it". Boating on the water, it is ethereal and elegant, singing poems and drinking tea, like a dream. Three kilometers from the mouth of Luxi River, you will arrive at the spread scenic spot of Huanglong river. There are famous "Dafo Temple" and "Guanyin Temple". The two temples are located on the two mountains, facing each other from afar. On the north bank is the "Dafo Temple". The Dafo temple was originally built in the Ming Dynasty. It was carved on the steep cliff of xiangjuan. It is more than two Zhang high and is known as the "second largest Buddha in Sichuan" in history. Guanyin temple, located on Guanyin Mountain, is a place of universal salvation. Chenjia Island, one of the "five Huanglong islands", is two kilometers from the mouth of Luxi River and along the upper reaches of Jinjiang River. Chenjia Shuinian, the only ancient water mill in Western Sichuan, is now on the island. When you drive near the water mill Island, you can hear the squeaky sound of the ancient water mill, which has aroused many sweet memories of farming culture.

Main attractions

Ancient neighborhood

After 1700 years of historical changes, the ancient town is still intact. There are seven streets in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The streets are all paved with stone slabs. The pillars on both sides are arranged in order. The average width of the street is 3.44M.

Ancient temple

There are three intact temples in the ancient town, Gulong temple, Zhenjiang temple and Chaoyin temple, which are all located in the main street of Huanglongxi, forming three temples in one street. There are temples in the street and streets in the temple. There are two large temples outside the town, which are magnificent and attract many tourists.

Ancient dwellings

At present, there are 76 houses in Ming and Qing Dynasties, with one floor and one floor

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