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Mian County is 450 kilometers away from Chengdu, arrived in the afternoon, and stayed at Qingyang Palace Super 8 Hotel. Take a short break and explore the wide and narrow alleys. Not far away, just a short walk. 
Chengdu1
Chengdu 2
Kuanzhai Alley
Located in Qingyang District, Kuanzhai Alley is an ancient street left over from the Qing Dynasty and is known as one of the "Top Ten Most Beautiful Streets in Sichuan". 
Wide and narrow alley 1
During the Kangxi period, after quelling the Jungger Rebellion, soldiers were left to garrison Chengdu and build a "full city" for the flag people to live in. With the decline of the Qing Dynasty, "Mancheng" was no longer a forbidden area, and celebrities such as Yu Youren, Yang Sen, Liu Wenhui and some ordinary people had settled here. At this time, the wide alley was called "Xingren Hutong" and the narrow alley was called "Taiping Hutong". 
Kuanzhai Alley 2
Kuanzhai Alley 3 In the
early years of the Republic of China, "Hutong" was renamed "Alley". In the urban survey, the staff casually marked the wider alley as "wide alley" and the narrower alley as "narrow alley", so it was called "wide and narrow alley". 
Kuanzhai Alley 4
Kuanzhai Alley 5
Since the 80s of the last century, Kuanzhai Alley has been transformed into a commercial street with regional characteristics and Bashu cultural atmosphere. 
Wide and narrow alley 6
Kuanzhai Alley 7
Kuanzhai has many buildings from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, as well as some Western-style buildings, which express the living environment of old Chengdu. 
Kuanzhai Alley 8
Narrow alley, featuring bars, restaurants, art and leisure theme stores, etc., shows the "slow life" of old Chengdu.
Kuanzhai Alley 9
Kuanzhai Alley 10
There are many tourists, mainly young people, and it is estimated that there are not many locals. For us old donkey friends, it is purely fun.
On July 10, in the morning, I visited the Wuhou Temple and Du Fu's thatched cottage. Chengdu bus "Jincheng Sightseeing Line" is a circular line connecting the major attractions in the city, Line 1 clockwise, Line 2 counterclockwise, the fare is 2 yuan, which solves the problem of self-driving parking difficulties in the urban area, which is very convenient.
It's early, the Wuhou Temple hasn't opened yet, so let's go around first.
Jinli
Jinli 1
In recent years, Chengdu has opened a new "Jinli" ancient street on the east side of Wuhou Temple, and incorporated the "Southern Suburbs Park" on the west side, expanding the scale of the scenic spot. New attractions have been added. 
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Jinli, located on the east side of the Wuhou Temple, is said to have been the oldest and most commercial street in the history of Western Shu. Whether this is true or not, it is now a new highlight of relying on the Wuhou Temple, based on the architectural style of Sichuan houses in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, with the culture of the Three Kingdoms and the traditional folk customs of Sichuan as the connotation, integrating food, housing, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment. Antique, good imitation. 
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Jinli 5
Southern Suburbs Park
Located on the west side of the Wuhou Temple, it was originally the cemetery of Liu Xiang, chairman of Sichuan Province and commander of the Seventh Theater during the Republic of China, It is the only northern cemetery-style building complex in southwest China. Originally an independent park, it is now merged into the Wuhou Temple Garden Area. 
Liu Xiang's Tomb 1 (Tomb)
From the south gate of Jinli to the exit located outside the northwest corner of the Wuhou Temple, facing Liu Xiang's tomb, but the direction of the tour is reversed: the tomb - Xiangdian - Monument Pavilion - Que Fang - Gate. 
Liu Xiang's Tomb 2 (Square) It
is said that buried next to Liu Bei's tomb was Liu Xiang's will. Because he thought he was a descendant of Liu Bei during his lifetime, he had dragon genes, and stayed together after death, which can be regarded as recognizing his ancestors. 
Liu Xiang's Tomb 3 (Monument Pavilion)
In fact, Liu Xiang was a warlord who fought a civil war within Sichuan for most of his life, and he did not see much effort for the "party and state". Later, he led 300,000 Sichuan troops out of Sichuan to fight against Japan, and his determination was commendable, but he died of illness in Wuhan without waiting for the exchange of fire.The Nationalist government gave him a "state funeral" and posthumously awarded him the title of "first-class general", and built this tomb according to the model of the Manchu Qing emperor's mausoleum. During the Anti-Japanese War, the soldiers of Sichuan participated in all the major battles, performed heroically, and sacrificed more than 260,000 people, the most among all provinces in the country, but it was all after Liu Xiang's death. 
