History of Huanglongxi

The town of Huanglongxi has traditionally been a military town to the south of Chengdu, and is located on the southwestern edge of Shuangliu County in Chengdu, at 103°58' east longitude and 30°17' north latitude.

The township is 42 kilometers from downtown Chengdu, which is only a 30-minute drive, 34 kilometers from Shuangliu County, and 28 kilometers from Huayang Town.

History Editor Huanglongxi so far built the town has been more than 1700 years, the history of the deep, the ancient name of "Chishui", according to "Renshou County Records": "Chishui and Kam confluence,

Streams brown, the river is clear," the ancients said: "yellow dragon across the clear river, the real dragon inside hidden", "scribe reading" recorded "yellow dragon manna monument" record cloud: "yellow dragon see wu yang thing, build a tripod, like a dragon shape, sinking in the water ...... Therefore, the name: "Huanglongxi".

Jian'an 24 years (216 years AD), when the Han Wuyang and Xinjin Penshan land, East County (Huaxian) bordering the southeast, Renshou is also like a dragon's teeth, the Yellow Dragon Spring land, belonging to the Wuyang, Gong Gong governance, so the stream to be the name is carried out, so the name is "Huanglongxi".

Introduction to the town edited Huanglongxi formerly known as Yongxing field, the original site of the east bank of the House in the territory of the village of Lixin, was destroyed in a fire, so it is also known as the "fire field", and then moved to the two sides of the Fu River to build the field, due to the old water transport transportation is well developed, the increase in foreign merchants and businessmen, the economic and cultural prosperity of shipping on the reached the capital, the next through Chongqing, an important dock of the waterway transportation.

After liberation, due to the rapid development of land transportation, 12 kilometers from the town of Chengkun Railway and through the field of the double Peng (Shuangliu to Penshan) highway was built, so that the waterway transportation is gradually interrupted, the town has become

a depressed.

With the reform and opening up of the rural commodity economy, especially the prosperity of the tourism industry, the town gradually began to prosper.

The Jinjiang River flows into and through Huanglongxi township from Chengdu in the north and incorporates the tributary Deer River to the east of Huanglongxi township, forming the main water system in the township.

After 94 years, Huanglongxi has been recognized as "Provincial Historical and Cultural Town", "Provincial Scenic Spot", "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art Fire Dragon", "National Small Town", "National Small Town", "National Small Town", "National Small Town", "National Small Town", "National Small Town", "National Small Town" and "National Small Town".

Huanglongxi Town is located in the south of Chengdu Plain, 40 kilometers away from Chengdu downtown and 35 kilometers away from Shuangliu County. It is a tourist-type town with tourism as the leading industry and agriculture as the foundation, and it is a new tourist hotspot on the outskirts of Chengdu, a tourist-type mountain and water town with tourism as the main industry and commerce and trade service as the supplementary industry.

Known as the hometown of Chinese folk art fire dragon, Chinese level small town construction pilot town, Chinese level small town economic comprehensive development demonstration town, the first batch of historical and cultural towns in Sichuan Province, Sichuan Provincial Scenic Spot, Chengdu City Tourism Key Town.

Huanglongxi Town is located in the southwest of Chengdu Shuangliu County at the confluence of the Fu River and Luxi River; it is an ancient town on the water in the west of Sichuan Province with beautiful scenery, a long history and a strong cultural heritage, and is rich in natural landscape resources and humanities tourism resources.

3 Tourism Resources Editor Huanglongxi Township east of the Fu River, north of the Mu Ma Mountain, by the mountains and water, beautiful scenery, the town's residents live in this quiet and simple environment.

The earliest systematic launch of Huanglongxi Township debut, when the China General Trading Corporation.

In 1990, the company in a publication to the national gift to the ancient town of Huanglongxi at a glance, the title of the ancient town of Huanglongxi, a detailed introduction to the history of the ancient town, Zhuge Liang soldiers cantonment of Mushan, as well as the ancient town of traditional Chinese medicine, such as the successor.

And with a large number of ancient temples, ancient trees, ancient streets and alleys, ancient pontoon bridges and ancient wood, gabion photos, showing the Huanglongxi "ancient town scenery is good, the ancient town of the people's winds of the simple" scene.

