1 Day Private Leshan Tour from Chengdu, No Shopping

Your guide will greet you at the hotel on time and then our Leshan day trip from Chengdu will begin. After about 2 hours' drive, we will reach the Leshan Giant Buddha. When watching it, you will be able to understand what "The Buddha is a mountain and the mountain is a Buddha" means. The scenic area faces Leshan City across the river. It is mainly composed of Lingyun Mountain, Mahao Cliff Tombs, Wuyou Mountain, and Giant Reclining Buddha. The Lingyun Temple and famous Leshan Giant Buddha are located on the Lingyun Mountain by the Min River. Regarded as the world's largest rock Buddha, the majestic Giant Buddha was carved on the mountain in Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) with a height of 71 meters (233 feet). Mahao Cliff Tombs are situated between Lingyun Mountain and Wuyou Mountain, which is a kind of unique burial form in Sichuan. On the 200-meter-long (255-yard-long) and 25-meter-wide (27-yard-wide) cliff gathers 544 tombs of Han Dynasty (202 - 220). With dense distribution, it looks like honeycombs. Wuyou Mountain is surrounded by water on four sides, resembling a jade in the river. We will go uphill to tour the Lingyun Temple and the Great Buddha's Hall, go downhill by Nine Turn Plank Road, appreciate the confluence of the three rivers, and visit Lingbao Pagoda. The lunch is dealt by yourself, while the guide will help you with the order. There is also a vegetarian restaurant in the scenic area. You can have a try if interested. After lunch, we will take the vehicle for about 1.5 hours to Huanglongxi Ancient Town. With a history of more than 1,700 years, Huanglongxi Ancient Town can be traced back to Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD). The core scenic area covering an area of 5 square meters (6 square yards) is famous for the ancient streets, trees, temples, embankments, dikes, residences, ports, battle fields, cliff tombs and government offices in feudal China. The existing seven ancient streets constructed in Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368 - 1911) are well-preserved. In the central street, there are three ancient temples named Gulong Temple, Zhenjiang Temple, and Chaoyin Temple. The 76 stilt residences of Ming and Qing Dynasties by the river have shown the pile-dwelling culture of ancient Shu Kingdom. In the outer area, the famous Dafo Temple and Guanyin Temple are located on the opposite mountains. The Dafo Temple is carved on the steep cliff with a height of 6.7 meters (22 feet), which is renowned as the small Leshan Giant Buddha. If you wanna buy some gift there, tea is recommended. In history, Huanglongxi Ancient Town was the hometown of Chinese tea and an important post on the ancient Tea Horse Road. The ancient archways, temples, architectures and residences blend with the ancient banyan trees and ancient cliff tombs in the town. You will also feel its ancient charm when strolling along the slabstone streets and appreciating the residences with grey tiles and exquisitely carved handrails and lattices, and especially the six ficus virens over 300 years old. Some famous snacks in Sichuan are worthy of a taste such as single-strand noodle, small fish, beancurd jelly, bobo chicken, beancurd with bubble, and braised banded catfish in brown sauce. After the 1 day Leshan tour from Chengdu, the guide will escort you back to the hotel.