Listed sites in Sichuan 四川

405 scenic areas and heritage sites from the official lists, by city. 104 have a page of their own; the rest open as cards on the map.

Listed sites: 405
Rated 5A: 8
Rated 4A: 255
National heritage: 202
Region: Sichuan

The A-level rating is the national grading of scenic areas, 5A being the top tier; national heritage sites are the buildings, ruins, tombs and carvings protected by the State Council. Both lists are on the lists page.

5A scenic areas in Sichuan

Anren Ancient Town 安仁古镇 5A scenic area · National heritage site
Anren is a market town on the western edge of the Chengdu Plain, listed among China's historic towns in 2005, with well-preserved streets of traditional western Sichuan architecture.
Beichuan Qiang City and Earthquake Ruins 北川羌城 5A scenic area
Beichuan, China's only Qiang autonomous county, was devastated by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and this area links the rebuilt county town at Yongchang with the memorial sites of the disaster.
Bifengxia Gorge & Panda Base 碧峰峡 5A scenic area · on the map
A wooded valley in the hills north of Ya'an that pairs a gorge walk with the Bifengxia base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
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.
Former Residence of Zhu De 朱德故居 5A scenic area · National heritage site
The birthplace and childhood home of Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Red Army and later one of the ten marshals of the People's Republic, in Linlang village, Ma'an town, Yilong County.
Guangwu Mountain 光雾山 5A scenic area · 4A scenic area · on the map
Guangwushan covers more than 400 km² of the Micang range on the Sichuan–Shaanxi border, with limestone peaks, deep valleys, caves and large tracts of beech forest rising to 2,507 m.
Tiantai Mountain (Qionglai) 天台山 5A scenic area
A forested mountain area in western Qionglai, protected as a national scenic area and forest park and included in the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries World Heritage Site.
Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Area, Yingxiu 汶川特别旅游区 5A scenic area
Yingxiu, in Wenchuan County, lay at the epicentre of the magnitude-8.0 earthquake of 12 May 2008, and this 5A-rated zone brings together the places that commemorate it.

By city

Aba (30) · Bazhong (16) · Chengdu (64) · Dazhou (15) · Deyang (12) · Ganzi (37) · Guang'an (6) · Guangyuan (17) · Leshan (19) · Liangshan (9) · Luzhou (23) · Meishan (17) · Mianyang (31) · Nanchong (17) · Neijiang (11) · Panzhihua (5) · Suining (17) · Ya'an (25) · Yibin (19) · Zigong (10) · Ziyang (5)

Aba 30 sites

Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Area, Yingxiu 汶川特别旅游区 5A scenic area
Yingxiu, in Wenchuan County, lay at the epicentre of the magnitude-8.0 earthquake of 12 May 2008, and this 5A-rated zone brings together the places that commemorate it.
Ancient Qiang City and Pingtou Village, Maoxian 中国古羌城·坪头羌寨 4A scenic area · on the map
A large complex on the edge of Mao County town, built after the 2008 earthquake to present the culture of the Qiang people.
Bipenggou 毕棚沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A high valley in Li County, within the Miyaluo nature area, climbing from about 2,400 to 4,500 metres past forest, streams and waterfalls towards snow peaks.
Cuo'erji (Chöje) Monastery and Rangbala 措尔机寺·壤巴拉 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Zamtang is a leading centre of the Jonang school of Tibetan Buddhism, and Cuo'erji (Chöje) Monastery at Zhongrangtang, whose national listing dates its buildings from the Yuan to the Qing, is one of its historic monasteries.
Dagu Glacier 达古冰川 4A scenic area · on the map
A group of mountain glaciers in Heishui County, spread between about 3,800 and 5,100 metres within a protected scenic area of high peaks and forest.
Diexi Lake and Songpinggou 叠溪·松坪沟 4A scenic area · on the map
In 1933 an earthquake destroyed the old town of Diexi on the upper Min River and dammed the river, creating a lake that now covers the site of the old town.
Emutang Flower Meadows, Hongyuan 俄木塘花海 4A scenic area · on the map
Natural grassland in southern Hongyuan County where more than 30,000 mu (about 20 km²) of meadow turns into a sheet of wildflowers from early June to early August.
Flower Lake, Zoige 若尔盖花湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A shallow lake in the Zoige marshes beside the G213, seen from wooden boardwalks that were rebuilt outside the reserve's buffer zone to protect the wetland.
Guanyinqiao, Jinchuan 观音桥 4A scenic area · on the map
Guanyinqiao, in north-western Jinchuan County, is a Tibetan Buddhist pilgrimage centre built around its Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) temple.
Jiawuhai Lake and Panda Park 甲勿海·熊猫园 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain lake near Wujiao in Jiuzhaigou County, set among forest and snow peaks in an area of Baima Tibetan villages.
Kepan Tianjie and Zhibo Watchtowers 柯盘天街·直波碉楼 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Kepan Tianjie ('sky street') is a ridge-top Jiarong Tibetan village above the Suomo River at Songgang, with the ruins of the Songgang chieftains' residence, two stone towers and some three dozen traditional houses, now restored with guesthouses and shops.
Lianbao Yeze (Stone Mountain) 莲宝叶则 4A scenic area · on the map
A granite massif on the border between Aba County and Qinghai, a southern spur of the Bayan Har range whose highest peak reaches 5,369 metres.
Lianghekou Meeting Site 两河口会议会址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
At Lianghekou in Xiaojin County the Communist Party Politburo met on 26 June 1935, after the Red Army's First and Fourth Front Armies had joined forces at Dawei earlier that month.
Long March Memorial Monument, Songpan 红军长征纪念总碑 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A memorial park on Yuanbao Hill above Chuanzhusi, completed in 1990 to commemorate the Red Army's Long March across the Songpan grasslands in 1935.
Moon Bay, Hongyuan 月亮湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A crescent-shaped meander of a grassland river just outside Hongyuan town, part of the upper Yellow River wetlands.
Riganqiao Marsh 日干乔 4A scenic area · on the map
A large highland marsh near Waqie on the Hongyuan grasslands, part of the wider Zoige wetlands, where streams and pools spread across the peatland of the upper Yellow River basin.
Sanao Snow Mountain 三奥雪山 4A scenic area · on the map
Three snow peaks, Aotaiji, Aotaimei and Aotaina, rising above Luhua, the county town of Heishui.
Shenzuo Village 神座 4A scenic area · on the map
A Tibetan village in Chali township in eastern Aba County, with high pastures behind it and old forest facing it across the river.
Shiwai Liyuan Pear Orchards, Jinchuan 世外梨园 4A scenic area · on the map
A 14.4 km² stretch of the Dajin River valley in Jinchuan County where Gyalrong Tibetan villages sit among snow-pear orchards; the county grows more than 40,000 mu (about 2,700 hectares) of the pears, and over a million trees line the valley.
Yu the Great Cultural Area, Wenchuan 汶川大禹文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
Mianchi, on the Min River south of Wenchuan county town, is traditionally held to be the birthplace of Yu the Great, the legendary tamer of China's floods.
Zhegu Mountain Nature Park 鹧鸪山自然公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A nature park on Zhegu Mountain, the high pass on the G317 between Miyaluo and Barkam, with conifer forest, alpine meadows and wide mountain views.
Zhuokeji Chieftain's Residence 卓克基土司官寨 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The fortified residence of the Zhuokeji chieftains, rulers of one of the eighteen Jiarong Tibetan chiefdoms of western Sichuan until 1955, faces the old stone village of Xisuo across the Xisuo River.
Bangtuo Monastery 棒托寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Nyingma monastery in northern Zamtang County, founded in the Yuan period and known for its 39 stupas built between the Ming dynasty and the Republic.
Choubian Tower, Xuecheng 筹边楼 National heritage site · on the map
A Qing-dynasty tower in the old street of Xuecheng, a small town on the Zagunao River in Li County.
Dazha Monastery 达扎寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Gelug monastery founded in 1663 by the first Dazha Living Buddha, which gives its name to Dazhasi, the county town of Zoige.
Dhe-Tsang Monastery 大藏寺 National heritage site · on the map
Founded in 1414, Dhe-Tsang (Dazang) Monastery is the head monastery of the Gelug school in northern Sichuan, set in a remote valley of Dazang township north of Barkam.
Jiangweicheng Site, Weizhou 姜维城遗址 National heritage site
On a ridge above the Min River at Weizhou, Wenchuan's county town, are the remains of a walled hilltop fortress traditionally linked to the Three Kingdoms general Jiang Wei, though historians doubt he built it.
Risimanba Tower House 日斯满巴碉房 National heritage site · on the map
A stone tower house (diaofang) in Zongke township, southern Zamtang County, dated by its national heritage listing to the Yuan and Ming periods.
Wori Chieftain's Residence 沃日土司官寨 National heritage site · on the map
Built around 1750, after the family sided with the Qing court, this was the seat of the Wori chieftains, a Jiarong Tibetan line of 23 generations.
Zengda Watchtower 曾达关碉 National heritage site · on the map
A Qing-dynasty stone watchtower at Zengda in southern Jinchuan County, guarding the Dajin River valley.

Bazhong 16 sites

Guangwu Mountain 光雾山 5A scenic area · 4A scenic area · on the map
Guangwushan covers more than 400 km² of the Micang range on the Sichuan–Shaanxi border, with limestone peaks, deep valleys, caves and large tracts of beech forest rising to 2,507 m.
Baiyi Ancient Town 白衣古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
Baiyi is an old trading town on the Ba River in southern Pingchang county that grew along the Micang trade road between Sichuan and Shaanxi.
Enyang Ancient Town 恩阳古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
Enyang is an old market and river town on the Enyang River, about 15 km south-west of central Bazhong.
Huahu Lake, Bazhou 山水化湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A lake area around Huacheng Reservoir in Huacheng town, about 20 km north-east of central Bazhong, listed as a National Water Conservancy Scenic Area.
Huangjia Mountain, Pingchang 皇家山 4A scenic area · on the map
A tea-growing hill area of about 12.6 km² spanning Xixing and Tuya towns, where more than 400 hectares of tea bushes follow the slopes and low clouds often settle in the valleys.
Jiuzhaishan Park, Bazhong 九寨山 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscaped hill park on the eastern side of Bazhong, in the city's economic development zone near Bazhong East railway station.
Kongshan Basin 空山天盆 4A scenic area · on the map
Kongshan is a high upland basin of meadows, farmland and forest ringed by mountains in northern Tongjiang county; 'Tianpen' means 'sky basin'.
Nankan Grottoes 南龛石窟 4A scenic area · National heritage site
On Nankan Mountain, on the southern edge of central Bazhong, more than 170 niches holding about 2,700 painted Buddhist figures were cut into the cliffs, most of them in the Tang dynasty.
Nantianmen, Pingchang 南天门 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested hill area of about 18.5 km² in Wumu town, once a stage on the Micang ancient road and a military strongpoint of the Sichuan–Shaanxi revolutionary base area.
Nuoshui River Scenic Area 诺水河 4A scenic area · on the map
The Nuoshui (Xiaotong) River cuts through the limestone of the Micang range in northern Tongjiang county, and its scenic area is known for karst caves, gorges and forested valleys.
Sima Water Town, Pingchang 驷马水乡 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure area around Sima town, on the border of Pingchang County and Bazhou District, built around an artificial lake and wetlands.
Wangping Red Army Martyrs' Cemetery 王坪红军烈士陵园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
This hillside cemetery at Wangping in Tongjiang county was begun by the Red Fourth Front Army in 1934 and, after scattered graves from across the county were moved here in 2012, holds about 25,000 Red Army dead.
Bairuxi Grottoes 白乳溪石窟 National heritage site · on the map
Bairuxi is a group of Tang-dynasty Buddhist niches carved into the rock in southern Tongjiang county.
Qianfoyan Grottoes, Tongjiang 通江千佛岩 National heritage site · on the map
This cliff in Qianfo village, just west of Tongjiang town, holds 54 niches with more than 3,000 Buddhist figures, carved mainly in the Tang dynasty.
Red Fourth Front Army Headquarters Site 红四方面军总指挥部旧址 National heritage site · on the map
From the winter of 1932 to the spring of 1935 the Red Fourth Front Army used Tongjiang's Confucian temple as its headquarters while it held the Sichuan–Shaanxi revolutionary base.
Shimen Temple Cliff Carvings 石门寺摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
A group of Tang-dynasty Buddhist niches cut into the rock at the Shimen Temple site in Bazhou District, east of central Bazhong, and listed as a national heritage site in 2019.