In the same year, China Civil Aviation, Southwest Airlines and other magazines began to spare no space to introduce the Huanglongxi ancient town.

In the '92 China Friendship Tourism Year, the provincial tourism bureau and the Southwest Civil Aviation Administration jointly promoted Huanglongxi Ancient Town as one of the eight selected tourist routes.

Huanglongxi Ancient Town, the existing residential buildings are mostly from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the main street is paved with stone slabs, and on both sides are the flying eaves and horns of the pole bar type of footstools.

Huanglongxi, filled with dense green mist, deep streets, curved, on both sides of the wooden structure of the two-storey building, a family to a family, downstairs on the street are mostly stores, the building of the riding floor, in front of the door fluttered a blue background with white lettering of the small flag, what "Fish Xiangzi", "Lu", "back", "Lv", "Lv", "Lv", "Lv", "Lv", "Lv", "Lv", "Lv", "Lv", "Lv" and "Lv". The first floor of the building is a small building with a small flag flying in front of the door with white letters on a blue background.

The second floor of the house, near the inner street used as a residence, near the river used for business.

Walking through a street, and see an alley, bare stone road underfoot, black shiny door, antique signboards, through a strong sense of antiquity.

Huanglongxi's ancient cultural tourism attractions as many as the bright pearl, from the scenic area can be divided into three water connected to the ancient landscape area, respectively, the core scenic area, the diffusion of scenic spots and extension of the scenic area.

The core scenic area of Huanglongxi is the 5 square kilometers area centered on the ancient town, which is famous for its ten ancient streets, ancient trees, ancient temples, ancient embankments, ancient communities, ancient houses, ancient piers, ancient battlefields, ancient cliff tombs and ancient government offices.

The ancient town is also known for its "one street with three temples", "three counties with one government office", and "thousand-year-old trees accompanying the ancient town", all of which are national wonders. And the confluence of Deer Creek, Jinjiang River water clear, Deer Creek water brown, can be seen in the "Yellow Dragon across the Qingjiang River, the real dragon inside the hidden" landscape, canoeing on the water, ethereal, poetry and tea, such as a dream like a song.

Three kilometers from the mouth of the Deer Creek canoeing, that is, to the diffusion of Huanglongxi scenic area, the scenic area has the famous "Big Buddha Temple" and "Guanyin Temple", the two temples are located in the two mountains, looking at each other from afar.

The north bank is the "Big Buddha Temple" Big Buddha Temple was originally built in the Ming Dynasty, carved in the steep cliffs of the Elephant Book, more than two zhang high, known as the "second in Sichuan," the small Leshan Buddha.

Guanyin Temple, located on Guanyin Mountain, Pudu on earth.

Two kilometers upstream along the Jinjiang River from the mouth of the Deer Creek is the Chenjia island, is one of the "Huanglong five islands", the island is now the only one in western Sichuan does not punch the ancient mill water mill - "Chenjia water mill", when the car near the water mill island, the squeaking and muffled sound in the distance. When the car traveling near the water mill island, far from hearing the creaking sound of the ancient mills, caused people a few more farming culture of sweet memories ......

It is the ancient flavor, ancient flavor to attract many friends in the film and television industry, become an ideal place for film and television movies outside the filming, there have been "Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Xiangru", "Hai Deng Venerable Master", "Qinhuai Shijiazhuang" and so on, more than 100 film and television movies filmed in this place.

4 Specialty Snacks Editor Huanglongxi has a lot of delicious specialty snacks, such as sesame cake, ding ding candy, pearl bean flower, cowhide candy, cat fish, stinky tofu, fat intestines powder, yellow spicy ding, caramelized elbow, soil edamame and so on all over the street.

5 Folk Culture Editor Huanglongxi's long history of tea planting, Huanglongxi history that is the township of tea and the ancient tea horse road,

the southern Silk Road must pass through the place, the tea culture is profound.

"Wuyang buy tea" said Huanglongxi is one of the earliest tea market in Western Sichuan.

Fish such as yellow chili ding is also a major specialty, and "Hibiscus Bean Flower" and "Burnt Elbow" are gourmet specialties of Huanglongxi.

