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Qingmuchuan Ancient Town Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Qingmuchuan Ancient Town in Shaanxi: A mysterious and quaint place spanning three provinces
Shaanxi, you're actually hiding such a mysterious ancient town! 😮
Qingmuchuan Ancient Town, located at the westernmost part of Shaanxi, is named after a green tree in the town. It's quaint and mysterious, once the filming location for 'A Generation of Heroes', worth your deep exploration! 🔍
Transportation:
🚝Take the high-speed train from Xi'an North Station to Ningqiang, then take a taxi or a bus, and you can arrive in about 2 hours.
About Qingmuchuan Ancient Town:
This is a magical ancient town where you can 'step on three provinces with one foot', connecting Shaanxi, Gansu, and Sichuan provinces. Here, you can hear the dialects of the three provinces and experience the unique regional culture.
Recommended attractions:
1. Wei's Mansion: Built by Wei Futang, the prototype of the protagonist He Futang in the TV series 'A Generation of Heroes'. The mansion consists of two courtyards, old and new, and is very impressive!
2. Qifeng Tower: The tallest building in the middle of the ancient town's commercial street. From the top of the tower, you can overlook Qingmuchuan from different angles.
3. Feifeng Bridge: This covered bridge connects the two banks of Qingmuchuan Ancient Town. Enjoy the beautiful scenery of Jinxi River, and the bridge is brilliantly lit at night.
4. Huilongchang Street: Qingmuchuan has an ancient street over 800 meters long, like a giant dragon about to fly. There are many delicious foods here, and it's very pleasant to walk around.
5. Tobacco House: This place witnessed the life of those smokers who were drunk and dreaming, and gave birth to the prosperity of Qingmuchuan.
6. Rongshengkui: The whole building looks like a huge awning boat, also known as the 'Dry Boat House'. It is also the most famous leisure and entertainment place in the local area.
7. Huilong Pavilion: Climb up to the Huilong Pavilion, you can overlook the whole view of Qingmuchuan. The morning mist on the mountain will add a sense of mystery to the entire ancient town.
Qingmuchuan is not big, but it is full of stories everywhere, worth your slow appreciation and feeling! 🎉
Ancient Town Tours around Xi'an
This ancient town should be considered the farthest one within Shaanxi Province. Its style is distinctly different from the ancient towns in Guanzhong and Ankang-Shangluo. It resembles the style of Sichuan ancient towns. The drive is quite long; one way is to drive to Ningqiang, then take a 100-kilometer mountain road. Another way is to take the highway from Guangyuan, which only involves a 30-kilometer mountain road. Qingmuchuan is basically well-developed commercially, with both new and old streets. Visitors usually choose to arrive on the same day and pick a quaint courtyard to stay in. There are plenty of places to play, and even just strolling around takes over two hours. The food leans towards Sichuan cuisine, with fish as the main feature. They also sell snacks like walnut buns, dried tofu, and other nibbles.
Unique ancient town, exploring the Qingmuchuan ancient town in the pen of the 'Princess Writer'
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, our group of four took advantage of the free highway and set off from Tianshui to a long-awaited small town at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan - Qingmuchuan.
🌟Highlights:
Most people know about Qingmuchuan because of the novel 'Qingmuchuan' by 'Princess Writer' Ye Guangqin and the TV series 'A Generation of Heroes' adapted from the novel. After the novel and TV series became popular, Qingmuchuan ancient town became a place many people yearn for. Today's Qingmuchuan has become a window for people to step into the life customs of modern Chinese people. Stepping into Qingmuchuan, you can not only feel the folk differences at the junction of three provinces, but also feel the era of the prototype of the novel, He Futang.
As for the history of Qingmuchuan, it is located in a magical ancient town in Ningqiang County, Hanzhong, Shaanxi - Qingmuchuan ancient town, named after a green tree in a river. It is connected to Qingchuan County, Sichuan Province in the west, and borders Wudu County and Kang County, Gansu Province in the north. It has the reputation of 'one foot stepping on three provinces, rooster crowing in three provinces'. The ancient town was founded in the Ming Dynasty, formed in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and flourished in the Republic of China. Because of the high mountains and dangerous roads, lush forests, overlapping peaks, it has always been a gathering place for merchants and a must-fight place for the military. It is also famous for its Wei Futang and ancient buildings.
⛰【Attraction Guide】
📍Detailed address: Daqing Road, Ningqiang County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province
🚗Traffic strategy: Self-driving, navigate to the Qingmuchuan ancient town tourist center, Qingmuchuan ancient town now has two parking lots, located on the east and west sides of the town, connected by a national road on the periphery, it is recommended to park in the parking lot of the tourist service center. It is convenient for sightseeing. 10 yuan for 12 hours, 20 yuan for overnight.
