Jiezi Ancient Town
Jiezi Ancient Town
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Patrick G
Shanghai, China49 contributions
Jul 2018 • Solo
I have been to dozens of ancient towns and found this to be quite nice. Less crowded than the typical ancient town, and quite pleasant. Can easily spend an afternoon strolling around enjoying the scenery and wandering around.
Be sure to try the local ye'er ("yeh-arr") a little sticky rice cake steamed on what the vendor said was a tangerine leaf. There are usually 2 kinda a sweet one (tiande "tea-ann-duh") and a meat filled one (roude "row-duh").
Be sure to try the local ye'er ("yeh-arr") a little sticky rice cake steamed on what the vendor said was a tangerine leaf. There are usually 2 kinda a sweet one (tiande "tea-ann-duh") and a meat filled one (roude "row-duh").
Written July 29, 2018
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LivingTheLaowaiLife
Chengdu, China76 contributions
Apr 2017 • Family
Jiezi Ancient Town is your typical "ancient town." It is composed of shops, restaurants, tea houses, and so on. There isn't any traffic in the ancient town and it's near a shallow river so it's a good place to visit if you have children. The children can buy water guns and enjoy themselves in the river.
Written May 6, 2017
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pmoore222
Little Rock, AR514 contributions
Oct 2016 • Friends
Ancient "Old Town" Jiezi is a small town with a very rich and historic history. Located along the Silk Road, it is known as the home of the famous "Goard Poet". Due to the '08 earthquake, much of the city has been restored, but in a way that still retains its quaintness and friendliness for visitors. Nestled in the mountains, you will enjoy the beauty of "real" China along with good food and a mix of the old with the restored.
Written February 1, 2017
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JeffCypress
Buenos Aires, Argentina373 contributions
Jul 2016
Jiezi is a beautiful, very traditional town with an interesting main square and a lovely riverside walkway with tremendous views of two very different and impressive bridges. The town gets very busy with people from Chengdu at the weekends. There are huge numbers of eateries of all types. Most of the town is pedestrianised but you can hire bikes or motorised rickshaws. It is quite a long walk from the start of the pedestrian area to the river.
You are unlikely to see any foreigners / English speakers!
You are unlikely to see any foreigners / English speakers!
Written July 30, 2016
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axelaxel
Chengdu, China11 contributions
Dec 2013 • Couples
ok ancient town.. boring but ok if it's your first one. a copy of the others if you have seen some
Yuantong is much more authentic and nicer, just some 10km away
Yuantong is much more authentic and nicer, just some 10km away
Written November 17, 2014
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jedimasterarmi
Dongguan, China65 contributions
Dec 2012 • Friends
Got to visit briefly. Very touristy, but very good food! Over all, I think this place is worth visiting once.
Written February 14, 2013
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wangdd
Portland, OR1 contribution
Jan 2013 • Friends
Fabulous,Excellent place to gotten relax---jiezi town! I am being here right now and wish share the nice feeling to everyone visit this website.wish you guys have a good trip to jiezi and enjoy everything here.....
Written January 28, 2013
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415katew
London, United Kingdom119 contributions
Apr 2019
Jiezi is a lovely old town on the river, with pleasant old buildings and quite a lot of interesting shops for leisure shoppers. it's not an essential but it is very nice and if you're in the area, visiting Dujiangang and Qingchen shan then why not add it on. I don't think I'd elevated it to an entire day out from Chengdu especially as the trains don't come here. you need to either get a taxi back to Qingchen shan station or to Chengdu.
Written May 8, 2019
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ML991
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia160 contributions
Apr 2019 • Couples
Beautiful and interesting ancient town that exceeds my expectation; better than Mt. Qingcheng. Wish we could spend more time at Jiezi. We didn't manage to walk further to the nearby park.
The touristy items sold there are cheaper than in Chengdu.
The touristy items sold there are cheaper than in Chengdu.
