Eight Scenes of Longevity in Chongqing

Changshou is the only district named after Changshou in China. Chang 'an County was first established in the Dynasty, and Wenxian County was established in the Tang Dynasty. Due to the longevity of the county residents, 1363 was renamed Changshou county, and it was withdrawn from the county in 200 1 year. The scenic spots in the county include: Bodhi Ancient Town Cultural Tourism Zone, Changshou Lake in Chongqing, Changshou Ziyun Huahai Scenic Area, Shiliyou Township Ecological Tourism Zone, Xiyan Temple, Bodhi Mountain, Sandonggou Canyon and Sandaoguai Ancient Street.

1, cultural tourism area of Bodhi ancient town

Bodhi Ancient Town-Shou Yuan Guang Street. Located at the foot of Bodhi Mountain, the ancient town of Bodhi was rebuilt in recent years, covering an area of 800 mu with a total construction area of 370,000 square meters. It has successfully established a national 4A-level scenic spot and become one of the top ten tourist resorts at the municipal level. The ancient town of Bodhi, with the traditional architectural art in the west of China as the carrier, focuses on showing the Bayu humanistic culture and Huaxia longevity culture for thousands of years. Wanshou Square, Wanshou Pavilion, Yulongtan Park, Wanshou Park and other folk buildings in Bayu are patchwork. Folk activities such as special birthday party, longevity banquet, Dragon Boat Festival long street banquet, and Spring Festival lantern viewing are colorful, while festivals such as Oktoberfest, Water Splashing Festival, Grapefruit Festival and Longevity Hot Pot Festival are dynamic and fashionable.

2. Changshou Lake in Chongqing

Changshou Lake is located in the east of Changshou District, which is 128km away from the center of Chongqing. It is an artificial lake formed by intercepting Longxi River in the 1950s, and it is named because it is located in Changshou District. Changshou Lake Dam is 10 14m long, 5 1m high and 8m wide at the top, covering an area of 6,000 hectares. General water depth 15m, with the deepest point of 50m. There are more than 200 islands in the lake, which is the largest lake tourist attraction in Chongqing. Changshou Lake is a vast lake with blue waves and picturesque reflections in the water, which is extremely spectacular. If it's late spring in Sanqiu, the sun is covered by shallow clouds, the smoke is boundless, and the water and sky are the same, which is another kind of fun. The islands in the lake are tree-lined and have many garden attractions. Yubin Island is one of the "eight scenic spots" in Changshou Lake, and it is called "bathing in water". Its harbor twists and turns, surrounded by water, like a bright pearl dotted in the lake.

3. Changshou Ziyun Huahai Scenic Area

Ziyun Huahai Cultural Leisure Tourism Scenic Spot is located in Duzhou Street, Changshou District, focusing on the unique "longevity culture" and supplemented by festivals such as weddings, and striving to create a cultural tourism distribution center with rich cultural connotations, strong participation and integration of flowers and landscapes. At present, 500 mu of Zen vineyard, 270 mu of spring theme park and Taohuaxi boutique cultural tourist scenic spot have been built, which are listed as key construction projects in Chongqing in 20 17.

4. Chongqing Shiliyou Township Eco-tourism Zone

Chongqing Shili Pomelo Township Eco-tourism Zone is located in Weijiahekan, a neighboring town along the Longxi River, with beautiful scenery. This is the main producing area of Changshou Shatian pomelo, a famous fruit in China, also known as "Lindong pomelo fragrance". At present, it has developed into a Shatian pomelo garden covering an area of more than 30 thousand mu, which is a pillar industry for local farmers to increase their income and get rich. Walk along the sidewalk of Shatian pomelo forest and go up to the top of the mountain, which is the Tolin Temple, a thousand-year-old temple. Shatian pomelo, Longxi River and Tuolin Temple are known as "three adjacent treasures", and now the district government has set up the management committee of Shatian pomelo planting park here.