Chengdu 64 sites

Anren Ancient Town 安仁古镇 5A scenic area · National heritage site
Anren is a market town on the western edge of the Chengdu Plain, listed among China's historic towns in 2005, with well-preserved streets of traditional western Sichuan architecture.
Tiantai Mountain (Qionglai) 天台山 5A scenic area
A forested mountain area in western Qionglai, protected as a national scenic area and forest park and included in the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries World Heritage Site.
Baihetan National Wetland Park, Xinjin 白鹤滩国家湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A wetland park on the Min River at Xinjin, where river deposits have built up sandbars, gravel shoals and grassy meadows.
Bailu Music Town & Annunciation Seminary 白鹿音乐小镇与领报修院 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Bailu is a small mountain town in Pengzhou, marketed as a 'music town'.
Baoguang Temple & Gui Lake 宝光寺与桂湖 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Two neighbouring sights in Xindu, north of Chengdu.
Baoshan Scenic Area, Pengzhou 彭州宝山 4A scenic area · on the map
A tourist area around Baoshan village in the Longmen Mountains of Pengzhou, combining two forested valleys, Taiyangwan and Huilonggou, with a hot-spring resort and village tourism.
Chengdu International Intangible Cultural Heritage Park 成都国际非遗博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large event park of about 1,780 mu (119 hectares) in western Chengdu, built as the permanent home of the Chengdu International Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival, whose ninth edition opened here in May 2025.
Chengdu Polar Ocean Park 成都极地海洋公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A marine park of about 7 hectares in Huayang, Tianfu New Area, on the southern side of Chengdu, opened in 2010 as Haichang Polar Ocean World and since renamed.
Chengjia Tea Country, Pujiang 成佳茶乡 4A scenic area · on the map
Rolling tea country around Chengjia town in Pujiang county, south-west of Chengdu, with some 22,000 mu (about 1,500 hectares) of tea gardens, more than half of them organic.
Danjing Mountain 丹景山 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded mountain in Pengzhou known for tree peonies since at least the Song dynasty, when the poet Lu You wrote that Tianpeng (Pengzhou) peonies were the finest in Sichuan.
Danjingtai, Longquan Mountain Urban Forest Park 丹景台 4A scenic area · on the map
A hilltop viewing park on the ridge of the Longquan Mountains, opened on New Year's Day 2020 as the first showcase project of the Longquan Mountain Urban Forest Park.
Daoming Bamboo Village 道明竹艺村 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural hamlet in Daoming, Chongzhou, known for Daoming bamboo weaving, a local craft added to China's national intangible cultural heritage list in 2014.
Dongjiao Memory 东郊记忆 4A scenic area
A cultural and creative district in Chenghua, east Chengdu, converted from the Hongguang Electron Tube Factory, a state electronics plant founded in 1958.
Fenghuang Lake, Qingbaijiang 凤凰湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A wetland park around a lake in Qingbaijiang district, north-east of Chengdu, rated a 4A scenic area in 2022.
Guanxian Old Town, Dujiangyan 灌县古城 4A scenic area
The historic core of Dujiangyan, a city known as Guan County until 1988, lying beside the ancient irrigation scheme.
Guose Tianxiang Amusement Park 国色天乡乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large theme-park and resort development in Wanchun, Wenjiang, on Chengdu's western edge, built in a foreign-themed style beside a big housing estate.
Haibin City, Shuangliu 海滨城 4A scenic area · on the map
A large indoor shopping and entertainment complex in the Jiaolonggang area of Shuangliu, south-west Chengdu, listed as a scenic area for its leisure attractions.
Happy Valley Chengdu 成都欢乐谷 4A scenic area · on the map
An amusement park in Jinniu district, north-west Chengdu, opened in January 2009 as the third park in the Happy Valley chain.
Hongkou Scenic Area 虹口 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested valley along the Baisha River in the mountains north of Dujiangyan, bordering the Longxi–Hongkou National Nature Reserve, a habitat of giant pandas and golden monkeys.
Huanglongxi 黄龙溪古镇 4A scenic area
A historic river town where the Luxi River joins the Jin River south of Chengdu, a stop on the river trade since the Han dynasty and one of China's listed historic towns.
Huashuiwan Hot Spring Town 花水湾温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort town in the mountains of Dayi county, on the road up to Xiling Snow Mountain, with a river running through it between the hills.
Huawu Renjian Flower Park, Xinjin 花舞人间 4A scenic area · on the map
A flower park of more than 3,000 mu (about 200 hectares) in Xinjin district, on the southern fringe of Chengdu.
Jiezi Ancient Town 街子古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
An old market town on the Weijiang River at the foot of Fengqi Mountain, on the back side of Mount Qingcheng.
Jinmen Silk Quarter, Xindu 锦门 4A scenic area · on the map
A recently developed cultural and commercial quarter in Sanhe, Xindu district, north of Chengdu, themed on Shu brocade and promoted as the starting point of the Southern Silk Road.
Jinsha Site Museum 金沙遗址博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The museum stands on the Jinsha site in western Chengdu, a centre of the ancient Shu culture discovered in 2001 and dated to roughly 1250–650 BC.
Luxelake Water City 麓湖水城 4A scenic area · on the map
A planned lakeside district in Tianfu New Area, south of central Chengdu, built from 2010 around an artificial lake of about 2,100 mu (140 hectares) fed with water from the Dujiangyan irrigation system.
Nongke Village, Pidu 农科村 4A scenic area · on the map
A flower- and bonsai-growing village in Youai town, Pidu, north-west of Chengdu, promoted as the birthplace of nongjiale, the farmhouse restaurants and guesthouses now found across rural China.
Peach Blossom Homeland, Longquanyi 桃花故里 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside orchard area at Shanquan in the Longquan Mountains, on Chengdu's eastern edge, centred on the peach groves for which Longquanyi is known.
Pingle Ancient Town 平乐古镇 4A scenic area
A market town on the Baimo River at the foot of the Qionglai Mountains, a settlement since the Western Han and traditionally counted as a stop on the Southern Silk Road.
Qinggangshu Village, Pidu 青杠树村 4A scenic area · on the map
A model village in Sandaoyan town, Pidu, on the north-western edge of Chengdu, where streams and irrigation channels run among western-Sichuan farmhouses and tree-shaded linpan homesteads.
Sandaoyan Water Town, Pidu 三道堰 4A scenic area
A riverside town in northern Pidu, named after a legend that an early Shu ruler built three weirs of bamboo baskets here to divert water for the fields, and once a busy river port and trading post.
Sansheng Flower Villages 三圣花乡 4A scenic area · on the map
A belt of flower-growing villages in Sansheng subdistrict on Chengdu's south-eastern edge, developed as five themed areas known as the 'Five Golden Flowers': Flower Village Farmhouses, Happy Plum Grove, Jiang Family Vegetable Plots, East Hedge Chrysanthemum Garden and Lotus Pond Moonlight.
Shixiang Lake, Pujiang 石象湖 4A scenic area
A lake park in Pujiang county, south-west of Chengdu, combining about 800 mu (53 hectares) of water with a large area of secondary forest, planted lawns and extensive flower fields.
Tianfu Hibiscus Garden 天府芙蓉园 4A scenic area · on the map
A themed park in the Jiang'an River green belt of Wuhou district, south-west Chengdu, opened in 2018 and developed with Joy City Holdings around the hibiscus, Chengdu's city flower.
Tianfu International Slow City, Chongzhou 天府国际慢城 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural leisure area around Baitou town, west of Chongzhou on the Chengdu Plain, made up of the Qimu River wetland park, the Wuxing village folk-culture area and open rice and rapeseed fields.
Tianyi Nongyuan Art Park 天艺浓园 4A scenic area · on the map
An art park in Wuhou district, south-west Chengdu, founded in 2005 and now grouped into three sections that combine artists' studios, galleries and teaching spaces.
Wangcong Temple 望丛祠 4A scenic area
A memorial temple in Pidu to Wangdi (Du Yu) and Congdi (Bieling), two legendary kings of ancient Shu, traditionally credited with teaching farming and taming floods.
Weiran Flower Sea, Longquanyi 蔚然花海 4A scenic area · on the map
A large commercial flower park in Tong'an, Longquanyi, on the eastern edge of Chengdu, planted mainly with seasonal flowers such as tulips, poppies, zinnias and coneflowers, including some grown from space-bred seed.
Wufengxi Ancient Town 五凤溪古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside town on the Tuo River in the Longquan Mountains of Jintang County, which prospered as a busy river port in the Qing dynasty.
Xiling Snow Mountain 西岭雪山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in the Qionglai range in Dayi County, crowned by Daxuetang, at 5,364 m the highest peak in Chengdu municipality.
Xinchang Ancient Town 新场古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A long-established foothill market town in western Dayi County, laid out on a grid of old streets and lanes.
Xingfu Tianyuan Rural Park, Wenjiang 幸福田园 4A scenic area · on the map
A showcase rural area of about 1,400 mu (93 hectares) at Xingfu village in Wanchun, Wenjiang, on the western edge of Chengdu, presenting farm life on the Chengdu Plain.
Yuantong Ancient Town 元通古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
An old river-port town on the Wenjing River in Chongzhou, once one of the busier wharves of the western Chengdu Plain.
Zhanqi Village, Pidu 战旗村 4A scenic area · on the map
A model village in Tangchang, Pidu, noted for its collective land reforms and visited by Xi Jinping in February 2018; an exhibition hall presents the village's development and that visit.
Baodun Site 宝墩遗址 National heritage site · on the map
Earthen ramparts of a walled town of the Baodun culture, some 4,500 years old, the largest of six prehistoric walled towns on the Chengdu Plain protected under one listing.
Chuanwang Palace, Xinchang 新场川王宫 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the 'King of Sichuan', Li Bing, the engineer of the Dujiangyan irrigation system, beside the Hutiao River at Xinchang in western Dayi.
Early Buildings of Sichuan University (Huaxiba) 四川大学早期建筑 National heritage site · on the map
Campus buildings from 1913 to 1954, mainly the old West China Union University campus at Huaxiba plus the administration building on the main Wangjiang campus.
Feixiange Cliff Carvings 飞仙阁摩崖造像 National heritage site
One of the two protected groups of the Pujiang Grottoes, near Chaoyang Lake, with Buddhist and Taoist niches carved from the Tang to the Qing, the earliest dated 689.
Guanyin Temple, Xinjin 观音寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple in Yongshang, south of Xinjin, founded in 1181 and rebuilt many times; two Ming halls survive alongside a Qing gate and halls.
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Chengdu 平安桥天主教堂 National heritage site · on the map
The cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Chengdu, completed in 1904 on what was then Ping'anqiao Street in the city centre.
Kuiguang Pagoda 奎光塔 National heritage site
A hexagonal brick pagoda in Dujiangyan city, rebuilt in 1831 on a Ming predecessor by a county magistrate to promote local scholarship.
Lingyan Temple and Thousand Buddha Pagoda 灵岩寺 National heritage site
A temple on the southern slope of Lingyan Mountain just north of Dujiangyan city, rebuilt in the Ming and Qing; only its Qing main hall and bell tower survive.
Ming Tombs of the Princes of Shu 明蜀王陵 National heritage site
A group of more than ten tombs of Ming-dynasty Princes of Shu and their consorts, spread over the low hills of Shiling in eastern Chengdu.
Northern Zhou Stele of King Wen 北周文王碑 National heritage site
A stele carved in 557 on a great boulder in the Longquan Mountains, recording the deeds of Yuwen Tai, honoured as King Wen of Northern Zhou, and dedicating a Buddhist and a Taoist image.
Qiong Kiln Site, Shifangtang 邛窑遗址 National heritage site · on the map
The remains of a large folk pottery works at Shifangtang that fired ceramics from the Sui to the Song dynasties, the biggest known site of the Qiong ware tradition.
Qionglai Cliff Carvings 邛崃石窟 National heritage site
Three groups of Tang-to-Song Buddhist cliff carvings around Qionglai are protected together: Pantuo Temple, Shisun Mountain and Huazhi Temple.
Ruiguang Pagoda, Huaikou 淮口瑞光塔 National heritage site
A 33-metre square brick pagoda of 13 storeys in the grounds of Ruiguang Temple, on the east bank of the Tuo River at Huaikou; its recorded founding date is 1148, in the Southern Song.
Shengde Temple White Pagoda 圣德寺白塔 National heritage site · on the map
A multi-storey Song-dynasty pagoda in the south of Jianyang, known locally as the White Pagoda and listed as a national heritage site in 2006.
Shuijingfang Distillery Site 水井街酒坊遗址 National heritage site
The remains of a baijiu distillery worked from the Ming and Qing dynasties, found in 1998 when a Chengdu liquor plant was rebuilding, with drying floors from three periods, eight fermentation pits and stoves.
Stone Pagoda Temple 石塔寺 National heritage site
A temple in Gaohe, western Qionglai, centred on a 17.8-metre square pagoda of red sandstone carved between 1169 and 1172, with a double plinth, a colonnade and twelve tiers of close-set eaves.
Tomb of Wang Jian 王建墓（永陵） National heritage site
The burial mound of Wang Jian (847–918), founding emperor of the Former Shu kingdom, excavated in the 1940s and now the Yongling Museum.
Wangjianglou Park 望江楼 National heritage site
A riverside park on the Jin River honouring the Tang poet Xue Tao, who is said to have drawn water from a well here to make her coloured letter paper.
Yanhua Pond 罨画池 National heritage site
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.
Zhenguo Temple White Pagoda and Pengzhou Pagodas 彭州佛塔 National heritage site · on the map
Three Northern Song brick pagodas around Pengzhou are protected together: the Zhenguo Temple White Pagoda at Danjingshan, the Yunju Yuan pagoda and the Zhengjue Temple pagoda.

