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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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Leshan Giant Buddha

The Buddha faces the river from the cliff at Qiluan Peak. It was cut between 713 and 803, and its drainage system is as important as its size.

The Leshan Giant Buddha seen from the river
The Leshan Giant Buddha seen from the river

Leshan Giant Buddha

Leshan Giant Buddha

The Buddha from the water

From a boat below Leshan the 71-metre Buddha stops being a wall of detail and becomes a proportion: head, shoulders, hands, river.

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  1. The Leshan Giant Buddha seen from the river王计 / CC BY 2.5 · CC BY 2.5 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Orientation normalised, proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or retouch.