National Parks of ChinaOverview
| Designation | National Park of China (third batch) |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Location | Dayi County, Chengdu, Sichuan |
| Latitude, longitude | 30.7, 103.2 Google Maps |
| Highlights | Snow mountain, forest, wildlife |
| Wildlife | Giant panda, takin, golden snub-nosed monkey, macaque, clouded leopard, golden pheasant |
| Area | 483 km² |
| Highest point | 5,364 m |
| Nearby cities | Chengdu, Chongqing, Guiyang |
| Nearby sites | Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, Mount Siguniang and the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, Mount Emei and the Leshan Giant Buddha, Mount Tiantai, Qionglai, Mount Longmen, Mount Gongga (Minya Konka) |
| Themes | Mountains, Snow mountains, Animals, Forests, Cascades |
About
Xiling Snow Mountain lies in Dayi County, 95 km from Chengdu, Sichuan, 483 km² in a front and a back area; the main peak, Daxuetang, is 5,364 m. The name comes from Du Fu’s line “my window frames the thousand-year snows of the western hills; at my gate moor boats from ten thousand li away in eastern Wu”.
The natural scenery is mainly in the front area: the Nine Waterfalls and One-Line Sky, the Flying Spring Cave, the Leopard Roar Spring, the buried stone forest and the rhododendron woods; in the gorge at Shuanghe a waterfall drops over 360 m from a cave on Baique Mountain at 1,400 m. In the humid mid-subtropical monsoon zone with a vertical mountain climate, the area has superb ecology: 90% primeval forest cover, over 3,000 plant species including gingko, Emmenopterys and dove tree and 66.6 hectares of wild osmanthus, and rare animals such as the giant panda, takin, golden snub-nosed monkey, macaque, clouded leopard and golden pheasant.
The back area has an alpine ski resort, snow playground, grass skiing and grassland sports.
Travel information
Admission: 20 yuan.