The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching mid-summer, and the days are getting longer again. When the Xuan knows the luxuriousness of the golden lotus, look to the water and feel the fragrance of the reed! Unconsciously, this year's calendar has turned nearly half over, and the annual Dragon Boat Festival is coming. In this traditional festival celebrated by the whole world, in addition to reuniting with your family and eating sweet and soft rice dumplings, you want to go. Have you played? If you haven't decided yet, I recommend you to come to Fuling to have a visit. I believe you will not be disappointed.

About Fuling

The old capital of Pakistan, the hometown of pickled mustard! Fuling is an important strategic fulcrum city in the main metropolitan area of Chongqing. It is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Wujiang River. It has a history of 2300 years of city construction and has always been known as the gateway to southeastern Sichuan. It is rich in tourism resources and not only has the world's only underwater museum. -Baihe Liang, the world's largest artificial cave-816 Underground Project, Dianyi Cave, the birthplace of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism-and other world-famous cultural attractions, as well as the oldest scar on the earth-the Wuling Mountain Rift Valley, Chongqing Forest Oxygen Bar-Wuling Mountain National Forest Park, Chongqing's No. 1 Flower Township-Damuhua Valley and other natural scenery, it is naturally impossible to capture the beautiful scenery here during the limited time of the Dragon Boat Festival. However, it is also very good to have a unique and charming Fuling landscape trip.

China Forest Oxygen Bar--Wuling Mountain National Forest Park

Wuling Mountain National Forest Park is one of the twelve scenic spots in Bayu, covering an area of about 1600 hectares. It is located at the northern end of the Wuling Mountains and is the core area of the state-owned Damu Forest Farm. It is now a national AAAA tourist attraction, about 1 hour's drive from Fuling Urban area, and about 130 kilometers away from the main city of Chongqing, about 2 hours 'drive. It is a natural scenic spot that is very worth visiting.

Wuling Mountain National Forest Park is densely forested, with peaks and peaks. It is mysterious and steep, vast and quiet. The forest coverage rate here exceeds 95%. It is not only a green treasure house, but also a natural zoo. If you are lucky, you can appreciate the ubiquitous singing of birds and flowers, and like us, we can also encounter groups of wild horses in the forest. However, we can only look from a distance and scare them if we get closer.

It is understood that the highest altitude of Wuling Mountain Forest Park reaches 1980 meters, and the average annual temperature is only 9 degrees Celsius. The content of negative oxygen ions in the park is dozens of times that of the city. It is not only a famous summer resort in Chongqing, but also rated as the "China Forest Oxygen Bar", so visiting Wuling Mountain National Forest Park during the Dragon Boat Festival is not only a leisure trip, a summer trip, or a lung washing trip.

The park not only has forests, but also lakes and grasslands. You can camp and picnics in summer. In good weather, you can see stars all over the sky. In winter, there are more than 40 days of snow accumulation, which is suitable for watching snow and skiing. The landscape and experience are not inferior to Xiannu Mountain, which belongs to the Wuling Mountains, but the tickets are lower, there are fewer tourists, and it is closer to the main city of Chongqing. It is undoubtedly more worth a visit.

Play Tips:

1. Tickets: 45 yuan (42 yuan for online tickets);

2. Play time: Half a day and an hour (there is accommodation in the scenic area. If you play with the surrounding Wuling Mountain Rift Valley and Damuhua Township, it is recommended to stay in the Forest Park for one night).

3. Transportation: Starting from the main city of Chongqing, take the Yanjiang Expressway to Fuling south, and then directly navigate to Wuling Mountain National Forest Park via Baitao Street. It takes about 2 hours to drive. Or take the bus to Shuanghe at Fuling Bus Passenger Transportation Center and get off at Wuling Mountain Forest Park. The fare is 18 yuan.

The oldest scar on the earth--the Wuling Mountain Rift Valley

The Wuling Mountain Rift Valley is not far away from the Wuling Mountain National Forest Park. It belongs to the Wuling Mountains and is located in Wuling Township, about 45 kilometers southeast of Fuling District (about an hour's drive). It is a spectacle of cliff cracks formed during the violent changes of the earth's crust 250 million years ago. It is known as the oldest scar on earth.

The core area of the Great Rift Valley is an original ecological rift valley with a karst landform about 10 kilometers long. The lowest altitude is only 600 meters, and the highest is 1980 meters. The relative drop is 1380 meters. The canyon is vast and magnificent, with mountains and cliffs on both sides of the river are like cutting, waterfalls hang straight from the ridge and fly down. The river valley is winding and winding, deep and blurred, and the valley is stacked with strange rocks at the bottom of the valley and streams are gurgling.

