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Travel by bus
Chengdu is the largest hub of highway transport in southwestern China. Six national highways join in Chengdu: national highway 108 (Sichaun-Shanxi highway, Sichuan-Yunnan highway), national highway 213 (Sichuan-Gansu, Chengdu-Kunming Highway), 317 (the northern Sichuan-Tibet Highway), 318 (Sichuan-Wuhan, Hubei Province, Sichuan-Tibet highway), 319 (Chengdu-Chongqing), and 321 (Sichuan-Guizhou).
There are long distance buses from Chengdu to the various tourist areas around such as Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong National Parks, Emei Mountain, Leshan Giant Buddha (in Leshan City), Kangding , Dujiangyan Irrigation Project .
Xinnanmen Bus Station (Telephone: 028-85433609)
Regular buses leave for Bifeng Gorge (in Ya'an City), Siguniang Mountain (in Xiaojin County, Aba Prefecture), Xiling Snowy Mountain (in Dayi County, 95 km west of Chengdu), Jiuzhaigou, Huanglong, Daocheng, Caoyutan (in Hongya County, located in western Sichuan), Giant Leshan Buddha, Sansu Temple (in Meishan County), Fairy Mountain (in Pengshan County), Dujiangyan, Qingcheng Mountain (20 km southwest of Dujiangyan City), and the forth.
Zhaojue Temple Bus Station(Telephone: 83504125)
There are departures every 10 minutes between 6:30 and 20:00 to Fule Mountain, the Science Town, Xishuziyun Pavilion in Mianyang City. Ticket price is 29 Yuan per person. The trip takes 1.5 hours.
Bus to Taibai Memorial and Doutuan Mountain in Jiangyou County (Taibai is another name for Libai, the Chinese poet who lived in Tang Dynasty). depart here from 8:00 and 19:00 every 15 minutes. Ticket price is 34 Yuan per person. The trip takes 2 and half hours.
Buses to Qiqu Damiao (meaning sacred temple) Mountain, Zhangfei Cypress in Zhitong (in north of Mianyang City) County (Zhangfei was an important officer in Shu Kingdom) run between 8:30 and 16:00 with departure every hour. Ticket price is 30 Yuan per person.
Buses to Jianmen Pass (in Jiange County, which is in northern part of Sichuan Basin), the ancient Shu Plank Road (built along cliffs) run between 7:30 and 16:00 with departure every hour. Ticket price is 36 Yuan per person and the trip takes 4 and half hours.
Every day one bus runs from Chengdu to Ancient Zhaohua Town (a place in the Three Kingdoms Ruins), Huangze Temple, Qingfeng Mingyue Gorge in Guanyuan County (in northern Sichuan). The price is 62 Yuan.
Wuguiqiao Bus Station (near Wuguiqiao, telephone: 028-84711692)
Buses for Chongqing Wild Animals' Paradise (in Yongchuan County) depart every 30 minutes between 8:00 and 10:00 and they depart every hour between 11:30 and 15:30. Ticket price is 57 Yuan per person, and the journey takes 3 hours.
Shuttle buses for sights of Vast Shu'nan Bamboos and the Stone Forest (both in Yibin County) depart at 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:30, 13:40, 14:50 and 16:00. Ticket price: 86 Yuan for a 3.5 hour journey.
Regular shuttle buses for the Dinosaur Museum and the Dinosaur Shoal National Park (both in Zigong County) depart at 10:30, 11:30, 14:00, 15:30, and 19:00. The price is 47 Yuan and it takes 2 hours to reach the destiny.
