[2025 Mianzhu Stay] Travel Guide for Lutang Hot Spring Resort (Updated Apr)

Mianzhu was once the land of the Shu Mountain clan, known as "the outstanding region of ancient Shu and an important town in Yi Province," and is famous nationwide as the hometown of New Year paintings, renowned liquors, ecological tourism, and folk art. · Recommended spot: Jinshe Qingping. With mountains and water, the scenery is beautiful, and it is a distinctive modern ecological tourism town focused on leisure and vacation. · Recommended spot: China Mianzhu New Year Painting Village, known as "one of the four great New Year painting towns in China," where the widely known "Mianzhu woodblock New Year paintings" originated. The village features the Mianzhu New Year Painting Expo Park, Mianzhu New Year Painting Exhibition Hall, a cultural and creative community, and New Year Painting Streets. · Recommended spot: Hanwang Earthquake Site, consisting of three major areas: Dongqi Factory Area, Dongqi Dormitory Area, and Hanwang Town Area. It mainly highlights four themes: a digital display platform, disaster reduction emergency rescue training center, remote multi-functional training center, and a group of sculptures for the Memorial Wall and Gratitude Wall. · Accommodation recommendation: Lutang Hot Springs. The Lutang Hot Springs villas are built against the mountains with an elegant environment, integrating with nature. Moreover, the weather is getting cooler, making it especially suitable for a hot spring bath. · Food recommendation: Mianzhu rice noodles. When in Mianzhu, you must try a bowl of authentic Mianzhu rice noodles. Originating from the Shu kingdom, with a history of over 2000 years, it is synonymous with the "authentic hometown flavor" of Mianzhu. · Characteristic district: Jiannan Old Street. Originating in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, "Jiannan Chun" is one of the "three wonders of Mianzhu." As a nationally famous hometown of renowned liquors, it is a must to walk through Jiannan Old Street. The street features Ming and Qing architectural styles, with historical and cultural attractions such as the Sichuan Liquor Guild Hall distributed along both sides. · Characteristic festival: Mianzhu New Year Painting Festival, a local festival full of Mianzhu characteristics, authentic flavor, and folk customs. During the New Year Painting Festival each year, a variety of colorful cultural activities for the masses will continue to be performed.

Mianzhu, located in the northern part of the Sichuan Basin, nestled in the embrace of the Longmen Mountains, with an average annual temperature of 15°C, is an ideal place for summer retreat. When it comes to Mianzhu, many people may not be familiar with it, but mention Jiannanchun and Mianzhu New Year paintings, I believe everyone will have heard of them. Mianzhu is only an hour and a half's drive from Chengdu, just in time for the Dragon Boat Festival, inviting friends to go together to experience the folk culture of this traditional festival and have a two-day tour of Mianzhu. On the first day, we first arrived at the New Year Painting Village, and stepped into this ancient village full of Western Sichuan style. Rows of buildings with white walls, green tiles, and red lacquer, simple and unadorned, are scattered in an orderly fashion, making people linger and forget to return. The tie-dyed fabrics hanging in the courtyards, with their natural colors complementing the surrounding environment, blue cloth and green trees, and the breeze blowing through, all the irritability of the hot summer is blown away. The cultural activities in the New Year Painting Village are colorful, and the girls dressed in bright ethnic costumes dance happily, making us immediately feel the vitality and passion of traditional culture. Here, embroidery and New Year paintings are symbols of cultural heritage, while dance shows the soul of culture. Next, we came to the Chinese New Year Customs Village. Here, New Year paintings, customs, and fun culture are integrated into the human landscape and village construction, presenting us with a beautiful new countryside that combines culture and tourism. Elements of New Year paintings can be seen everywhere in the village, the gates of courtyards, blue bricks, red lanterns, and the white walls are also painted with welcoming spring pictures, the taste of Chinese tradition can be felt here without the need for careful tasting, just a glance is enough to feel it. The homestays are also matched with elements of New Year paintings, full of the atmosphere of Chinese countryside. Spending some time here, one can not only evoke childhood memories but also feel the strong cultural atmosphere. On the second day, we visited 'Jiannan Old Street', a 500-meter-long ancient street designed entirely in the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The lanterns on both sides seem to be able to pull people back to a hundred years ago, and walking forward, you can see the 'Tianyi Old Brand' distillery. The ancient cellar pool witnesses the long history of 'Jiannanchun' brewing. The whole street is filled with a faint aroma of wine. Here, we not only tasted the wine but also learned about the entire brewing process. If you want to understand the wine culture here more deeply, you can go to the Sichuan Wine Museum, which witnesses the glorious development history of Mianzhu's wine industry. As time changes, the place is still overflowing with the fragrance of wine, intoxicating. In addition, we also visited the Jiulong Mountain Natural Grass Skiing Field, with a vast green grass field surrounded by mountains and fresh air. If you want to experience paragliding, the base provides corporate expansion training and paragliding teaching flight training certification, ensuring safety. Recommended itinerary: Day1: Depart from Chengdu - Mianzhu - New Year Painting Village - New Year Customs Village - Jiannan Old Street - China Rose Valley - Lutang Hot Spring Hotel Day2: Lutang Hot Spring Hotel - Hanwang Earthquake Site - Qingping Town - Jiulong Mountain - Return to Chengdu

