Wenchuan Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
county in Ngawa, Sichuan, China
About Wenchuan
Being on the main route fromChengdutoJiuzhaigou National Park, Wenchuan used to be a ‘passing through’ place where tourist groups stop off for meals or visit the traditional Qiang village of Taoping (桃坪) in neighbouring Lixian county. However, the Qiang area has become a destination in its own right, being much more accessible from Chengdu for a long week-end, and will become more so once the new road from Chengdu is completed. It is less crowded than the more well-known destinations in Ngawa Prefecture and has some good ‘off-the-beaten-track’ areas to explore. The Qiang people have traditionally lived between the Tibetans to the north and the Han to the south and for centuries Wenchuan has been a place where ethnic groups overlap. The remains of defensive walls from the Three Kingdoms per
Wenchuan Travel Guide Sections
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