Nanchong

'Nanchong City, formerly known as Guizhou and Shunqing' is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China's Republic of China's Sichuan Province.The city borders Dazhou, Bazhong, Guangyuan in the north, Mianyang in the west, Suining in the south, Guang'an in the south.It is located in the northeast of Sichuan Basin, the northern part of Sichuan is low mountainous area, and the southern part is hilly area of eastern Sichuan.Jialing River from north to south through the city boundary, in the city and Xichong River intersection.The total area of the city is 12,482 square kilometers, with a population of 6.364 million.Nanchong is an important commercial grain and agricultural by-product production base in the province. It is famous in the world for its abundant

Is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China. To the east of Nanchong is Dazhou, to the west are Mianyang and Suining, and to the north is Guangyuan.

The vast majority of this area is hilly. The woodland coverage is 25%.

The Jialing River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, crosses the prefecture from north to south. There are another 30 rivers in the prefecture with a drainage basin of more than 30 km2 (12 sq mi).

Region

 * Metropolitan area: Shunqing District, Gaoping District, Jialing District
 * Peripheral urban areas: LangzhongCity、South County、Yingshan County 、Peng'an County、Yilong County、Xichong County

Understand
Nanchong (Chinese: 南充; pinyin: Nánchōng; Wade–Giles: Nan-ch'ung; Sichuanese: lan2cong1) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, with an area of 12,479.96 km2 (4,818.54 sq mi). At the 2020 census it was home to 5,607,565 people, of whom 1,936,534 lived in the built-up (or 'metro') area made of three urban districts. It is the second most populated city of Sichuan Province, after Chengdu. The administrative center is Shunqing District.

History
Nanchong was in the territory of the state of Ba before it was conquered by the Qin in 314 BC. The Qin set up an administrative center at Langzhong City. Anhan City was established in Shunqinq district at the beginning of the Han Dynasty.

In 202 BC, Emperor Gaozu of Han instituted the Anhan (simplified Chinese: 安汉; traditional Chinese: 安漢) County in this place. Anhan literally means "to establish or stabilize Han". In 8 AD, the name was changed to Anxin (安新) when Wang Mang seized the throne of the Han Dynasty, but it reverted to Anhan in 25 AD. It was again changed to Guozhou (果州 'fruit state') in 621 AD (Tang dynasty), and then to Nanchong in 742 AD. The nickname of Nanchong is Guocheng (果城), derived from Guozhou.

In 1912, the Abolished Prefecture Office was reorganized into the county reform administrative divisions, the majority of the state, government for the county.Shunqing then renamed Nanchong County, Shunqing's name disappeared.To 1950 when the Sichuan Northbound Office was established, Nanchong County by the county level Nanchong City, for the provincial Sichuan Northbound Office directly under the jurisdiction of the city, equivalent to the provincial capital.Also placed in Nanchong District.In 1993, Nanchong District was abolished and a prefecture-level Nanchong City was established.

By plane
Transportation in Nanchong is quite convenient compared with other cities in Sichuan province because of its extensive express railway network, shipping, and air service.

Nanchong Gaoping Airport opened nine routes to Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Kunming, Xi'an, Sanya, Hangzhou and Lhasa.Gaoping Airport has built a new runway of 2800×60 meters, and the old runway of 2400×45 meters has been converted into a parallel taxiway.In 2014, the expansion of the terminal was started, and after completion in 2016, it became the largest and most advanced airport in northeast Sichuan.

Transportation in Nanchong is quite convenient compared with other cities in Sichuan province because of its extensive express railway network, shipping, and air service.

The old Nanchong airport was built in the 1950s and closed in 2003. The new Nanchong Gaoping Airport which has capacity to land bigger planes, provides regular air services to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Kunming, Xi'an and Sanya.

By train
Intersection of Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway and Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway.Nanchong Station and Nanchong North Station two railway passenger stations, there are trains bound for Northeast, North China, Northwest China, East China, Central China, Southwest and South China.According to the latest China Railway passenger timetable (May 2016), Nanchong ranks second in passenger trains after Chengdu in Sichuan Province.Planning and construction of Hanbanan South Railway, Nanmian Railway, Cheng Nanda passenger line, Nanlu Railway.

The Dazhou–Chengdu Railway through Nanchong links Chengdu and Dazhou. The Chongqing–Lanzhou Railway, in 2015, will link Lanzhou (Gansu) and Chongqing, and turn Nanchong into a railway hub in northeast Sichuan province. The Nanchong railway station provides passenger and cargo services to regional and national economic centres such as Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Wuhan, Chengdu and Shenzhen.