Written April 7, 2019
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Gavin P
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK199 contributions
Jan 2019 • Family
We were recommended to visit Jiezi other than the other old towns in the Chengdu area because this is viewed as one of the most authentic and best preserved and restored. When you enter via the tourist centre and ask directions to the ancient town you will be directed to the more modern town as we were! I would suggest that you pick up a free map from the rack and then head straight through the back door , which takes you almost directly to the "Ancient town " . Although a lot of restoration work has taken place after an earthquake 10 years ago, it has been done very well and apart from some modern brickwork you can hardly notice anything out of step with the 1000+ year old appearance. There are a lot of tourist type shops but there are still plenty of original themed properties to enjoy and explore and of course the Chinese tea shops with the most original interiors that we have seen on our visit . We spent the afternoon here and could have quite easily have made a day of it if time had allowed.
Written January 8, 2019
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pattieuk
uk204 contributions
Hi How does one get to Jiezi old town from the Dujiangyan area ?
By taxi .... And if so are these easy to come by in Dujiangyan ?
Many thanks
Gavin P
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK199 contributions
Hello Pattie . I would like to be able to give you a definitive answer, but unfortunately as you will discover when you get to China, there are many different ways to do the same thing.
1st there is a regular bus service to Jiezi from many different places and directions and you are best off researching things from your local area when you have arrived.
2nd Taxi 's are available in Jiezi but you will be incredibly lucky to find one waiting for a fare at the Panda research station ( which is where I assume you're going to) . You will though be approached by some ladies who will try and sell you different artefacts or other things that they will think you are interested in and depending on how good their English is they'll know a taxi service to help you! AVOID AT ALL costs. This was the only place in all of our travels in China that we experienced this form of pimping.
3rd . In China there is a service called Didi's which is very similar to our " über " private hire .To use this you need a modern mobile device and download the app. You do need a basic understanding of Chinese though to do this?
4th . Depending on where you are staying, find out where your nearest major bus station is and you should find a bookable coach service that might encompass your destinations.
Sorry for such a long response but please don't let me put you off going. It is a wonderful country with some lovely people and amazing sights.
Regards Gavin.
Kian Chye
Singapore, Singapore346 contributions
Hi,
How do I get to this ancient town after visiting Qingchen San? Any advise?
ML991
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia160 contributions
Hi,
The easiest method is by taxi or car arranged via hotel or tour agency. There are buses to Qingcheng shan but I don't know from there to Jiezi Ancient Town. Likely there are buses to Jiezi from Dujiangyan but I can't confirm.
There is lots of walking at Qingcheng. If you don't want to walk, pay for rides. Nothing special there; we didn't see any hanging hams. This place is not suitable for the elderly.
Jiezi is a better attraction than Qingcheng shan. In fact, there is a hill trail at Jiezi, too.
FYI, hotel receptionist assisted us to arrange a car and driver for us. She called tour agency. From Dujiangyan to Jiezi, Qingcheng Shan and Chengdu airport for RMB800 for 6 of us. Of course, we invited the driver to lunch and dinner with us.
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- Jiezi Ancient Town is open:
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- According to Tripadvisor travelers, these are the best ways to experience Jiezi Ancient Town:
- 1 day Dujiangyan + Jiezi Old town Mini Group tour (From $83.07)
- 9-Day Cycle Panda Kingdom, Sichuan province, China (From $2,680.00)
- Private One-Day Walk Tour to Panda Valley and Fengqi Mountain (From $242.00)
- Panda Keeper Program(half day) and tranquil Chengdu Countryside 7km hiking (From $397.00)
- 14-Day Bike and Hike in Panda Kingdom and Kham Tibet, Sichuan province, China (From $3,980.00)
- Hotels near Jiezi Ancient Town:
- (0.00 mi) Shanghao Inn
- (0.00 mi) Shanrenju Country Hotel
- (0.08 mi) Baixing Renjia Inn
- (0.09 mi) Liukeshu Inn
- (0.09 mi) Nongjia Tingyuan
- Restaurants near Jiezi Ancient Town:
- (0.09 mi) SiFang Yuan (KuiXingLouJie)
- (0.53 mi) Xiao Niang Restaurant
- (4.98 mi) Chen MaPo DouFu Restaurant
- (5.87 mi) Liang Mu Yuan Coffee XiCan (Chun Xi)
- (4.89 mi) OuZhou FangZi CHAMANI
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