Pengzhou (彭州, Péngzhōu) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province, administered by Chengdu City.


Understand

Located in the northwest of the Sichuan basin, the northwest edge of the Chengdu Plain, north of Longmen Ridge as the border, and Wenchuan County, Mao County; South across the Qingbai River and Pi Du District, Xindu District; Northeast and southeast of the neighboring city of Shifang City, Guanghan City; west of the city of Dujiangyan, with a total area of 1,421.43 square kilometers.

History

"In the 'Yuanhe County Annals,' it is recorded: 'From Pengzhou to Minshan, the river is falling down from the mountains. With two mountains facing each other, it was formerly known as Tianpeng Gate, hence it acquired its name.'"

Pengzhou was founded in 285 BC and has a history of more than 2,300 years. There are many historical buildings, such as Longxing Temple Pagoda, Yangping Taoist Temple, Catholic Church and so on.

Topography

Pengzhou is located in the transition zone between Chengdu Plain and Longmen Mountain, with mountains, hills and dams, and the terrain is relatively complicated. As a result there are many beautiful mountain and forest landscapes, such as the Longmen Mountain Scenic Area.

Climacte

Pengzhou is located in the subtropical humid monsoon climate zone in the Sichuan Basin, with a mild climate, abundant rainfall, a long frost-free period and little sunshine. The high temperature period and rainy period are in the same season, and there are four distinct seasons, with longer summer and winter, and shorter spring and autumn. The climate here is cosy and each season offers different beauty.

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Hydrography

Pengzhou has 90 large and small rivers, belonging to the Tuojiang and Minjiang River systems. The mountainous area north of Dajingshan Town and a large area in the southeastern part of the city belong to the Tuojiang River Basin, and the southwestern and southern border areas of the city belong to the Minjiang River Basin. Because of the richness of the hydrology derives a lot of hydrological landscapes, such as Baishui River Nature Reserve, Jianjiang River Valley Scenic Area and so on.

Biological Resources

Pengzhou is rich in animal and plant resources. There are 25 kinds of national first- and second-grade key protected animals, including 21 kinds of mammals, accounting for 21.88 per cent of the mammals distributed in the protected area. Among them is the beloved panda, active in the Longmen Mountain Reserve.

Administrative Subdivision

As of October 2021, Pengzhou has four districts and nine townships under its jurisdiction

  • Tianpeng District(天彭街道)
  • Longfeng District(隆丰街道)
  • Mengyang District(濛阳街道)
  • Zhihe District(致和街道)
  • Longmenshan Township(龙门山镇)
  • Lichun Township(丽春镇)
  • Jiuzhi Township(九尺镇)
  • Tongji Township(通济镇)
  • Danjingshan Township(丹景山镇)
  • Ao'ping Township(敖平镇)
  • Guihua Township(桂花镇)
  • Bailu Township(白鹿镇)
  • Gexianshan Township(葛仙山镇)

Get in

By train

  • 🌍 Pengzhou Railway Station (彭州站), Tianren West Road, +86 028 12306. 06:15-23:00.
  • 🌍 Pengzhounan Railway Station (彭州南站), Pengpi Road, +86 028 12306. 06:15-23:00.
  • 🌍 Buxingjie Railway Station (步行街站), New Pi peng Road, +86 028 12306. 06:15-23:00.

By bus

  • 🌍 Pengzhou Passenger Transportation Centre (彭州客运中心), 502 Chaoyang South Road, +86 028 83750240. With several cross-city bus routes and intra-Pennine bus routes. It is the bus passenger transport centre of Pengzhou.

Get around

By Bikes

  • The centre of Pengzhou is not particularly large, and there is the option of cycling when exploring the centre of the city. There are plenty of shared bikes available on the streets.

By Taxi

  • You can choose a taxi or ‘didi’ if you are travelling to some of the more distant attractions. Cabs start at ¥5 and ¥6 at night.

By Bus

  • Fare: ¥2/ per person
  • Payment Methods:Can pay with cash, WeChat, or Alipay. And also can buy a "Tianfu Tong" transportation card, which can be recharged at "Hongqiliansuo" convenience stores. Alternatively, can download the "Tianfu Tong" app on your cell phone and pay by scanning the QR code. (The price for using the "Tianfu Tong" transportation card or app is ¥1.8/per person.)
  • Special travelers:Free rides are available for holders of disability certificates, active-duty military officer's certificates, and children under 1.2m. Those over 65 and those under 18 need to go to the bus company with an ID card or other valid identification to get a discount card.
  • Tourism Line:In order to make it more convenient for tourists to enter the Longmen Mountain Reserve and Bailu Music Town Tour, Pengzhou City Bus Company has opened two special tourist buses, which can be boarded and disembarked at the passenger transportation center or at stations along the way. ¥10/per person.