Dazhou 15 sites

Bashan Grand Canyon 巴山大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
The Bashan Grand Canyon scenic area covers river gorges, cliffs and forested mountains in the Daba range of north-eastern Xuanhan county, around the Tujia ethnic township of Dukou.
Batai Mountain 八台山 4A scenic area · on the map
Batai Mountain, south-east of Wanyuan city in the Daba range, is a national geopark of isolated peaks and sheer cliffs, known for sunrise views, seas of cloud and 'Buddha's light' halos.
Congren Valley 賨人谷 4A scenic area · on the map
Congren Valley is a 41 km² karst landscape of gorges, caves, springs, waterfalls and forest in the hills east of Qu County town, protected as a national forest park and provincial geopark.
Jinshan Scenic Area 金山 4A scenic area · on the map
Jinshan is a wooded hill in Pu'an town, a few kilometres west of Kaijiang county town, centred on Jinshan Temple, a Buddhist monastery.
Shenjianyuan (Zhang Aiping Former Residence) 神剑园 4A scenic area · on the map
Shenjianyuan, in Luojiang town north-east of Dazhou city, is built around the childhood home of Zhang Aiping (1910–2003), a Red Army veteran who later directed China's early nuclear tests and served as defence minister.
Wanyuan Red Army Park 万源红军公园 4A scenic area · on the map
On Tuoshan hill above Wanyuan city, this memorial park commemorates the 1934 Defence of Wanyuan, when the Red Fourth Front Army held the area against Sichuan warlord forces.
Wenfeng Mountain, Qu County 文峰山 4A scenic area · on the map
An open hillside park in Qu County town themed on local history and Confucian scholarship.
Wufeng Mountain 五峰山 4A scenic area · on the map
Wufeng Mountain in eastern Dazhu county is a national forest park; its ridges, between 600 and 1,080 m, are covered by a bamboo forest of many species that stretches for tens of kilometres.
Wumei Mountain, Dachuan 乌梅山 4A scenic area · on the map
A 17.75 km² rural area around Baijie, south of Dazhou, centred on orchards of mume trees grown for wumei, the smoked dried fruit, which blossom in January–February and ripen in May–June.
Yanglie Water Village, Xuanhan 洋烈水乡 4A scenic area · on the map
An open rural leisure area of about 6.8 km² along the Zhou River near Xuanhan, developed since 2013.
Zhenfo Mountain Temples 真佛山 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Zhenfo Mountain, in Fushan town about 35 km from Dazhou city, is topped by a Qing-dynasty complex of temples, among them Dehua Temple and the Jade Emperor and Tianzi halls, where Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist worship share one hillside.
Han Que of Qu County 渠县汉阙 National heritage site · on the map
Qu County has six sites with seven stone que, the pillar-gates that stood before tombs of the Eastern Han to Western Jin, carved in stone to imitate timber buildings; they amount to about a quarter of all surviving Han que in China.
Kaijiang Memorial Arches 开江牌坊 National heritage site · on the map
Two Qing-dynasty stone memorial arches in Kaijiang county honour widows for chastity and filial devotion: the Tao Arch at the entrance to Renshi town, raised for the wife and concubine of the official Zhang Jiufeng, and the Hu Family Arch near Gantang town.
Lenin Street Stone Arches and Red Army Slogans 列宁街石牌坊 National heritage site
Four Qing-dynasty memorial arches, built between 1817 and 1901 to honour virtuous widows, stand along the old street of Shiqiao town in Dachuan District; their tiers of eaves are carved with dragons and phoenixes, scenes such as the Eight Immortals and the Peach Garden Oath, and some 480 human figures.
Qu County Confucian Temple 渠县文庙 National heritage site · on the map
Qu County's Confucian temple is a Qing-dynasty complex of three courtyards on a hillside above the Qu River, built in stages between 1663 and 1821 and fronted by a carved stone Lingxing Gate of 1794.

Deyang 12 sites

Golden Qingping, Mianzhu 金色清平 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain leisure area around Qingping, a small town in the Longmen Mountains north-west of Mianzhu, where a former mining district has been turned into a tourist area.
Jiulong Mountain–Lutang Mountain Tourist Area, Mianzhu 九龙山—麓棠山 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural tourism belt along the foot of the Longmen Mountains west of Mianzhu, spread over several townships.
Mianzhu New Year Print Village 绵竹年画村 4A scenic area
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.
Pang Tong Shrine and Tomb 庞统祠墓 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The shrine and tomb of Pang Tong (179–214), the adviser to Liu Bei who was killed by an arrow during the campaign for Sichuan, an episode retold in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Xiaoquan Old Town 孝泉古镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
An old market town on the Chengdu Plain known as the home of Jiang Shi, a model of filial devotion in the classic Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars, who is honoured at the Jiang Xiao Shrine.
Yijiaheba Rural Tourism Area, Guanghan 易家河坝 4A scenic area · on the map
A village-run leisure area at Youyi village in Sanshui town, where the Yazi, Shiting and Mianyuan rivers meet east of Guanghan, built up around fish ponds, orchards and farmland.
Deyang Confucian Temple 德阳文庙 National heritage site · on the map
Deyang's Confucian temple, one of the largest in Sichuan, covers about 28,000 m² in the city centre.
Huijian Temple 慧剑寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple at Huijian village in Huilan, just east of Shifang city, traditionally said to date back to the Tang.
Jiannanchun Distillery Site (Tianyi Laohao) 剑南春酒坊遗址 National heritage site · on the map
The Tianyi Laohao workshops in central Mianzhu are the Qing-dynasty distillery of the Jiannanchun baijiu company, with old fermentation pits still in use.
Longju Temple 龙居寺 National heritage site · on the map
Founded in the Tang and rebuilt under the Ming and Qing, Longju Temple keeps a Middle Hall built in 1447.
Luocheng Ruins and Fanghu Park 雒城遗址（房湖公园） National heritage site · on the map
Guanghan stands on the site of Luo, the Han-dynasty county town that Liu Bei besieged in 214, the campaign in which his adviser Pang Tong was killed.
Zhongjiang North Pagoda 中江北塔 National heritage site · on the map
A slender, square brick pagoda with many tiers of eaves, dating from the Song dynasty and standing on a hilltop on the north side of Zhongjiang's county town.

Ganzi 37 sites

18th Army Cave Dwellings, Ganzi 十八军窑洞群遗址 4A scenic area · on the map
In 1951, soldiers of the People's Liberation Army's 18th Army dug cave dwellings into a hillside about 4 km from Ganzi town while building Ganzi airfield, in support of the army's march into Tibet.
Bage Mani Wall 巴格嘛呢墙 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The Bage Mani Wall is a long wall built entirely of stones carved with Buddhist mantras and images, running across the grassland of Shiqu County.
Chachenggou Hot Springs, Xiangcheng 查呈沟天浴温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A valley at Kemai village in Ranwu township, Xiangcheng County, where the county counts 108 hot springs between 17°C and 85°C within half a square kilometre.
Dengma Wetland Park 邓玛湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
Dengma Wetland Park takes in riverside wetland around Zhengke and Luoxu in the Jinsha River valley of southern Shiqu County, on the border with Tibet.
Derge Parkhang 德格印经院 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The Derge Parkhang is a working Tibetan printing house founded in 1729 by Tenpa Tsering, king of Derge, and attached to the Sakya-school Gonchen Monastery.
Duoraogamu Cultural Park, Tagong 多饶嘎目 4A scenic area · on the map
A cultural park below Mount Zhara (Yala) near Tagong, rated 4A in February 2025 and built around the Minyak Tibetan culture of the area.
Fudi Serthar Cultural Area (former Waxu Tribe area), Luoruo 福地色达 4A scenic area · on the map
A 4A cultural area listed at Luoruo, the township in the Larung valley of Serthar County, which until recently went by the name Waxu Tribe Cultural Tourism Area.
Gesar King City, Garzê 格萨尔王城 4A scenic area · on the map
A newly built cultural complex on the south-eastern edge of Garzê county town, begun in 2017, opened in 2019 and themed on King Gesar, hero of the Tibetan epic, with zones for Gesar culture, the epic, grassland and wetland.
Gsumge Mani Stone Castle 松格嘛呢石经城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The Gsumge (Songge) Mani Stone Castle is a rectangular mass of stacked mani stones, carved with mantras and Buddhist images, about 73 by 47 metres and 9 metres high, rising to 15 metres, on the Zachuka grassland of Shiqu County.
Huiyuan Temple (Gata) 惠远寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Huiyuan Temple was founded in 1728 on the orders of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor in the Gata valley north of Bamei, and the 7th Dalai Lama lived here for seven years before returning to Tibet; the 11th Dalai Lama was born in a nearby village in 1838.
Kangba Hanzi Village, Yajiang 康巴汉子村 4A scenic area · on the map
A Tibetan village on the G318 at Xi'eluo, formerly called Jiezhu, which registered the name 'Kangba Hanzi' (men of Kham) as a trademark in 2005 and turned to tourism; it became a 4A area in 2022.
Kangba Wendu Cultural Park 康巴文都 4A scenic area · on the map
Kangba Wendu is a large, newly built culture park beside Dêgê town presenting the crafts and traditions for which Dêgê is known across Kham.
Kasa Lake (Liangquhe Scenic Area) 卡萨湖 4A scenic area · on the map
Kasa Lake is a freshwater plateau lake at roughly 3,510 metres, set among grassland and hills just off the G317, the northern Sichuan–Tibet highway, in western Luhuo County.
Lalong Tso Wetland 拉龙措 4A scenic area · on the map
Lalong Tso is a national wetland park high on the plateau of eastern Baiyu County, where moraine-dammed lakes lie among glacier-polished rocks and boulders left by ancient glaciers.
Litang Old Town 勒通古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
Litang's old quarter, on the north side of this high-plateau town at about 4,000 metres, covers roughly 1.5 square kilometres: some 4,000 Tibetan houses in 13 old villages, many still lived in by local families.
Luding Bridge 泸定桥 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Luding Bridge is an iron-chain suspension bridge spanning about 100 metres across the Dadu River in Luding town, built in 1705–1706 on the orders of the Kangxi Emperor as a key crossing on the road between Sichuan and Tibet.
Minyak Holy Land, Kangding 木雅圣地 4A scenic area · on the map
A tourist area west of Zheduo Pass in Kangding, presented as the first themed area devoted to the culture of the Minyak (Muya) Tibetans, in an area that was once a checkpoint on the tea-horse road.
Moshi Park 墨石公园 4A scenic area · on the map
Moshi ('ink stone') Park is a forest of dark grey rock pinnacles near Bamei in Daofu County, standing out against the surrounding grassland.
Mugecuo Lake 木格措 4A scenic area
Mugecuo is an alpine lake at about 3,780 metres in the mountains north-west of Kangding, nearly 3 km long and fringed by forest, grassland and snow peaks.
Qingde White Tibetan Villages 青德藏乡田园 4A scenic area · on the map
Around Qingde, just south of Xiangcheng town, villages of whitewashed rammed-earth Tibetan houses stand among terraced barley fields in the valley.
Sangdui Red Grass Wetland 桑堆红草湿地 4A scenic area · on the map
In the river valley at Sangdui, north of Daocheng, shallow pools are filled with an aquatic grass that turns deep red in autumn.
Tsopu Valley 措普沟 4A scenic area · on the map
Tsopu is a high valley in northern Batang County whose sacred lake, Tsopu Lake, lies backed by snow peaks and forest.
Wuxu Lake 伍须海 4A scenic area · on the map
Wuxu Lake is a clear green barrier lake set among mountains about 25 km from Jiulong town, within the Mount Gongga national scenic area.
Xinlong Red Mountains 新龙红山 4A scenic area · on the map
The Red Mountains lie in Yinduo township in the north-west of Xinlong County.
Xinluhai (Yilhun Lha Tso) 新路海 4A scenic area
Xinluhai, Yilhun Lha Tso in Tibetan and officially Yulong Latso, is a glacial lake at about 4,020 metres at the foot of Chola Mountain, about 3 km long and dammed by glacial moraine; it is described as the largest lake of its kind in China.
Yala Snow Mountain, Daofu 亚拉雪山 4A scenic area · on the map
Yala (Zhara Lhatse), the 5,820-metre sacred peak that dominates the Tagong grassland, also rises above Daofu County to the north, and this scenic area covers that northern side.
Zangbala Flower Fields, Litang 藏巴拉花海 4A scenic area · on the map
A flower-field and farm area at Hange village in Zhuosang township, south of Litang, beside the G227 road and next to the Haizishan nature reserve.
Beri Monastery 白利寺 National heritage site
Beri Monastery stands on a hillside above the north bank of the Yalong River about 10 km west of Ganzi town, and its present buildings date from the Qing dynasty.
Bori Bridge 波日桥 National heritage site · on the map
Bori Bridge is a wooden cantilever bridge across the Yalong River in Xinlong County, 125 metres long with a 60-metre span, the longest-spanning bridge of its kind surviving in the Tibetan areas.
Dadu River Suspension Bridge, Luding 大渡河悬索桥 National heritage site · on the map
A steel suspension bridge 132 metres long across the Dadu River, about 900 metres upstream of the old Luding chain bridge, built between November 1950 and the end of May 1951 by highway engineers, army engineering troops and local labourers to carry the new Sichuan–Tibet Highway over the river.
Kathok Monastery 嘎托寺 National heritage site · on the map
Kathok, founded in 1159, is one of the six great 'mother monasteries' of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, perched at about 4,000 metres some 700 metres above the valley floor in Baiyu County.
Lharima Stone-Slab Village 拉日马石板藏寨 National heritage site · on the map
Lharima, in Zhazong village in southern Xinlong County, is a Tibetan settlement of some 370 households whose two- and three-storey houses are roofed with stone slabs and linked by lanes paved with blue-grey stone.
Litang Monastery 理塘寺 National heritage site · on the map
Litang Monastery, begun in 1581 in the time of the Third Dalai Lama, is regarded as the largest Gelug monastery in Kham.
Muri Mani Wall 穆日玛尼石经墙 National heritage site · on the map
The Muri Mani Wall is a long wall of stones carved with Buddhist mantras and images on the grasslands of Sêrxü (Shiqu) county in north-western Sichuan, built up by pilgrims over many centuries.
Palpung Monastery 八邦寺 National heritage site
Palpung, at Babang in Dêgê County, is the historic seat of the Tai Situ lamas and the mother monastery of the Karma Kagyu school in Kham; the present monastery was founded in 1727 by the 8th Tai Situ with the support of the king of Derge.
Sampeling Monastery 桑披寺 National heritage site · on the map
Sampeling, in full Ganden Sampel Norbu Ling, is the main Gelug monastery of Xiangcheng, first built in 1669.
Xiangcheng Rammed-Earth Towers 乡城夯土碉楼 National heritage site · on the map
Xiangcheng's rammed-earth watchtowers are tall defensive towers of packed earth, dated to the Ming dynasty, standing near the county town.

Guang'an 6 sites

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.

Guangyuan 17 sites

Bailin Ancient Town 柏林古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A small town in the south of Zhaohua District that grew up around the Bailin post station on the southern branch of the old Shu Road.
Donghekou Earthquake Relics Park 东河口地震遗址公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A memorial park where the Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008 brought down whole mountainsides around the village of Donghekou in Qingchuan County, burying more than 780 people.
Huangze Temple 皇泽寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Huangze Temple, at the foot of Wulong Mountain on the west bank of the Jialing River, is described as the only temple in China dedicated to Wu Zetian, the Tang empress who by tradition was born in Guangyuan.
Longmen Pavilion Scenic Area 龙门阁 4A scenic area · on the map
Longmen Pavilion is one of the best-known cliff-side plank-road sections of the ancient Jinniu Road near Chaotian, where the route between Qin and Shu was carried along the cliffs.
Micang Mountain Grand Canyon 米仓山大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A canyon landscape in the Micang Mountains of northern Wangcang County, on the Sichuan–Shaanxi border, part of the natural divide between northern and southern China and rich in plant and animal life.
Mingyue Gorge 明月峡 4A scenic area
A narrow gorge of the Jialing River near Chaotian where six generations of routes squeeze through side by side: an ancient plank road, the Jinniu post road, a boat-haulers' towpath, the river itself, the Sichuan–Shaanxi highway and the Baoji–Chengdu railway.
Mumen Conference Site 木门会议会址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Mumen Temple, built in the Kangxi reign of the Qing on a hillside above Mumen town in south-eastern Wangcang County, hosted a six-day conference of the Red Fourth Front Army's leaders in late June 1933, after which the army expanded rapidly in the Sichuan–Shaanxi base area.
Pingle Scenic Area 平乐旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural scenic area at Yuanba, south-east of Guangyuan city, built around Pingle Temple and said to take in the wooded Qifeng Gorge and Ziyun Lake.
Qingxi Ancient Town 青溪古城 4A scenic area · on the map
A small walled town on the upper Qingzhu River at the foot of Motian Ridge, close to where Guangyuan, Mianyang and Gansu meet, with surviving stretches of Ming city wall and lanes of timber houses in the northern Sichuan style.
Red Army City, Wangcang 红军城 4A scenic area · on the map
The old streets of Donghe, the Wangcang county town, which from November 1934 housed the Red Fourth Front Army's headquarters and more than 40 party, government and military bodies, making it the centre of the Sichuan–Shaanxi base in its final phase and the army's assembly point for the Long March.
Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve 唐家河 4A scenic area
A forested mountain reserve of about 400 km² in the far west of Qingchuan County, established in 1978 and now part of the Giant Panda National Park, ranging from about 1,100 m to almost 3,900 m.
Thousand-Buddha Cliff (Guangyuan) 千佛崖 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A cliff on the east bank of the Jialing River north of Guangyuan, honeycombed with Buddhist niches carved from the late Northern Wei to the Ming, most of them in the Tang.
Zengjiashan 曾家山 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst upland in Chaotian District, mostly 1,300–1,400 m above sea level, where stone forests, sinkholes, gorges and caves are scattered among farmland and forest.
Zhaohua Ancient Town 昭化古城 4A scenic area
A small walled town where the Bailong River meets the Jialing, known in antiquity as Jiameng; after the Qin conquered Shu and Ba in 316 BC they set up a county here, and the town calls itself the first county seat in Sichuan.
Heming Mountain Taoist Carvings, Jiange 鹤鸣山道教造像 National heritage site
A hill about 1 km east of Pu'an, the old county town of Jiange, with 21 niches and 88 carved figures, mainly Taoist, made between the Northern Wei and the Republican era.
Jueyuan Temple 觉苑寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple on the west side of Wulian, a town on the old Shu Road in southern Jiange County, founded in the Tang and rebuilt in 1457 under the Ming.
Zhongzipu Microlith Archaeology Museum 中子铺细石器考古博物馆 National heritage site · on the map
A museum opened in October 2024 in Zhongzi town for the Zhongzipu site, where excavations in 1990 and 1991 recovered about 20,000 finds, among them microliths (tiny flaked stone tools) from a layer dated to roughly 7,000 to 6,000 years ago.