Huanglongxi is not only rich in ancient culture, water culture, Buddhist culture, tea culture, ecological farming culture, but also colorful folk culture, film culture and food culture.

Huanglongxi is really "Guangdu Fanxiang" on earth! Huanglongxi attracts visitors from all over the world with its ancient feelings and long history!

6Transportation information editorial transportation: 42 kilometers from Chengdu to Huanglongxi.

There are several shuttle buses to Huanglongxi from Xinnanmen and Jinsha Bus Station every day.

You can also take a shuttle bus from Jinsha Station directly to Huanglongxi for 14 yuan, which is about an hour's drive.

And all travel agencies have buses to Huanglongxi.

From Chengdu to Huayang and then to Huanglong Ancient Town, the whole journey is a two-lane cement highway in good condition, and the ticket is about 1 yuan.

The south extension of Chengdu Yuanhua Road is now under construction, and it will be a two-way twelve-lane road to Huanglongxi.

7History EditHuanglongxi town has always been a military town south of Chengdu.

During the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang's southern expedition sent a heavy guard here, resulting in defeat and accelerating the demise of Shu.

Huanglongxi formerly known as Yongxing field, the original site in the east bank of the House in the territory of Lixin Village, destroyed in a fire, so it is also known as the "burning field", and then moved to the House on both sides of the river to build the field.

More than 2,000 years ago, the ancestors of the ancient Shu in this prosperous; Han Dynasty tomb complexes left the footprints of the predecessors; Shu Han regime sprouted in this catalyst; Zhuge Liang's southern expedition to the troops and horses here; Tang and Song dynasties have seen the prosperity of the golden waterway into the southern Silk Road distribution; Ming and Qing dynasties of wooden planks of the people's houses, stone trails passed down the history of the story; the old street in the south, north, and in the staggered Gulong Temple, Zhenjiang Temple, Chaoyin Temple to form a street in the temple, temple in the street of the peculiar landscape; has a history of more than 300 years of all-wooden structure of the ancient theater well-preserved; six thousand-year-old banyan trees cover the ancient town of the charm; the ancient Tang family compound interpretation of the Hakka culture of the wind and clouds; the three counties government offices tell the history of the Republican period; Chen family water mill makes the tourists dispersal of the ancient feelings; simple folkways and folklore adds the town of the infinite charm; the military, merchants The town has a rich wharf culture; the unique idyllic townscape of Western Sichuan has become the first natural film and television base in Southwest China.

The ancient town is famous, tourists come to; hanging antiquities, play the old streets, looking for humanities, sent landscape ......

Inside the ancient town, the pavement is paved with green stone, wooden columns and green tiles of the hanging eaves of the homes were mostly built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there is no official government and mansions, the old-fashioned residential brick by brick between the breath of simplicity is flowing out.

The roof details in front of the door of the houses are especially wonderful, wood carving, brick carving, painting and other craftsmanship, vivid modeling.

Between the courtyards are interspersed with corridors and halls, reflecting the distinctive features of traditional ancient architecture.

People doing business, the halls are full of banners and paintings, inlaid with glass frames, exquisite and elegant, and the surrounding ancient buildings in one.

In 1983, when the Huanglongxi ancient town is still hidden in the bosom of no one knows when, Emei Film Studio's "Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Xiangru" on the selection of this place to do the location, and later, the "Sea Lantern Venerable Master," "Hibiscus Town," "Home Spring and Autumn," and other film and television dramas are also shot in this place.

Because of the original flavor of the ancient town here, the man-made film and television city can not be compared.

The ancient town is not big, very "water city" flavor, a water crossing the town, both sides of the stone paved with green stone stone pavement, some places there are still the former shed gallery.

There are several iron suspension bridges connecting the water, there is an ancient banyan on the river, the roots are intertwined, it is said to have a history of nearly a thousand years, is the symbol of the ancient town, visitors to this, always want to take a picture here.

Huanglongxi fish is also a great, the old people say: "seven on eight under nine to Tuotuo", said every year from the small cold, cold weather to the following July, the lower reaches of the fish in groups up the river to this spawning, so Huanglongxi fish production is very rich.

