Zigong City Tourist Attractions

Zigong City’s tourist attractions include Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Xianshi Ancient Town, Ziliujing Old Street, Shenhaijing, and Wutiaogou Natural Scenic Ecological Tourism Area.

1. Zigong Dinosaur Museum

Zigong Dinosaur Museum is located at No. 238 Dashanpu, Da'an District, Zigong City. It is a brilliant treasure blooming on the site of vertebrate fossils from the Jurassic period. . It is like a living history book, vividly presenting hundreds of millions of years of vicissitudes of life before the world. This is another large-scale on-site museum in China after the Banpo site and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang. It is also the first professional dinosaur museum in China and ranks among the three largest dinosaur site museums in the world.

2. Xianshi Ancient Town

Xianshi Ancient Town is located on the bank of Fuxi River 11 kilometers southeast of Zigong City. It is like a bright pearl and is known as "a specimen of the ancient town style in southern Sichuan." ". The ancient Sichuan salt culture is inherited here, and it also carries the profound folk customs of southern Sichuan. It is an important carrier of the blend of history and modernity.

3. Ziliujing Old Street

Ziliujing Old Street is located at the intersection of Binjiang Road and Guang Street in Zigong City. It winds along the bank of Fuxi River, from Xinqiao to Datong Bridge, like an ancient salt road, which once carried the busy task of transporting well salt. Here is also the location of the world-famous "Artesian Well" site, which seems to be a living historical scroll.

4. Shenhaijing

Shenhaijing is located at No. 289 Da'an Street, Da'an District, Zigong City, Sichuan Province. It covers an area of ??three acres and its well is 341.4 meters above sea level. This well is not only a high-yield well that simultaneously extracts natural gas and brine, but is also a symbol of mankind’s in-depth exploration of nature and its endless challenges. Around the well, there are buildings such as a mortar house, a cart house, a brine tank, and a kitchen house. They are like ancient monuments, recording the once prosperous life here.

5. Wutiaogou Natural Scenic Ecotourism Area

Wutiaogou Natural Scenic Ecotourism Area is located in Ciyun Village, Liqiao Town, Fushun County, Zigong City. It consists of five unique canyons. They are all of the same structure, they are Longdong Valley, Shuangshi Valley, Hongyan Valley, Zhichang Valley and Yunlin Valley, covering an area of ??15 square kilometers. There are countless beautiful scenery here, such as two lions dancing lightly, Monkey King exploring the path, frogs jumping in the pool, beautiful women holding bottles, moon rocks and Longtang and other natural landscapes, each of which is full of vivid aura.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zigong Dinosaur Museum