A Secret Place in Western Sichuan | Xiangcheng, a Paradise Lost in the River Valley
by WanderingWanderlust
Jan 10, 2024
Qingde Tibetan Township Scenic Area is located in Xiangcheng County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The scenic area is 14 kilometers away from Xiangcheng County and 105 kilometers away from Daocheng Yading Scenic Area.
The pastoral Tibetan scenic area covers an area of more than 50 square kilometers. Qingde in Tibetan means 'the upper half of the Buddha bead', also known as 'the granary of Xiangcheng', it has been rated as a provincial rural tourism characteristic town. In 2013, it was listed in the second batch of traditional Chinese villages, and it is one of the 100 most beautiful landscapes and shooting spots in Sichuan by Chinese Geographic Magazine. In November 2019, it was rated as a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.
Here is composed of the azure sky, vast grassland, continuous mountains and valleys, galsang flowers all over the mountains, and scattered white Tibetan houses. The white Tibetan houses here are scattered in the wilderness and wheat fields, like white pearls left by fairies in the world. 'Pastoral white Tibetan house, pure land Shambhala.' The golden Sangpiling Temple is known as the 'Little Potala Palace', the temple is built against the mountain, the overall is majestic and spectacular, grand and magnificent.
The mountain breeze and dazzling sunshine, the natural scenery in sight, can't help but sigh the beauty here, it is the closest highland secret and Tibetan paradise to the soul.
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