Atlas of China
Guang'an 广安Guǎng’ān
Rolling hills, a walled clan fortress and the long ridge of Huaying Mountain
About Guang'an
Guang'an is a hilly region of eastern Sichuan close to Chongqing, and it is best known as the birthplace of Deng Xiaoping, whose childhood home stands in a memorial park north of the city. The long ridge of Huaying Mountain runs across the prefecture, with forest walks and the Buddhist peak of Baoding, while in rural Wusheng the walled Baozhen Fortress, built by the Duan clan from 1910, is lined with gun ports. Yuechi County is known for its rice noodles.
What to eat in Guang'an
- Yuechi rice noodles (岳池米粉)
Listed sites in Guang'an
6 sites in Guang'an are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Former residence of Deng Xiaoping 邓小平故居 5A scenic area · National heritage site
The late-Qing farmhouse in Paifang village where Deng Xiaoping was born in 1904 now stands in a large landscaped memorial park about 6 km north of central Guang'an. - Baozhen Fortress 宝箴塞 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Baozhen Fortress is a walled clan stronghold that the Duan family began building in 1910 on a ridge in rural Wusheng county, enclosing courtyards, halls and storerooms behind stone walls about 2 km long and on average 6.5 m high, with a continuous gallery of gun ports. - Huaying Mountain 华蓥山 4A scenic area
Huaying Mountain is a long ridge on the eastern side of the Sichuan Basin, dividing the central Sichuan hills from the parallel ridges further east, and the scenic area above Huaying city is promoted for its stone forest, caves and forest walks. - Shenlong Mountain Ba Stone City 神龙山巴人石头城 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill park on the southern edge of Guang'an's new town, rising about 81 metres above the city as its highest point. - Chongxiang Temple Cliff Carvings 冲相寺摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
At Chongxiang Temple, in the hills north-east of Guang'an city, Buddhist figures and inscriptions were carved into the cliff over more than a thousand years, from the Sui dynasty to the Qing. - White Pagoda, Guang'an 广安白塔 National heritage site · on the map
Guang'an's White Pagoda is a multi-storey Song-dynasty masonry pagoda on the edge of the city.
On the map
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