The most local way to eat fish is on the boat, to a pot of "river water boiled live fish", seems to be a crude way of eating but allows people to enjoy the freshness of the game.

The ancient town of Ming and Qing dynasties, wooden columns and green tiles of the hanging eaves of the residential abound, there is no government and mansions, the old-fashioned residential brick by brick between all exudes a rustic atmosphere.

There is a street in the town is too aging, pushed back in accordance with the past style of imitation construction, but at a glance, but how can not get rid of the imitation of the atmosphere.

After more than 1,700 years of history, the old town is still intact.

There are seven existing ancient neighborhoods, the street on both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties are mostly buildings, is the whole wood through the bucket structure, the rigorous corridor style of ancient architectural styles into which the street is paved with red sandstone.

The existing 76 sets of houses are also mostly two-storey Ming and Qing Dynasty style buildings, with green tiles and pink walls, beautifully carved balustrades and windows, and built alongside the water.

Flying eaves in front of the river

The wooden footstools with warped corners are the embodiment of the "pole and rail" culture of the ancient Shu dwellings.

There are still three complete temples in the ancient town - Gulong Temple, Zhenjiang Temple and Chaoyin Temple, which are all located on the main street, forming a unique pattern of Huanglongxi Ancient Town with three temples on one street and a temple on the street, and a temple on the street, together with the two magnificent ancient temples outside the town, which adds to the ancient meaning of Huanglongxi.

The most characteristic of the old town than the teahouse, on both sides of the road, embankment, under the bamboo forest, "a" unfolding bamboo platform, bamboo chairs, bamboo stools, as well as green and flowery umbrellas, an attractive scenery in the old town.

Drinking tea for the people of the ancient town, that is the first thing alongside the meal, sloppy.

They use locally produced jasmine flowers, washed in a covered bowl, some teahouses sometimes have a good bamboo leaf green, Emei Xuelui such a good Sichuan tea.

A bowl of tea for two or three dollars, you can sit all day, especially the old people, early in the morning on the museum to walk the birds and drink tea, not much money, but a leisurely, elegant enjoyment.

The second night of the first month of the year to the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first month of the "burning fire dragon" is the most famous Huanglongxi, the most traditional cultural and sports activities, with its superb skills and unique fireworks formula, renowned at home and abroad.

This custom originated in the Southern Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 800 years.

The ancestors created the unique Fire Dragon Dance based on the stories of "The Dragon Seeing Wuyang Chishui" and "The Dragon Giving Birth to Nine Sons".

The fire dragon has become an annual spring "reserved program" in Huanglongxi.

Huanglongxi Township now has jurisdiction over 19 administrative villages, two neighborhood committees, with a total population of 28,000 people, covering an area of 50.4 square kilometers, is a typical hilly township, is the tourism industry as a leader, agriculture as the basis of tourism-type towns.

Tourism service facilities from scratch, the existing high school grade hotels, hotels, more than 10, more than 120 large and small restaurants, with more than 3700 beds, more than 70 shopping points, travel like more than 100, Huanglongxi has become a new tourist hot spot on the outskirts of Chengdu City.

8 Tourist Attractions Edit 1, the old town: more than 1,700 years of historical changes, the ancient town has been preserved intact, the existing Ming and Qing dynasties, seven streets, the street surface is paved with stone slabs on both sides of the corridors are arranged in an orderly manner, the average width of the street 3.44 meters.

2, the ancient temples: there are three intact temples in the town, Gulong Temple, Zhenjiang Temple, Chaoyin Temple, are located in Huanglongxi main street to form a street of three temples, the street has a temple, the temple in the street landscape, there are 2 large temples outside the town, the building is magnificent, attracting many tourists.

3, ancient homes: mostly Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings, the main street is paved with stone slabs, lined with flying eaves and warped corners of the pole-and-rail type of footstools.

Existing Ming and Qing Dynasty houses 76 sets, a floor and a bottom, built along the water, the river "footstools" reflects the ancient Shu residential "dry bar" cultural characteristics.

