Mianzhu New Year Print Village 绵竹年画村Miánzhú Niánhuà Cūn

About Mianzhu New Year Print Village

Mianzhu woodblock New Year prints, printed from carved blocks and then coloured by hand, are one of China's four great New Year print traditions and have been national intangible cultural heritage since 2006. This village area in Xiaode, south of Mianzhu, is one of the city's three centres of print-making, where door gods and auspicious scenes are produced and displayed.

How to get to Mianzhu New Year Print Village

About 15 minutes by road south of Mianzhu city, which is roughly 1–1.5 hours by road north of Chengdu; the Mianzhu New Year Print Museum in the city makes a good companion visit.

Nearby

• Sanxingdui Museum 三星堆博物馆 30 km
  Goggle-eyed bronze masks and a towering bronze tree from a lost Bronze Age kingdom

Also within 20 km: Xiaoquan Old Town 孝泉古镇 (under 10 km), Jiannanchun Distillery Site (Tianyi Laohao) 剑南春酒坊遗址 (under 10 km), Jiulong Mountain–Lutang Mountain Tourist Area, Mianzhu 九龙山—麓棠山 (10 km), Huijian Temple 慧剑寺 (20 km).

On the map

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