Best attractions for a one-day tour in Bazhong

The best scenic spots for a one-day tour in Bazhong are Enyang Ancient Town, Nankan Cliff Statue, Shuining Temple Statue, Yinling Mountain and Fotoushan Forest Park.

Enyang Ancient Town 1

Located in Enyang District, Bazhong City, Enyang Ancient Town is a 4A scenic spot with a long history of 1500 years and splendid history and culture. The most distinctive feature of the ancient town of Enyang is the ancient street. The streets here have maintained the traditional market pattern in the past, and there are 82 ancient banyan trees on the streets. Laochang Street is a highlight of the ancient town of Enyang, which was once a residential street in the Ming Dynasty. There are about 50 houses in this street, most of which are two floors. The attic is a carved building, the lower floor is a firewall, and the upper floor is all wooden buildings.

2. Namkham Cliff Statue

Namkham Cliff Statue is located on Namkham Mountain in the southern suburb of Bazhou District, Bazhong City. The cliff statue in Nankan refers to the Buddhist statues from Sui Dynasty to Song Dynasty in China. There are 0/33 existing caves and more than 2 100 statues. Sculptures in the Sui Dynasty are mostly statues in the Tang Dynasty. In addition, there were two niches in Song Dynasty, two niches in Qing Dynasty and five niches in Republic of China. There are 14 classic buildings, 10 statue monuments, 4 new monuments, a Yanwu (Tang Bazhou animal husbandry) "drama table" monument, 50 inscriptions and 52 poems.

3. Statue of Shuining Temple

Shuining Temple, known as Shining Temple in ancient times, is located at the junction of Qingjiang, Silian and Huaxi Township, 37 kilometers east of Bazhou District, Bazhong City. There are 27 niches and nearly 300 Buddha statues in Shuining Temple Grottoes, all of which are Buddhist sculpture art. Most of these statues are works in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and a few are sculptures in the late Tang Dynasty. Shuining Temple Grottoes are exquisite in art and sculpture, which, like Mogao Grottoes and Longmen Grottoes in China, embodies the wisdom of ancient working people in China.

4. Yinling Mountain

Yinling Mountain is located in Beizaolin Township, Bazhong City, only 10 km away from Bazhou City. It is famous in northeast Sichuan for its steep mountains, beautiful trees, strange rocks and exquisite forest of steles. Yinling, formerly known as Ling Ying, has the main peak at an altitude of1.420m, with a total area of 64 square kilometers. It has a long history and has been a holy place for Taoism and Buddhism since the Northern Wei Dynasty. There are also many ancient trees here, such as the yellow horn tree, which is known as the "king of trees", and the "nine-plank axe", which is unique to Yinling Mountain and has a tree age of more than a thousand years.

5. Fotoushan Forest Park

The Buddha's light in Fotou Mountain is simply a miracle on earth, because the forming conditions of "Buddha's light" are very special, so it is also called "Bao Guang". The religious culture of Fotou Mountain is very strong, and it is said that many sites have a lot to do with Ganshou Buddha. When the clouds are scattered on the mountainside and the sun shines obliquely on the cliff, a colorful ring appears. The shapes of flowers, plants and trees will be reflected in the ring, and people will follow each other and only see themselves, which is very strange.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Enyang Ancient Town.