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Water, stone and high valleys

A regional view of Sichuan

Follow the Min and the Yangtze, then climb into the high valleys, to see how the regions and their places sit across Sichuan. Points are representative references, not boundaries, gates or routes.

Sichuan
Chengdu Deyang Leshan Ya'an Aba Ganzi Liangshan Yibin Zigong Heming Teahouse Jinsha Site Dujiangyan Sanxingdui Leshan Giant Buddha Mount Emei Mengding Mountain Dengchigou Hejiangmen Shenhai Well Jiuzhaigou Huanglong Taoping Qiang Village Suopo Towers Dege Printing House Jianchang Ancient City Mianyang Guangyuan Meishan Nanchong Luzhou Li Bai Memorial Yuewang Tower Mianyang Science City Qianfo Cliff Mingyue Gorge Huangze Temple Sansu Shrine Qingshen Bamboo Weaving Langzhong Ancient City Nanchong Silk Park Luzhou Old Pits Fubao Ancient Town Wuhou Shrine Du Fu Thatched Cottage

Approximate regional orientation · north is up · not for navigation

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Guangyuan.

Guangyuan sits where the Jialing River cuts through the northern edge of Sichuan. Roads have always been the story: plank roads on the cliff, a national highway moved for carvings, and a temple that remembers the woman who became emperor.

Qianfo Cliff
Qianfo Cliff, Guangyuan

Guangyuan

Places

Qianfo Cliff

Cliff carvings above the Jialing River, close to a national highway that was moved to protect them.

Mingyue Gorge

A Jialing River gorge with ancient plank-road holes, a modern highway and a railway in the same cut.

Huangze Temple

The only temple in China dedicated to Wu Zetian, with cliff carvings beside the Jialing River.
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  1. Qianfo Cliff, Guangyuan申威隆 / CC BY-SA 3.0 · CC BY-SA 3.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Orientation normalised, proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or retouch.
  2. Mingyue Gorge, Guangyuanlandagent / CC BY-SA 3.0 · CC BY-SA 3.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Orientation normalised, proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or retouch.
  3. Huangze Temple, Guangyuanwanghongliu / CC BY-SA 3.0 · CC BY-SA 3.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Orientation normalised, proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or retouch.