When is the best time to go to Xichang Ancient City?

The best time of Xichang ancient city: Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture belongs to subtropical monsoon climate. The four seasons in most areas are not clear, but because Liangshan Prefecture is located in the transition zone from Sichuan Basin to Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and the terrain in its jurisdiction is complex and diverse, its climate difference is manifested in the three-dimensional difference of landform, and the phenomenon of "one mountain divided into four seasons" is very common. The dry season is obvious, warm in winter and cool in summer, with long sunshine in dry season, and the annual average temperature is 14℃ ~ 17℃. The best travel time is from June 165438+ 10 to March of the following year, when the climate is warm and there is no obvious disastrous weather, so it is suitable for travel. In the summer half year, that is, from April to 10 every year, there is more rain, which is often the season with frequent mudslides and flash floods. However, the most distinctive local Torch Festival (every year1February) is in this season, so visitors here should pay more attention to the local weather.

Xichang ancient city is located in the middle of Liangshan Prefecture, with a total area of more than 2,600 square kilometers and a total population of more than 500,000. It is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of the autonomous prefecture. Xichang has been an important town in the southwest of the motherland since ancient times. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, all previous regimes have set up counties, prefectures and states here, and appointed officials. For example, in the sixth year of Emperor Ding Yuan of the Han Dynasty (A.D.11), Sima Xiangru was sent as an envoy to build Du Qiong (now Xichang) and Yuexi County, which was under the jurisdiction of 15 County, belonging to Yizhou. Although the jurisdiction has been changing since then, the jurisdiction of Zhou, Zhou and Sifu is still in Xichang.

Therefore, Xichang has always been an ancient cultural city with a history of more than 2,000 years (it has been listed as a provincial-level cultural city in Sichuan Province). At the same time, Xichang is also called the Moon City because of its good conditions such as altitude, temperature, sunshine, latitude and longitude, less suspended matter in the atmosphere and bright and round moon. Moreover, because xichang satellite launch center was built here, Xichang is also known as the Space City. Xichang's historical sites mainly include Tucheng Site in the Western Han Dynasty, the unknown Han Que, the White Pagoda in the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao King Temple, Luoluo Xuanwei Division, Mosque and Datong Gate.