Leshan 19 sites

Dafo Chan Monastery, Emeishan 大佛禅院 4A scenic area · on the map
An active Buddhist monastery in Emeishan city, about 5 km east of Baoguo Temple at the foot of Mount Emei, run as a Buddhist cultural tourism area.
Heizhugou National Forest Park 黑竹沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park in the Xiaoliangshan mountains of Ebian Yi Autonomous County, whose scenic area covers about 575 square kilometres at altitudes from roughly 1,500 to 4,288 metres.
Jiajiang Thousand Buddha Cliff & Dongfeng Weir 千佛岩 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A sandstone cliff on the bank of the Qingyi River just outside Jiajiang town, carved with some 270 Buddhist niches; most date from the Tang dynasty, with later additions into the Qing.
Jinkou Grand Canyon of the Dadu River 大渡河金口大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A deep gorge of the Dadu River in mountainous Jinkouhe District, listed both as a 4A scenic area and as a National Water Conservancy Scenic Area.
Leshan Wumu Culture Museum 乌木文化博览苑 4A scenic area · on the map
A large museum in Suji town devoted to wumu, the dark timber formed when ancient trees were buried in old riverbeds by earthquakes, floods or landslides.
Luocheng Ancient Town 罗城古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A market town in Qianwei county whose main street is wide in the middle and narrows at each end, giving it the outline of a boat; the street is traditionally dated to the late Ming dynasty.
Muchuan Bamboo Sea 沐川竹海 4A scenic area · on the map
Muchuan county in the hills of southern Leshan is thickly covered in bamboo, and this scenic area beside National Road 213 near Yongfu town showcases it.
Nongfu Spring Emeishan Factory Tour 农夫山泉峨眉山工业旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A working bottled-water plant of the Nongfu Spring company in Gaoqiao town, at the foot of Mount Emei, opened to visitors as an industrial tourism site.
Oriental Buddha Park 东方佛都 4A scenic area · on the map
A privately run theme park beside the Leshan Giant Buddha, filled with reproductions of Buddhist statues and carvings in stone and other materials.
Sichuan Tourism Expo Park, Emeishan 四川旅博天地 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern complex of about 87 hectares in the eastern new district of Emeishan city that combines exhibition, culture and tourism venues with city shopping.
World Jasmine Expo Park, Qianwei 世界茉莉博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
A jasmine-themed agricultural park in Qingxi town that opened in 2020, with a core area of about 87 hectares planted with more than 120 jasmine varieties.
China Nuclear Fusion Museum 中国核聚变博物馆 National heritage site · on the map
The former experiment hall of the Southwestern Institute of Physics, a Third Front nuclear research institute, where the HL-1 tokamak (China Circulator One) was completed in 1984; it is listed nationally as the site of China's first controlled nuclear fusion experimental device.
Feilai Hall, Emeishan 大庙飞来殿 National heritage site
A temple complex about 2 km north of Emeishan city whose main Feilai Hall, rebuilt in 1279 and repaired in 1298, is the largest surviving Yuan-dynasty timber building in Sichuan.
Lei Family Residence, Jingyan 雷氏民居 National heritage site · on the map
A large Qing manor built in 1773 for the family of Lei Chang, a Qianlong-era court official, on the edge of Qianfo town in Jingyan County.
Mahao Cliff Tombs 麻浩崖墓 National heritage site
A cemetery of rock-cut tombs dug into the sandstone of Lingyun Hill beside the Leshan Giant Buddha; a 1985 survey counted 330 tombs along more than 300 metres of cliff, most from the Eastern Han dynasty.
Qianwei Confucius Temple 犍为文庙 National heritage site
A Confucian temple in Yujin, the county town of Qianwei, founded in the Northern Song and rebuilt several times, with buildings mainly of the Ming and Qing; it is one of the largest Confucian temples in Sichuan.
Sanjiang White Pagoda 三江白塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Song-dynasty pagoda in Sanjiang town, Jingyan county, built of brick and timber on a square plan.
Wuyou Temple & Lidui 乌尤寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist monastery more than a thousand years old on the summit of Wuyou Hill, next to the Leshan Giant Buddha; it is the oldest temple in the area and one of China's officially designated key Buddhist temples.
Yanggong Que, Jiajiang 杨公阙 National heritage site · on the map
A pair of carved stone pillar-gates (que) in the countryside south-east of Jiajiang town, dated by the heritage authorities to between the Han and Song dynasties.

Liangshan 9 sites

Huili Ancient Town 会理古城 4A scenic area · on the map
Huili, in the far south of Liangshan near the Yunnan border, has been a county seat since the Western Han dynasty and was named a national historic and cultural city in 2011.
Huili Conference Site 会理会议纪念地 4A scenic area · on the map
In May 1935, after crossing the Jinsha River on the Long March, the Red Army spent about two weeks around Huili, and the Communist Party's Politburo held an enlarged meeting at Tiechang on the outskirts of the town.
Jianchang Old Town, Xichang 建昌古城 4A scenic area · on the map
Jianchang is the old name of Xichang, and its old town on the north side of the modern city keeps stretches of the former city wall and the Datong Gate, with lanes of older houses, teahouses and snack stalls inside.
Kaidilila Hot Springs, Ningnan 凯地里拉温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in Pisha town, Ningnan County, in southern Liangshan.
Lingshan Temple, Mianning 灵山寺 4A scenic area · on the map
Lingshan ('Spirit Mountain') is a forested mountain scenic area about 17 km east of Mianning town, centred on Lingshan Temple, a Buddhist temple whose halls are built up the hillside.
Luoji Mountain 螺髻山 4A scenic area · on the map
Luoji Mountain is a range running south from Qionghai Lake near Xichang, with summits above 4,300 metres.
Mahu Lake 马湖 4A scenic area · on the map
Mahu is a deep mountain lake in Leibo County, in the far east of Liangshan, formed where glaciers dammed an old river valley and measured in 1982 at 134 metres at its deepest point.
Yihai Lake (Yihai Alliance Site) 彝海 4A scenic area · on the map
Yihai is a small mountain lake in northern Mianning County where, on 22 May 1935, during the Long March, the Red Army commander Liu Bocheng and Xiaoyedan, a leader of the local Yi Guoji clan, swore brotherhood in a blood oath, allowing the army to pass through Yi territory.
Boshiwahei Rock Carvings 博什瓦黑岩画 National heritage site · on the map
Boshiwahei is a group of large boulders in the hills of Wanchang township, Zhaojue County, incised with Buddhist figures and dated to the Tang and Song periods, when this region lay within the Nanzhao and Dali kingdoms.

Luzhou 23 sites

Dongyunba Umbrella Village, Jiangyang 董允坝·伞乡 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural scenic area at Fenshuiling town, Jiangyang district, combining the Dongyunba national modern-agriculture demonstration park with Sanli ('umbrella village'), a new rural-community street of about 1.1 km built in old-street style and hung with oil-paper umbrellas.
Fenghuang Lake, Naxi 凤凰湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A winding reservoir lake with more than ten islands in Naxi district, south-west of Luzhou, set within some 30 km² of forested hills.
Huangjing Laolin Forest 黄荆老林 4A scenic area · on the map
A large forested upland in northern Gulin county, protected as a national forest park and a provincial nature reserve, with extensive subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest.
Longnao Bridge 龙脑桥 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A stone beam bridge built in the late 14th century, early in the Ming dynasty, that crosses the Jiuqu River on 12 piers; the middle eight are carved into large dragons, qilin, lions and elephants, heads facing upstream.
Luzhou Laojiao Old Cellars 泸州大曲老窖池 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The historic core of the Luzhou Laojiao distillery, one of the best-known makers of strong-aroma baijiu, where earthen fermentation pits dating from the Ming dynasty are still in use.
Qu Family Manor 屈氏庄园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A large rural estate built by the Qu family during the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns of the Qing dynasty (roughly 1796–1850) and used into the Republican era.
Taiping Ancient Town 太平古镇 4A scenic area
A hillside market town on the Chishui River, on the Guizhou border, where the Red Army crossed during the Long March in 1935: the second and fourth of the 'Four Crossings of the Chishui' were made at Taiping Ferry.
Tianxiandong Scenic Area 天仙硐 4A scenic area · on the map
A densely forested danxia landscape of red sandstone cliffs, valleys, streams and stepped waterfalls in Naxi district, south of Luzhou.
Yaoba Ancient Town 尧坝古镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A well-preserved market town on the old road from Luzhou to Chishui in Guizhou, said to have begun as a post station in the Northern Song and to have flourished in the Ming and Qing.
Zhangba Longan Grove 张坝桂圆林 4A scenic area · on the map
A large grove of old longan trees in the Qiancao area of Jiangyang district, Luzhou, planted in the Qing dynasty and listed as a Sichuan provincial protected cultural relic in 2007.
Bao'en Pagoda, Luzhou 泸州报恩塔 National heritage site · on the map
A seven-storey brick pagoda of the Southern Song dynasty in the old centre of Luzhou, known locally as the White Pagoda.
Chunqiu Temple, Xuyong 春秋祠 National heritage site · on the map
A Qing-dynasty temple to Guan Yu on Shaanxi Street in Xuyong county town, enlarged around 1900.
Dongwo Hydropower Station 洞窝水电站 National heritage site
A small hydropower station on the Longxi River that Shui Xiheng, a Luzhou engineer who had studied in Germany, began building in 1921 to use a 44-metre natural drop in the Dongwo gorge; it was completed in 1925 as the Jihe power plant with a 140-kilowatt Siemens generator and is still generating today.
Fubao Ancient Town 福宝古镇 National heritage site · on the map
An old market town in south-eastern Hejiang County, built on a ridge where streams meet, whose Ming and Qing buildings make up a nationally protected group and one of China's listed historic towns.
Hejiang Han Stone Coffin Museum 合江汉代画像石棺博物馆 National heritage site
A county museum devoted to the relief-carved stone coffins of the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE) found in cliff tombs around Hejiang, where the Chishui River joins the Yangtze.
Luxian Song Stone Carving Museum 泸县宋代石刻博物馆 National heritage site · on the map
A museum in Luxian county town that displays carved stone panels from the Song-dynasty tombs found across the county, of which more than a hundred are known.
Qifeng Aqueduct 奇峰渡槽 National heritage site
Two stone arched aqueducts built between 1973 and 1978 to carry irrigation water across the valleys around Qifeng town as part of the Sanxikou reservoir scheme.
Qingliang Cave Cliff Carvings 清凉洞摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
Ming-dynasty Buddhist cliff carvings at Qingliang Cave in Maling town, in the hills of Xuyong County.
Red Army Long March Site, Shixiangzi 红军长征过石厢子旧址 National heritage site · on the map
Shixiangzi, a small Yi township in the hills where Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou meet, is where the Central Red Army camped in early February 1935 after its first crossing of the Chishui River, spending the Spring Festival there during the Long March.
Shenbicheng Fortress 神臂城 National heritage site
The ruins of a Southern Song mountain fortress on a cliff-bound promontory above the Yangtze, built in 1243 when Luzhou's government moved here to resist the Mongols.
Xianshi Soy Sauce Workshops 先市酱油酿造作坊群 National heritage site · on the map
A working soy-sauce brewery beside the Chishui river whose old timber workshop courtyard, sloping drying ground and small Sanguan temple go back to a sauce house of the late Qing.
Yuantong Temple, Luxian 圆通寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple at Leiba village in Yusi town, in the countryside of northern Luxian, also known as Yuantong Chanlin; it was founded in 1506 and rebuilt in 1608 under the Ming dynasty.
Yuchan Mountain Cliff Carvings 玉蟾山摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
A wooded hill beside Luxian county town holding more than 400 Ming-dynasty cliff carvings, begun in the Yongle reign.

