Tourist Attractions in Zigong City

What are the tourist attractions in Zigong City? In the south of the Land of Abundance, although there are scattered buildings and bustling markets, there are still mountains and forests interspersed with clear water. It is known as the "Millennium Salt City", "Hometown of Dinosaurs" and "Southern Light City". The following is the information related to Zigong City’s tourist attractions that I have compiled for you. Welcome to read! Tourist Attractions in Zigong City

Qingshanling Forest Park

This forest park is located in Wanshou Town, Fushun County, 17 kilometers away from the county seat and adjacent to the Tuojiang River. Qingshanling is a man-made forest area with an area of ??11,969 acres. It has beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, and abundant wild animals and plants. It has built observation towers, office buildings, guest houses, restaurants, and Xiaoeshan Scenic Area. It is planned to further develop: mountain sightseeing trails, tourist pavilions, characteristic botanical gardens, comprehensive entertainment facilities, etc.

The Golden Flower Valley

The Golden Flower Valley is located in the "Golden Flower Valley Tourist Area" 48 kilometers southwest of Rong County. It covers an area of ??10 square kilometers. There are provinces in the scenic area. A first-class alpine nature reserve, with 10,000 acres of forests with well-preserved vegetation, 1,000 acres of red rock lakes, 1,000 acres of high-quality pear bases, and landscapes such as elegans, stalactites, and waterfalls.

The cypress tree has a history of 300 million years and is one of the eight first-level protected plants in the country. Cyperophora is the main food of ancient herbivorous dinosaurs, and it is also a rare "living fossil" for studying paleontology, paleogeography and paleoclimate. There are more than 16,000 philodendron trees in the Golden Flower "Alpinia Valley". Pieces of philodendron trees grow in the valley and are distributed in strips. The plants are generally 2 to 3 meters high, with the tallest ones reaching 6 to 7 meters. The tree is beautiful in shape, with leaves like phoenix tails. Some stand alone, and some grow together in two or three. Their branches and leaves are luxuriant, covering the sky and the sun, forming a magnificent landscape.

Why the dinosaurs became extinct remains a mystery. Although scientists have traveled far and wide to conduct research, it is difficult to unravel this mystery. Although Hollywood in the United States has invested heavily in science fiction blockbusters such as "Jurassic Park", they only have a temporary sensational effect. For hundreds of millions of years, it is also a mystery how the Callia dorsalis escaped the cold glaciation and grew vibrantly in the mysterious valley of Jinhua.

Fushun Confucian Temple is located on the main street of the Confucian Temple in Fushun County, Zigong City. It was first built in the Northern Song Dynasty and renovated through the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. In 2001, it was listed as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Fushun Confucian Temple faces south, 46 meters wide from east to west, 160 meters long from north to south, with a construction area of ??2817 square meters. Along the central axis, there are Panchi, Lingxing Gate, Dacheng Gate and Dacheng Hall distributed from south to north. , Chongsheng Temple, Jingyi Pavilion and other buildings. The biggest difference from other Confucian temples is that the one-meter-square golden characters protruding from the red wall are "Shu Ren Palace Wall", not "Ten Thousand Ren Palace Wall". Dacheng Hall was built in the 28th year of Yuan Dynasty (1291). It has double eaves on the top of the mountain. It is 30.2 meters wide, 21.3 meters deep and 25 meters high. It is very spectacular.

Fushun West Lake

Fushun West Lake is located in the northwest corner of the county. It is an artificially modified natural lake. It is large in the south and small in the north. It is shaped like a flat gourd and is famous for its lotus flowers. West Lake was originally a natural depression where rainwater from the Zhongxiu, Shengui, Wufu and Agate mountains converged. As early as the Song Dynasty, it had been dug out, built with stones as embankments, and tunneled into a lake. "The lake is six or seven miles wide." After generations of repairs and embellishments, the "West Lake Hall, Huguang Pavilion, Lingbo Pavilion, Chuixiang Pavilion, Chunfeng Pavilion, Xingxin Pavilion, Huanle Pavilion, Jinglian Pavilion, Haoran Terrace and Chaoruan Terrace were built successively. The lake surface is meandering, and the pavilions echo each other. The winding bridges are connected, the lotus flowers are reflecting the sun, the lotus leaves are touching the sky, and the weeping willows line the banks. The boats in the lake are imitated from the West Lake Painted Boats in Hangzhou, where banquets can be held and guests can be entertained, especially the small boats and yachts that rippled in the lake. There are so many interesting anecdotes in ancient times.