Liu Xiang's Tomb 4 (Que Fang)
Wuhou
Ancestral Hall Wuhou Ancestral Hall is located in Wuhou District, which is an ancestral hall to commemorate Zhuge Liang, because Zhuge Liang was named "Marquis of Wuxiang" during his lifetime. After his death, he was posthumously honored as "Marquis of Zhongwu" and was named. 4A scenic spot. 
Wuhou Shrine 1 (gate).
In fact, this was the earliest Liu Bei's territory - Huiling (Liu Bei's tomb), and there was a "Han Zhaolie Temple" built next to the mausoleum. After Zhuge Liang's death, he established the Wuhou Temple next to Liu Bei's temple. The two temples of the Ming Dynasty were merged into one place, becoming the only temple in China where the monarch and ministers were worshipped. Perhaps it was Zhuge Liang who was famous and covered the master, and I don't know when people changed the name of "Han Zhaolie Temple" to "Wuhou Temple". Fortunately, Zhuge Liang is dead, Shu Han is dead, and no one will hold Zhuge Liang accountable for his deception. 
Wuhou Temple 2 (two gates) The
ancestral temple is located north and faces south, and the main buildings are arranged on a central axis, in order, the gate, the second gate, the Han Zhaolie Temple, the hall, and the Wuhou Temple. There are also buildings such as the Sanyi Temple and the newly built Jieyi Building behind. 
Wuhou Shrine 3
The second gate is located in front of Liu Bei's Hall, and the plaque is "Ming Liang for thousands of years", which means "the king is bright and the minister is good, and the ages are set as an example". The left side of the word "Ming" is "eye", not "day", because the inscription is from the Qing Dynasty, if the word "Ming" is equated with the Ming Dynasty, it is also "good for eternity", I am afraid that the head cannot be saved. A typo can avoid the disaster of extinction. 
Wuhou Temple 4 (Liu Bei Hall).
Liu Bei Hall, located inside the second gate, is magnificent. In the center is a gilded statue of Liu Bei, and on the left is a statue of his grandson Liu Chen. On the right side, there was originally a statue of his son Liu Chan, who was moved out during the Song Dynasty because of his mediocrity and incompetence, loss of power and humiliation of the country. On both sides, there are statues of Guan Yu and his son and Zhou Cang in the east, and statues of Zhang Fei's ancestors and grandsons in the west. 
Wuhou Temple 5
The hall is located between Liu Bei Hall and Zhuge Liang Hall, and the plaque of "Wuhou Temple" is hung high, which should be equivalent to the gate of Zhuge Liang Temple. 
Wuhou Shrine 6 (through the hall).
Wuhou Temple 7 (Zhuge Liang Hall)
Zhuge Liang Hall, with a plaque of "Famous Universe" hanging on it, is enshrined in the statues of Zhuge Liang's ancestors and grandsons in the main hall. 
Wuhou Shrine 8 The
roof beam of the hall is written with a famous sentence from Zhuge Liang's "Book of Commandments": "Without indifference, there is no clear will, and without tranquility, there is no far". The plaque and couplet are all words of praise and praise.
Wuhou Temple 9 (Wujiang Corridor)
Wenwu Corridor, except for Liu, Guan, Zhang, and Zhuge Liang, who enjoy the special hall, other important figures in Shu have statues in the Wenwu Corridor on both sides of Liu Bei's Hall. The east side is the civil officials' corridor, and the west side is the military generals' corridor, each with fourteen civil officials and military generals. 
Wuhou Temple 10 (Sanyi Temple)
Sanyi Temple, located behind Zhuge Liang Hall, is grand in scale, built in the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, and the original site is on Admiral Street. In 1998, it was moved to the Wuhou Temple. 
Wuhou Shrine 11
Wuhou Temple 12
Huiling, located on the west side of the Wuhou Temple, is connected to the Wuhou Temple by a red wall and a passage, which is a treasure land chosen by Zhuge Liang himself for Liu Bei, and Liu Bei and Gan, Wu Erwei. Internal maintenance is not open. 
Wuhou Temple 13 (Liu Bei's Tomb)
There are many calligraphy, paintings, and couplets in the Wuhou Temple, many of which are masterpieces.
Du Fu Thatched Cottage Du
Fu Thatched Cottage is located in Qingyang District and is the former residence of the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu. 4A scenic spot. 
