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Guide to Hiking China's Old Road to Shu

        Time: 4˝ hours                         Distance: 7 miles
           Difficulty:  medium                   Start: Hanyang

If you’re only going to take one hike out of Puan, this is the one
to take. The old cypresses are particularly beautiful and over 400
of them line the road which for the most part retains its original
flagstones. When not traveling through cypress forests, the road
takes you along the ridges of mountains with long views into the
valleys below. Farmhouses are scattered throughout and in one
small village my guide and I came upon a lady making doufu in
an old stone quern. There is a bit of climbing, but plenty of level
ground as well and a long, gradual descent as you near Puan.

Click on the link below right to go directly to the next hike.


Hike 6 Hanyang to Puan

Hike 12 Jianmenguan to Zhaohua


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