Hongyuan County

Vast plateau pastures in northwestern Sichuan, with the magnificent Moon Bend and Rigan Qiao Wetland, and cattle and sheep dotting the slopes in summer.

Hongyuan County belongs to Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, on the plateau of northwestern Sichuan, and is an important part of the Zoigê Wetland; the county's name means “the grassland crossed by the Red Army on the Long March.” The terrain is flat and open: at Moon Bend a river winds through the grassland, Rigan Qiao Wetland is an important plateau marsh, and prayer flags flutter at Waqieta. Herding life and yak herds make up typical plateau pastoral scenery. The grassland is greenest in July and August, the best travel season, and winters are bitterly cold. Hongyuan Airport has flights to and from Chengdu, and you can also travel by road via Barkam.

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