Are you still traveling in the main city of Chongqing? The ultimate beauty of the mountain city is not found in the urban area.

Having just come down from Jinfo Mountain, the green mountains and green valleys are nostalgic. But when I think about having to cook pots and pans day after day in a bustling urban area, my newly relaxed body and mind begin to feel heavy again.

The inability to travel every day and the inner yearning for travel are an irreconcilable contradiction. Traveling once in a while is an emergency relief, and traveling frequently is a long-term mechanism that can be applied everywhere.

To establish this long-term mechanism, we must be well-targeted and at least find out which 5A scenic spots there are in Chongqing. Otherwise, we will not even think about it.

To put it bluntly, even if you are talented, knowledgeable, or even know the twelve scenic spots in Lao Bayu, you probably can’t tell how many 5A scenic spots there are in Chongqing today and where they are. where?

The author has specially sorted it out and introduced to you all the 5A scenic spots in Chongqing.

1. Jinfo Mountain Scenic Area

Jinfo Mountain

Chongqing Nanchuan Jinfo Mountain Scenic Area was awarded the award in 2013. This is the 5A closest to the main city of Chongqing, and it exists as the back garden of Chongqing people.

You can linger in the low mountains of Jinfo Mountain and see the shallow white rocks emerging from the stream. You can cross the natural dangers with a rope and go directly to the high mountains to experience the myriad of weather.

As the largest karst mountain in China and even the world, Jinfo Mountain is extremely spectacular and beautiful.

This is a paradise for biology lovers. It is the kingdom of rhododendrons and has the oldest azalea tree in the world. There are ancient and fully developed huge caves in the mountains, cliff planks that jut out from the cliffs, various ecological stone forests, and the world's largest underground Buddhist kingdom.

Jinfo Mountain is listed on the World Natural Heritage List due to its plant diversity and unique karst landforms.

2. Dazu Rock Carvings Tourist Area

Dazu Sleeping Buddha

Dazu Rock Carvings Tourist Area is the first 5A scenic spot in Chongqing and one of the top ten cultural symbols of Chongqing. It is one of the eight largest grottoes in the world and a world cultural heritage.

It is most famous for its Beishan cliff statues and Baodingshan cliff statues, which are about 300 meters long. The statues were first excavated in the first year of Jingfu in the late Tang Dynasty. It was completed in 1162 of the Southern Song Dynasty and lasted more than 250 years. There are more than 4,600 existing sculptures, which are outstanding representatives of late Chinese grotto art.

The Dazu Rock Carvings are the general name for all the grotto statues located in the Dazu District in southwest China. So far, there are as many as 75 grottoes declared as cultural relic protection units, with more than 50,000 statues. They represent the world from the 9th to the 13th century AD. The highest level of grotto art is the last monument in the history of human grotto art.

Typical representatives of this monument are the Sleeping Buddha and the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara. When you arrive in Dazu, you must pay homage to them.

3. Wushan Little Three Gorges? Little Three Gorges Scenic Area

Picturesque Country

The Little Three Gorges is a section of the Daning River and is the site of Changtan Gorge and Qinwang Gorge. , the general name of Sanzhan Gorge. ?Not the Three Gorges, but better than the Three Gorges?? It is a stunning landscape painting created by heaven and earth in their best condition. Even if it is kept in a boudoir, its charm cannot be hidden.

The Little Three Gorges is located on the Madu River, a tributary of the Daning River at Dicui Gorge, with a total length of 15 kilometers. It is named "Little Three Gorges" because it is smaller than the Little Three Gorges of the Daning River. The Little Three Gorges consists of Longmen Gorge, Bawu Gorge and Dicui Gorge. ?The green mountains on both sides of the strait face each other, and a bucket of pearls fell into the water? This is the beauty of the small Three Gorges.

4. Wulong Karst Tourism Area

Wulong Karst Tourism Area is located in Wulong District, Chongqing City. It has rare karst natural landscapes, including caves, sinkholes, ground cracks, Canyons, peaks, alpine grasslands, etc., are comprehensive in form; it has a variety of vacation, leisure, entertainment, sports, and unique folk customs of ethnic minorities such as Tujia, Miao, and Gelao. Wulong Karst Tourism Area includes three parts: Tiansheng Sanqiao, Fairy Mountain and Furong Cave.

Famous Siheyuan

Among them, the Tiansheng Sanqiao is a karst geological wonder. It is located at the junction of Baiguo Township and Walnut Township, 20 kilometers southeast of Wulong District. There are three natural stones created by nature. Arch bridge has the characteristics of majesty, wonder, danger, beauty, secludedness, and incomparability.

Fairy Mountain is known as the "Switzerland of the East" for its unique alpine grasslands in the south of the Yangtze River, rare forests and snowfields in the south, and beautiful green jungle and wild landscapes. It is an excellent place to escape the summer heat.

Furong Cave is a splendid underground art palace and a cave science museum with rich content.

5. Youyang Peach Blossom Spring Scenic Area

Youyang Peach Blossom Spring Scenic Area is located in the mountains on the outskirts of Youyang County, a summer resort known as the "Liangdu of Chongqing". It is widely regarded as one of Tao Yuanming's works The prototype of "Peach Blossom Spring".

Taohuayuan

It consists of Utopia, Taikoo Cave, Youzhou Ancient City, Taohuayuan National Forest Park, Taohuayuan Square, Taohuayuan Style Town, Eryoushan Utopia Cultural Theme Park and Dream Peachland Live Drama It consists of eight major parts.

