Yanxia Mountain Scenic Area

Yanxia Mountain Scenic Area

Yanxia Mountain is located in Zengjia Township, the southern gateway to Wanyuan City, 8 kilometers from National Highway 210, covering an area of 30 square kilometers. With an average altitude of 1,250 meters, the area holds great potential for tourism development. It features the "Qin Daxian Temple," built in the mid-Qing Dynasty. The temple complex is grand in scale and enjoys thriving incense offerings, attracting an average of over 25,000 pilgrims annually from eight provinces and municipalities including Guangdong, Fujian, Xinjiang, Guangxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, and Chongqing. The scenic area is covered with famous ancient trees—there are millennia-old camphor trees with uniquely shaped trunks, the spectacular sight of a "vine maiden embracing a camphor tree," a millennium-old king of ginkgo trees, ancient cypress trees that are also a thousand years old, and a king of osmanthus trees with a canopy resembling a giant umbrella. There are also large quantities of exquisitely crafted and well-preserved ancient tombs from the Ming and Qing dynasties. There are traditional dwellings of eastern Sichuan nestled among emerald bamboo, as well as dense forests along the ancient Sichuan-Shaanxi post road.

Location

County Road 165, Wanyuan City, Dazhou, Sichuan Province