Get to know Pingwu County
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- Administrative area
- County · 县
- Part of
- Mianyang
- Chinese name
- 平武县
- Local areas
- County guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 5,974.00 km²
- Population · 2020
- 126,357
- Administrative seat
- Long'an
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Inside Bao’en Temple
At Long’an Town (龙安镇), the temple was built between 1440 and 1460. Its buildings face east and rise westwards along a 300-metre central axis. Nanmu timber, painted murals, bracket sets and dragon carvings feature throughout; a revolving scripture cabinet and a thousand-armed Guanyin (千手观音) are among its distinctive works. Side halls, a bell tower and covered corridors flank the principal buildings. The main axis includes the Hall of Heavenly Kings (天王殿), the main Buddhist hall and the Pavilion of Ten Thousand Buddhas (万佛阁).
Mountain villages
In Gaocun Township (高村乡), converted farmhouses along Laohegou (老河沟) retain earth walls and tiled roofs. Laohegou forms part of the national park, and local residents work as nature guides.
Sources for this guide
平武报恩寺_名胜古迹_绵阳市人民政府 · Mianyang Municipal Government
万千气象看四川·文旅融合丨“山下引客、山上留客”平武：交文旅融合中的山城蝶变_四川在线 · Sichuan Online
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-26.
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Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Pingwu County
Bao'en Temple · 报恩寺Bao'en Temple报恩寺
Baoensi is a Ming-dynasty temple in the north-east of Pingwu county town, Mianyang, Sichuan, built under the direction of Wang Xi, a Longzhou Xuanfu Si official, and his son Wang Jian; the two sources cited here date the start of building differently, the provincial archaeology institute to 1439 and a 2014 CPPCC Daily feature to 1440, and both carry the work through to 1460. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit, announced by the State Council in 1996.
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Huya Grand Canyon · 虎牙大峡谷Huya Grand Canyon虎牙大峡谷
Huya Grand Canyon, the Huya canyon, is in Pingwu county, Mianyang, Sichuan, and is known for the cluster of ice falls that forms in it in winter. A 2026 Sichuan Online report names the canyon and places the Huya ski field both in its interior and in Huya Tibetan township, which lies in the north-west of the county, covers 484 square kilometres and has a population of 2,578, of whom 24.5 percent are Tibetan.
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Getting there
Pingwu County is about 105 km in a straight line from central Mianyang. Search for 平武县 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Bao'en Temple and Huya Grand Canyon are both listed here. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Photo: Bao'en Temple · Alexbear · CC BY-SA 4.0. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.
Photo: Huya Grand Canyon · Source photographer · License not provided. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.
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