Yanhua Pond 罨画池Yǎnhuà Chí

About Yanhua Pond

A garden in the centre of Chongzhou that began as a Tang-dynasty official's garden and took its form in the Song, when the magistrate Zhao Bian dug the pond and the poet Lu You, who held office here, wrote about it. The buildings are mostly Qing rebuildings. The 3.5-hectare site combines the pond garden, a shrine to Lu You and the town's former Confucian temple.

How to get to Yanhua Pond

In central Chongzhou, about an hour by road west of central Chengdu.

Nearby

• Mount Qingcheng 青城山 30 km
  A cradle of Taoism, where forest stairways climb past temples and cave shrines
• Du Fu Thatched Cottage 杜甫草堂 30 km
  Bamboo groves and plum blossom where Du Fu, China's 'Poet-Sage', once lived
• Wuhou Shrine & Jinli Street 武侯祠与锦里 40 km
  Cypress-shaded halls honouring Three Kingdoms heroes, with a bustling snack lane next door
• Kuanzhai Alley 宽窄巷子 40 km
  Three restored Qing-era lanes of courtyard gateways, teahouses and Sichuan snacks
• People's Park & Heming Teahouse 人民公园与鹤鸣茶社 40 km
  Bamboo chairs, jasmine tea and roving ear cleaners in Chengdu's favourite park

Also within 20 km: Tianfu International Slow City, Chongzhou 天府国际慢城 (under 10 km), Daoming Bamboo Village 道明竹艺村 (under 10 km), Yuantong Ancient Town 元通古镇 (10 km), Anren Ancient Town 安仁古镇 (10 km), Guose Tianxiang Amusement Park 国色天乡乐园 (20 km), Xingfu Tianyuan Rural Park, Wenjiang 幸福田园 (20 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)