Jinli Ancient Street

Jinli Ancient Street runs alongside Wuhou Shrine in Wuhou District, a rebuilt Qing- and Republic-era-style commercial lane themed around Three Kingdoms history and traditional Sichuan crafts. The street is lined with wooden shopfronts selling sugar paintings, shadow puppets, embroidery, and Sichuan snacks such as candied hawthorn skewers and spicy rabbit, with several teahouses and a small theater offering short folk performances. A side alley holds a cluster of bars and late-night food stalls that shift the atmosphere after dark. Because Jinli is compact, a walk from end to end with stops for food and photos takes about ninety minutes to two hours; visitors combining it with Wuhou Shrine next door should budget half a day for both. The classic photo is the main gate at dusk when the red lanterns strung overhead are lit, casting warm light along the lane's full length; the riverside teahouse section near the middle of the street is quieter for daytime photos. Jinli is busiest from late afternoon through the evening, when both tourists and locals arrive for dinner and the lantern display, and calmest in the mid-morning before lunch, when many shops are just opening.