See

Longxing Temple
  • 🌍 Longxing Temple (龙兴寺), Longxing North Street. Longxing Temple is located in Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province, the north gate enclosure, was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty Xiankang three years (33 AD), initially known as the "Dakong Temple" Liang Wu Di Yongding two years (558 AD) Zhigong Zen Master expansion of the temple, Wu Zetian Tianzhu two years (619 AD) renamed the "Danyun Temple ". Tang Xuanzong Kaiyuan six years (A.D. 718), the imperial edict number "Longxing Temple". Free.
  • 🌍 Yangping Taoist temple (阳平玄观), 100 meters east of Pengbai Road, +86 028-86702855. Yangping Guan is located in Pengzhou City, emerging town of Yangping Village, was built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, is Zhang Tianshi to promote Taoist culture of the first place. Belongs to the Taoist twenty-four rule of the first, in the development of Taoist culture, dissemination process occupies an important position. ¥30.
  • 🌍 Pengzhou Mosque (彭州清真寺), No. 17 West Jinpeng Road. Pengzhou mosque is an Islamic building. Built in Daoguang two years (1822), the Department of the Square Muslim predecessors gathered to collect funds. It is one of the three mosques in Pengzhou. Its appearance is a combination of Arabic and Chinese styles, is a wooden structure temple-style building. The temple is grand and magnificent.
  • Bailu Annunciation Seminary
    🌍 Bailu Annunciation Seminary (白鹿上书院), Xiaofu Road, Huishui Village, Bailu Township, +86 028-85449128. The Annunciation Seminary was designed by French Catholic missionaries Father Perrodin Alexandre and Father Rousseau Léon, who recruited Chinese craftsmen to build the monastery. The monastery is located on the east side of the White Deer River and covers an area of nearly 2.5 hectares. The complex is situated in a west-east direction, on the hillside, and consists of the main body and ancillary houses, which are typical of modern Chinese brick and wood structures modeled after the Western style. ¥0.
  • 🌍 Former residence of Yin Changheng (尹昌衡故居), South of Changshi Road, Changheng Village, Shengping Township. 9:00-17:00. Yin Changheng was a political and military figure in the late Qing Dynasty. He led the Sichuan Revolutionary Uprising. His former residence was built in 1853, then renovated in 1998, and the current residence was completed in 2013. It covers a total area of 36 acres, including Yin Changheng Memorial Hall, Republican Culture Square, Xinhai Garden and Memorial Sculpture. ¥0.
  • 🌍 Baishuihe National Nature Reserve (白水河国家级自然保护区). Baishuihe National Nature Reserve is located in the south-central part of the Longmenshan fold belt, geologically belonging to the eastern part of the Hengduan Mountains, is a typical geomorphological zone in the transition section from the Sichuan Basin to the Tibetan Plateau, the terrain increases from southeast to northwest, with the lowest elevation of 1,480 meters, and the highest elevation of 4,818 meters in Taizicheng, due to the sharp cuts in the terrain, the valleys into a "V" and "U" type development of relative height differences. Due to the sharp cuts in the terrain, the valleys develop into "V"-shaped and "U"-shaped, with large differences in relative heights, forming the geomorphological features of high slopes and steep valleys. The topography of the reserve is complex and diverse, with well-preserved forest vegetation, beautiful natural landscape and rich biodiversity. There are about 10 giant pandas in the area, with a habitat area of nearly 10,000 hectares. The reserve is the southernmost point of the distribution of the Minshan B population of giant pandas, and geographically communicates with the Jiuding Mountain, Longxi--Hongkou and other giant panda reserves, so as to make the giant panda habitat of the southern section of the Minshan Mountain system connected, and it plays an important role in promoting the exchange of genes among giant panda populations, and stabilizing and developing the giant panda populations. It plays an important role in promoting gene exchange among giant panda populations, stabilizing and developing giant panda populations.
Lake in the Yufu Wetlands
  • 🌍 Yufu Wetlands (鱼凫湿地), NO.32 Pengbai Road. YufuWetland is a great place for visitors to get close to nature and relax. In all seasons of the year, there are blooming flowers in spring, cool greenery in summer, red leaves in autumn and snow in winter, each with its own scenery. Every time you visit this place, you will feel a different and unique charm. ¥35.

Do

Cinema

  • 🌍 China Film Golden Elephant Cinema (Pengzhou Wangshuli) (中影金象影城 (彭州望蜀里店)), 4F, Building 11, Wangshuli Commercial Zone, No.69, Anren East Street,, +86 028 83733317.
  • 🌍 Taipingyang Cinema (太平洋电影院), 3F, NO. 122 Jinpeng East Road, +86 028 83872869.

Shopping

  • 🌍 Zhixin Yidu Shopping Center (置信逸都购物中心), No. 122, Jinpeng East Road. 9:00-10:00. It is a large shopping building with food, shopping, supermarket and movie theater on three floors.
  • 🌍 Wangshuli commercial district (望蜀里), No. 23, Anrendong Street. The business district is open, the building combines ancient and modern culture, and is also the theme block of the red spirit of Pengzhou City, with clothing stores, beauty stores, daily chemical stores, and all kinds of food. There are many benches for resting feet, which is a good place for residents to relax and have fun.

