Yingxiu

Yingxiu (Chinese: 映秀; pinyin: Yìngxiù) is a town of southern Wenchuan County, in central Sichuan Province.

[1] It is located at the southern end of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, and lies on the road to Jiuzhaigou Valley, Wolong and the Siguniang Mountains.

[citation needed] Benevolence Square, a monument built by the Chinese government at the epicentre of the earthquake, contains a huge boulder lying below the surface and surrounded by a moat.

[citation needed] A plaque, in Chinese and English, reads "Benevolence Square: It was arable land before the earthquake".

[3] As of 2019, prior to the merger with Yinxing Township [zh], the town was home to 2,644 people, living in 1,106 households.

Street view of Yingxiu, July 2005