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Xinxiang (新乡; Xīnxiāng) is in the north of Henan Province. It dates from the Sui Dynasty, about 600 CE.
Weibin District, located in the southwest of Xinxiang City, is the commercial, transportation, cultural and medical center of Xinxiang City.
Located in the northern part of Xinxiang City, across the entire Xinxiang city. Muye District has jurisdiction over 7 subdistricts with a total area of 89.2 square kilometers.
Located in the southeast of Xinxiang City, it is one of the downtown areas of Xinxiang City. The border between North and Muye district; The west is adjacent to Weibin District
It is an independent industrial zone approved by The State Council, located in the northern part of Xinxiang City and the foothills of Fenghuang Mountain, the remnant of Taihang Mountain.
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新乡市博物馆, 平原博物院 Pingyuan Museum
A comprehensive museum with over 30,000 cultural relics, especially strong in Shang and Zhou bronzes and Ming and Qing paintings. Its main exhibition traces the history of the Xinxiang region. Free entry with ID.
潞王陵
Tomb of emperor Wan Li's Brother Lu Wang. This is nearly an exact duplicate of one of the Ming dynasty tombs located outside of Beijing. Close examination reveals a change in the dragon designs so that there are two instead of one in the stone working. Lu Wang desired to be the emperor so much that he tried copying much of the architecture found in Beijing at the time. Thirteen sets of animals line the entrance to the tomb, some mythical, and some real. There was some damage during the cultural revolution, and not all of the structure has been restored to its original state.
东宁寺
(东宁寺）covers an area of eighteen acres, with majestic buildings, including the Mountain Gate Buddha Hall, Thousand-handed Guanyin Hall, Zunti Bodhisattva Hall, Twelve Old Mothers Hall, Ancestor's Hall, Jade Emperor Hall, and Buddha Zun Pagoda. Buddha Pagoda is the main building of the temple, which is seven stories and twenty-six meters high.
关帝庙
A provincial-level cultural relic protection site originally built during the Yuan Dynasty, nearly 700 years ago. The temple was once dedicated to both Guan Yu and Yue Fei. It features well-preserved Ming and Qing architecture, including a theater tower, worship hall, and main hall. The main hall's roof is decorated with colorful glazed tiles and a rare green-glazed lion. Free to visit and less crowded than major attractions.
万仙山景区, Guoliang Tunnel
This area in the Taihang mountains on the border with Shanxi features a valley encircled by more than 100m high sandstone cliffs and is protected as a national geological park and national forest park. Atop the cliffs sit small villages, and above those villages are even higher limestone cliffs. The villages in the area, including Guoliang, are made from slabs of this stone held together with white mortar, making the buildings visually striking. To enable access to their village, in the 1970s, residents of Guoliang village hacked a tunnel through the lower cliff, which is now a tourist attraction. The village of Kunshan, just across the border in Shanxi and accessible by the park shuttle bus, later carved an even longer and more hair-raising tunnel through the upper limestone cliff to access the rest of their province. This tunnel, which starts about 3.5 km outside Kunshan village and 200 m above it, is not accessible by anything larger than a minivan and is closed to the general driving public. Hiring a local vehicle can get you there, at a price that the drivers will agree on amongst themselves once they see you.
白云寺
Baiyunsi National Forest Park is located in Huixian City at the southeast foot of the Taihang Mountains, which was approved by the Ministry of Forestry and opened to the public in 1992, and was approved by the State Council as a national-level Taihang Mountain macaque nature reserve in 1999. The park covers an area of 2,591 hectares, with 95% forest coverage.
关山地质公园
(关山地质公园） is located at the curved turn end of the South Taihang Mountains. Represented by Red Stone Gorge and Stone Pillar Forest, it is called " The First Landslide Wonders", which combines the water landscape of South Taihang and the unique geological landform of landslide peak forests, with waterfalls and springs, clear pools, stone wonders, groups of pillars, peak forests, and the sea of clouds, which constitutes a complete scenic system, and is a model of the magnificence and softness of South Taihang.
秋沟风景区
（秋沟风景区） is located in Nanzhai Town, Huixian County, Xinxiang City. It covers an area of 24 square kilometers. It is called "natural zoo" because of dozens of wild animals and birds such as rhesus monkeys, money leopards and wild badgers. There are a large number of ancient marine plant and animal fossils, natural stone tanks, ice caves and other landscapes in the Qiu Gully. It is a good place for leisure, vacation, sightseeing, summer vacation, sketching and painting.
（天柱沟大峡谷）is located in Huixian County, Xinxiang. The scenery is beautiful, and you can experience the nature's ingenious work. You can see the broken rock layers formed by crustal fracture and plate rise in the ancient times, the mountains are majestic and magnificent, the vegetation coverage is high, and the streams are crystal clear. Rafting is also available.
（郭亮村） is located in the midst of the Taihang Mountains' walled canyons. There is the famous Hanging Wall Highway, which is also the only road leading to Guo Liang Village. Walking in Guo Liang Village, it is as if you have entered the world of stone, everywhere you can see stone mills, stone mills, stone alleys, stone tables, and even stone bowls, stone chopsticks, stone axes, stone hoes, it seems that the whole village is made of stone.
八里沟
（八里沟）is located in Bali Town, Hui County, Xinxiang City. There are five main scenic spots: Peach Blossom Bay, Red Rock River, Rhesus Monkey Area, Jade Palace, and Sheep Chau Land. Among them, Baligou waterfall is magnificent, known as "Taihang Heavenly Waterfall". The Red Stone River, with its blue water, red and green colors, is known as "Taihang Heavenly River" because of its altitude of 1700 meters. Baligou is a good place for summer vacation.
