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Which ancient town around Chongqing is worth visiting?

There are many ancient towns around Chongqing to visit. Next, let's introduce the nine ancient towns around Chongqing to our friends. Let's have a look! If you have time, you can play. Please see the following for a detailed introduction of the ancient towns around Chongqing.

Zhongshan ancient town 1

Zhongshan Town, located in Jiangjin County, Chongqing, is one of the top ten ancient towns in Chongqing. The ancient town was built by the river, much like the style of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, but it formed a narrow old lane three kilometers long. Both sides are dominated by Qing Dynasty buildings, which are very well preserved. The bluestone road on the ground gives people a feeling of simplicity and harmony.

There are 209 families living in the ancient town, and traditional folk commercial formats such as blacksmith shop, Chinese medicine shop and barber shop still exist. Walking in Catherine's old streets paved with bluestone slabs, the passing wind is filled with the fragrance of herbs from time to time. The splash of fire and the tinkling of iron in the blacksmith's shop complement each other and have an artistic atmosphere that needs no carving. The white-haired old man with shaved head under the eaves of the street is carefree, like an oil painting, which sets off the unique picture of living and working in peace and contentment in the ancient town.

2. Songgai Ancient Town

Located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the ancient town of Songshui in Yongchuan has a long history and profound cultural heritage. Well-preserved is the longest ancient street in Chongqing, with a total length of more than 5,000 meters. There are magnificent carved buildings, diaojiao buildings built by mountains, ancient quadrangles, ancient county government as a symbol of power, and ancestral temples and temples represented by Luojia Ancestral Temple, Dongyue Temple and Jingtu Temple.

Ancestral temple culture and traditional cuisine are the most attractive places for tourists in Songshui, an ancient town. Ancestral halls and temples in Songshui are called "Nine Palaces and Eighteen Temples" and "Ancestral Hall Museum". Such as Wenchang Palace, Zhangjia Ancestral Hall and Jia Fan Ancestral Hall. Among them, the Luojia Ancestral Hall, which was built during the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty, has unique architecture and sculpture, is well preserved and has been repaired. Up to now, the "Family Law Tablet" given by Ming Chengzu and the inscription "Luofu Ancestral Temple" on the patrol case in Fu Ba, Gan Long are still preserved.

The traditional cuisine in Songshui ancient town is most famous for its "Yangtze River Songshui Fish" and "Nine Bowls" praised by Song Meiling during the Anti-Japanese War, as well as the famous salted cabbage in Sichuan, the unique fried rice and sugar in Songshui, the healthy vinegar brewed from pure grain, and the folk delicacies "roasted sweet potatoes", "Maotou" and "Ciba".

3. Laitan Ancient Town Laitan Ancient Town is located on Jiufeng Mountain, 32 kilometers east of Hechuan, Chongqing, surrounded by Qujiang, integrating ancient temples, ancient cities and ancient buddhas with beautiful scenery. The ancient town of Laitan has a long history, having been in Cheng Zhen as early as the Song Dynasty. The ancient town is near Qujiang, with beautiful natural scenery, scattered dwellings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, simple and elegant old streets and alleys, and the urn built in Qing Dynasty is now well preserved and only available in Chongqing.

The ancient town of Laitan is divided into an entrance and an exit, which are close at hand. Like brothers and sisters, one is high and one is low, one is up and down, one is rigid and one is soft, and they take care of each other. The ancient village still preserves the style of the castle, with narrow and curved stone streets and lanes of suitable scale, and more than 400 Qing Dynasty houses. The small blue tile buildings with patchwork but wooden structure have basically maintained the original style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is simple and elegant, giving people a feeling of returning to nature and stepping into a quiet mountain city.

4. Gongtan Ancient Town

Gongtan Ancient Town is located in Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing, on the east bank of Wujiang River where Wujiang River meets Apeng River. It is an ancient town with a history of 1700 years. About three kilometers of Shiban Street, 150 unique embankment walls, more than 200 quaint and quiet quadrangles, and more than 50 diaojiao buildings with different shapes have unique local characteristics and are well-preserved large-scale buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties in China. Experts and scholars believe that Gongtan ancient town is comparable to Lijiang ancient town, a world cultural heritage.

Qingshiban Street in Gongtan Ancient Town is as beautiful as jade, connecting the whole town in series. The street is an antique wooden hanging building with a high cliff. It is an ideal scenic spot for visiting ancient times, exploring wonders and exploring. The section from Gongtan Ancient Town to Wanmu in the mainstream of Wujiang River, with a total length of more than 60 kilometers, includes two ancient towns, Gongtan and Qingquan, and the section from Gongtan to Dahekou in the first tributary of Wujiang River, which is the essence of Wujiang Gallery.

5. Tanghe Ancient Town

It is located in the southwest of Jiangjin City, Chongqing, at the junction of Chongqing and Sichuan, and in Gunziping, a scenic spot. It is adjacent to Baisha Town in the northeast, chengdu-chongqing railway and the Golden Waterway of the Yangtze River, and Hejiang in Sichuan in the southwest. The ancient town has a long history and was inhabited by humans as early as 2000 years ago. Since the establishment of Wangye Temple in the Ming Dynasty, houses have been built one after another, becoming market towns, and prospered during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, hence the name Tanghe.