Since I grew up, I feel that the New Year is getting less and less of that childhood atmosphere, every Spring Festival is very boring, until this time! I took a high-speed train to Mianzhu, Sichuan, and felt that the festive atmosphere here is really strong, and the atmosphere is super strong. If you also want to have the same festive atmosphere, then you must collect this 'Festive' guide! Transportation: Last November, Mianzhu also opened high-speed rail, you can buy high-speed rail from Chengdu East to Mianzhu South, it takes about 30 minutes to reach Mianzhu South, the fare is between 26 yuan and 37 yuan. Recommended attractions: Mianzhu New Year's Painting Village 1, Mianzhu has the reputation of China's New Year's Painting Village, and Mianzhu New Year's Painting is also one of China's four major New Year's paintings. The New Year's Painting Folk Village covers an area of 1000 acres, with a construction area of 200,000 square meters. It and Mianzhu Jiuding Mountain, 'Tianyi Old Number' Jiannan Spring Wine Culture, Jiannan Spring Hot Spring Tourism, etc. form the 'Mountain Water Wine Painting Drunk Mianzhu' with various colors and rich customs. The beautiful sightseeing and leisure tourism landscape line, fully displaying Mianzhu's wine culture, New Year's painting culture, and folk customs, interpreting China's thousands of years of 'welcoming spring' folk culture, and performing the unprecedented grandeur of the 'Qing Dynasty' 'Qingming Shanghe Tu', 2 Golden Qingping Golden Qingping Scenic Area is a national 4A-level scenic spot, adjacent to Longmen Mountain National Geological Park, Jiuding Mountain National Nature Reserve, and Panda National Park. Here, the Qiang and Han cultures blend, the folk customs are rich, and the natural ecology and historical humanities are both important. It enjoys the reputation of 'Golden Qingping, Paradise, Summer Resort'. The scenic area has Firefly Valley, sightseeing small train experience, miner community, mudslide relic park, Qiang and Han characteristic homestay, luxury camping, cold water fish viewing, chess culture park, real CS, viewing platform, Qiang and Han mountain song performance and other tourism and leisure entertainment experience projects. 3 Jiannan Old Street Jiannan Old Street is designed entirely in the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Along the 'street', on the one hand, it runs through the 'Tianyi Old Number' wine shop, ancient cellar pool group and other 'Jiannan Spring' unique royal wine history; on the other hand, it runs through Sichuan Wine Hall, historical wine shops, Guandi Temple, ancient stage, New Year's painting workshop and other wine cultures. Rich historical and cultural resources and attractions are distributed on both sides of the old street. The smooth New Year's paintings on the walls of the antique buildings tell the historical origin of Mianzhu's wine culture and New Year's painting culture; the historical scenes in the Three Kingdoms culture such as 'Taoyuan Three Knots' and 'Warm Wine Cuts Huaxiong' vividly interpret the unique charm of Chinese wine culture 4 Mianzhu Culture Museum and Mianzhu New Year's Painting Museum Here is also holding the 2024 'New Life·New Fashion·New Year's Painting' - Our Well-off Life Art Creation Exhibition, a series of vivid, warm, and vivid art works are neatly displayed on the red exhibition wall, fully demonstrating the unique charm of Chinese excellent traditional culture. It is a must-visit place for the New Year in Mianzhu. Hotel: Lutang Hot Spring It is a high-end leisure and holiday tourism area based on the natural ecological environment, integrating hot spring bathing, holiday leisure, star-rated hotels, conference reception, hot spring towns, etc. It is an important part of the Jiulong Mountain-Lutang Mountain Tourism Area! It also has the only self-flowing carbonic acid medical hot mineral water in the Chengdu Plain area to date! The feeling of soaking in a hot spring is really good! About Mianzhu Cuisine: Mianzhu Rice Noodles, Mianzhu Rice Noodles have a delicate and smooth taste, fragrant and delicious, nutritious, and have a good tonic effect. It is said that the construction martial arts of Mianzhu Rice Noodles was brought into Mianzhu by the famous Tang Dynasty general Li Deyu, which has a history of more than 1,000 years. In history, Mianzhu rice noodles were the tribute of local officials, and they were also the necessary good dishes for local people to entertain guests. If you don't know where to go this New Year, I recommend going to Mianzhu, Sichuan! Not only can you have an interesting Spring Festival, but it will also make you spend an unforgettable Spring Festival!