A glass-bottom observation platform - actually kind of a ferrata, since there's no railing and instead one is attached to the footpath side by a wire. Provides unusual view of the valley/water reservoir underneath, and is not for the faint-hearted.
宝泉旅游度假区
A 5A-level scenic spot known as the "Taihang Water World". It consists of the Grand Canyon and the Cliff World. The Grand Canyon features spectacular waterfalls and clear pools, while the Cliff World offers thrilling cliff-side activities and views over the Taihang Mountains.
回龙天界山景区
A 4A-level scenic area in the southern Taihang Mountains, part of the Wanxian Mountain complex. It is famous for the Huilong Cliff-Hanging Road (a tunnel carved by hand through the cliff) and the 360-degree cliff walkway. Key sights include the Dragon Chant Gorge with its pools and waterfalls, and Laoyeding Peak (1,570m), known as the "Iron Summit" of Taoism. It is also the site associated with national model worker Zhang Rongsuo.
(比干庙), North end of Bigan Avenue, Bigan Village, Weihui City. Summer 8:00-19:00; winter 8:30-17:30. The temple of Bigan Temple is located in the north and faces south, covering an area of more than 400 acres. The main buildings are Bigan Temple Square, Bigan Wealth and Culture Square, Danxin Square, God's Way, Changfu Square, the wall, the gate, the door, the wooden square, the monument corridor, the Hall of Worship, the hall, the stone workshop, the tombstone kiosk and so on, after the main hall to the yin and yang wall separated by the huge "heavenly burial tomb" remains. ¥40 (Free for Lin's guests with ID).
（同盟古镇袁家村） is located in Huojia County. It is a good place in the downtown around Xinxiang. The scenery is good with few people. It is a combination of Suzhou Garden and the water town of Jiangnan. You can sip tea and tease your dog, and enjoy your leisure. The ancient town has delicious specialty snacks, fun entertainment facilities. Although the ancient town only three streets are enough to stroll for two hours. It is a good place for a short trip.
胖东来
(胖东来） As a famous landmark in Xinxiang. In this building facility, there are many Xinxiang special snacks. Locals like to meet and eat here.And because of its humanized service facilities, it is liked by many people in many places.The doll machine inside the DL is particularly easy to operate. You can catch a lot of dolls for a small amount of money.
（西大街）is a famous snack night stall street in Xinxiang. At about 00:00, it is the time when the flow of people is the highest. This place is very popular with young people. It consists of different small food carts inside. There is a rich variety of food and the repetition rate of the food sold is low. There are a lot of Xinxiang specialty snacks and some Southeast Asian food. Of course, there are also places selling alcohol. If you want to feel the lively night stall atmosphere and taste the specialties, welcome to come here.
（东方步行街）.If you like to shop in specialty style clothing stores, or make crafts, you are welcome to come here. There are many antique clothing stores in the Oriental Walking Street. Here you can feel Gothic style, rock style, American retro, new Chinese style and many other style elements of clothing stores. There are also handmade shops that make mobile phone cases and wallets by yourself.
(怡园）is not a building, it's an area. In this area, there are many coffee shops with special decoration and unique coffee taste. There are also old bookstores. Due to the retro style of the Yiyuan, here, you can feel the feeling of the 1980s in Xinxiang, a comfortable sense of time and space slowing down. Perfect for visitors to enjoy a nice afternoon tea time here.
市政广场
A square for residential sports activities. If you like throwing frisbee sport, this is the best place for you. This square was built by the government organization, which provides people with oversized activity sites. Here you can dance with your aunties. You can also fly kites. You can also play tai chi with the uncles. Of course, any sports activities that won't hurt others can be done here.
（定国湖公园） is a man-made lake park in Xinxiang. Its total area is 41.75 hectares. Free entry and exit. Here is not only a good place to enjoy the beach lake view, but also a best place to enjoy the sunset. Take a stroll in the evening breeze, sit on the Fisherman's Wharf in Dingguo Lake Park, drink coffee and watch the sunset. It's a good place to relax.
（花卉市场） is a base for selling flowers, birds and fish. It is composed of various small shops, because it is a professional flower seller, so here, you can also see a lot of flowers that cannot be grown in the local climate. If you like to look at flowers, you can come here and stroll around. And the price of flowers here is very low, and can be matched arbitrarily, very suitable for tourists who like flowers.
牧野公园
A popular city park in Xinxiang, known for its greenery and walking paths. It is a good spot for a relaxing stroll, with a lake and open areas for families and locals. Free entry and convenient bus access.
新乡市元宵节非物质文化遗产民俗展演
Xinxiang's largest annual folk culture event, held on the Lantern Festival. The 2026 edition featured over 15 intangible cultural heritage performances including the Huoshen Drum, Henan Zhuizi, Dapingdiao, and Huai Bang martial arts. County-level activities run simultaneously across Xinxiang, including Long Shi (dragon and lion) dances in Weihui, traditional lantern displays in Changyuan, and the 400-year-old Xiaoji Beizhuang (背粧) performance in Xinxiang County.
There are two DLs in Xinxiang. one of them, Big DL, is located on Renmin Road in Hongqi District, Xinxiang.
Like most cities in China, there is a reasonable taxi system, and buses. The two railway stations are linked by bus 66 several times per hour (¥1, about 45 minutes).
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