Ten ancient towns around Chongqing

Chongqing is a city with a long history and profound cultural heritage. There are many ancient towns worth visiting and experiencing around here. As a famous historical and cultural city, thousands of years of history have created the cultural heritage of Chongqing Bayu. Shiban Street and Diaojiaolou are the testimony of Chongqing's long history and memory.

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Gongtan Ancient Town is located in Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing, on the east bank of Wujiang River at the intersection of Wujiang River and Apeng River. This is an ancient town with a history of 1700 years.

The existing ancient town has about three kilometers of slate street, 150 dikes with different characteristics, more than 200 quaint and quiet quadrangles, and more than 50 diaojiao buildings with different shapes. With unique local characteristics, it is a well-preserved large-scale Ming and Qing architectural complex in China. Experts believe that Gongtan ancient town is comparable to Lijiang ancient town, a world cultural heritage.

Venue: Baishui Cave, Xiaoyin Village, Youyang

Self-driving: Chongqing Main City-Inner Ring Expressway-Baomao Expressway-Youyang Gongtan Ancient Town

2. Laitan Ancient Town

The ancient town of Laitan should actually be called Laitan Ancient Village, with a history of more than 200 years. Laitan Village covers an area of 0.25 square kilometers, with four gates crossing symmetrically. The walls of the village are all made of stones more than half a meter long, which are very strong. Sene has 200-meter-long Qingshiban Street and more than 400 houses in Qing Dynasty. Because it is close to Qujiang and has the advantages of ships, Bedbeach is still a famous water pier, which can attract businessmen on the water. At that time, merchants gathered in Laitan Village, and the market was prosperous and very prosperous. Two Buddhas Temple, built on the mountain, is also a place where incense is constantly burning and geomantic omen is at its peak.

Address: Northeast of Hechuan District

Admission: free.

Traffic guide

Bus route: Chongqing Caiyuanba Bus Station has a shuttle bus to Hechuan every day (or take bus No.508 from Chongqing Railway Station to Hechuan). Take the shuttle bus from Hechuan Bus Station to Longshi (about 10 yuan), get off at Laitan intersection, and then take a motorcycle or minibus into Guzhai.

Self-driving route: Take Chongqing to Expressway in Hechuan, then to Hechuan, and then to Longshi in the north. Before arriving in Longshi, there is a crossroads, turn right and go to Laitan. The whole cement pavement, about 90 kilometers, takes 1.5 hours.

3. Longtan Ancient Town

Longtan town is located in the southeast of Youyang County, Chongqing, 30 kilometers away from the county seat. Because there are two ponds in the town, which are shaped like' longan' and often accumulate water into ponds, it is named' Longtan'. It covers an area of 7.2 square kilometers and is home to 35,000 Tujia, Miao and Han nationalities. In the 13th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1735), it was destroyed by a big fire and then moved to Longtan River (formerly known as Shumei River) for reconstruction. With the convenience of Longtan River and Youshui River, it has gradually developed into an important commercial market town, which was called Longtan Goods and Pool Money in ancient times. The walls in the town are made of refractory bricks, ranging in height from ten meters to twenty or thirty meters, and then made of iron or wood into a wedge-shaped wall about one meter high, and the house is built inside. The first floor is called' Silver House', which looks like a square seal and is a unique upside-down bucket.

0 10- 10. 1 wanling town, an antique old street in Ming and Qing dynasties. The beautiful Laixi River runs through the town. You can tread water, stream and have a water fight along the river to find the memories of the past. As an ancient town with profound historical and cultural heritage and a beautiful water town, Wanling has always had the reputation of "immigrant water town". Come here to enjoy the beautiful scenery, taste delicious food, observe folk customs and have a wonderful and happy day.

Address: Wanling Ancient Town, Rongchang County, Chongqing

Transportation: Take the bullet train from Chongqing to Rongchang North Station, and there is a through train to Guzhen.

Self-driving route: main city-Chengdu-Chongqing Expressway-Yongchuan-Rongchang Road-Wanling Ancient Town.

4. Wanling Ancient Town

Located in the hilly area between the two residual veins in the southwest of Huaying Mountain, it is high in the northeast and low in the southwest. The average altitude is 520 meters, and the highest altitude is 942.9 meters. In the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to the Liujia of Jiangbei Guild Hall, and the town was built here in the twenty-fourth year of Qianlong. Because there is a steep R.

Bus route: Bus or light rail line 6, take bus 963 to Beibei bus station, and then transfer to bus 962.