Zigong Dinosaur Museum

Zigong Dinosaur Museum is located in the northeast of Zigong City, Sichuan Province, 9 kilometers away from the city center. A large-scale site-type museum built on site at the Dashanpu Dinosaur Fossil Group Site is also the first specialized dinosaur museum in my country. It is one of the three largest dinosaur site museums in the world. The museum covers an area of ??more than 66,000 square meters and houses fossil specimens. It includes almost all known dinosaur species from the Jurassic period 205 to 135 million years ago. It is one of the places with the largest collection and display of Jurassic dinosaur fossils in the world. It was evaluated as "the world's largest collection of Jurassic dinosaur fossils" by the American "Global Geographic Magazine". "The best dinosaur museum".

Zigong Lantern Museum

Zigong Lantern Park is located in a prime location in the center of Zigong, covering an area of ??10.3 hectares, including 0.75 hectares of water area. It is a A comprehensive cultural park integrating gardens and entertainment, it is the main local venue for the Zigong Lantern Festival. It was first built in 1930 and named "Fuxi Park" and was renamed "Zigong Lantern Park" in 1988. /p>

The mountains are reflected in the water, and the water is in the middle of the mountains. The scenery of Zigong Lantern Park, "two mountains sandwiching a lake," is picturesque. The gently sloping and wide Nanshan Mountain dominates the unique, simple and elegant park. "China Lantern Museum"; Beishan, with its lush greenery and birds singing, is home to the strange and confusing "Magic City". The artificial lake has rippling blue waves, green trees on both sides, and blooming flowers; the recreation area is full of fun and surprises. ;The 22-meter-long carved bonsai "The River Goes East" in the bonsai area is magnificent and profound.

Feilong Gorge

Feilong Gorge is located in the Nongtuan Mountains with beautiful scenery and elegant environment in Zigong City, 18 kilometers away from the city. It is named because the canyon resembles a soaring dragon. Nongtuan Jianshan Natural Scenic Tourist Area is mainly characterized by woodland, lakes and mountains. There are 7 main attractions in the scenic area, namely: Jianshan Lake, Nongtuan Mountain, Shiziwan Lu Delu's Former Residence, Yong'an Ancient Town, Kaihou Palace, He Le Temple, Gold and Silver Lake.

Niufo Ancient Town

Niufo Town is located in Da'an District, Zigong City, Sichuan Province. It is known as "nine streets and twelve lanes, with a duck in the middle", and its transportation location is very good. Importantly, Niufo Temple sits from west to east, the river flows from west to east, and fishing boats float on the river, which is like a poem and picturesque scenery. You can overlook the undulating mountains in the distance and have a broad field of vision. The Tuojiang River flows quietly and winds around Niufo Town. A tourist attraction where tourists “have room to turn back”.

Zigong Global Geopark

The geopark is mainly composed of the remains of the dinosaur fossils of the Middle Jurassic, which are famous at home and abroad. The dinosaur fossils produced in the Middle Jurassic are rich in quantity, diverse, concentrated, and well-preserved, and are unique in the world. A large number of world-class dinosaur fossil treasures have been produced here, covering almost all terrestrial vertebrates in the Jurassic period. China's first large-scale comprehensive museum built in the park integrates in-situ conservation of dinosaur fossils, specimen display and scientific research, providing excellent conditions for popularizing scientific knowledge, sightseeing and scientific research.