Du Fu thatched cottage 1
In order to avoid the "Anshi Rebellion", Du Fu took his family to Shu and built a thatched house in Chengdu, called "Chengdu Thatched Hall". Du Fu has lived here for nearly four years, and more than 240 poems have been created to this day, among which "Wen Guanjun Takes Henan and Hebei" has become a compulsory subject for students, and the former residence of Caotang is regarded as a "holy place" in the history of literature. 
Du Fu Thatched Cottage 2
Du Fu Thatched Cottage now retains the pattern rebuilt during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, covering an area of nearly 300 acres, located on the central axis of the large office, Shishi Hall, The Ministry of Works is the three main monumental buildings. 
Du Fu Thatched Cottage 3 (Big Mansion
) "Big Mansion" is a hall that commemorates Du Fu's political experience. "Mansion" is an open hall building, a kind of office space for ancient officials. In fact, Du Fu had poor official luck in his life, did not have much political experience, and came to Chengdu only to escape the war. 
Du Fu Thatched Cottage 4 (Poetry History Hall)
The "Poetry History Hall" is a hall that displays and commemorates Du Fu's poems. Because Du Fu's poetry reflects the history of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, it is known as the "history of poetry", and the building is named after it. 
Du Fu Thatched Cottage 5 (Ministry of Works)
"Ministry of Works" is a temple dedicated to Du Fu. Du Fu was once awarded the title of "Left Shiyi" by Tang Suzong, so he was called "Du Shiyi".Later, he served as the "Inspector of the Ministry of Works", and later generations called him "Du Gongbu". 
Du Fu Thatched Cottage 6 The
building in the thatched cottage is simple and elegant, with a magnificent scale, between the offices, surrounded by corridors, deep and quiet.
The green pines in the garden cover the sky, the green bamboo shades the sun, the flower path in the east, the water threshold in the west, and the pavilions and ponds are dotted among them, which is poetic and picturesque, and is a classical garden that combines beautiful cultural landscape and natural landscape. 
Du Fu thatched cottage 7
Du Fu Thatched Cottage 8
Du Fu Caotang 9
Du Fu thatched cottage 10
Du Fu thatched cottage 11
Du Fu Thatched Cottage 12
Du Fu thatched cottage 13
Du Fu Thatched Cottage 14
Qingyang Palace Qingyang Palace is located between the wide and narrow alleys and Du Fu thatched cottages in the city, across the road from the hotel where he stays, and is known as "the first Taoist temple in western Sichuan" 。 
Qingyang Palace 1
Since the Han Dynasty, there is a market for buying and selling black (green, black) sheep in the area of today's Qingyang Palace - Qingyang Shop. 
Qingyang Palace 2 In the
early years of the Tang Dynasty, a Taoist temple was built here - Xuanzhong Temple. 
Qingyang Palace 3
Qingyang Palace 4
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Huang Chao rebel army invaded Chang'an, and Tang Xizong Li Xiao fled to Chengdu and lived in Xuanzhong Temple for four years.After returning to Chang'an, he was grateful for the years and was given two million silver for expansion. And because the emperor lived, "Guan" was changed to "Palace" and named "Qingyang Palace". 
Qingyang Palace 5
Qingyang Palace 6
Most of the existing ones were repaired and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. 
Qingyang Palace 7
Qingyang Palace 8
Qingyang Palace is quite large, the temple building is magnificent, and the main body is sixfold on a central axis, mainly including Shanmen, Hunyuan Hall, Bagua Pavilion, Sanqing Hall, Doumu Hall, Zijintai, birth platform and lecture platform, etc. 
Qingyang Palace 9
Qingyang Palace 10 There
is a cultural park next to Qingyang Palace, which is a leisure place for citizens. 
Cultural Park 1
Cultural Park 2
Cultural Park 3
Cultural Park 4 On
July 11, I left Chengdu in the morning and went to Malkang, visiting the Dujiangyan and Yingxiu earthquake sites on the way.
Dujiangyan
Dujiangyan is 70 kilometers away from Chengdu, located on the Min River in the west of Dujiangyan City, and is the world's earliest and still in use damless water diversion project organized and built by Li Bing, the governor of Shu County, and his son more than 2,200 years ago, and is listed as a world cultural heritage and a 5A-level scenic spot. 
Dujiangyan1
Dujiangyan 2 There are
many scenic spots in Dujiangyan Scenic Area, and due to time constraints, only the water conservancy engineering part was visited this time.