Train: Take the train to Yaodu Station in Yaodu Town, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province. After getting off the train, there are private cars going to Qingmuchuan and Yaodu Town. It costs 10 yuan per person to go to Qingmuchuan, and the journey takes 10 minutes.
🕙Opening hours: Qingmuchuan ancient town is open all day and free of charge. The opening hours of Rongshengkui, Smoke Hall, Wei's Mansion, and Qu's Mansion inside are all 09:00—18:30
💰Ticket price: Qingmuchuan ancient town is free, Rongshengkui, Smoke Hall, Wei's Mansion each cost thirty yuan, Qu's Mansion costs 25 yuan.
🙌: The area around Qu's Mansion is under the jurisdiction of Qianshan Tea Industry Development in Ningqiang County, and there is a large tea garden at the entrance of Qu's Mansion. Interested friends can go to take pictures and check in
🏨Accommodation: Choose to stay in Xinjie in Qingmuchuan ancient town, the off-season price is very cheap, the peak season will not be too expensive but remember to book in advance. It is recommended to book on Ctrip.
🌟Highlights: Huilongchang Old Street, Wei's Mansion, Furen Middle School, Huilong Pavilion, Rongshengkui (Brothel in the Republic of China), Smoke Hall.
📌Small Tips:
About eating: Most of the meals are located in Xinjie, mostly barrel fish, with a small amount of Sichuan cuisine and Gansu cuisine (Minxian fried meat slices). You can have lunch and dinner. There are many Hanzhong hot rice skins for breakfast on the street, and there are also a small number of Sichuan specialty breakfasts.
About the tour route: Enter the middle section of Huilongchang Old Street from Qifeng Bridge, then play to the right, then go to Furen Middle School, walk along the left wall of Furen Middle School to reach the old school gate of Furen Middle School, there is a small road next to it that can reach Huilongchang Old Street, continue to play along Huilongchang Old Street, go to Huilong Pavilion from the old street, climb the mountain to see the panoramic view of Qingmuchuan ancient town. After descending the mountain, go to Qu's Mansion, see the ancient house, tea garden.
Finally visit Wei's Mansion. Feel the charm of a generation of heroes.
Qingmuguan Ancient Town | Yunnan is too far, feel free to rush around Xi'an
| Yunnan is too far, feel free to rush around Xi'an.🌟If you have visited too many commercialized ancient towns and are aesthetically fatigued, Qingmuguan, located at the westernmost part of Shaanxi and at the junction of Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Gansu, is still worth a visit. Especially for the treasures of Xi'an and northern Sichuan, you only need a weekend to enjoy the ancient town walk surrounded by green mountains and rivers.
🎢Transportation: It is recommended to take the high-speed rail for weekend trips. Departing from Xi'an, the high-speed rail can reach Ningqiang South Station or Sichuan Guangyuan Station within 2 hours. Then you can take a taxi or bus to the ancient town. We traveled during the National Day holiday, had more time, so we chose to drive by ourselves, not in a hurry along the way plus service area rest, and took a detour from Guangyuan, it took six or seven hours to arrive. There is an hour and a half on the mountain road, the scenery is very beautiful!
🏠Accommodation: We stayed directly in the inn on the main pedestrian street of the ancient town. The inn is average, but the facilities are complete, and the standard room is 350 per night during the National Day holiday.
🍜Food: The special snacks here are fried small fish and fried hawthorn leaves, walnut buns, ten yuan a box, quite oily. The main meal is fish, there are a lot of stone pot fish and barrel fish. ps: The bamboo tube milk tea in the scenic area is a bit hard to drink, it's peach oolong made with a tea bag and a squirt of cream, 28 yuan, I took the bamboo tube home as a pen holder.
🌅Scenery: The scenery of the ancient town is more worth seeing than the commercial street of the ancient town. Streams crisscross, at the foot of the green mountains, everywhere is fragrant with osmanthus, and the eyes are full of green. Be sure to go to the viewing platform! Climb a small hill and overlook the entire ancient town.
⭐Culture: I went to Wei's Mansion and learned about the story of Wei Futang here. It is said that Qingmuguan is the prototype of Fenglei Town in the TV series 'A Generation of Heroes', and the local emperor He Futang played by Sun Honglei is the owner of Wei's Mansion, Wei Futang.
❤In addition to a period of Republic of China legend story, this is also a place where Qiang and Han people live together, that is, the 'Qiang' in 'Why should the Qiang flute complain about the willows', but the travel photography costumes in the town look like Miao's...
