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.Okumaya devam et