Luodai Ancient Town: A Summer Escape to Sichuan’s Hakka Heritage
by SonnySideUp
Jul 5, 2025
Traces of Hakka culture through the years! Find the true meaning of slow life in Luodai Ancient Town 🎋
🏮 Recommended reason: The last Hakka ancient town in Sichuan! The slow time built with earth buildings is intoxicating~
📍 Address: San'e Street, Luodai Town, Longquanyi District, Chengdu City
🚌 Transportation tips: Take Line 2 to Longquanyi Station, exit D, then transfer to bus 850 direct; 1 hour drive with free parking at South Gate Parking Lot
🗺 Route plan
1️⃣ Jiangxi Guild Hall ➡️ Huguang Guild Hall
Jiangxi Guild Hall: See the traces of Hakka people’s discussions under the mottled coffered ceiling
Huguang Guild Hall: An uncommercialized ancient opera stage, perfect for photos with flying eaves and upturned corners
2️⃣ Hakka Earth Building (Boke Building)
Replica of Fujian Tulou! Circular courtyard + ring corridor perfect for stunning shots
📸 Tips: Wearing Hanfu and shooting from the second floor looking down works best
3️⃣ Ziku Tower ➡️ Wufeng Building
Ziku Tower: A hexagonal tower where ancient people burned paper characters, full of mystery
Wufeng Building: Ming Dynasty old residence with exquisite wood carvings, amazing light and shadow on doors and windows
🍡 Food recommendations
Heartbreaking Cold Noodles: Eat at the old street-side shop! The spicy millet chili will really make you cry
Swan Egg: Glutinous rice fried and rolled in sugar, a must for sweet lovers
Smoked and Oil-Soaked Goose: Traditional Hakka method, crispy skin, tender meat with fruitwood aroma
📷 Must-shoot spots
Reflection of the corridor in Boke Building (best light and shadow on sunny mornings)
Carved door frame of Wufeng Building (suggest wearing dark clothes to highlight the subject)
Red lantern array at Jiangxi Guild Hall (atmosphere is amazing after lights come on at dusk)
‼️ Pitfall tips
The main street is heavily commercialized; original ecological residences are only in the side alleys
The third floor of the earth building has overpriced cultural and creative shops; fridge magnets are recommended to buy from small stalls at the entrance
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