The Wuling Mountain Rift Valley is a large-scale scenic spot integrating mountains, gorges, forests, springs, waterfalls, cliffs, caves, ponds, streams, pits, and seams. In particular, its cliffs and stone peaks that are shaped like thin knives and stretch for thousands of meters are rare in China. One of the rift valley's ground cracks with a length of about 1500 meters are the best in the world. The cliffs are opposite each other, with only a few feet of slits, the plank road is embedded in the wall, and the bottom is full of a blue pool. It is not only the narrowest and longest "ground joint" in the world, but also known as China's first dynamic canyon.

The scenic area is very big. When you enter from the gate, you have to take a few kilometers of buses, and then you are faced with two options. If you have enough time and good physical strength, you can cross Tianmen Cave, copper walls and iron walls, suspension bridges, and take the Grand Ring Road and walk into the canyon. Another option is to walk to Tangyakou, take a cableway to enter the canyon, take a shuttle bus to Lovers Valley, and directly visit the Qingtian Gorge, the most essence of the canyon. Then pass through the Time Tunnel, go to Ping 'an Pavilion and take a cableway back to the mountain.

Play Tips:

1. Tickets: 135 yuan (including scenic spot tickets, one-way sightseeing buses, Canyon shuttle bus, Ping 'an Pavilion up-ramp, excluding Tangyakou down-ramp);

2. Play time: 4-8 hours (You can travel for a day while walking on the Grand Loop Line, while the boutique line only takes half a day to complete the entire journey).

3. Transportation: Starting from the main city of Chongqing, take the Yanjiang Expressway to Fuling south, and then directly navigate to the Wuling Mountain Rift Valley via Baitao Street. Or at the Fuling Bus Passenger Transportation Center, take a bus to the Wuling Mountain Rift Valley, which runs every hour and the fare is 24 yuan.

China's "Provence"-Damuhua Valley

Damuhua Township is adjacent to the Wuling Mountain Rift Valley and Wuling Mountain National Forest Park. It not only belongs to the Wuling Mountain Range, but also belongs to Damu Township in Fuling together with Wuling Mountain National Forest Park. It is about 1000 meters above sea level and is located at 30 degrees north latitude. With a pleasant climate, it is a benchmark and model for domestic alpine flower theme parks, and has the reputation of the first alpine flower town in Provence, China and Chongqing.

Damuhua Township is a large collective name, including three major theme parks: Damuhua Valley, Damulin Lower Garden, and Damuyan Upper Garden. Among them, Damuhua Valley covers an area of 10000 acres and is the largest and main core scenic spot in Flower Township. It backs steep mountains, with a large river valley and flat land in the middle, and a large area of flower fields and flowers planted in the middle.

It is understood that every season here has its own unique romance, and rare flowers are blooming. For example, in early spring, there are Yu Mei and pansy; in summer, there are sunflowers, Gesang flowers, sulfur chrysanthemum; in autumn, there are strings of blue, sage, etc. There are flowers all year round, but when we arrived, the staff were replacing them in large areas. Prepare a grand flower feast for tourists during the Dragon Boat Festival.

In addition to Damuhua Valley, there are two theme parks not far from the side, Underforest Garden and Rock Garden. In comparison, each has its own merits. Among them, the underforest garden is adjacent to Damuhua Valley, less than 500 meters on foot. It is a large forest with flowers blooming in the forest. There are different flowers in different seasons. When we arrived, it was the season when the hydrangea was first blooming. Walking in the forest, you are in the sea of flowers, the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers, which makes you forget to leave.

Play Tips:

1. Tickets: 50 yuan for Damuhua Valley, 55 yuan for Linxia Garden, free for children, the elderly, soldiers, and disabled people;

2. Play time: 2-4 hours, it takes 1-2 hours to take a quick look, and you can play for half a day if you like to take photos.

3. Transportation: Starting from the main city of Chongqing, take the Yanjiang Expressway to Fuling south, and then directly navigate to Damuhua Valley via Baitao Street. Or take a bus to Damuhua Valley at Fuling Bus Passenger Transportation Center. The fare is 16 yuan.

View the river and go to Fuzhou and tour the intersection of the two rivers-Fuzhou Painted Boat Tour

Chongqing has two rivers tours, Guangzhou has the Pearl River tour, Shanghai has the Huangpu River tour... In recent years, almost every city with a large river has launched its own boat tour business card, and Fuling, located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and Wujiang River, is no exception. Here you can experience the interesting Fuzhou Painting Boat Tour and experience Fuling's Wujiang Gallery and Urban Landscape.

It is understood that the "Fuzhou Pictured Boat Tour" is a city-themed boat tour project created by Batu Cruises. It takes the culture of the Yangtze River and Wujiang River as the main line, relies on the three-dimensional landscape of Fuling's landscape city and the dream lighting of the two rivers and four shores, and combines history. Modern, folk customs and in-depth experience is a comprehensive river-floating leisure cultural tourism project that combines the functions of sightseeing, cultural experience, leisure and entertainment.

The cruise ship of Fuzhou Pictured Boat Tour is an antique double-decker cruise ship. The first floor is an ordinary cabin, and the second floor is a luxurious cabin and viewing platform. The cruise ship leaves at 10:00 a.m. and 13:30 p.m. every day during the day. The whole journey takes about 1 hour. The boat is separated at 19:00 and 20:00 p.m., and the tour time is 40 minutes. Here, you can not only see the high-rise Fuling city scenery, but also enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Yangtze River and Wujiang River. It is quite similar to the landscape of Chaotianmen Square in Chongqing. The water of the Yangtze River is yellow, and the water of the Wujiang River is green. They are distinct, like a mandarin duck hot pot.

Play Tips:

1. Tickets: The original price is 140 yuan, but now the ticket is 3.5% off, only 48 yuan;

2. Play time: 1 hour during the day and 40 minutes at night;

3. Address: No. 2, Section 2, Binjiang Avenue, Fuling District, Chongqing City

Other attractions recommended

In addition to the above mountains and rivers, Fuling also has many cultural attractions. If time permits, you can visit together. Let's come and have a look together.

[Baiheliang] Fuling's cultural attraction is the first Baiheliang. It is a natural stone beam in the Yangtze River in the Fuling Urban area. It is 1600 meters long and has an average width of 15 meters. It is named after the white cranes are clustered on the beam. Since the first year of Guangde in the Tang Dynasty (763 AD), this natural stone beam in the river has been engraved with many poetic patterns and the low water level of the Yangtze River. It has a history of more than 1200 years and is known as the "world's first ancient hydrological station" and "underwater stele forest". It is now the only underwater museum in China, a national key cultural relic protection unit, and has been included in the preparatory list of world cultural heritage.

[Project 816 Site] Project 816 is the largest known artificial cave building complex in the world. It was once China's second nuclear raw material industrial base. It is understood that the project site has a total length of more than 20 kilometers and is completely hidden inside the mountain. The cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, and constant temperature all year round. The total construction area exceeds 100,000 square meters, the main cavern is 79.6 meters high, and the vault span is 31.2 meters high. There are more than 130 roads, guide tunnels, branch tunnels and shafts in the cave. The architectural layout is like a maze. There are holes in the cave. There are buildings in the cave, and there are holes in the cave, and there are holes in the cave. It is now a national 4A-level tourist attraction and has been successively included in China's 20th Century Architectural Heritage List and China's Industrial Heritage Protection List.

[Maxim Wine Town] is an Internet celebrity attraction in Fuling. Some friends may not know much about it, but if you mention its predecessor-Foreign Street, almost everyone knows and knows about it. It is located in Fuling City. Daqiao Village in the town of Linshi is a themed tourist area that combines Chinese and Western cultural characteristics. The scenic spot includes Jigongshan Amusement Park, Lixiangxi Water Park, Xiangxi Covered Bridge, Xiputuo and many other tourist attractions. It is a good place to visit.

food recommendation

There are many delicacies in Fuling, among which Fuling pickled mustard, Fuling red heart radish, and Fuling fermented glutinous rice are also known as the Three Treasures of Fuling. Among them, pickled mustard is the most famous. It is not only a specialty of Fuling, but also a national geographical indication product of China. Along with French pickles and German sweet and sour cabbage, it is also one of the three famous pickles in the world. It is also one of the three famous dishes exported by China (pickled mustard, Osmunda, and bamboo shoots). Therefore, when you arrive in Fuling, you must try the pickled mustard meal here. Almost every dish uses pickled mustard as the main material or ingredient, which makes people feel tempted and can't help but feast on it.

PostScript

Fuling is so big that you can't visit it all at once; Fuling is so beautiful that it's naturally difficult to write everything! This area was once the capital of the ancient Ba State. Since ancient times, it has been outstanding people and land. It has always been rich in treasures, mountains, rivers, canyons, forests, grasslands, waterfalls, hot springs, karst caves, flower villages, ancient temples... everything is beautiful. If you are still struggling about where to go during the holiday, why not come to Fuling. Trust me, I will not let you down!