What is there to do in Anju Town, Tongliang County, Chongqing?

Xia Ziyun Palace

Xia Ziyun Palace is located on the east bank of Fujiang River in Anju Ancient Town. It was first built in the Ming Dynasty and renovated in the Qing Dynasty. It has a construction area of ??401 square meters and faces north. The wooden structure rests on the top of the mountain, with a raised beam frame, 6 rooms wide, 54 steps with vertical belts, and 6 meters high. The palace gate is majestic, with cornices and ridges, green tiles and white walls. It is simple, dignified, and majestic. The wing room has a courtyard layout with a patio, dining room, stage, etc. It is not only magnificent, but also unique in shape, elegant in decoration, exquisite in craftsmanship and delicate in carving. The palace gate is vivid and natural with flying ridges. Although the whole building is a wooden structure, it will not decay for hundreds of years. The reliefs on the eaves of the stage are even more beautiful, including flowers, birds, animals, characters and stories, which are lifelike and vivid, showing the rich traditional cultural connotation.

Huangjiaba—a must-go for picnics, autumn outings, and outings

Anju Ancient Town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with quiet and unique scenery. The natural mountains and rivers are quiet and beautiful, and the Huangjiaba beach has fresh air and sunshine. The warm, fragrant grass and quiet wilderness provide urbanites with an original and new place for weekend vacation.

The Huangjiaba Beach in Anju Town, Tongliang has a flat terrain, loose and fertile soil, and luxuriant water and grass. Buffaloes graze leisurely. The Huangjiaba Beach in Anju Town, Tongliang has a flat terrain, loose and fertile soil, and luxuriant water and grass. Rich and lush, buffaloes graze leisurely

Huangjiaba Wetland Park Huangjiaba Wetland Park is located on the edge of the Fujiang River, 300 meters away from the intersection of the Qiongfu and Fujian rivers. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery and a large area. It covers an area of ??more than 3,000 acres, including more than 2,000 acres of reed marshes and more than 1,000 acres of pebbles and lawns. It has an off-road vehicle track, an aircraft model track and a real-person CS competition area. It has hosted the "First Riverside Cultural Tourism Festival", "2012 Chongqing Tongliang Anju China Extreme Off-Road Outdoor Chongqing Annual Conference", and the CCTV documentary "Anju - With the Dragon*" **Dance" was also filmed here. It can not only be used for leisure fishing, but also for barbecue and cool camping.

The Night City of the Ancient Town

In the evening, the lanterns on the streets of the ancient town slowly lighted up. With the drizzle of rain, children playing on the street strolled through the ancient streets of Yinfengmen holding oil-paper umbrellas.

Anju set up a county to build a city with eight gates, including Ziqi Gate in the east, Yishuang Gate in the west, Xinghui Gate in the south, Chengen Gate, Yinfeng Gate, Yinglong Gate, Anqing Gate and Xiaoxiao Gate in the north. South Gate. There are two better preserved ones now. Yinfeng Gate (Mingcheng Gate), located on Cross Street, is 15 meters high, 7 meters wide and 5 meters thick

Sichuan Opera Performance at Huguang Guild Hall

“Thousands of houses are lit with lights like rainbows. The water flowed from the west to the east; the important town of Bazi Kingdom was opened in the sky, and the Dacheng Mountain pressed down on the palace of the King of Yu. Outside the city, the air was singing, and the sound of drums and horns was heard on the river in the morning and evening. Since ancient times, the whole Sichuan was rich, and the red candles in the Jin pavilion were intoxicated by the east wind. "This is the Qing Dynasty. The poet Zhao Xi's portrayal of the merchants' customs when he lived in Chongqing. The stage of Huguang Guild Hall in Anju Ancient Town. "The lights of thousands of houses are as bright as rainbows, and the water flows from the west to the east; the important town of Bazi Kingdom is opened in the sky, and the Dacheng Mountain presses the palace of the King of Yu. Outside the airy Yu songs in the city, the sound of drums and horns in the morning and evening rivers; since ancient times, the wealth of Sichuan has been filled with red candles in the pavilions. "Drunken by the East Wind." This is the poet Zhao Xi's portrayal of the merchants' customs when he lived in Chongqing in the Qing Dynasty. The stage of Huguang Guild Hall in Anju Ancient Town.

"Sparks and Lightning Along the Way" Fire Dragon Dance

Tongliang is known as the Chinese Dragon Town. The unique Tongliang Fire Dragon here has participated in major national celebrations many times and has traveled far and wide. Perform overseas. Tongliang Dragon Dance is a dance art form with dragon as the main prop that spreads in Tongliang County, Chongqing City. It emerged in the Ming Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. The "Fire Dragon" in Tongliang, Chongqing is crowned the first of the "dragon dances". This dance uses molten iron to beat golden flowers, supplemented by different materials of guiding fire, mouth fire, spine fire, belly fire, field fire, and ascending fire. Fire, etc., form a fanatical three-dimensional fire array, which is extremely lively and colorful.

The molten iron with a temperature of more than 1,000 degrees Celsius was thrown into the air. In the dazzling "fire rain" turned into a dazzling "fire rain" when hit in the air, more than 30 shirtless strong men worked together to dance and move around like a flying dragon (pictured above). China's first batch of "intangible cultural heritage" projects "Sparks and Lightning Along the Way" Tongliang Fire Dragon Dance

According to folklore in Sichuan and Chongqing, the sparks when the Tongliang fire dragon dances can remove bad luck from the body, and it will be more prosperous in the coming year. Everything goes well in curing diseases and avoiding disasters. Many citizens who came here specifically to seek good fortune, while enjoying the exciting fire dragon performance, happily shouted: "Go away the bad luck!"

From the first to the seventh day of the first lunar month , on the main road in front of the stadium in Tongliang, the dragon dance starts at 7:30 every night, the fire dragon performance starts at 8:00, and ends at 8:20.

——Information comes from small town micro-newsletter