Get to know Pengzhou
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- Administrative area
- County-level city · 县级市
- Part of
- Chengdu
- Chinese name
- 彭州市
- Local areas
- County-level city guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 1,420.00 km²
- Population · 2021
- 795,900
- Administrative seat
- No. 81, Jinpeng East Road, Tianpeng (天彭街道金彭东路81号)
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
History
Pengzhou prefecture was created in 686, under Empress Wu Zetian (武则天), from four counties of Yizhou (益州), and took its name from Tianpeng Gate (天彭阙). It was reduced to Peng County (彭县) in 1377 and became the county-level city of Pengzhou in 1993. In the Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, mountain roads were cut and the Xiaoyudong Bridge (小鱼洞大桥) collapsed, trapping about 100,000 residents in the hills.
What to see
The Annunciation Seminary (领报修院), usually called Bailu Shang Shuyuan (白鹿上书院), stands in Bailu town. A French missionary bishop began building it in 1895 as a seminary, and it was completed in 1908. A mudslide damaged it in 1934 and it fell out of use. The building collapsed largely in the 2008 earthquake and has since been restored to its original form; it has been a national protected site since 2006.
Three Song-dynasty pagodas, the White Pagoda of Zhenguo Temple (镇国寺白塔), the Yunju Monastery Pagoda (云居院塔) and the Zhengjue Temple Pagoda (正觉寺塔), are listed together as a national protected site. Longxing Temple (龙兴寺) in the city's Tianpeng (天彭) subdistrict keeps a Qing sutra library and a Republican-era relic pagoda, both on the Chengdu protected list. Yangpingguan (阳平观) is counted as the first of the Twenty-Four Parishes founded by Zhang Daoling (张道陵), and Mount Gexian (葛仙山) was the fifth. Natural areas include the geopark, the Baishui River National Forest Park (白水河国家森林公园), Yinchang Gorge (银厂沟) and Danjing Mountain (丹景山), whose carved stones and pagoda forest are also protected.
Food and local products
Pengzhou is one of China's five major commercial vegetable bases, and Pengzhou garlic is a registered geographical-indication product; its spinach was exported to Japan in large quantities in the 1990s. Aoping (敖平) is known for the medicinal herb chuanxiong (川芎). Peonies brought from Luoyang in the past grow in large numbers on Danjing Mountain. The Tang tea scholar Lu Yu (陆羽) ranked Pengzhou's tea first among those of Jiannan (剑南).
Highlights
- Bailu Annunciation Seminary 白鹿上书院: French Catholic seminary built 1895–1908, restored after the 2008 earthquake; national protected site since 2006.
- Pengzhou pagodas 彭州佛塔: Three Song-dynasty pagodas listed together as a national protected site.
- Longxing Temple 彭州龙兴寺: Temple in Tianpeng subdistrict with a Qing sutra library and a relic pagoda on the Chengdu protected list.
- Danjing Mountain 丹景山: Mountain with protected stone carvings and a pagoda forest, known for its peonies.
- Pengzhou garlic 彭州大蒜: Registered Chinese geographical-indication product.
Sources for this guide
彭州市 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
领报修院 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
彭州市各级文物保护单位列表 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-25.
Explore Pengzhou
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Pengzhou
Longxing Temple, Pengzhou · 彭州龙兴寺Longxing Temple, Pengzhou彭州龙兴寺
Longxing Temple anchors central Pengzhou with a tall, distinctive relic pagoda and a sequence of Buddhist courtyards. The present tower is a modern reconstruction of an older local landmark, an important distinction when reading…
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A street in Bailu Town, Pengzhou, lined with European-style buildings · 彭州白鹿镇欧式风格街道 Source-recorded photograph date: 23 March 2014 (original upload date).Bailu Town白鹿镇
Bailu combines a rebuilt town centre with music venues and a former Catholic seminary in the surrounding hills. The European-style visitor streets belong largely to the post-earthquake redevelopment, while Shangshuyuan recalls…
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Visitors in the peony garden below a hillside pavilion at Danjing Mountain, Pengzhou · 成都市彭州市丹景山牡丹园 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 20 April 2012.Danjing Mountain丹景山
Danjing Mountain is closely associated with Tianpeng peonies, a flowering tradition celebrated in Pengzhou’s spring festival. Hillside planting and wooded walking paths make it an outing shaped by both the terrain and the…
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The Gothic-style façade of the former Bailu Annunciation Seminary (Seminarium Annuntiationis) in Bailu, Pengzhou, Chengdu · 白鹿上书院（领报修院）哥特式正立面，位于成都市彭州市白鹿镇 Source-recorded photograph date: 2017-09-10 14:24:16.Bailu Annunciation Seminary白鹿上书院
Bailu Annunciation Seminary occupies a hillside east of the White Deer River. The complex brings Western-influenced institutional design together with Chinese brick-and-timber construction, reflecting the collaboration of French…
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AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Tongji Flower Park通济花海
Tongji Flower Park sits below the Longmen Mountains in Pengzhou, combining planted flower areas with broad lawns. Its visitor offer now includes camping and seasonal events as well as flower viewing. Recent summer programming…
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Longmenshan Jianjiang River Valley · 龙门山湔江河谷Longmenshan Jianjiang River Valley龙门山湔江河谷
Longmenshan Jianjiang River Valley is a hills-and-valley tourism zone in Pengzhou, Chengdu, built around the Jianjiang river and administered as one of Chengdu's industrial functional zones.
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Bailu Sino-French Style Town · 白鹿中法风情小镇Bailu Sino-French Style Town白鹿中法风情小镇
Bailu, in Pengzhou, Sichuan, appears in this catalogue under an editorial label for a modern French-themed street; the listed historic building behind that label is the Lingbao Seminary at Huishui village, a French-style Catholic seminary begun in 1895.
Read the place guide →Local life & food
Pengzhou local specialties
彭州市特色美食 · 1 specialties to discover
Juntun guokui 军屯锅盔AI dish illustration · AI 菜品示意图
The bread is flaky and substantial, with toasted edges and a moist, aromatic center, making one piece more filling than a plain pancake.
Source ↗Read the dish guide →All dish names · 全部菜名 (1)
More dishes from across Sichuan are in the Sichuan food guide.
Plan your visit
Getting there
Pengzhou is about 40 km in a straight line from central Chengdu. Search for 彭州市 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
Where to stay →Build your route
Longxing Temple, Pengzhou and Bailu Town are about 25 km apart in a straight line. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
Continue with Chengdu →More in Chengdu
Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Some facts checked against 彭州市 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 领报修院 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 彭州市各级文物保护单位列表 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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