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Comprehensive list of tourist attractions in Gengda Town

As follows:

1. Gengda Town is located in Wenchuan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Located in Wolong Nature Reserve. Taking advantage of water energy resources, several hydropower stations have been built in the territory. There are second- and third-level power stations in Yingxiu Bay in the province. Agriculture mainly produces corn, wheat, and potatoes. The breeding industry is mainly pigs, cattle, sheep and poultry.

2. It borders Pengzhou City and Dujiangyan City in the east, Chongzhou City and Dayi County in the south, Baoxing and Xiaojin County in the west, and Li County and Mao County in the northwest and northeast respectively. A well-connected transportation network has been built with National Highways 213 and 317 as the main trunk lines and county, township and village roads as branch lines.

3. Huanglong Temple is located at the foothills of Yucui Mountain under the snow-covered Xuebao Peak all year round, facing the Huanglong Valley, surrounded by dense forests, like the blue sea. It is a simple and generous wooden structure building, also known as Snow Mountain Temple, White Mountain Temple, etc. Deer Temple. According to legend, Huanglong was named after practicing Taoism here; it is also said that when Yu the Great in ancient times dredged the Minjiang River, he successfully controlled the water, and the people built temples to commemorate his achievements.

There is a Yellow Dragon Cave behind the temple, with three stone Buddhas inside. The dragons, Buddhas, beds and lamps in the cave are all carved manually. The cave is bottomless and there is the sound of running water in the depths. Every year, the 16th day of the sixth lunar month is the temple fair day. Tibetan, Qiang, Hui and Han people from hundreds of miles around come to attend the festival, as well as people from as far away as Gansu and Qinghai. The tents are lined up in rows and it is very lively.