The street is built on the mountain, winding up from the pier by the river. The buildings along the street are mostly based on bluestone, with brick and wood as walls, odd eaves and arches, carved beams and painted columns, which are scattered and beautiful. In the overlapping rooms of ancient towns, several rare Huizhou buildings in Bashu are interspersed, which is amazing. It is a valuable material for studying the historical and cultural development of Bashu.

6. Shuangjiang Ancient Town is located in the lower reaches of Fujiang River, a tributary of Jialing River. The ancient town is paved with bluestone slabs, shops are staggered, terraces are strewn at random, and the courtyard is deep and antique. Built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, it has a history of more than 400 years. At present, there are nine streets, such as Zhongjie, Dongjie, Shangxi and Xiaxi, criss-crossing, forming the unique characteristics of Shuangjiang Ancient Town.

Houses have a long history, some of which are Ming and Qing buildings. They are well-preserved, unique, scattered in the ancient town, forming a unique landscape, and have the former residence of Chairman Yang. It is praised by experts as "a rare residential complex in Qing Dynasty".

On the 700-meter-long "Qing Dynasty Street", terraces are strewn at random, and the courtyard is deep and antique. Unique, flexible layout, eclectic, extremely diverse architectural styles, rich levels.

7. Ningchang Ancient Town Ningchang Ancient Town is the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns announced by Chongqing Municipal Government. Located in Wuxi County, the ancient town is built by mountains and rivers, and Qingshi Street is narrow. Diaojiaolou, Tianqiao Building and other ancient buildings and houses meander along the Houxi River, commonly known as "Qili Banbian Street". Ningchang ancient town has a history of making salt for more than 4000 years. Because of salt, there is the brilliance of "White jade in one spring, gold in Wan Li". Therefore, Ningchang ancient town is the birthplace and cradle of ancient human civilization in the Three Gorges area, and it can be called the world's "ancient salt capital" and the "originator" of world handicraft workshops.

Ningchang ancient town has profound cultural heritage, simple folk customs and quiet landscape. It is a new tourism product of Chongqing Ancient Town Cultural Appreciation Tour, a tourism product of the An-Three Gorges North-South Tourism Corridor, an ancient town highlight in the New Three Gorges tourism, an ancient town boutique at the junction of Chongqing, Shaanxi and Hubei, an ancient town tourism product on the Wushan Golden Triangle in Wuxi, Fengjie, and an ancient salt capital in China.

8. Pianyan Ancient Town

Located between the two remaining veins in the southwest of Huaying Mountain Range, it is located in the hilly area, showing a trend of high in the northeast and low in the southwest. The average altitude is 52 meters and the highest is 942.9 meters. In the 24th year of Qianlong (1759), the town was built here. Because there are steep rock walls in the north of the town, it is named Pianyan Town. This town is an important commercial and trade town on the ancient road from Chongqing to Huaying. In the past, merchants gathered in an endless stream. Although hundreds of years have passed, its streets, buildings, folk customs and market conditions still retain its quaint and elegant features. Pianyan is built by mountains and rivers. Standing outside the town, from a distance, you can see that the brick houses of wooden houses are distributed along the mountains, overlapping and patchwork. A crystal clear Heishuitan River surrounds the ancient town, flows through Sansheng Town and fuxing town, and finally flows into Jialing River.

There is a small bridge at the entrance of the ancient town. There are long bluestones across the water on the bridge, and the streets are paved with bluestones. The length along Heishuitan River is about 400 meters. The shops on both sides of the street are smaller than those in the forest. Most shops are made of wood and bamboo, or the walls are long boards, or the walls are surrounded by bamboo fences. In some small buildings built on the street, the ground floor space is mostly set as shops. The upper-level residence is a diaojiao building, which is built by hanging columns, which not only saves the street pavement, but also achieves the design effect of "giving three feet of land, taking up one more day".

9. Lukong Ancient Town

The ancient town of land and air is a famous scenic spot with profound historical and cultural heritage and beautiful scenery in the water town. The ancient town is located in the east of Rongchang County, Chongqing, 3 kilometers away from the county seat/kloc-0 and 38 kilometers away from Dazu Stone Carving, a world cultural heritage.

Lukong Ancient Town is surrounded by mountains and waters, with high Wanling Mountain and clear Laixi River, quietly accompanying the ancient town. Rukong is named after a beautiful folklore. As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, land and air became famous. Because Cao Tong Traffic also produces palace tribute honey, Lukong is a famous water pier and material distribution center, and official money and grain weapons pass through here. After thousands of years of vicissitudes, this ancient town still retains its unique features. Ancient city walls and ancient stockade gates; Waterway terminal; Zhao Ancestral Hall and Dafudi; Burials in Han Dynasty and Thousand Buddha Cave in Song Dynasty: ancient temples, bridges and trees; One beautiful folklore and story after another? Are permeated with the rich cultural connotation of the ancient town.

The ancient town is surrounded by green mountains and clear water. Danzhou Laixi, an idyllic song, echoed in the beams; A genre painting, full of cigarettes and haze. Tall and straight poplars, verdant mountains, endless shore bamboos, farmhouses with smoke curling up, and shepherds playing piccolo? It makes you linger, as if you were in a paradise.