How to Visit Wangjiang Pavilion Park in Chengdu

Plan your Chengdu tour? Wangjiang Pavilion Park is a nice place to appreciate the Chinese traditional architectures and the bamboo landscape, as well as get to know Xue Tao (768 – 832), a famous poetess in Tang Dynasty.

ABC of Wangjiang Pavilion Park

Wangjiang Pavilion Park is one of the famous historical and traditional cultural sites in Chengdu along withWuhou Shrine and Du Fu Thatched Cottage.

The park was originally built in Ming and Qing dynasties in commermoration of Xue Tao (768 – 832), a famous poetess in Tang Dynasty. She was versatile and pretty. She wrote over 500 poems, She was greatly admired by her contemporaries.

Bamboos will catch your eyes when you enter the park. Xue loved bamboos very much. Therea are over 150 kinds of bamboos in memory of Xue Tao. The bamboos garden in Wangjiang Tower Park is the best and finest one in Chengdu.

There are a few renowned ancient buildings of Qing Dynasty ( 1644 – 1911 ) in the park, including Chongli Pavilion, Brocade Washing Pavilion, Poems Chanting Pavilion，Huan Jian Pavilion etc.

So actually Wangjiang Pavilion Park is named after a group of the ancient pavilions overlooking Jinjiang River in the park. The park is also often translated as "Wangjiang Tower Park".

Among the several "River Viewing" pavilions, Chongli Pavilion is the tallest with the spectacular view. "Chongli"(崇丽）literally means " tall and pretty". It is over 30 meters high, with four layers - the upper two layers for the octagonal, the lower two layers for the quadrangle. It has a gilt top, a yellow roof ridge, with green tiles, red columns, and high angle eaves.

How to get there and Entrance fees

As its name “Wangjiang” (River Viewing) suggests, so Wangjiang Pavilion Park is located in the southeast of downtown Chengdu, standing along Jinjiang River (Brocade River), south of Jiuyanqiao Bar Street, just next to Sichuan University.

How to Visit Wangjiang Pavilion Park in Chengdu — The location of Wangjiang Pavilion Park ( Google Map)

There are three gates to the park – North, West and South. You are advised to enter the park through the north entrance walking fromJiuyanqiao Bar Streetalong Jinjiang River.

Public Transport Bus lines: Bus No. 19, 35, 335 and alight at Wangjiang Lou Park (Wangjiang Pavilion Park).

Entrance Fees The Garden area is free of charge; Cultural relics reserve area: 20 yuan per person

Opening Time Monday to Sunday 08:00-18:00 ( New Year's Eve is closed) Ticketing time: 08:30-17:00.

**Address:**30 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu