Pingle Ancient Town is located in Qionglai City in western Chengdu. Qionglai City was one of the oldest cities in Sichuan and an important post on the route of the ancient “South Silk Road”.
Pingle Ancient Town features the ancient style architecture, river sights and idyllic life styles. Vestiges of old constructions, including wharves, bridges, houses, stone-paved streets are well preserved in the town.
Admission: Free
Bus:
- Chengdu Jinsha Bus Station — Qionglai City — Pingle Ancient Town;
- Shiyangchang Bus Station — Qionglai City — Pingle Ancient Town
- Xinnanmen Tourist Distributing Center — Qionglai City — Pingle Ancient Town
Self-dive: Chengdu — Chengwen Elevated Road — Riyue Avenue — Chengwenqiong Expressway — Qionglai-Mingshan Expressway — Shougao Road — Pingle Ancient Town
Chengdu:Start Point of Southern Silk Road
People would associate Qionglai City in western Chengdu with a wine-making base and the venue of a romantic love story, the real-life Oriental equivalent to the Romeo and Juliet, that happened about 2, 000 years ago, but few of them know that the site was a very important post the ancient route that, for two thousand years and more, connected the heartland of China to the southern Asia.
Jul 03, 2014
Qionglai City
Qionglai City is 65 kilometers from downtown Chengdu and 50 kilometers from Shuangliu International Airport, within the 30-minute traffic circle of Chengdu.
Jul 17, 2014
Ping’le Town: Ancient Post on the Southern Silk Road
The ancient town in western Chengdu’s Qionglai City, one of the “ Top Waterside Scenic Town” in western Sichuan, features ancient style architectures, river sights and idyllic life styles.