Self-driving route: Jinshan Avenue-Yuelai Avenue-Yueqing Avenue-Duofu Third Road-Shisan Road-Pianyan Ancient Town.

5. Pianyan Ancient Town

Zhongshan Ancient Town, commonly known as Sanhechang, also known as Longdongchang, is located in the southern mountainous area of Jiangjin City, 0/25km away from Chongqing/Kloc-0, and it takes about one and a half hours by car, and is connected with Simian Mountain, a national scenic spot. The ancient town is surrounded by water, and the town building is built by water. It is connected by three small streets: Longdong, Huangzhongba and Goldman Sachs Bridge. In the past, Sanhechang used to be a prosperous water wharf and commodity distribution center in Sichuan and Guizhou mountainous areas. At present, there are 82 inscriptions in the Southern Song Dynasty, which describe the boating trips of Li Jiyong and Yu Zixian, as well as the ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty.

Venue: Zhongshan Ancient Town, Jiangjin

Admission: Free admission (on-site food and some tours need to be paid)

Traffic guide

1. Self-driving route: directly transfer from Diaojia Interchange of Yulu Expressway to Simianshan Expressway and get off at Zhongshan Xiadaokou. There are traffic controllers along the way. Visitors must strictly abide by the traffic rules.

Parking: With the comprehensive completion and operation of Simianshan Tourism (Zhongshan) Distribution Center, tourist vehicles can be parked in standard parking lots. On the day of the event, Guzhen Old Street will cross in a single cycle. Visitors who finish the tour can walk to any exit, or walk to the exit and transfer to sightseeing bus, and return to the parking lot of the tourist distribution center along the ring road.

2. By bus: You can take a bus from Chongqing Coach Station and Chen Jiaping Bus Station to Jiangjin, and then take a bus from Jiangjin to Guzhen.

6. Zhongshan Ancient Town

Songshui is close to the Yangtze River, about 40 kilometers away from Yongchuan City, Chongqing, 43 kilometers downstream/kloc-0, and 229 kilometers downstream to Yibin, Sichuan. Named after Songzi Mountain and existing water. "Yipin Ancient Town, Shili Old Street, Hundred Years of Love, Thousand Years of Culture and Thousand Miles of Yangtze River" is the general description of Songshui Town. The rhythmic architectural remains, beautiful natural scenery, rich cultural sites and unique dock culture of Songshui ancient town have left a deep impression on those who have been to Songshui.

Address: Songgai Town, South of Yongchuan District, Chongqing

Traffic guide

There are shuttle buses from Chongqing to Yongchuan on Chengdu-Chongqing Expressway, and from Yongchuan to Songshui Town.

7. Songgai Ancient Town

Tanghe Ancient Town is located at the junction of Chongqing and Sichuan in the southwest of Jiangjin City, Chongqing, in the Heishishan-Gunziping Scenic Area of Chongqing. It is adjacent to Baisha Town, chengdu-chongqing railway and Yangtze River Golden Waterway in the northeast, and Hejiang in Sichuan in the southwest. There are nearly 40,000 square meters of ancient Ming and Qing buildings in the ancient town, which are mainly distributed in Tanghe Ancient Block, Shilongmen Manor and Zhong Ting Temple. The ancient town is built on the mountain, winding up from the pier by the river. The main street is about 600 meters long, connecting Hengjiezi and Miaoxiang, and is guarded by Sandaozhai Gate. Most of the buildings along the street are mainly bluestone, with brick and wood walls, odd eaves and arches, carved beams and painted columns, which are scattered and elegant.

Address: Tanghe Town, southwest of jiangjin district, Chongqing.

Self-driving route: main city-ring city-Chengdu-Chongqing ring expressway-Baisha town-Tanghe ancient town.

8. Tanghe Ancient Town

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 the world's handicraft workshops. Located in Wuxi County, an ancient town, it is built by mountains and rivers, and Qingshi Street is cramped. Ancient buildings and residents such as diaojiao building and street-crossing building meander up the Houxi River, commonly known as "Qili Banjie". Ningchang ancient town has a history of making salt for more than 4000 years. Because of salt, it has the reputation of "a spring flows white jade, and Wan Li takes gold".

Self-driving routes: Chongqing-Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway, Hu Rong Expressway, Fengxi Expressway and Wuxi Expressway.

Bus route: From Chongqing to Wuxi, it is recommended to take a bus to Chongqing North Station.

9. Ningchang Ancient Town

Shuangjiang Ancient Town is located in the lower reaches of Shuangjiang, Jialing and Fujiang rivers in Tongnan County, Chongqing.