4, ancient trees: the town's existing age of more than 800 years of ancient banyan tree 6, the roots of the intertwined tree and the shade of the tree cover, adding to the town's rich ancient appearance and ancient interest, the ancient town of the town of the Deer Creek River in the town of dragon ditch there is also a shape similar to the shape of a dragon of the millennium-old tree Ushu Tree, the appearance of the very peculiar, and there are many beautiful legends.

5, the ancient cliff tomb: field around the town many times to excavate the Han Dynasty rock tombs, which have sarcophagus, terracotta figurines, copper seals and a large number of cultural relics, has a high archaeological research value.

6, the ancient Buddha Cave: a municipal-level cultural relics protection units, building on the mountain and the water, looking across the river, quite spectacular.

7, the ancient Buddha Weir: Jinhua an under the Fuhua River to stop the river weir irrigation water conservancy facilities, Huanglongxi ten thousand acres of fertile land so far from this irrigation, just like a small "Dujiangyan".

8, the ancient battlefield: history is often a place of war, there are still Shu King, Zhu Geliang, Zhang Xianzhong, Yang Zhan in this battle legend.

9, ancient customs and folklore: so far Huanglongxi Town still retains many folk customs and folklore, such as playing the night watch, life release, dragon boat will be, burning fire dragon, Guanyin will be, Sichuan Opera seat singing and other customs.

10, three counties Yamen: historically, Huanglongxi is the "Golden Triangle" zone, civil, economic disputes, banditry plagued three counties (Huayang, Penshan, Renshou), so set up three counties Yamen (now a joint office) **** management of civil affairs, water politics and banditry.

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All seasons are suitable, the streets paved with green stone boards, the wooden pillars and green tiles of the pavilions and houses, and the beautifully carved balustrades and window panes can give you a feeling of simplicity and serenity at any time.

Accommodation

Huanglongxi accommodation is relatively complete, inns, family inns, inns are located in the most concentrated place in the lower river street, just a small street in the lower river street there are twenty or thirty inns, most of them by the river, the environment is good.

If you want to live in the ancient town, experience the feeling of living in a thousand-year-old town, it is recommended to live in the town of the family inn, township tour network mountain can be booked, the price is also more affordable.

Local activities

Huanglongxi Ancient Town is rich in tourism resources, entertainment programs.

Ancient town rafting is not to be missed, one of the experience, in the Huanglongxi Longxi Tea House to a cup of tea, leisurely half a day, is also a good enjoyment.

Huanglongxi Fire Dragon Festival

Huanglongxi fire dragon burning originated in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Activities include: burning fire dragons, colorful dragon show, southern lion show, floating river lanterns, burning lanterns, fireworks, fireworks, fireworks party, held to welcome the spring party, open-air movies, listening to the Sichuan opera seat singing.

The ancestors based on the "dragon appeared Wuyang Chishui" and folk about the dominant light and darkness of the "Candle Dragon" and in charge of rain and wind "Yinglong" myth and "Dragon". The story of "nine sons of the dragon", in the "dragon dance" on the basis of this totem culture, created a unique "fire dragon lantern dance".

After continuous transformation and enrichment, Huanglongxi's "Fire Dragon Dance" has gradually been perfected, and it has become a national famous "hometown of fire dragon".

Time: the second day of the first month to the first month of the fifteenth

Location: Huanglongxi Ancient Town

Huanglongxi International Dragon and Lion Dance Festival

Every year, the ancient town of Huanglongxi will be staged for seven days, "Lobby".

In addition to coming to the ancient town to enjoy the Huanglong ancient music, trendy street dance, skill acrobatics, Sichuan opera face, pop orchestra, kung fu tea ceremony, etc., you can also watch the colored lanterns here, dance the southern lion, rolling iron ring, pinch mud people ...... Of course, the most anticipated when the The most anticipated of all is the "burning dragon".

In addition, the organizers will be careful to come to participate in the thousands of visitors to prepare the New Year's gift package.

Time: the first day of the Lunar New Year to the seventh

Location: Huanglongxi Ancient Town

Note

Huanglongxi Ancient Town summer rainy, out of the activities must bring rain gear (especially in summer, more rainstorms), carrying a heavy backpack holding an umbrella in the forest or mountain walking will be very inconvenient, so the raincoat has become the first choice of the Huanglongxi Ancient Town Tourism rain gear.

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