Enjoy the New Year pictures and celebrate the New Year. From the Little New Year to the Big New Year, celebrate the Chinese New Year in Mianzhu. Now more and more people choose to celebrate the New Year outside. So you may as well come to Mianzhu, Sichuan to celebrate the New Year. The New Year here is very lively and there are many activities waiting for everyone to experience. Mianzhu also has attractions worth visiting, such as China Mianzhu New Year Painting Village, Golden Qingping, Jiannan Old Street, Mianzhu Cultural Center and Mianzhu New Year Painting Museum. This Spring Festival, take your family to Mianzhu, Sichuan to celebrate the New Year. Please accept this Mianzhu Spring Festival travel guide. China Mianzhu New Year Painting Village The New Year Painting Village is the birthplace of the national intangible cultural heritage - Mianzhu New Year Painting. Walking through the New Year Painting Village, you will see a variety of New Year paintings painted on the exterior walls and doors of each household. The colors are bright and lifelike. Don't miss it to take photos and check in. There are special attractions such as the New Year Picture Village Settlement, New Year Picture Lake, Mianzhu New Year Picture Exhibition Hall, New Year Picture Street, Xiangyu Huali Cultural and Creative Community, New Year Picture Expo Park, and Flower Expo Park. Golden Qingping Scenic Area Golden Qingping Scenic Area is located in the mountainous area in the northwest of Mianzhu City, close to Longmenshan National Geopark, Jiudingshan National Nature Reserve, and Giant Panda National Park. It enjoys the reputation of "Golden Qingping, Paradise on Earth, and Summer Resort". Jiannan Old Street Jiannan Old Street is an old street full of history and culture. Wine culture, New Year painting culture, and Three Kingdoms culture are grouped together here. It is 500 meters long and is completely restored in the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Although the old street is not long, it has many attractions, including the New Year painting area, Jiannanchun Distillery Ruins Museum, Tianyi Old Store, brewing workshop, drinking poetry gallery, Jiannanchun Liquor Manor, Jiannanchun "Six Dynasties Wine Shop", Sichuan Liquor Hall, old stage of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guandi Temple, etc. There are scenic spots at every step, and you can also smell the strong aroma of wine. Mianzhu Cultural Center and Mianzhu New Year Painting Museum Mianzhu New Year paintings have a long history and are named after the place where they were produced in Mianzhu. They are one of the famous woodblock New Year paintings in my country. Enjoying New Year paintings is a great way to celebrate the New Year. 2024 “New Life, New Fashion, New Year Pictures”. Walking into the Mianzhu New Year Painting Museum and the Municipal Cultural Center, one will see art works with clear themes, warmth and vividness neatly displayed on the red exhibition walls, fully demonstrating the unique charm of China's excellent traditional culture. It is a must-visit place in Mianzhu during the New Year. Accommodation recommendation: Lutang Hot Spring Hotel Lutang is a hot spring resort hotel that integrates accommodation, conference services and leisure vacations. It not only has a 14,000-square-meter large hot spring hall, a tropical resort-style outdoor swimming pool, a castle-style slope villa, and a tent camping site... It can be said to be a holiday resort that cannot be missed around Chengdu. Food Recommendation Mianzhu rice noodles are a dish that Mianzhu people remember by taste buds. They have a delicious taste and are a must-try when visiting the local area. Special activities and brands Mianzhu New Year Painting Festival, Mianzhu New Year Painting Transportation Guide Mianzhu has high-speed trains, and you can take the high-speed rail to Mianzhu South Station, which makes transportation very convenient.

🔥Mianzhu Lutang Hot Spring, do you dare to take a bath? 💦 👋Hello everyone, let me share my experience of visiting Lutang Hot Spring in Mianzhu. 😊 🌸First of all, the environment here is so beautiful, as if you are in a paradise on earth. 😍 🍃Secondly, the hot spring water quality is super good, soaking in it makes me feel relaxed. 😌 🍵Let’s talk about the food here. The taste is really great and it makes people linger on the memory. 😋 🎁Finally, the service here is also very good, making people feel very comfortable. 👍 In general, Mianzhu Lutang Hot Spring is a place that is very worth visiting. Are you interested in experiencing it together? 🤔