By car
Nanchong is a transport hub of the northeast Sichuan Province. It is crossed by the strategic China National Highway 318, built by the Chinese government in the 1930s, and China National Highway 212 and newly built expressways — Cheng-Nan and Nan-Guang expressway — which link the city to Chengdu and another prefecture-level city: Guang'an. The expressway to Chongqing is under construction.

By boat
Nanchong is suggested as a tradition shipping hub in ancient times. Ships from Gansu could reach Chongqing along the Jialing river, but the river is not suitable for modern shipping.

The Jialing River can be used for 1,000 tons of ships (is being channelized, completed in 2008, and officially opened in 2012).Nanchong Port's Beijing operations area has been opened at the end of 2013, and container business has been opened in 2014.

By bus
Buses in Nanchong are all over the city, and they are also the most convenient tools for travel and commuting. The vast majority of lines are unmanned ticket sales, active coin, do not set up change money.

How to take the bus to the famous attractions？

To The Ancient City of Lang Zhong
① Take Langzhong No. 3 to Gucheng Dongmen Station and walk 489 meters to arrive;Ticket price: 1 yuan to cross the bridge 2 yuan.

② Take Langzhong Road 6 to Zhangfei South Road under the tunnel entrance station, walk 1.1 km to arrive;Ticket price: 1 yuan to cross the bridge 2 yuan to cross the toll station 3 yuan.

③ Take Langzhong No. 8 to the Municipal People's Hospital Station and walk 1.1 km to arrive;Ticket price: 1 yuan to cross the bridge 2 yuan.

④ Take Langzhong No. 4 to Gucheng Dongmen Station and walk 494 meters;Ticket price: 1 yuan.

⑤ Take Langzhong No. 8 to Zhangfei South Road under the tunnel entrance station, walk 1.2 km to arrive.Ticket price: 1 yuan to cross the bridge 2 yuan.

To Zhu De's hometown Linlang Mountain scenic spot
You can take bus No. 102, Nanxi 105 Circle Line, Nanxi 110, Nanxi 112 , No. 104 , No.101 , No.103 , Nanxi 113.Sectional pricing system, that is, get on the bus 3 yuan, take the bus 18 stations (inclusive) more than 5 yuan.

To Jialing first Sangzi scenic spot
You can take No. 201 to Jialing No. 1 Sangzi Scenic Spot Station or No. 203 to Sangzi Cultural Square station. Ticket price: 2 yuan.

To Lingyun Mountain Scenic Spot
You can take No. 19 to the scenic spot. The fare is 2 yuan.

By subway
You can also choose to take the subway to these scenic spots.

To The Ancient City of Lang Zhong
You can take Metro lines 1 and 3 to Langzhong Ancient City Hall. Ticket price: 4 yuan.

To Zhu De's hometown Linlang Mountain scenic spot
Although there is no subway to direct, but you can take the bullet train to the scenic spot, the ticket price is 100 yuan.

The remaining two attractions are not accessible by subway. All above can be paid with cash or mobile ride code.

Scenic spots


Religious attractions: Big Like Mountain, Yuntai Temple, Big Buddha Temple, Yongan Temple, Jianhao Temple, Tiangong Yuan, Baba Temple, Mosque, Gospel Hall, Catholic Church covering the five major religions of Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Catholicism; Nanchong White Pagoda, Yingshan White Pagoda, south Yuji Mountain, south Li Feng Guan and Shenba brick Pagoda and other pagoda temples.

Artificial landscape: Machi Beach, Shengzhong Reservoir, Xichong Red Flag, Baltan and other artificial reservoir landscape. {| class="wikitable" Notes Nanchong new eight views: Xishan like "sleeping beauty", North Lake scenery charming eyes, Qingquan temple into a holy place, Wan tower on the "broken ten thousand volumes", Kui Pavilion style is still the same, North Sichuan Travel Office site beauty, Ruiqing former residence into a scenic view, old Jun Taoist temple famous.

Buy
Nanchong also has a lot of department stores, even if you don't buy anything, just walk around and see, it is also a kind of enjoyment.



Eat
Nanchong, as a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province, has rich food culture and unique local characteristics. Here, you can taste many unique Nanchong characteristics of the food, such as Guokui Pot noodles, Zhang Fei ox head, Yingshan duck and so on. Next, I will introduce some food in Nanchong for you, so that you can better understand the food culture of the city.