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Guangyuan
Prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China

Guangyuan

Guangyuan is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province, China, bordering the provinces of Shaanxi to the northeast and Gansu to the northwest.

Plan a trip to Guangyuan→From Chengdu (Jianyang)

Guangyuan City is located on the northern edge of the Sichuan Basin, on the upper reaches of the Jialing River, and is the junction of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. The city has a population of 2,305,657 as of the 2020 census. By the end of 2024, the registered population of the city will be 2,893,700. Among them, the urban population is 814,800 and the rural population is 2.078,800, accounting for 28.2% and 71.8% of the total population respectively.

Get in

Getting to Guangyuan

The Chengdu to Xi'an high-speed rail has a stop in Guangyuan. The standard sleeper trains also stop here. The long distance bus stop is underneath the plaza directly in front of the train station. Same-day tickets are available to regional centers.

  1. 01
    Guangyuan Railway Station
  2. 02
    Guangyuannan Railway Station
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Ancient Town of Zhaohua
  2. 02
    Jueyuan Temple
  3. 03
    Huangze Temple Cliff Statue
  4. 04
    Thousand-Buddha
  5. 05
    Jianmen Pass Scenic Area
  6. 06
    Guangyuan Museum

    Guangyuan Museum display content set three exhibition halls 11 units, each exhibition hall highlights a theme.

Do

Things to do

Guangyuan offers a mix of Buddhist culture, mountain hiking, riverside leisure, and historical sightseeing, suitable for both short city walks and full-day excursions into nature. = =

  1. 01
    Zengjia Mountain Hot Spring
Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Tengji Vegetable Market Old Hot Pot
  2. 02
    Yingkesong Fresh Fish Restaurant
  3. 03
    Nan Hotpot
  4. 04
    Zhao Xiao Chu Jianghu Cuisine

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