A less visited but historically significant attraction

Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, there are not many people here. Guangyuan is an important historical and cultural corridor of the Three Kingdoms, the birthplace of Empress Wu Zetian, and an important part of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base.

Ancient Shu Road Culture - The Jianmen Ancient Shu Road was built before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was the main channel for exchanges with the Central Plains in ancient times. It is the most profound historical and cultural, most beautiful natural scenery and most dangerous road on the Jinniu Road. location. The Yinping Ancient Road was the main passage in and out of the northwest of Sichuan in ancient times. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang sent troops to guard it. Later, Deng Ai led his troops from the Yinping Road through Motian Ridge. ", thereby destroying Shu. There are many cultural relics and national forest parks on the road, and the Tangjiahe Giant Panda Sanctuary is located on this road. Micang Road is another ancient road from Sichuan to Shaanxi and one of the ancient battlefields of the Three Kingdoms between Shu and Han. Zhang Fei and Wei Yan of the Shu Han Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms fought many battles with the Wei army here, and Wei general Zhang He died in the battle. There are many historical and cultural sites on Micang Road, and Gucheng Mountain, a national scenic spot, is also on this road.

Culture of the Three Kingdoms - Guangyuan has rich cultural heritage. It is the gathering place of the culture of the Three Kingdoms. There are more than 140 ruins of the Three Kingdoms. It is the main battlefield of the Three Kingdoms Wei and Shu battles and the main passage for Zhuge Liang to leave Qishan. The city's Three Kingdoms cultural sites include Jiangwei City, Zhonghui Fortress, Guansuo City, Jiang Wei Tomb, Jiang Wei Temple, Fei Yi Tomb, Deng Ai and his son's tomb, Bao Sanniang's Tomb, Cuiyun Gallery, Zhang Fei Temple, Guan Yu Temple, Wu There are hundreds of places including Hou Temple, Chobiyi, Mingyue Gorge, Zhanshengba, Jiameng Pass, Tianxiong Pass, Baishui Pass, Shimen Pass, Beixiong Pass, Motian Ridge, and Kongming Monument.

Empress Culture - With commemoration of Wu Zetian as the core, Guangyuan has retained the custom of "women swim in the river on the 23rd of the first lunar month", which has lasted for nearly 1,000 years, forming a unique local female culture. landscape. The three major halls of Huangze Temple, Wu Family Temple, and pavilions have been restored. The construction of cultural landscapes such as the Wu Zetian Exhibition Hall, Zetian Sculpture Group, Tang Culture Corridor, Zetian Painting and Calligraphy Academy, and Tang Culture Street are being stepped up. The Queen's commemoration activities are also Under planning. After the completion of the project, Huangze Temple will become the most distinctive empress cultural brand and the best cultural tourism area that comprehensively reflects Wu Zetian's life and shows the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian; in addition, the Phoenix Tower built in modern times is also unique, " The gesture of "phoenix looking back" reflects the empress's nostalgia for her homeland, and is known as "the first building in northern Sichuan".

Red Culture

Cultural tourist attractions include: provincial patriotism education base, national defense education base, provincial cultural relics protection unit, with the Red Army stone carving slogans as the core, a comprehensive display of the Red Army in Guangyuan Guangyuan Red Army Cultural Park during the battle. Provincial-level patriotism education base, provincial-level cultural relics protection unit, the former site of the Mumen Conference with important historical significance in the development and growth of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army and the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area, Wangcang Red Army City, the later capital of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area and the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army. National patriotism education base, provincial cultural relics protection unit, symbol of the Fourth Red Army's cooperation with the Central Red Army's Long March and the Long March from then on, the Red Army Crossing site of the Jialing River ferry crossing. At the same time, there are also the Huangmaoya Battle Site, which is of great significance in the history of the Fourth Red Army's campaign, the Red Army's conquest of Jianmenguan Site, the Taigong Red Army Mountain Site Group, as well as the 4 county committees, 10 county Soviets and more than 1,000 people that marked the establishment of political power in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area. Sites of the Soviet government of districts, townships and villages. There are nearly 2,000 stone slogans reflecting the propaganda work of the Red Army, and more than 4,000 revolutionary cultural relics.

Grotto art and culture - Guangyuan has the earliest, longest and largest grotto excavation history in Sichuan. It is the most representative group of grottoes for studying the transmission route of Sichuan grotto sculptures and exploring the origin and evolution of grotto art in Sichuan. The ones with sex and tourism value include: the cliff statues of Huangze Temple, one of the first batch of cultural relics protection units in the country, which were excavated to the Northern Wei Dynasty and lasted for more than 400 years. The excavation began in the Northern Wei Dynasty and continued until the Qing Dynasty. There are more than 10,000 statues, and more than 7,000 of them are now in existence. Thousand Buddha Cliff Cliff Statues are among the first batch of cultural relics protection units in the country and are known as the Grotto Art Museum of the Past Dynasties. It was excavated during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty. There are now more than 40 caves and more than 400 statues, including those excavated by Princess Yonghe, the granddaughter of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and the daughter of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty. They reflect historical facts such as the "Anshi Rebellion", Emperor Ming's refuge in Shu, Emperor Xizong's escape to Sichuan, and the Huangchao Uprising. Guanyin Rock, a provincial cultural relic protection unit. The Taoist statues in Heming Mountain, a provincial cultural relic protection unit, are said to be the place where Master Zhang Tianshi practiced.

Early human sites and ancient cultural sites - the early cultural sites in Guangyuan mainly include the Microlithic Age site in Zhongzi Town, Chaotian District, the Neolithic Age site in Zhangjiapo, Guangyuan, and the Xiaomiaoshan settlement site in Jiange Caijiahe. The paleontological site includes the Wangcang dinosaur fossil site.

Folk customs--Guangyuan is located on the main road connecting the Central Plains and the Northwest, and its folk customs have its own unique local characteristics. In terms of folk customs, there are mainly the Women's Day to commemorate Wu Zetian's birthday, women's river cruises, phoenix boat races and other customs. Festival entertainment mainly includes lantern operas, Nuo operas, various lantern dances, puppets, and shadow puppet performances. Entertainment during daily production mainly focuses on folk songs with unique northern Sichuan flavor, such as grass-pulling songs, grass-pulling gongs and drums, plowing Yangko, and firewood songs. Weddings and weddings include the unique chicken feast and wedding songs. Village dwellings are mainly wooden structure dwellings in courtyards in northern Sichuan. There are many wonderful folk festivals, including Guangyuan Daughter's Day, Jianmen Tofu Culture and Tourism Festival, Cangxi Pear Blossom Festival, Lizhou District Peach Blossom Fair, Yuanba Osmanthus Festival, Qingchuan Panda Treasure Festival, Niutoushan and Tianzhao Mountain Temple Fairs, etc. The activities are grand in scale, diverse in form, and the folk customs are simple.