Festivals

  • 🌍 Tianpeng Peony Festival (天彭牡丹花会), Danjing Mountain,Pengbai Road, Danjingshan Township. April each year. Danjing Mountain in Pengzhou has been a holy place for Taoism and Buddhism since the Han Dynasty, and the religious event "Three Festivals" is held every year. In the Tang Dynasty, peony planting was popular in Tianpeng, and peony became an important part of the religious festivals. Danjing Mountain is known as "Flower Mountain", and the peony is also the city flower of Pengzhou. Every spring when peony blossoms, Pengzhou citizens go to Danjing Mountain to "catch the meeting", which makes the whole Tianpeng Peony Flower Meeting present a scene of traffic, music, song, and dance. ¥100.

Eat

  • 🌍 Yangsanjie Liangbantu (杨三姐凉拌兔), No.18, Yanxiu Street, Tianpeng Township. This is a Sichuan style rabbit dish where diced rabbit meat is tossed with a secret red oil chilli, spring onions and fried peanuts. 35¥/500g.
  • 🌍 Yuebaiwei Sichuan Restaurant (悦百味品质川菜), No. 11 Jinpeng East Road, +86 028 86228989. 11:00-14:00,17:00-21:30. A classic Sichuan restaurant with beautiful decor and great food. Especially suitable for family gatherings or business banquets.

Drink

  • Chapanda (茶百道). 9:00-21:00. A local tea drink chain brand in Chengdu, insisting on the original leaf freshly extracted to ensure that the tea soup removes both the astringent flavor and retains the tea aroma, and through the combination of tea, fresh fruits and these ingredients are innovative, presenting a delicious taste of life that is worth waiting for. There are a total of two shops in the Pengzhou downtown.

Learn

  • 🌍 College of Applied Technology,Xihua University (西华大学应用技术学院), No.99, West Tianfu Road, +86 028-83706259. Xihua University College of Applied Technology, namely Xihua University Pengzhou Campus, is a college directly under Xihua University, which is formed according to the needs of national economic construction and social development, in order to further strengthen the cultivation of full-time tertiary students. There are more than 3,270 students in the college, which is located in the centre of Pengzhou City, the Peony Hometown of Pengzhou, which is so called "Heavenly Pengzhou is full of Saki Scenery", about 20 kilometres away from Chengdu City and the main campus, which is very convenient for life and traffic.

Sleep

  • 🌍 Xiaobeiyuan Tea Culture B&B (小别院茶文化民宿), No.14, Shuyuan Road, Bailu Township, +86 13880028269. Located in Bailu French style Township, Pengzhou City, is a tea culture based on the tea culture of independent design and construction of the tea culture B&B. There are eight rooms in the courtyard, providing tea-making and tea tasting experience.
  • 🌍 Martha Garr Grand Hotel (玛莎加尔大酒店), No.148 South Section of Mudan West Road. The Martha Garr Grand Hotel provides a great place for travelers to relax after a busy day. The Martha Garr Grand Hotel is an ideal choice for travelers who want to take in the sights and sounds of Pengzhou. ¥283--¥2000.

Stay safe

  • Pengzhou Public Security Bureau (彭州市公安局), +86 028-83871027.

Stay healthy

Hospital

  • 🌍 Pengzhou People's Hospital Sanhuan Road Zone (彭州市人民医院三环路院区), No. 255, South Sanhuan Road,, +86 028-86239787. When it's an emergency, you can just call 120.

Pharmacy

  • There are many pharmacies on the streets, so if you want to buy some common medicines you can see a pharmacy on any street.

Connect

  • Area code: 028
  • Postal code:611930


Go next

  • 🌍 Sanxingdui (三星堆遗址), No.133 Xiangxin Road, Guanghan City, Deyang, China, +86 0838-5651526. 8:30-18:00. Located about 30 kilometers east of Pengzhou, Sanxingdui Ruins is a world-famous ancient site. With a history of 3,000 to 5,000 years, it is the ancient city, ancient state, and ancient Shu culture site with the largest scope, the longest continuation time and the richest cultural connotations found in the southwestern region so far. 80¥.
  • 🌍 Jinsha Site Museum (金沙遗址博物馆), No.2 Jinsha Ruins Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu, China, +86 028 87303522. 9:00-18:00. The main cultural remains of Jinsha Site date from the late Shang Dynasty to the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the important relics include large building sites, sacrificial areas, general residential sites, large cemeteries, etc. The discovery of Jinsha Site is of great significance to the study of the origin, development and decline of Shu culture. The discovery of Jinsha Site is of great significance to the study of the origin, development and decline of Shu culture, which together with the prehistoric city sites in Chengdu Plain, Sanxingdui Site, and the boat coffin burials of the Warring States period build up the four stages of the development and evolution of the Shu civilization, and prove that the Chengdu Plain is the center of the origin of civilization in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. ¥70.
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