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Hanzhong | New geographical discovery of the new century! A lesser-known secret place
Shannan's lesser-known secret place—Hanzhong Tiankeng Group
💡Basic Introduction
Hanzhong Tiankeng Group is the highest altitude and largest scale Tiankeng group in the world, known as the "21st century geographical discovery"!
There are 4 major Tiankeng areas, namely Nanzheng Tiankeng Group, Zhenba Tiankeng Group, Xixiang Tiankeng Group, and Ningqiang Tiankeng Group.
①Nanzheng Tiankeng Group: It is the most densely populated Tiankeng area in the world, and Bao Niu Pit and Tianxing Cave are the most famous.
②Zhenba Tiankeng Group: The highest altitude in the world, the most beautiful heart-shaped Tiankeng Tianxuan Tiankeng are all here.
③Xixiang Tiankeng Group: The traffic is the most inconvenient, and it is generally rarely visited.
④Ningqiang Tiankeng Group: There are 5 Tiankengs, here is the world's most beautiful Tiankeng - Dihong River Tiankeng, one of the two super Tiankengs in Hanzhong.
💡No tickets
💡Transportation
High-speed rail and airplanes can reach Hanzhong
You can drive to Tiankeng by yourself; or follow the group (it is recommended to follow the guide, undeveloped secret places, avoid danger⚠️)
💡Scenery
The continuous green mountains surround the huge Tiankeng, with cliffs all around, like a knife and axe, quiet and dangerous, unfathomable, there are primitive forest areas, waterfalls and other landscapes in the pit; some pits also have caves, and there are stalactites, stalagmites, stone fields, and stone pearls in the caves. And other landforms.
💡Accommodation
The accommodation around Tiankeng is generally poor, you can bring your own toiletries.
💡Equipment Suggestions
Hiking clothes and pants, hiking shoes or suitable sports shoes, gloves, waterproof storm jacket, simple raincoat, power bank, headlamp, toilet paper, garbage bag, walkie-talkie
💌Precautions
It is not recommended to go to Tiankeng when it rains, the rainwater will backfill
The self-driving journey is long, and the road surface is not paved (it is not recommended to drive by yourself if your driving skills are average)
Be sure to travel in groups or follow professional organizations, pay attention to safety
Choose a safe place to take pictures
Deal with the generated garbage, travel environmentally friendly, start with you and me
Just returned from Hanzhong Tiankeng, help one if you can
Location: Hanzhong Ningqiang County can be self-driving or high-speed rail to Ningqiang South Station, from Ningqiang South Station to the starting point, about 2 hours drive temperature: Hanzhong climate is worthy of the southern style near Sichuan, all are chemical attacks, my friend and I set off from Xi'an wearing only a single layer of assault pants, because Ningqiang County is a mountainous area, it is very cold in the morning and evening, it is recommended to wear more. About the journey: Because the village does not allow to walk through the route, the villagers took us to the gate of hell and then turned back, a total of 8km, climbing less than 500, because the scenic area is being built, the steps have been paved, climbing is mainly climbing steps, it is recommended to prepare knee pads About the guide: In fact, from the start to the Tiankeng mouth (i.e. cover) do not need a guide, but from the pit mouth to go inside the cave, must ask for a guide, inside is dark, and there are many forked holes, need someone to lead. Otherwise it is very difficult to get out. The guide we were after the high-speed rail station, the driver helped to contact, 150/person (including the village's toll, you know) About the cave: At first, my friend and I did not plan to go in, but then found it very fun after going in. First of all, the road is not very difficult to walk, can see the most primitive stalactites and water-shaped stones (not the kind of messy lights in Zhashui cave), secondly, there are many undercurrents, wading is very fun (here thanks to the guide sister to bring rain boots, did not expect to be better than lowa) Recommend our driver, people are very talkative and arranged very properly, send us up the mountain waiting for us down the mountain, help contact the guide also took us to eat breakfast lunch. If you need, you can contact me in the background~ Finally, remind: 1. Friends with cameras must bring cameras, the hole is really suitable for taking pictures, must believe in the aesthetics of National Geographic haha 2. Please take your own garbage, traceless mountains and wild 3. The best light time is around 1 o'clock, if you want to take pictures at the hole, you can pay attention to the time
Lesser-known Scenic Spot in Shaanxi | The Most Beautiful Sinkhole in the World—Chanjia Rock Sinkhole in Hanzhong
Hanzhong Ningqiang County Chanjia Rock Sinkhole
📍Located at the junction of Luoshui Cave Village and Huoshizi Village in Chanjia Rock Town. As it has maintained a good natural state, it is a geological relic in Hanzhong Sinkhole that has not been disturbed or destroyed by humans, integrating sinkholes, underground rivers, caves, canyons, etc. From the air, the whole sinkhole is shaped like half a gourd, with a long axis of 460 meters, a short axis of 310 meters, and a depth of nearly 300 meters. It is known as the sixth largest sinkhole in the world and the most beautiful sinkhole in the world. At present, 49 caves have been preliminarily identified in the sinkhole.