Meishan 17 sites

China Pickle City, Meishan 中国泡菜城 4A scenic area · on the map
An industrial zone in Chongli, Dongpo District, where about a hundred companies in the Sichuan pickle (paocai) industry are clustered, run as a 4A industrial-tourism area.
Heilongtan Reservoir 黑龙滩 4A scenic area · on the map
A large reservoir in the hills of Renshou County, completed in 1972 and fed by the Dongfeng Canal, which carries water from the Dujiangyan irrigation system.
Liujiang Ancient Town 柳江古镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
An old market town in the hills of western Hongya County, with timber stilt houses along its river and lanes of older shops and homes.
Mount Wawu 瓦屋山 4A scenic area · on the map
A flat-topped mountain in south-western Hongya County whose long, roof-like summit plateau gives it its name, 'Tiled House Mountain'.
Pengzu Mountain 彭祖山 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded hill in Pengshan District linked to Pengzu, a figure of Chinese legend said to have lived for about 800 years and revered as a symbol of long life.
Renshou City Wetland Park 仁寿城市湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A public wetland park in Renshou county town, one link in a chain of waterways and parks the county has laid out through the town.
Sansu Shrine 三苏祠 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The former family home of the Song-dynasty writers Su Xun and his sons Su Shi (Su Dongpo) and Su Zhe, turned into a memorial shrine in the early Yuan and now run as a museum.
Bao'en Temple, Meishan 报恩寺 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple south of Meishan founded in the Tang, of which only the main hall survives, built in 1327 under the Yuan and extensively repaired in 1761.
Danling White Pagoda 丹棱白塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Song-dynasty pagoda in Danling town, known locally as the White Pagoda and protected as a national heritage site since 2013.
Ganquan Temple, Renshou 甘泉寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty temple in the countryside of south-eastern Renshou County, protected as a national heritage site since 2013.
Jiangkou Cliff Tombs 江口崖墓 National heritage site · on the map
More than 4,500 Han-dynasty tombs cut into the cliffs and hillsides around Jiangkou, spread over some 30 km² beside the Min River.
Maoshui Village Cliff Carvings 冒水村摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
Six niches with 22 figures carved between the Song and Qing dynasties in a gully called Dafogou near Yucheng, Renshou County.
Nengren Temple Cliff Carvings 能仁寺摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
Buddhist cliff carvings from the Tang and Song dynasties at Nengren Temple in eastern Renshou County, protected as a national heritage site since 2013.
Renshou Giant Buddha 仁寿大佛 National heritage site · on the map
A large Tang-dynasty Buddha carved into the hillside at Niujiaozhai in northern Renshou County, surrounded by more than a hundred smaller niches.
Shuangbao Memorial Arches 双堡牌坊 National heritage site · on the map
Two stone memorial arches standing 44.5 m apart in the countryside of south-eastern Renshou County, erected in 1881 to honour two widowed women of the local Xu family for their chastity and filial devotion.
Zhengshan and Liuzui Cliff Carvings 郑山、刘嘴摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
Tang-dynasty Buddhist niches carved into large boulders at two neighbouring spots, Zhengshan and Liuzui, in the hills west of Danling town.
Zhongyan Temple Cliff Carvings 中岩寺摩崖造像 National heritage site
Buddhist cliff carvings dating from the Tang to the Qing, some 48 niches spread among the upper, middle and lower temples of Zhongyan, a wooded hill on the east bank of the Min River south of Qingshen town.

Mianyang 31 sites

Beichuan Qiang City and Earthquake Ruins 北川羌城 5A scenic area
Beichuan, China's only Qiang autonomous county, was devastated by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and this area links the rebuilt county town at Yongchang with the memorial sites of the disaster.
Baishui Lake, Anzhou 白水湖 4A scenic area
A hill reservoir at Jushui in western Anzhou District, where 23 islands break up some 3,000 mu (about 2 km²) of water into inlets and channels.
Bao'en Temple, Pingwu 报恩寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Built between 1440 and 1446 by the local chieftain Wang Xi, this Buddhist monastery in Pingwu town is a remarkably well-preserved Ming complex whose timber frames are all of nanmu wood.
Foye Cave 佛爷洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst cave in Dakang town, north-west of Jiangyou, with chambers of stalactites, stalagmites and rimstone pools and an underground river toured by boat.
Li Bai Memorial Hall 李白纪念馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A museum and Tang-style garden beside the Changming River in Jiangyou, dedicated to the Tang poet Li Bai, who grew up nearby.
Li Bai's Former Residence, Qinglian 李白故居 4A scenic area · on the map
Qinglian is traditionally held to be the boyhood home of Li Bai, whose family is said to have settled here around 705, when he was about five.
Mianyang Science and Technology Museum 绵阳科技馆 4A scenic area · on the map
Mianyang's science museum reflects the city's role as China's 'Science City', home to the national nuclear weapons research academy, and is themed on the 'Two Bombs, One Satellite' programme.
Mount Douchuan and Yunyan Temple 窦圌山 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Mount Douchuan rises above the east bank of the Fu River north of Jiangyou, its bare rock summit peaks linked by suspended iron chains.
Mount Jiuhuang 九皇山 4A scenic area · on the map
A limestone mountain area in eastern Beichuan County known for the Ape King Cave and other karst caves.
Mount Luofu, Anzhou 罗浮山 4A scenic area · on the map
An isolated, steep and wooded hill in western Anzhou District, raised from an ancient seabed by tectonic movement, which in mist seems to float in the clouds.
Mount Xunlong 寻龙山 4A scenic area · on the map
A small scenic area of eroded conglomerate rock beside the new Beichuan county town, with rock forests, a waterfall and a cave explored by boat.
Qiqushan Temple 七曲山大庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A Taoist temple complex on Qiqu Mountain just north of Zitong, founded as a shrine to the local deity Zhang Yazi and rebuilt as a Wenchang Palace after he was honoured as Wenchang, god of literature, in the early Yuan dynasty.
Two Bombs City 两弹城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
From 1969 to 1992 this compound at the foot of Changqing Mountain was the headquarters of the Ninth Academy, now the China Academy of Engineering Physics, the institute that developed China's nuclear weapons.
Weiste Agricultural Park, Beichuan 维斯特农业观光园 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern-farming showcase on the edge of Yongchang, the new Beichuan county town built after the 2008 earthquake.
Xianhai Lake, Mianyang 仙海 4A scenic area
A reservoir lake about 15 km east of central Mianyang, formed by the Chenkang Reservoir of the Wudu irrigation scheme and run as a national water-conservancy scenic area and 4A resort.
Yaowang Valley, Beichuan 药王谷 4A scenic area
A forested mountain valley in Beichuan run as a 4A wellness area themed on traditional Chinese medicine.
Yuewang Tower 越王楼 4A scenic area
The first Yuewang Tower was built on Gui Hill in 656 by Li Zhen, Prince of Yue and a son of Emperor Taizong, and was praised by poets including Du Fu before being destroyed and rebuilt several times.
Bishui Temple Cliff Carvings 碧水寺摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
About 25 Tang-dynasty Buddhist niches carved into the rock at Bishui Temple, on the east bank of the Fu River in central Mianyang.
Hualin Temple, Yanting 花林寺 National heritage site · on the map
The main hall of a former temple in Huoxing village, Fuyi town, in north-eastern Yanting County, originally called Doushuai Temple; ink inscriptions on its beams, read with infrared photography in 2015, date it to 1311 under the Yuan dynasty.
Kaixi Temple 开禧寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Tashui, in Anzhou district west of Mianyang, whose surviving buildings date mainly from the Ming dynasty.
Li Ye Que 李业阙 National heritage site
The single surviving pillar of the funerary que of Li Ye, an official who lived at the turn of the Western and Eastern Han, is thought to date from the start of the Eastern Han and is regarded as the earliest of China's surviving Han que.
Ma'an Temple 马鞍寺 National heritage site
A Qing-dynasty temple in Liujia town, in rural eastern Youxian district, Mianyang, whose buildings line up along a single axis: a two-storey opera tower of 1867, the Hall of the Heavenly Kings of 1702, the main hall of 1750, and Guanyin and Jade Emperor halls behind.
Pingyang Fujun Que 平阳府君阙 National heritage site · on the map
A rare surviving pair of Eastern Han stone que, ceremonial pillar-gates, standing about 27 m apart beside the Furong Stream in front of the new Mianyang Museum.
Qijiang Cliff Tombs 郪江崖墓群 National heritage site
The hills around Qijiang, an old town in southern Santai County on the site of the ancient state of Qi, hold a large group of Han-dynasty tombs cut into the cliffs, with more than 1,600 recorded.
Qinglinkou Old Town 青林口古镇 National heritage site
A small Qing-dynasty market town in the hills north-east of Jiangyou, on the Qingyun Creek near the Tong River.
Tongchuan City Wall 潼川古城墙 National heritage site · on the map
Santai was the seat of Tongchuan prefecture, and more than 2 km of its city wall survive.
Wenxing Temple, Yanting 文星庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty temple in Exi village, in what is now Exi town in rural Yanting County, whose main hall carries beam inscriptions dated to the first year of the Longqing reign (1567).
Wolongshan Thousand Buddha Cliff 卧龙山千佛岩 National heritage site · on the map
A single boulder of white quartz sandstone carved on all four sides with Buddhist niches: rows of small 'thousand Buddha' niches on the south face and Buddha triads on the east and west faces.
Yuntai Taoist Temple 云台观 National heritage site
A large Taoist temple complex on Yuntai Mountain in southern Santai County, founded by a Taoist hermit early in the 13th century under the Southern Song.
Yuquan Temple 鱼泉寺 National heritage site · on the map
A rural temple in Dongxuan, in eastern Youxian district, Mianyang, whose main hall dates from the Ming dynasty and whose gate and other buildings, with carved timber bracket sets, are Qing.
Zunsheng Temple 尊胜寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple north-west of Santai town whose surviving buildings, centred on a timber main hall, date from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Nanchong 17 sites