5. Xiyanguan

Xiyanguan is located in Wangjiang Road, south of Changshou District, Chongqing, with its back to Fengcheng and facing the Yangtze River. It is one of the eight scenes of longevity in past dynasties. Named after the original Xiyanguan Temple, there is still a relatively complete gate and an ancient city wall in Tianshun period of Ming Dynasty, which was listed as a county-level cultural relics protection unit on 1988. The main attractions are Ming City Wall, Xiyan Waterfall, Forest Park and Changshou Cable Car. In the mid-1980s, a quaint pavilion was built on the city gate. Located in Wangjiang Road, downtown, it is famous for its waterfalls. Attractions include Xiyan Waterfall, Ming City Wall and Forest Park. The waterfall is divided into three levels, and the water source is ejected from the beach rock, with a width of about 20 meters and a drop of about 40 meters, with a second level of 30 meters and a third level of 20 meters. After the heavy rain, the momentum is particularly fierce. The tall ones are like practicing in white, and the short ones are like dancing with long sleeves. Therefore, there is a poem of "a thousand lines of Xiyan Waterfall".

6. Bodhi Mountain

Bodhi Mountain in Changshou District is located in Duzhou Town, 5 kilometers away from the county seat. Its mountain range winds from Wang Junshan in the Western Hills to the watershed in Barker Town, and passes through Maliuchong Rock for 4 kilometers to the southeast. There is a peak with an elevation of 598 meters, named Bodhi Mountain. This mountain is magnificent. The top of the mountain is concave, like a bowl lying on its back. A village is built on the mountain, and there are temples in the village. The well water in the village is inexhaustible and tastes sweet. In the spring and February of Ming Dynasty (1507), the magistrate Dai Jin thought that "the sunrise is in the east, you come to Jing Yue (there is Jingshan in the east of the county), and the sunrise is in the west, which shines in Jing Yue. The words "scenery" and "scenery" are created by nature. If the mountain is named Bodhi, it is meaningless and should be renamed Jingshan. " Since then, Bodhi Mountain has also been called Jingshan Mountain.

7. Sandonggou Canyon

Located in the northeast corner of Changshou City. Less than 1 km from Changshou city. It belongs to natural scenic spots. The scenic spot consists of cliff waterfalls, grottoes stalagmites, hydropower museums and other scenic spots. There is a Peach Blossom Creek in the upper reaches of the scenic spot, and the water flow is blocked, forming a three-level waterfall, three caves and three ponds, hence the name Sandonggou. Sandonggoucheng Canyon is a long and narrow deep ditch in the lower reaches of Taohua River, close to the northeast corner of the county seat, with beautiful scenery. The Peach Blossom Garden has two paths and ten miles, and the three caves in Taoyuan are known as the immortals' home, which is one of the eight scenic spots of longevity. This scenic spot is 2.4 kilometers long, with a V-shaped cross section, and the height difference between the bottom and the top is160m. East, west and north cliffs, the north is the most dangerous; Two cliff platforms are rocky, and streams overlap with rocks. Every time the flood surges, the Taohuaxi water flows to the head hole, suddenly meets the third-grade stratum and falls down, forming three waterfalls. Under each waterfall, the cave is secluded and secluded, the pool is tens of feet deep, the water falls loudly and the smoke fills the air, which is often like a rainbow shining and a fairyland, commonly known as Taoyuan Three Caves.

8. Sandaoguai Ancient Street

Located in the southwest of Changshou District, between the central slopes of Changshou District. It belongs to the ancient street of merchants built in Qing Dynasty. A slate avenue runs through the whole ancient street, with a total length of 2.5 kilometers. It is built on the mountain and winds up from more than 3,000 stone steps. It is named "three turns" because of three sharp turns. Houses are all bamboo-wood sandwich structures with typical Bayu characteristics, which can be called the only existing ancient street in the Three Gorges reservoir area. Sandaoguai Ancient Street, built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, is a stone avenue from the bank of the Yangtze River to Changshou Town in Guxian County, with a total length of 5 Li. It is the only pedestrian passage from River Street to downtown. Its street is built on the mountain, with more than 3000 stone steps. The whole street twists and turns, and people are used to calling it a three-way turn. The houses on both sides of the ancient street are all bamboo and wood structures in the Ming and Qing dynasties, row upon row. It is the only long street with a long history built along the mountain in the Three Gorges reservoir area. Creating and developing this ancient street is another beautiful scene on the Three Gorges tourist route.