10 Days in Nanchong
Ten days keep the river loop — Langzhong, the 359-degree bend, the memorial towns, Zhouzi's swimming cattle, Shengzhong Lake — and add an honest day at Deng Xiaoping's home village in Guang'an.
Quick Answer
Is 10 days enough for Nanchong?
10 days lets you go beyond Nanchong's core into neighborhoods, food markets, and one or two day trips at a relaxed pace.
Source: NihaoVisit Nanchong guide
10-day Nanchong itinerary at a glance
Use our full Nanchong travel guide as the base and adapt it to 10 days. Keep the city's three signature attractions as the backbone; fill the rest with neighborhood walks, food markets, and an easy day trip.
North to Langzhong — the old city & Zhang Fei
About 130 kilometres and two hours north, the Jialing wraps three sides of the 1.78-square-kilometre Ming-Qing grid; Zhang Fei held the town seven years before his murder in 221.
- nanchong langzhong ancient city
- nanchong zhangfei temple
Examinations & towers
The Qing exam hall's wooden desks and the Huaguang Tower over the bend; the vinegar and beef shops downstairs close the afternoon.
- nanchong langzhong gongyuan
- nanchong langzhong huaguang tower
Back south — the first bend & Lingyun
The 359-degree loop at Qingju, its neck barely 400 metres, then the temple terraces of Lingyun hill in the same Gaoping district.
- nanchong jialing first bend
- nanchong lingyun mountain
Yilong — Zhu De's birthplace
A factual memorial visit about two hours northeast: born in Yilong in 1886, his courtyard dwellings and the Linlang hillside form the area listed national 5A in 2016.
- nanchong zhude former residence
Xichong — Zhang Lan's farmstead
The farmstead of the man born in 1872 who chaired the China Democratic League until his death in 1955 — plain rooms, mulberry fields beyond.
- nanchong zhanglan former residence
Zhouzi river town
In Peng'an, an hour east, the old wharf faces the Jiangxin isle meadows; from about April the herds swim out to graze — the hundred-cattle crossing — and return at dusk.
- nanchong zhouzi old town
Shengzhong Lake
The Nanbu reservoir holds over 1.3 billion cubic metres, calls itself southwest China's largest man-made lake, and runs its international fishing contest each September.
- nanchong shengzhong lake
West Hill & the Silk City lanes
The terraces above the city and the old silk workshops of a place long called the Silk City of the west — chuanbei liangfen for lunch at the source.
- nanchong xishan scenic area
Southeast to Guang'an
An honestly declared neighbouring-city day, about 1.5 hours away: a factual visit to the home village where Deng Xiaoping was born in 1904 — farmhouse, exhibition halls and the tree-lined estate — with the evening back in Nanchong.
- nanchong guangan day
Market morning & departure
A last lookout over the river loop, vinegar and Zhang Fei beef packed for the road, then the train north or east.
- nanchong xishan scenic area
Budget for 10 days in Nanchong
| Tier | Per day | 10 days total |
|---|---|---|
| Backpacker | USD $50–$80 | USD $500–$800 |
| Mid-range | USD $100–$200 | USD $1,000–$2,000 |
| Luxury | USD $300+ | USD $3,000+ |
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