Liujiang Ancient Town

Chinese Name: 柳江古镇 (Liu Jiang Gu Zhen)
Location: Hongya County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province
Ticket: Free
Estimated tour time: 2-4 hours
Recommended time to visit: Mar to Oct.
Nearby attractions: Wawu Mountain, Emei Mountain, Leshan Giant Buddha, Caoyutan Scenic Spot, etc.

Liujiang Ancient Town is located on both sides of Yangcun River, a tributary of Huaxi River, 35 kilometers southwest of Hongya County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province. There is no river named "Liujiang" here. The reason why it is called Liujiang Ancient Town has some historical reasons. Liujiang Town, known as Mingyue Town in history was first built in the 10th year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty(1140). In the mid-Qing Dynasty, Liujiang Town was renamed Liujiang Town due to the joint construction of a stone street by the Liu and Jiang clan in the town. In 1780, it was named Liujiang Town.

Liujiang is called “misty rain Liujiang", which can not be felt in the day time. You don't feel it during the day. In the evening, when the rain patters, sitting on the second floor of the Wangjiang Inn, listening to the rain and looking at the river in the hazy lights, as if to find the "misty rain Liujiang" painting.

Liujiang Ancient Town was set up in the ten years of the Southern Song Dynasty with a history of more than 800 years. It is one of the top ten ancient towns in Sichuan Province. It is 150 kilometers from Chengdu, 50 kilometers from Wawu Mountain and 36 kilometers from Emei Mountain. The ancient town is backed by Emei, Wawu Fairy Mountain, Houjia Mountain and Yuping Mountain, with Yangcun River and Huaxi River surrounding the town flowing north to the beautiful and richly endowed Huaxiba. Here, there are Diaojiao buildings of western Sichuan style, Chinese and Western combination of the Zeng’s house, the ancient water wharf, the hydrophilic riverside ancient plank road and the century-old dwellings in Huilao Street. There are also the Virgin Mountain forest of steles, the world's biggest Sleeping Avalokitesvara and 108 thousand-year-old trees and other characteristic landscape.