Sinkholes are formed by the collapse of caves formed by long-term erosion of underground rivers in carbonate rocks. There are primitive forest areas and waterfalls in the pit. In addition to discovering rare plants, there are also flying cats. In addition, there are karst caves at the bottom of some pits, and there are stalactites, stalagmites, stone fields, and stone pearls in the caves.
🚌One-day tour itinerary:
Xi'an North Station - Ningqiang South Station - Hanging Wall Highway - Ground Cave River Sinkhole - Ningqiang South Station - Xi'an North Station
06:20 Meet at Xi'an High-speed Railway Station
06:50 Take D6851 high-speed train to Ningqiang (06:50-08:43)
08:50 Take a car to the Hanging Wall Highway
10:30 Arrive at the Hanging Wall Highway, check in and take photos
11:30 Take a car to Chanjia Rock Ground Cave River Sinkhole
12:20 Arrive at Chanjia Rock Farmhouse for lunch and rest
13:00 Explore the Ground Cave River Sinkhole (5 kilometers round trip, 3 kilometers round trip for cave exploration)
17:00 Take a car back to Ningqiang South Station
19:30 Arrive at Ningqiang South Station, the trip ends happily
🚅Recommended train:
Going: D6851 Xi'an North Station-Ningqiang South Station (06:50-08:38)
Return: D1950 Ningqiang South Station-Xi'an North Station (20:32-22:23)
‼️Special instructions:
①Must-have before exploring the pit: mountain shoes (anti-slip sports shoes)/mountain sticks/headlights
②The underground river in the sinkhole is relatively cold, everyone brings an extra warm clothing
③Some sections of the sinkhole need to wade, bring an extra pair of pants, shoes, socks, and change after leaving the sinkhole
④If conditions permit, it is recommended to wear wading shoes (fully enclosed and not afraid of wading)
❣️About us.
We are 38 Degrees Travel, a travel destination for young people, and a good place to go around Xi'an.
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Hanjiangyuan Scenic Area Guide
▲【Hanjiangyuan Scenic Area Guide】
📍Detailed address: Erdaohe Village, Hanyuan Town, Ningqiang County
🚗Traffic guide:
Self-driving: Depart from Xi'an, take the Beijing-Kunming Expressway to Ningqiang County, and then to the Hanjiangyuan Scenic Area. There is a shuttle bus directly to the entrance of the scenic area at the parking lot P.
High-speed rail: Take the high-speed rail from Xi'an North Station to Ningqiang South Station, about an hour and a half drive. After getting off the bus, transfer to the No. 6 bus, which goes directly to the entrance of the scenic area.
🕒Opening hours: 08:00-19:00 (No entry after 15:00)
💰Ticket price:
Adult ticket: 45 yuan/person
Children (below 1.2 meters): Discounted ticket
Package (ticket + cable car): 118 yuan/person
Cable car: Round trip 88 yuan/person, one way 58 yuan/person
✨Highlights:
A great place to enjoy snow in winter, only 25 minutes away from Hanzhong city by high-speed rail, and also very close to Xi'an and Chengdu.
You don't have to go far to the northeast to experience the fun of playing in the snow.
The mountain scenery is picturesque, a paradise for photography enthusiasts.
💡Tips:
You can choose to take a cable car or walk up the mountain in the scenic area. The scenery along the way is picturesque and highly recommended.
It is recommended to set off early, the scenic area is large, and it takes about 4 hours to walk the whole journey. There is also a ski resort on the mountain (not open when it snows on the glass plank road).
There is a No. 6 bus directly to the scenic area at Ningqiang South Station, the fare is 3 yuan, WeChat payment is supported, and please prepare change.
Prepare ice claws, hot water, trekking poles, and spare socks. The snow on the road has been compacted, so be extra careful when walking.
There are shops along the way, you can replenish your energy in time.
In short, the Hanjiangyuan Scenic Area is not only a natural oxygen bar in China and a summer resort, but also a great place to enjoy snow in winter. Whether you are driving or taking a high-speed rail, the transportation is very convenient. Come here, feel the charm of the snow, and leave beautiful winter memories!
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