Salt Industry History Museum

The Salt Industry History Museum is located in the Jiefang Road section of Ziliujing District, Zigong City. It was originally a Shaanxi salt merchant who came to Ziliujing to operate the salt industry. The Xiqin Guild Hall was built with funds raised. The Salt History Museum was built in the first year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. It is exquisitely designed and integrates palace architecture and folk architecture of the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is large-scale and magnificent. In the seventh year of Daoguang reign, the famous architect Yang Xuesan presided over a large-scale expansion. The entire building complex is getting higher layer by layer from front to back. The wood carvings, stone carvings, paintings and clay sculptures in the entire building are exquisite and dazzling. It leans against the scenic Longfeng Mountain in the back and faces the bustling area in front, with majestic palaces and unique shapes. The main building of the museum is arranged on the central axis, surrounded by corridors, walls and other buildings to form five large and small courtyard groups with depth, levels and splendor. The main embellishments and decorations of the Western Qin Guild Hall are wood carvings and stone carvings, which are scattered throughout the hall, with hundreds of pieces, among which the carvings of stone lions, sacrifices, golden yongs, drums and other pavilions are the most prominent. The stone lion at the gate is 2.27 meters high, with protruding eyes and a protruding nose. It is covered in curly hair and has four sharp claws. The two lions are looking at each other with their heads turned outwards and their mouths open in a roaring manner, which is quite majestic. The three wood carvings of Xianji, Jinyong and Bengu are concentrated on a wooden railing 22.3 meters long and 6.7 centimeters wide. There are more than 350 figures, with a decent density and sharp knife skills. In addition, the wood carvings on the forehead railings, lining railings, cantilevered beams, hanging flowers, and railings include myths and legends, historical stories, social life, dramatic scenes, and still lifes of flowers and birds. They are all exquisitely carved and lifelike, and can still be clearly seen today. .

Hualonggou Bamboo Sea

Hualonggou Bamboo Sea is located in Bahang Village, Changshan Town, Rong County, Zigong City, Sichuan Province. It is bounded by Bamao Village, Tiechang Town in the north and Bamao Village in Tiechang Town in the west. It is connected to Gaoshiti Forest Park and Shuanglong Reservoir to the east.

In Hualonggou, the main body is Phoebe bamboo, forming the Hualonggou Bamboo. The maximum diameter of the mottled bamboo is about 20 centimeters, and they are constantly growing and multiplying, closely connected with the mountain scenic area, and integrated into one. The streams in Hualonggou Natural Scenic Area are gurgling and clear. Walking in the bamboo sea, all worldly distractions will disappear with the scenery in front of your eyes. In the bamboo forest, strange rocks stand out, birds chirping, wild fields are fragrant and fragrant, and beautiful bamboos are beautiful and dense. At dawn and dusk, mist and mountain mist are steaming and shrouded in the air. The breeze blows, and the green bamboos sway with the wind. There are layers of blue waves. It is really a sea of ??bamboo. When the sun sets and penetrates the forest, "pillars of light" crisscross with rows of bamboos, weaving colorful three-dimensional brocades. The developable area is 6 square kilometers. The natural attractions in the ditch include Huanglong Cave, Turtle Stone, Water Curtain Cave, etc.

Rongxian Giant Buddha

Rongxian Giant Buddha is located in the eastern suburbs of Rongxian County, Sichuan Province. It was carved in the Tang Dynasty. With a height of 36.67 meters, a head length of 8.76 meters, a shoulder width of 12.67 meters, a knee height of 12 meters, and a foot width of 3.5 meters, it is the world's largest Sakyamuni Buddha (living Buddha) and the second largest stone Buddha after Leshan Maitreya. The Big Buddha (Future Buddha) is known as the second largest Buddha in Sichuan. The Rongxian Giant Buddha and the Leshan Giant Buddha are less than a hundred miles apart. Each has its own characteristics and makes them interesting. Since ancient times, they have been known as "the Jiazhou Giant Buddha is majestic, and the Rongzhou Giant Buddha is beautiful!"