Location: Jiangyou
Top Things to do in Jiangyou
Top Hotels in Jiangyou
The 7 Best Things to Do in Jiangyou, China
Jiangyou (Chinese: 江油; Pinyin: Jiāngyóu) is a Chinese county-level city located in Mianyang, Sichuan. The city proper is subdivided into four urban districts and has jurisdiction over 21 towns, and 19 rural townships. Jiangyou is noted as the hometown of Li Bai, a leading Tang Dynasty poet.
Restaurants in Jiangyou
1. Libai Memorial Hall
Overall Ratings
4 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By LeeVella - Gold Coast, Australia
Walked around the Gardens, statues and buildings, looking at everything. Works of art dating back more than 1200 years, trees, statues and Gardens that are beautiful, and it's free.
The kids might get a little bored, but there is an amusement park on the other side of the river.
2. Foye Cavern
3. Doutuan Mountain
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 11 reviews
Reviewed By LeeVella - Gold Coast, Australia
I'm going to write a bit of a blog review, with highlights and lowlights as there are no english reviews here yet. Also, it's best if you go with somebody that can translate for you.
We started at the bus station with my Chinese relatives haggling to get a private taxi to take 6 of us to the mountain. We got a small minivan for 80CNY one way. Dropped off at the bottom car park, 67CNY each adult ticket, then a 20 minute walk up to the next car park.
Had some lunch at a little local restaurant, 110CNY to feed us all, which the relatives said was abit expensive, i thought it was cheap. We then walked up 847 steps straight up, then another couple of hundred which I didn't count.
This is where the fun and education started. Without my lovely translators, I would not have known what was going on. Walk towards the gold symbols with your eyes closed, if you touch the wall and touch the gold symbol you will have long life or many riches, a lot of fun anyway. Then you move up the hill, past statues, temples, 1000 year old bells, kung fu exhibition, gorgeous views, amusement park, hotel, flying fox ride, sled ride and the usual food & touristy joints.
If you decide to go into a temple with "monks" to light some incense and pray, be prepared to "donate" 100CNY or more to hear about your future... Doh! No English, so you pay and hear nothing. After a lot of discussion, my Chinese relatives decided that this was a bit dodgy.
Past numerous other interesting sites (I won't give everything away) to the top where we paid 10CNY each adult to watch the tight rope act. The highlight at the top of the mountain.
Then back down the mountain to catch the bus back to JiangYou, 11CNY each.
In conclusion it was a fantastic day out, very educational, a lot of fun, great exercise, awesome photo opportunities and a great way to get to know my new Chinese relatives. Today we're off to LaiBai...
4. Former Residence of Li Bai
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By Ian W - Kettering, United Kingdom
Li bai's home town,g former residence. This is quiet and peaceful,containing statues and paintings depicting his life A monumental portal at the entrance , things get smaller until, after walking through a farmworkers' hamlet.you come to the single storey walled enclosure that reputedly was his home. Given that he died in 762 AD, you might be sceptical about the age of all the articles in the study, bedrooms of family members, etc.
Stil, it's a quiet place, and the toilets are only half as old as the rest. Don't expect startling insights into the works and life of China's greatest poet.
The rest of the site has a pretty pagoda on a hill, an imposing modern statue of the poet, and some so so courtyards.
40 yuan by taxi here from Jiangyou, 4 yuan back on the bus. If you are a Li Bai fan, give it a whirl, if not , accord it low priority.
5. Taibai Park
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 6 reviews