Former Residence of Zhu De 朱德故居 5A scenic area · National heritage site
The birthplace and childhood home of Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Red Army and later one of the ten marshals of the People's Republic, in Linlang village, Ma'an town, Yilong County.
Shengzhong Lake 升钟湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A large reservoir among the hills of Nanbu County, created by a dam begun in the 1970s, with a long, branching shoreline of wooded peninsulas and islands.
Tiangong Yuan 天宫院 4A scenic area · on the map
A temple in the countryside south-west of Langzhong dedicated to Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, two Tang-dynasty astrologers revered as masters of feng shui, who according to local legend chose their burial places here.
Wuliang Pagoda 无量宝塔 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Nanchong's White Pagoda, a brick pagoda modelled on timber construction, stands on Heming Mountain in Gaoping District, looking across the Jialing River to the city centre.
Xishan Scenic Area, Nanchong 西山风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A chain of wooded hills on the western edge of Nanchong's Shunqing district, laid out as a large park with paths, temples and views over the city.
Zhouzi Ancient Town, Peng'an 周子古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside town on the Jialing in Peng'an County, named in honour of the Song Neo-Confucian thinker Zhou Dunyi, who is said to have taught here; a shrine to him, a former Jiangxi guild hall and an old wharf survive among its lanes.
Baba Mosque 巴巴寺 National heritage site
A mosque and Sufi shrine of the Qadiriyya order on Panlong Mountain, just north of Langzhong old town.
Daxiangshan Giant Buddha, Langzhong 大像山摩崖造像 National heritage site
A Buddha almost 10 m tall, carved in the Tang dynasty into Daxiang ('Great Image') Mountain across the Jialing River from Langzhong old town, at the site of the Dafo Si (Great Buddha Temple).
Guanyin Temple Main Hall, Nanbu 观音庵大殿 National heritage site · on the map
The listed main hall of Guanyin'an, a Buddhist temple in the countryside south of Nanbu county town, is a timber building of the Ming dynasty.
Lifeng Taoist Temple 醴峰观 National heritage site
A Taoist temple on Datongluo Mountain in Daping town, western Nanbu County, whose main hall was built in 1307 under the Yuan dynasty and is the oldest building in Sichuan with a dated inscription.
Qibao Temple 七宝寺 National heritage site · on the map
A hilltop complex above the Xixi river in western Jialing district, rebuilt as a Buddhist temple in 1518 and turned into the Nanchi Academy in 1742 by a local scholar.
Wenchang Pavilion of Wulong Temple 五龙庙文昌阁 National heritage site
The Wenchang Pavilion of the Wulong (Five Dragons) Temple stands at the foot of Wulong Mountain in Helou township, in the countryside north-west of Langzhong; the temple was founded in the Tang and rebuilt under the Yuan.
Xichong Confucian Temple 西充文庙 National heritage site · on the map
The former county Confucian temple of Xichong, built for the official cult of Confucius and the local state school, in the county town north-west of Nanchong.
Yong'an Temple Main Hall, Nanbu 永安庙大殿 National heritage site · on the map
A small timber hall standing in fields in north-western Nanbu County, the one old building left of a temple founded in the Tang that later became the ancestral temple of the local Du family.
Yong'an Temple, Langzhong 永安寺 National heritage site
A rural temple in the hills east of Langzhong, founded in the Tang, whose main hall was built in 1333 under the Yuan and is one of Sichuan's rare Yuan-era timber buildings.
Yujishan Giant Buddha 禹迹山大佛 National heritage site · on the map
A Tang-dynasty standing Buddha about 17.5 m tall, carved almost entirely in the round from the rock of Yuji Mountain at Beiyuan, in eastern Nanbu County, and described as the largest round-carved standing stone Buddha in China.
Yutai Mountain Stone Pagoda 玉台山石塔 National heritage site
A Tang-dynasty stone pagoda on Yutai Mountain just north of Langzhong, also known as the Tengwang Pavilion pagoda after the pavilion built on the hill by the Tang prince Li Yuanying, Prince of Teng.

Neijiang 11 sites

Chonglong Mountain, Zizhong 重龙山 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A hill on the north-eastern edge of Zizhong's old town whose cliffs, known as the North Cliff, carry 172 niches with more than 1,700 Buddhist figures carved from 783 through the late Tang, the Five Dynasties and the Song.
Guyu Lake, Longchang 古宇湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A large reservoir west of Longchang, officially Guyumiao Reservoir, listed as a National Water Conservancy Scenic Area.
Lexian Peninsula, Neijiang 乐贤半岛 4A scenic area · on the map
A peninsula in a loop of the Tuo River on the edge of Neijiang city, laid out as a riverside leisure area.
Longchang Stone Arches 隆昌石牌坊 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Longchang is known for its stone memorial arches (paifang): 17 survive, built between 1496 and the late 19th century to honour upright officials, chaste widows, filial sons and long-lived elders.
Luoquan Ancient Town 罗泉古镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
An old salt-making town strung along one long street in the gorge of the Zhuxi River, a tributary of the Tuo, where brine wells were worked for centuries.
Shibanhe Stone River 石板河 4A scenic area · on the map
A shallow river that runs for around 7 km over a bed of solid rock, in the hills of the Weiyuan dome north-west of Weiyuan county.
World Fig Expo Park, Weiyuan 世界无花果博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
An agricultural park in Sifang village, Xiangyi town, built around fig growing, one of Weiyuan County's farm industries.
Zhang Daqian Park 大千园 4A scenic area · on the map
A hilltop park in Neijiang, the home town of the painter Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899–1983), one of the best-known Chinese artists of the 20th century.
Zizhong Confucian and Guandi Temples 资中文庙和武庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Zizhong's Confucian temple and its temple to Guan Yu (Wumiao), both mainly Qing buildings, stand about 100 metres apart on Zhuangyuan Street in the old county town, an unusual pairing.
Shengshui Temple, Neijiang 圣水寺 National heritage site · on the map
An active Buddhist monastery on the western side of Neijiang, founded in the 860s–870s under the Tang and named after the spring that flows from the cliff behind it.
Xianglongshan Cliff Carvings 翔龙山摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
A cliff of Buddhist carvings on a small hill in central Neijiang, begun in the Tang dynasty and added to as late as the Republican era.

Panzhihua 5 sites

Ashuda Four Seasons Flower Sea 阿署达四季花海 4A scenic area · on the map
A flower park opened in January 2025 on the capped Majiatian tailings reservoir, where the Panzhihua steelworks piled ore waste for about 50 years until it was closed in 2022.
Ertan National Forest Park 二滩国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park of steep wooded hills around the reservoir of the Ertan hydropower station on the lower Yalong River.
Gesala 格萨拉 4A scenic area · on the map
A high plateau of meadows, forest and limestone country in north-western Yanbian County, on the border with Yunnan, where karst sinkholes, a stone forest and caves are the main sights.
Lisu Terraced Fields, Xinshan 傈僳梯田 4A scenic area · on the map
Terraced fields climbing the hillsides around Xinshan, a Lisu ethnic township in the hills of Miyi County, worked by the Lisu for generations.
Yishala Village 迤沙拉 4A scenic area
A Yi village in the dry, hot valley of the Jinsha River near the Yunnan border, listed as a Historical and Cultural Village of China in 2005.

Suining 17 sites

China Dead Sea Resort, Daying 中国死海 4A scenic area · on the map
A salt-water resort in Daying County built over an ancient underground salt lake around 3,000 m below the surface, whose brine is pumped up to fill its pools.
Gaofeng Mountain 高峰山 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A hilltop Taoist complex 25 km north of Pengxi, first built in the Tang dynasty and by the late Ming and early Qing regarded as the largest Taoist centre in central, eastern and northern Sichuan, where Confucian and Buddhist worship were also practised.
Guangde Temple, Suining 广德寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Guangde Temple is a working Buddhist monastery on Wolong Hill at the western edge of Suining, founded in the Tang dynasty and renamed several times by imperial order before receiving its present name in the Ming.
Guanyin Lake and World Lotus Expo Garden, Suining 观音湖·世界荷花博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
Guanyin Lake is the stretch of the Fu River held back by the Guojundu dam in Suining, now a national wetland park of about 600 ha with three islands.
Jinhua Mountain & Chen Zi'ang Reading Terrace 金华山陈子昂读书台 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Jinhua Mountain rises above the Fu River north of Shehong, with a Taoist temple first built in the Southern Liang dynasty and the reading terrace of Chen Zi'ang, an early Tang poet who studied here as a young man.
Longfeng Ancient Town, Suining 龙凤古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A tourist town of about 148 ha beside the Fu River south of central Suining, rated 4A in 2012.
Qicai Mingzhu Rural Park, Anju 七彩明珠 4A scenic area · on the map
A large rural leisure area of about 9,400 mu (some 630 ha) in Yufeng town, Anju District, strung along the G318 road.
Shede Liquor Culture Area (Tuopai Distillery), Shehong 舍得酒文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
The distillery of Shede Spirits at Tuopai town in Shehong, maker of the Tuopai and Shede brands of baijiu, opened to visitors as a 4A liquor-culture area.
Shehong Petrified Wood Geopark 射洪硅化木国家地质公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national geopark in the hills south of Shehong where fossilised tree trunks from the Jurassic period are exposed and protected where they lie.
Songjing Taoyuan (Song Well Peach Garden), Daying 宋井桃源 4A scenic area · on the map
A 4A area (2025) in Zhuotong Well town that pairs the Zhuotong salt-well site, where narrow-bore percussion drilling was developed in the Northern Song (1041–48), with a new Song-dynasty-themed village among peach orchards.
Baofan Temple 宝梵寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small temple in Baofan village, Pengxi County, whose Ming and Qing buildings are a national heritage site.
Huiyan Temple Main Hall 慧严寺 National heritage site · on the map
The Ming-dynasty main hall of Huiyan Temple, a rural temple in the southern part of Pengxi County south-east of Suining, protected as a national heritage site since 2013.
Jinxian Temple, Pengxi 金仙寺 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple at Zhoujiadian, just north of Pengxi county town, whose main hall is dated by inscriptions on its beams to 1327, under the Yuan dynasty.
Pengxi Kui Pagoda 蓬溪奎塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Qing-dynasty pagoda in Pengxi's county town, named after Kui, the star traditionally linked with literary and examination success.
Pengxi White Pagoda 蓬溪白塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Song-dynasty pagoda that once belonged to Jiufeng Temple, standing in Chicheng, the county town of Pengxi, where it is known as the White Pagoda.
Raoyi Temple 饶益寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming and Qing temple in Tuopai, the Shehong town best known for its liquor distillery, protected as a national heritage site since 2013.
Zhuotong Salt Wells 卓筒井 National heritage site
Daying is where the zhuotong well, a small-bore salt well drilled by percussion with an iron bit on a wooden frame and lined with large bamboo tubes, was developed in the Qingli era of the Northern Song dynasty (1041–1048).

