Yueba: a picturesque place in Sichuan

At the center of Jinyue Lake, there is a pavilion where people can invite friends to take a break and enjoy the aroma of a cup of tea. Meanwhile, they can also visit the pavilion alone, appreciating the scenery of mountains, the setting sun, flying birds, ancient trees and other things around the tranquil lake in every season.

There is a homestay on the bank of Jinyue Lake. It was a natural place for humans to settle down adjacent to water in the past. It is Jinyue Lake that has sustained the lives of people here for hundreds of years.

Thanks to a brook originating from surrounding mountains, Yueba has become a poetic and picturesque place. Local residents have developed affectionate ties with the mountain spring flowing through the village.

People can smell the fragrance of homemade liquor from afar before they reach small streets of Yueba. The smell has become beautiful memory jointly cherished by its residents.

Yueba used to be a major courier station linking Guangyuan's Zhaohua ancient town and Qifo township. Merchants transported an array of daily necessities such as tea, tobacco and salt with mules along the route.

The regular visits of merchants contributed to the birth and development of a marketplace at Yueba.

There are many willow trees along two sides of the roads in Yueba. It is said that people in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) planted willows to help them keep the rainy and hot weather at bay. It is also said that these trees were planted under the order of Emperor Li Longji (685-762) to relieve the headaches of Yang Yuhuan, an imperial concubine of Li known for her extraordinary beauty.

Nowadays, visitors often take a branch of a willow tree away with them before their departure from Yueba, wishing to live longer and be blessed with luck.