Self-driving tours around Sichuan – The Three Kingdoms Culture Loop
Day 2:
Mianyang City-Guangyuan City
Jianmen Pass
Highlights:
Jianmen Pass: It is known in the world as an extremely difficult barrier to pass through. “Walking on the narrow paths of Shu Kingdom is more difficult than climbing up to Heaven!, “ a line by Li Bai, an eminent poet of the Tang Dynasty about the Jianmen Pass, shows vividly how difficult it was to walk through the pass.
Cuiyun Corridor: Cuiyun Corridor is also called the Corridor of Royal Cypresses, because its is lined up by nearly 10,000 lush cypresses planted during the Qin Dynasty on both sides. As a section on the Shu Roads, the corridor is so far the oldest and best-preserved ancient land transportation route in the world and thus reputed as the No. 1 Ancient Road in the World and a living fossil of land transportation.
Zhaohua Ancient Town: The town has a history of 4000 years and is still in a good condition. There are many streets and folk residences from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Dachao Post House: Dacao Post House was a post house on the Ancient Shu Roads where Robin Hood and his men in the Green Woods loved to dine and drink to their heart’s content.
Mingyue Gorge: Located in Guangyuan City, Mingyue Gorge is an important part of the Jianmen section of the Ancient Shu Roads. The most marvelous thing about the Gorge is the plank road built along the face of the cliff near the river in the pre-Qin Dynasty period.
