Top 10 filming sites of Chinese movies

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The Southern Sichuan Bamboo Sea

If asked to choose the favorite scene in the award-winning movieCrouching Tiger，Hidden Dragon, most people will choose when Chow Yun fought with Zhang Ziyi in the bamboo forest.

The classic scene was filmed in the famous Southern Sichuan Bamboo Sea, which is located near the border of Changning and Jiang'an and about 70km southeast of Yibin. The extraordinary Southern Sichuan Bamboo Sea covers an area of 120 square km and has 8 main scenic spots.

The Bamboo Sea owns 58 kinds of bamboos with over 70,000 mu (4667 hectares) area, and the plant coverage rate accounts for 87 percent, which is a wonderful source of natural oxygen. It combines mountains, water, lakes, waterfalls and karst cave, which can meet demands of various kinds of visitors.

Travelling tips:

Admission: 90 yuan (high season); 75 yuan (low season); (students, aged citizens, disabled and soldiers can get discount);

How to get there: Take the bus from Wuguiqiao Bus Station to Yi Bin. The price is 86 yuan;

take bus from Zi Gong to Yi Bin, the price is 27 yuan and then take bus No.3 or 4 from Yi Bin to Nan'an Bus Station and then transfer bus to the Southern Sichuan Bamboo Sea;