The scenic spot integrates karst geological wonders, Qin and Jin farming culture, Tujia folk culture, natural ecological culture, leisure and health culture, and sports and fitness culture. It is a good place for modern people to stay away from the hustle and bustle of the world, step into the Qin and Jin pastoral fields, explore the mysteries of science, and return to the green paradise.

6. Wansheng Black Valley Scenic Area

Wansheng Black Valley is a long-established scenic spot in Chongqing. It became a 5A scenic spot in 2012 and deserves its title.

The Black Valley Scenic Area consists of two scenic areas: the Black Valley and the Dragon Scale Stone Sea. It has steep mountains, peak forests, secluded gorges, cliffs, forests, bamboo seas, waterfalls, clear water, karst caves, antique plank roads, There are unique landscapes such as floating bridges, sea of ??clouds, pastoral fields, original vegetation, rare animals and plants, etc.

Black Valley

The scenic area has high mountains and dense forests, and is inaccessible. It preserves one of the few intact natural ecology of subtropical and temperate zones at the same latitude on the earth, with a forest coverage rate of 97% and negative oxygen. The ion concentration is as high as 110,000/cubic centimeter, like a natural oxygen bar, and is known as the "most beautiful health canyon in China".

The Black Valley Scenic Area is currently the largest natural ecological scenic spot with the best original ecological protection in Chongqing. It is known as the Chongqing-Guizhou Biological Gene Bank, Chongqing's unique biological gene bank, and Southwest Shennongjia.

7. Jiangjin Simian Mountain Scenic Area

Simian Mountain Scenic Area is located in the southwest of Chongqing, 130 kilometers away from the main urban area of ??Chongqing and 90 kilometers away from Jiangjin City. It belongs to the northern flank of Dalou Mountain on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. , an inverted mountain in geology, Simian Mountain and Erlangba are known as the top ten famous forest parks in China. They have the characteristics of the World Natural Heritage "Danxia Landform" and have world-class quality landscape appreciation value.

Wangxiangtai Waterfall

Simianshan Scenic Area mainly includes core scenic spots such as Wangxiangtai, Tudiyan, Longtan Lake, Honghai, and Pearl Lake. There are as many as 128 scenic spots in China. The hometown of longevity, a land rich in selenium, unique natural landscape, beautiful ecological environment, rich tourism resources and great recreational value, it is the first choice tourist destination for leisure vacation.

The waterfalls in Simian Mountain are the most spectacular. There are more than 100 large and small waterfalls. Wangxiangtai Waterfall is 152 meters high and 40 meters wide, ranking first among the tallest waterfalls in my country. Diyan Waterfall is like a white Hada, hanging among the green trees and red rocks. The waterfall is about 89 meters high and 9 meters wide. The water of Pearl Beach comes from the sky, the clear stream, splashing slowly in the shallow water, jumping and shining in the stone valley like billions of silver beads, hence the name Pearl Beach.

8. Yunyang Longgang Scenic Area

Yunyang Longgang Scenic Area is located in Yunyang County, Chongqing City, integrating sinkholes, canyons, caves, alpine pastures, forests, and Tujia customs In one, the main attractions include Longgang Tiankeng, Yunduan Covered Bridge, Longdong Scenery, Longku Gorge, Qishan Grassland, Qishan Ancient Great Wall, Qiyangguan Ancient Road Ruins, Gaixiaba Lake, etc.

The Top of the Longgang Tiankeng

The Longgang Tiankeng is 335 meters deep, ranking third in the country and fifth in the world. The walls of the Longgang Tiankeng are arched from cliffs, with an inclination of nearly 90 degrees, this straight up and down shape is extremely rare in the world, and enjoys the reputation of "the best cylinder in the world". Yunyang Longgang Scenic Area is built on the "Cloud Covered Bridge" on a cliff 1,010 meters above sea level. It is shaped like the petals of the "Flower in the Sky". From the covered bridge, you can enjoy the surrounding beautiful scenery at 720 degrees. Its cantilever length is 26.68 meters, and the covered bridge is 718 meters above the ground, which is 5.34 meters longer than the cantilevered length of the Grand Canyon glass covered bridge in the United States. It is the longest cantilevered glass covered bridge in the world.

The Yunyang Longgang Scenic Area has a peculiar landform, dense caves, strange peaks and rocks, stalagmites and skyscrapers, majestic and beautiful, various shapes and colors. It is a museum of natural science and a grand view garden of geological landscape. The dragon vat has different scenery in four seasons. The flowers and plants in spring, the waterfall in summer, the red leaves in autumn, and the white snow in winter are all amazing.

9. Pengshui Ayi River Scenic Spot

Ayi River

Ayi River Scenic Spot is the latest 5A scenic spot to be named in Chongqing.

This place integrates mountains, water, forests, springs and gorges, and is majestic, strange, dangerous, beautiful and secluded.

Ayi River Scenic Area has 8 major tour projects open to the public: listening to music in the canyon, singing on bamboo rafts, playing in the Bitan, Langlu Feizhou, Qingding Miao Village, Qinglong Ladder, Qinglong Cave and Qinglong Valley, etc. .

While hiking, you can see exotic flowers and plants, ancient vines and old trees; when you go boating on the river, you can enjoy the rapids and turbulent waves; and when you stay in a mountain village, you can taste Miao delicacies and experience the ethnic customs.

The Ayi River is the first choice for leisure sightseeing, folk experience, outdoor rock climbing and water sports.

There are nine 5A scenic spots in Chongqing. Do you know them all?