Wulong Town: A Hidden Land in South China
People unfamiliar with Chongqing would tend to mistake it as a stop-over city, a place where tourists stop for half a day before transferring to Yangtze River Cruise and not much special to see outside Chongqing City. In fact, 128 km away from Chongqing, there is a hidden land with over 5000 years—Wulong County. Its beauty of Karst landform stands still through thousands of year. Explore there before it is over-explored.
Fairy Hill National Forest Park— Swiss in the East
Fairy Hill is named because of the peak on the mountain resembles a dancing fairy. With an area of 8910 hectare and average height of 1900 m, the national park witnesses the beauty of high mountain meadow and snow forest which is rare in the South. Grass skiing in summer and snow skiing in winter are most popular activities in the park.
Fairy Hill National Forest Park仙女山国家森林公园 ★★★★★
Furong Cave
As the most beautiful cave in China, Furong Cave was listed on the World Nature Heritage Site List in 2007.It is a rare group of Karst Shafts with grand view. The grand hall in the cave covers 111,000 square meters, which is quite splendid. It was found by 6 local villagers in 1993 and is considered to be a cave museum.
Furong Cave 芙蓉洞 ★★★★★
Furong River
Furong River is the biggest branch of Wu River with a length of 231 km. The Chongqing section of Furong River is a key national scenic spot and the highlight is the classical huge U-shape gorge. If tourists who long for a Yangtze Cruise without enough time or budget, Furong River cruise would minimize their pity. For people who are into outdoor adventure, do not miss the Speeding Skating over Furong River to view the gorge differently! It is the longest speeding skating over river in China currently.
Furong River 芙蓉江 ★★★★★
Three Natural Bridges
This scenery area is famous for its three natural bridges— Tianlong Bridge, Qinglong Bridge and Heilong Bridge. This is the biggest group of natural bridges in Asia.
Tourists will take a lift to get down to the bottom of the bridge for visiting. Under the Tianlong Bridge, distinctive courtyard houses stands out the landscape. That’s the outdoor film base of Curse Of The Golden Flower- Tian Fu Official Station(天福官驿). It was built during the Tang Dynasty (619) for rich businessmen and officials to take a rest on road. Though the bridges went through thousands of years, they are little known by people. That’s why this group of natural bridges luckily keeps its original appearance for such a long history.
Three Natural Bridges 天生三桥 ★★★★
Geofracture in Long Shui Gorge 龙水峡地缝 ★★★★
Geofracture in Long Shui Gorge Geofracture in Long Shui Gorge is a brand-new area for adventure. It is developed in Long Shui Gorge, along with the Three Natural Bridges, which is looks like a crack on the earth. With a length of 5 km and depth of 200-500m, the view of the gorge is splendid and impressive. Yin He Fei Pu(银河飞瀑), Jiu Tan Shi Ba Tan(九滩十八潭) and Jiao Long Han Ku(蛟龙寒窟) symbolize the Gorge. The whole scenic spot sightseeing starts from the geofracture, then go through the big hole and ends up with the isthmus. By that way tourists could have a visualized and vivid impression of geological changes through million years.
Impression Show-Wulong
Impression Show-Wulong Impression Show-Wulong is directed by Zhang Yi Mao, a very famous director in China, and is the first grand outdoor show performed in the gorges. The show site is located in Tao Yuan Grand Gorge, 9 km away from Fairy Mountain Town. Basing on the huge U-shape gorge with a drop height of 180m, the show is perfectly immerged in the landscape. There are over 200 actors taking part in performance. About 27,000 seats are placed among the show site and are surrounded by the show. What’s more, Haozi(号子),a work song sung to synchronize movements, with one person leading, is also sung in the quiet and secluded mountains.
