Do you need to book Thousand-Buddha Cliff grottoes in advance?
We cannot give a yes-or-no answer from our records because our structured field and our own editorial prose disagree. Our structured field says advance booking is required. Our editorial prose says visitors can arrive without advance booking. The original sentence is: “Walk-up gate ticket with your passport;” Until we correct the record, we are leaving both statements visible instead of choosing one.
Record last checked 2026-06-13 · our field and prose still need correction
What our records currently say
- Reservation
- Our structured field and our own editorial prose disagree, so we are not giving a reservation verdict.
- Foreign passport
- A foreign passport works as the real-name ID.
- Official channel
- We are not recommending a booking route while our own reservation records disagree.
What our editorial record says
Walk-up gate ticket with your passport; no advance booking in normal periods. On National Highway 108 just north of the city on the east bank of the Jialing River — a short taxi or DiDi ride from the centre.
What else to know
We link no official booking page here — gate sale and OTAs only, no official ticketing site we could verify. This is the larger of Guangyuan's two grotto sites: a carved cliff face running close to 390 m long and rising tens of metres, with dozens of caves and several hundred niches holding thousands of Buddhist figures carved over the centuries — the densest concentration of Shu Road grotto art in the area. It hugs the old highway and the Jialing River north of the centre, so traffic noise is part of the experience, but the sheer scale of the carving wall is the reason to come. Admission was listed around ¥50; it's an easy half-day paired with Huangze Temple across the river. Confirm the current fare at the gate.
What to do while we correct our record
Do not rely on either of our conflicting statements for a time-sensitive visit. Check the operator’s current information, and send us the evidence through the correction form linked below so we can repair the record instead of guessing which side is right.
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- Zhaohua Ancient Town walk in
We are withholding a verdict until the conflict in our records is corrected. Please send evidence through the correction form at the bottom of the Guangyuan city page. Release times across every city we track are in Reservation Radar.