Huanglongxi Ancient Town

The town Huanglongxi is over 1700 years old which lies about 50 km from Chengdu, in Sichuan province. The town has been restored to retain its rustic charm with some touches of modernity. Visitors who come in to explore this beautiful town will be amazed by the ancient cobbled streets, temples, and wharves and houses along its curving alleys. Most of these shops have turned into shops selling souvenirs of Huanglongxi souvenirs.

The majority of the buildings in Huanglongxi Ancient Town are in the Qing Dynasty style. The roofs have pointed eaves. There are spot tiles that have been encrusted with aged moss which gives the entire building an aged and also very hard to copy. It is for this reason that most of the film makers choose to shoot exterior scenes of period movies in this town. The town features a number of temples and some of the well known ones include Zhenjiang Temple, Chaoyin Temple and Gulong Temple. Temple fairs are organized in Huanglongxi Ancient Town on ninth day of the sixth and ninth lunar month that creates lively scenes from the olden days.

If you visit the ancient town of Huanglongxi you will notice that the people go about their daily life which is seemingly oblivious to the visitors. Many shops in the town are specially catered to the tourists. Prices of most items are reasonable if you bargain.

The beautiful town of Huanglongxi is named after the Huanglong River which flows through it. You could take a boat ride or dine at one of the many river view restaurants. The boat ride is as romantic as the one in Venice or Paris.

The curving alleyways will surely charm you once you if you visit the Huanglongxi Ancient Town. These are worth exploring because you never know what gems are hidden behind the curves. You can go on exploring and suddenly on one corner you find an ancient temple. You go enter the doorway and suddenly you land up in the temple courtyard. The town is indeed charming and you must visit if you have the opportunity of going to Sichuan Province in China.