The best places to go in Ya'an

It is estimated that most of everyone’s understanding of Ya’an comes from hot searches on Weibo, starting with the Ya’an earthquake! Indeed, Ya'an on the border will be the place with the most earthquakes in Sichuan! In addition to these, Ya'an, Sichuan is also a very fun place with beautiful scenery and human touch. The scenery here is breathtaking.

Ya'an has three major characteristics: elegant women, elegant fish, and elegant rain. As the throat of western Sichuan, Ya'an is a city with beautiful mountains and clear waters and a gathering of people.

Scenic Area

Price

Best time to visit

Bifeng Gorge

Ticket: Zoo 180 yuan / person, scenic area 118 yuan / person.

June to October

Mengding Mountain

Ticket fee 60 yuan/person

June to October

Shen Lei

Ticket fee 60 yuan/person

September to November

Menghuo Ancient City

Free, parking fee 20 yuan

June to November

Dawa Genzha

Free, round-trip transfer fee 120 yuan

All year round

Shanggu Town

Free

All year round

Dongla Mountain Grand Canyon

Ticket fee 50 yuan/person

Lushan Dachuan

Address: Dachuan Town, Lushan County, Ya'an City

Transportation: Take a bus to Lushan County and then transfer to Dachuan town, self-driving tours can navigate to Dachuan Town.

After passing the Chengwen-Qiongzhou Expressway, it takes more than 130 kilometers to cross Nanbaoshan.

Tickets: None

Shangli Ancient Town

Shangli Ancient Town is a famous historical and cultural town in Sichuan, with 2 provincial-level cultural relics protection units and 6 municipal-level ones. . In 1982, it was named a "famous historical and cultural town" by Sichuan Province. This was the crossing point for the Red Army's Long March northward, and it was also the former Southern Silk Road. Linqiong Ancient Road enters an important station in Ya'an. The town is surrounded by mountains, rivers, pastoral hills and wooden houses. There are still many stilted buildings during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is still a filming location for film and television productions. On June 5, 2013, it was listed as a national AAAA tourist attraction.

Wangyu Ancient Town

Wangyu Township is located in the upper reaches of Zhougong, 35 kilometers south of Ya'an City, adjacent to Wawushan Town, Hongya County. It is a market town because there is a post station on the Tea Horse Road. Wangyu Old Street was built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Its main building sits on a boulder on a steep mountainside. It is named after a boulder in the Zhougong River that looks like a cat watching fish. Although the location of Wangyu Ancient Town emerged because of the post road, it also reflects the traditional Chinese Feng Shui concept, that is, elements such as "pillowing mountains, surrounding water, and facing screens".

Mengding Mountain

Mengding Mountain is located in Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, in the southwest of the Sichuan Basin and across the northwest of Mingshan District. The mountain is high in the north and low in the south, distributed in a northeast-southwest strip, extending to Ya'an. The mountain is approximately 10 kilometers long and 4 kilometers wide. The first five peaks are arranged in a circle like lotus flowers. The highest peak is Shangqingfeng, with an altitude of 1,456 meters. The scenic spot is located in Mingshan District, 110 kilometers away from Chengdu and 15 kilometers away from Ya'an. National Highway 318 runs through the scenic spot, and the two approaches of the Chengdu-Ya Expressway lead directly to Mengshan Mountain and Baizhang Lake. The transportation is very convenient. It is a national AAAA scenic spot.