Jiangyan 3
Dujiangyan water conservancy project is mainly composed of three parts: diversion fish mouth, flying sand weir and treasure bottle mouth. 
Jiangyan 4
The fish mouth is at the front of the watershed and is named because it is shaped like the head of a fish. It divides the river into two streams, the western one is called the outer river, which flows down along the Minjiang River; The eastern one is called the Neijiang River, which flows into the Chengdu Plain through the mouth of the treasure bottle. 
Dujiangyan 5
Dujiangyan 6
Dujiangyan 7 The
outer river bed is wide and high, while the inner river bed is narrow and low, and 60% of the river water flows into the inner river during the dry season to ensure the water use of the Chengdu Plain. When the flood came, most of the river water was drained from the wide outer river to prevent flooding in the Chengdu Plain. This design of automatic water distribution is called "four or six water divisions".
Dujiangyan8
Dujiangyan 9
The mouth of the Aquarius is the outlet of the Neijiang River to the Chengdu Plain. Before gunpowder was invented, Li Bing and his son used the method of burning stones to carve out a 20-meter-wide, 40-meter-high, and 80-meter-long mountain pass waterway on the east bank of the Neijiang River. Because of its shape like a bottle, it is named "Treasure Bottle Mouth". 
Dujiangyan 10
The flying sand weir is a spillway dam built near the mouth of the treasure bottle. The waterway in front of the dam is bent to form a circulation vortex, and the huge centrifugal force rolls the sediment of the riverbed through the weir and throws it into the outer river, reducing the siltation of the Baopian mouth river, so it is named "Flying Sand Weir". A bridge was built in front of the current Flying Sand Weir. 
Dujiangyan 11
The flying sand weir also plays a role in regulating the water volume. When the water level of the inner river is too high, the flood overflows through the weir and enters the outer river, and when the water level of the inner river is low, it blocks the river water from flowing down and flows into the mouth of the treasure bottle to ensure the water supply in the irrigation area and avoid flooding. 
Dujiangyan 12
The tour route this time is to enter from the gate of Lidui, pass through the Feisha Weir, along the east bank of the outer river to the fish mouth of the water, and then return along the west bank of the inner river, cross the Anlan Bridge, Visit the Erwang Temple, take the Songmao Ancient Road, pass through the pedestrian street, cross the South Bridge, and return to the gate of the Lidui Scenic Area.
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Dujiangyan 17
Sichuan has no shortage of rivers, but due to the barrier of mountains, the Chengdu Plain was once a water and drought area. For more than 2,000 years, it has played a role in flood control and irrigation, making the Chengdu Plain a fertile "country of heaven". 
Dujiangyan 18 The
irrigation area of Dujiangyan is still as large as 10 million mu, and more than 30 counties and cities have benefited. 
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Wenchuan Earthquake Site
Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County, is located 30 kilometers northwest of Dujiangyan. Located at the fork in the road of national highways G213 and G350, Yuzixi joins the Minjiang River here, and is a very prosperous local town. 
Yingxiu 1
The epicenter of the 2008 "Wenchuan Earthquake" was in Yingxiu, The magnitude of 8.0 affected more than 230 counties, killing more than 69,000 people, missing more than 18,000 people, injuring more than 370,000 people, and the total affected population exceeded 46 million. More than 5,400 people were killed in Yingxiu. 
Yingxiu 2
Whirlpool Middle School is located in Yingxiu Town, where more than 1,500 students were in class at the time of the earthquake, and 45 students and 10 faculty and staff were killed. The earthquake site has been preserved relatively intact. The casualty rate of Whirlpool Middle School is not high, and half of the more than 400 students at Yingxiu Primary School were killed. 
Yingxiu 3 Entering the gate of the
ruins, you will see ruins. 
Yingxiu 4
The main teaching building has collapsed, and the stone bell on the steps in front of the building is fixed at 14:28 on May 12, 2008.
Yingxiu 5
Yingxiu 6 The
five-story stepped classroom was only one floor high, and the five-story student dormitory building also collapsed. It is said that there are still more than 20 teachers and students under the rubble that have not been cleaned up. 
Yingxiu 7 The
devastation shows tourists the miserable scene of Yingxiu, which is beautiful in the mountains and rivers, being destroyed in an instant. 
Yingxiu 8
Yingxiu 9 After
more than 20 years, Yingxiu Town has regained its prosperity. The houses built by the government are more beautiful, and the earthquake site has become a must-visit check-in point for tourists from Chengdu to the north. 
Yingxiu 10
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