Yongchuan Tea and Bamboo Mountain

We did a little bit of exploring around Yongchuan today. Yesterday we called Yongchuan a small town, but it turns out it isn't a town at all. It has a population of around 1.2 million, and it's actually a district of Chongqing and not even it's own place...

Anyway, we headed up a nearby mountain to check out the tea fields. Not as impressive as the one we visited in Zunyi, but being on a mountainside the terraced look was quite cool. Also spotted a cool and brightly coloured dragonfly chilling out amongst the bushes.

Next we headed to a Buddhist temple site. This temple was much newer but still had some cool architecture and gardens to check out, including a big pond with turtles in it!

Then we headed into the bamboo forest. It was an area that was famous for having been the site of a movie shoot. Unfortunately I think they leaned into this a bit heavily and there was a bunch of strange props etc which ruined the wilderness feel of the area. We still managed to find a couple of good angles for some photos.

We headed back into town and spent the afternoon playing Majiang before heading back to the same BBQ place for some dinner.Read more