Xichang belongs to the tropical plateau monsoon climate zone, known as the small "spring city", which is warm in winter and cool in summer, with four seasons like spring. Xichang, rich in tourism resources, is an important node of the Great Shangri-La Tourism Loop and the Sichuan-Yunnan Tourism Golden Line. There are Qionghai-Lushan Mountain, Qionghai National Wetland Park, Luoji Mountain, Lugu Lake, Lingshan Temple, Xichang Satellite Launch Base, Educated Youth Museum, Huanglian Tulin and other tourist attractions in and around the territory.

Xichang is a national grain county, a national pig county, a hometown of onion in China, a hometown of flowers and trees in China, and a hometown of winter strawberries in China. It is a world-famous Sun City, Moon City and Space City, and it is a "city to live in spring". It has been awarded National Forest City, National Health City, China Excellent Tourism City, China Top Ten Most Beautiful Ancient Cities and China Top Five Most Beautiful Healthy Human Settlements.

topography

The altitude of Xichang is above1500m. The terrain is mainly Zhongshan, accounting for 78.9% of the city's total area, with high mountains and low mountains accounting for 1. 1% and 3.4% respectively. The flat dam area of the valley 16.4% is the second largest valley plain in Sichuan Province. The mountains are distributed on the east and west sides of the Anning River: Yak Mountain in the west is the main part of the mountain range in the city, accounting for half of the total area of the city, running through the whole territory from north to south, forming the watershed between the Anning River and the Yalong River.

Many peaks in the north are more than 3500 meters above sea level and gradually decrease to the south. The whole mountain range, most of the boundaries are between 2000 and 3000 meters; The east side of Anning River belongs to Luoji Mountain range, with its north main ridge line in Xide County and south main ridge line on the dividing line between Xichang and Puge.