Ya'an 25 sites

Bifengxia Gorge & Panda Base 碧峰峡 5A scenic area · on the map
A wooded valley in the hills north of Ya'an that pairs a gorge walk with the Bifengxia base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
Anshunchang Red Army Crossing Site 安顺场 4A scenic area
A ferry crossing on the Dadu River where, in May 1935, a small Red Army vanguard crossed by boat under fire during the Long March, opening the way for the advance on Luding Bridge.
Dengchigou Church & Panda Discovery Site 邓池沟 4A scenic area
The valley where the French missionary-naturalist Armand David was based in 1869, when he obtained a giant panda; the specimen he sent to the natural history museum in Paris was the first scientific specimen of the animal.
Feixianguan Pass 飞仙关 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A riverside pass in the mountains west of Ya'an that was a gateway on the Tea Horse Road, the old trade route that carried tea from Sichuan to Tibet.
Huahai Guoxiang Orchards, Hanyuan 花海果乡 4A scenic area · on the map
An orchard district around Jiuxiang in Hanyuan County, where pear, peach, cherry and apricot trees flower each spring.
Jinfeng Mountain & Jinfeng Temple 金凤山 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded hill park on the edge of Ya'an city whose slopes hold Jinfeng Temple, a Buddhist temple protected as a Sichuan provincial heritage site.
Labahe & Mount Erlang 二郎山·喇叭河 4A scenic area
A forested river valley on the eastern side of Mount Erlang in Tianquan county, with trails and a cable car into the higher forest; the Labahe nature reserve here is part of the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries World Heritage Site.
Lingguan Stone City, Baoxing 灵关石城 4A scenic area · on the map
A tourism district around Lingguan town in Baoxing County built on the local white-marble industry.
Longcanggou Forest Park 龙苍沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park in Yingjing county, about 196 km from Chengdu, valued for the diversity of its forest plants and its streams and waterfalls.
Longmen Ancient Town & Qinglong Temple 龙门古镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Longmen, in a valley north-east of Lushan county town, was the epicentre of the magnitude 6.6 earthquake of 20 April 2013, and the rebuilt township is now run as a scenic area, Longmen Ancient Town.
Moon Lake, Mingshan 月亮湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A small lake and tea-garden leisure area at Jiefang village, Baizhang town, on Mingshan's tea-garden greenway.
Panda Ancient Town, Baoxing 熊猫古城 4A scenic area · on the map
A quarter of Muping, Baoxing's county town, developed from 2012 in traditional western Sichuan style and themed on the giant panda, which was first described to Western science from Baoxing in 1869.
Pingxiang Tower & Hanjiang Old Town 汉姜古城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A rebuilt old quarter of Lushan county town, laid out after the 2013 Lushan earthquake and themed on Jiang Wei, the Three Kingdoms general who held the title Marquis of Pingxiang.
Qiaoqi Tibetan Village & Shenmulei 硗碛藏寨 4A scenic area · on the map
Qiaoqi, Baoxing county's only ethnic township, lies in a high valley above 2,000 metres at the head of the eastern branch of the Qingyi River, and most of its people are Tibetan.
Shangli Ancient Town 上里古镇 4A scenic area
A historic market town in the hills north of Ya'an, with lanes of old timber-framed houses beside its streams, now run as a tourist village.
Wanggangping 王岗坪 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain area east of the Dadu River in Shimian county, climbed by a cable car about 3.5 km long.
Yandao Ancient City, Yingjing 严道古城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The site of Yandao, a county seat founded by the Qin state in 312 BC and later a staging post on the Southern Silk Road, in Gucheng village on the western edge of Yingjing town.
Yunfeng Mountain & Yunfeng Temple 云峰山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountainside about 4 km from Yingjing county town, spanning roughly 1,000 to 2,600 metres and centred on Yunfeng Temple, also known as Taihu Temple.
Zhougong Mountain 周公山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested outlier of the Qionglai range just south of Ya'an city, rising to about 1,743 metres and encircled by the Zhougong and Qingyi rivers.
Fan Min Que 樊敏阙 National heritage site
A stone pillar-gate (que) from the tomb of Fan Min, dated to 205 AD in the Eastern Han dynasty, standing about 3 km south of Lushan county town with his memorial stele and other carvings.
Former Mingde Middle School (Xikang Museum) 明德中学旧址 National heritage site
A three-storey brick and stone building in a mix of Chinese and Western Republican-era styles on Zhangjiashan hill in Ya'an, built for the Mingde junior middle school, a mission school funded by the American Baptists and founded by the missionary Frederick N. Smith; the facade still bears the school's name.
Gao Yi Que 高颐阙 National heritage site
A pair of carved stone pillar-gates (que) built in the Jian'an era (196–220) of the Eastern Han dynasty at the tomb of Gao Yi, a governor of Yizhou.
Jiuxiang Stone Archway 九襄石牌坊 National heritage site · on the map
A Qing-dynasty stone memorial archway (paifang) in Jiuxiang town, Hanyuan county, protected as a national heritage site since 2013.
Kaishan Temple, Yingjing 开善寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple in Yingjing county town, now home to the county museum, whose main hall, built in the Chenghua reign of the Ming in the late 15th century, is one of the few Ming timber buildings left in Sichuan.
Mingshan Confucian Temple 名山文庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Qing-dynasty Confucian temple on top of Yuehua Hill in the town of Mingshan, moved to this site in 1841 and protected as a national heritage site since 2013.

Yibin 19 sites

Bowang Mountain 僰王山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain area in Xingwen County named after the ancient Bo people, whose stone gateway and wall remains survive on the mountain; it is a provincial scenic area and part of the Xingwen UNESCO Global Geopark.
Cuiping and Zhenwu Mountains 翠屏山与真武山 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Two linked wooded hills on the west side of central Yibin, south of the Min River, laid out as a large city forest park.
Folai Mountain, Changning 佛来山 4A scenic area · on the map
A pear-growing hill area near Changning town, centred on Foli village, part of a belt of some 12,000 mu of pear orchards.
Hengjiang Ancient Town 横江古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
An old river town at the southern tip of Yibin's Xuzhou District, on the Hengjiang River near the Yunnan border, long known as a gateway between Sichuan and Yunnan.
Liubeichi Park 流杯池公园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A small park on the north bank of the Min River in Yibin, built around the rock channel where the Song poet and calligrapher Huang Tingjian, exiled here from 1098 to 1100, is said to have floated wine cups during poetry gatherings.
Lizhuang Ancient Town 李庄古镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A riverside town on the south bank of the Yangtze east of Yibin, with stone-paved lanes, Qing-dynasty guild halls and temples, and the Zhang family ancestral hall with its windows carved with a hundred cranes.
Longhua Old Town and Baxian Mountain 龙华古镇与八仙山 4A scenic area · on the map
Longhua is an old town in Pingshan County with stone-paved lanes and the Liang Bridge over the clear Xiaolong stream, shaded by old huangjue fig trees.
Nanxi Old Town and City Wall 南溪古街 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The riverside heart of Nanxi, a former county town on the Yangtze downstream of Yibin, where more than a kilometre of city wall survives with three gates, among them the Wenming Gate facing the river.
Qidonggou Gorge 七洞沟 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A wooded gorge of the Mianxi River in Changning County, hemmed in by red sandstone cliffs with waterfalls and springs, and popular in summer for its 3 km rafting run.
Wuliangye Distillery and Old Cellars 五粮液 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Yibin is the home of Wuliangye, one of China's best-known baijiu spirits, and the company's tourism area presents the history and making of the liquor through its Liquor Culture Museum and distillery grounds.
Xijiashan Manor 夕佳山民居 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A large country manor in Jiang'an County, begun in 1612 under the Ming and extended and repaired over the following centuries.
Xingwen Stone Sea 兴文石海 4A scenic area
A karst landscape on the southern rim of the Sichuan Basin, where fields of limestone pinnacles (the 'stone sea'), large caves such as Tianquan Cave and giant collapsed sinkholes, or tiankeng, form the core of the Xingwen UNESCO Global Geopark, designated in 2005.
Aikou Stone Archway 隘口石牌坊 National heritage site · on the map
A 17-metre carved stone archway (paifang) in Aikou village, Yuhe, in the hills of southern Gong County, raised in 1848 by a local scholar in honour of his widowed mother and listed as a national heritage site in 2006.
Daguan Tower, Yibin 大观楼 National heritage site
A gate tower in the centre of Yibin's old town, first built in the Jiajing reign of the Ming as the city's drum tower.
Hanging Coffins of the Bo, Gong County 珙县僰人悬棺 National heritage site · on the map
Wooden coffins lodged in niches and on wooden stakes driven into sheer limestone cliffs at Matangba, near Luobiao, and Sumawan, near Caoying, in southern Gong County, placed there over several centuries from around the Song dynasty.
Jiuzhou Pagoda 旧州塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Song-dynasty pagoda, repaired in the Ming, standing on the Jiuzhou flats on the north-western side of Yibin near the Wuliangye distillery grounds.
Lengyan Temple, Pingshan 楞严寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple at Zhongdu, in the mountains of western Pingshan County, with buildings dating from the Ming dynasty.
Long Family Manor, Pingshan 龙氏山庄 National heritage site · on the map
A late-Qing manor of six courtyards stepped up a tea hill at Yanmen village, begun in the early 19th century for an official family named Long, rebuilt in the 1850s and enlarged in 1870.
Nanguang River Cliff Tombs, Kejiu 南广河流域崖墓群 National heritage site · on the map
Rows of rock-cut tomb chambers in the red cliffs of Hongyan Mountain near Kejiu in Gao County, part of a group of cliff tombs and carvings along the Nanguang River that is listed as a national heritage site.

Zigong 10 sites

Former Residence of Wu Yuzhang 吴玉章故居 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The birthplace of Wu Yuzhang (1878–1966), who in 1911 helped lead Rong County's declaration of independence from Qing rule, later joined the Communist Party and became president of Renmin University of China.
Fushun Confucian Temple 富顺文庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A Confucian temple in the centre of Fushun, founded in the Northern Song and rebuilt under later dynasties, laid out along a 160-metre axis from the semicircular pool and Lingxing Gate to the Dacheng Hall.
Jianshan Scenic Area, Zigong 尖山 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural hill area of 2.86 km² in Rongbian town outside Zigong, more than 70% wooded, best known for its peach orchards and the peach-blossom fair that opens each March.
Rongxian Giant Buddha 荣县大佛 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A 36.7-metre seated Buddha carved from a sandstone hill on the edge of Rong County town in the Tang dynasty, usually ranked second in size among China's ancient stone Buddhas after Leshan.
Xianshi Ancient Town 仙市古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A salt-trade town on the Fuxi River south-east of central Zigong, founded in the Sui dynasty and for centuries a wharf and staging post on the route that carried Zigong's salt downriver.
Zhaohua Ancient Town 赵化古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside old town on the Tuo River in Fushun County, south-east of Zigong.
Former Rong County Military Government 荣县军政府旧址 National heritage site
On 25 September 1911, in the old county yamen of Rong County, Wu Yuzhang, Wang Tianjie and other members of the Tongmenghui declared the county independent of Qing rule and set up a military government, 15 days before the Wuchang Uprising.
Huanhou Palace, Zigong 桓侯宫 National heritage site
A Qing-dynasty guild hall built by Zigong's butchers and meat traders and dedicated to Zhang Fei, the Three Kingdoms general whose posthumous title gives it its name.
Yuchuan Ancestral Hall, Zigong 玉川公祠 National heritage site · on the map
The ancestral hall of the Wang Sanweitang, one of Zigong's great salt-merchant families, built in 1873 by the family head, Wang Langyun, in what is now Bancang subdistrict.
Zhennan Pagoda 镇南塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Song-dynasty brick pagoda in Rong County town, known locally as the White Pagoda: square in plan, with eleven storeys in the pavilion style above a plain base.

Ziyang 5 sites

Baosen Lemon Town, Anyue 宝森柠檬小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A lemon-themed farm park in Yanqiao village, Wenhua town, in Anyue, the county named China's home of lemons, rated 4A in 2023.
Former Residence of Chen Yi 陈毅故居 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The rural family home in Laodong town where Chen Yi (1901–1972) was born and grew up.
Banyueshan Giant Buddha 半月山大佛 National heritage site
A Maitreya Buddha about 20 metres tall carved into the hillside of Banyue Mountain south of Ziyang, the largest of six niches at the site.
Kunfo Temple Cliff Carvings 睏佛寺摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
A group of Buddhist cliff carvings at Kunfo ('Sleeping Buddha') Temple in the countryside of Lezhi County, begun in the Sui dynasty and added to up to the Song.
Mumen Temple 木门寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small Ming temple in the hills north of Anyue, built around the stupa of the Chan master Wuji (1380–1446).

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