Fengsheng ancient town

Fengsheng ancient town

Fengsheng ancient town, located in the southeast border of Chongqing, was established in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty. It used to be an important post station for Chongqing to Nanchuan and Fuling. It has a long history. In April 2002, it was named by Chongqing municipal government as one of the first 20 "historical and cultural ancient towns" in Chongqing, attracting friends from all over the world with its unique charm.

Fengsheng ancient town in Banan District is a national famous historical and cultural town and one of the top ten historical and cultural towns in Chongqing. Founded in the Song Dynasty, it flourished in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty due to the development of Commerce and trade. It is the first dry dock in ancient Baxian County, known as "the first dry dock in the Yangtze River". Its unique ancient business culture of Bayu is full of ancient streets and alleys. Combined with the urban construction of the natural landscape pattern of "nine turtles looking for their mother" in history, it reflects the typical construction thought of traditional human settlements in Bayu county.

There are many legends about fengmenchang in the world, all of which have their origins. However, it is widely spread that fengmenchang and fengmenchang are based on evidence. One of them is fengmenchang, which means that there are gate gates on all sides of the town. Zhang Xianzhong, a peasant uprising army in the late Ming Dynasty, attacked Chongqing and closed four slaughterhouses, which is called fengmenchang. The other is that the only exit of the town is between the two mountains, The steep mountain is called Fengmen. The name of Fengsheng has been confirmed since the end of Qing Dynasty.

Banan District (Fengsheng ancient town) scenic spot in Chongqing was officially approved as a national 4A scenic spot by the National Tourism Administration in December 2016.

Overview of ancient towns

Fengsheng Town, located in the east of Banan District, Chongqing, is also one of the border towns in the east of Banan District. It is about 44 kilometers away from Jiefangbei. It is the intersection of Banan, Fuling and Nanchuan. Stepping on three counties with one foot vividly and objectively illustrates the location of the ancient town. It covers an area of 68.95 square kilometers and has a population of 22000. It governs eight administrative villages and one community neighborhood committee, with a population of nearly 5000. Fengsheng town is a big pig breeding town in Banan District and a sericulture base town in the city. It is rich in high-quality rice, ginger, sweet potato, tobacco, watermelon, peach and plum, eggs and other agricultural and sideline products, which sell well both inside and outside the city.

The forest coverage rate of the whole town is 42%. There are many cultural, natural landscapes, geological and geomorphic wonders in the area. There are nearly 50 Shanzhai temples built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are many well preserved ancient dwellings and buildings. There are still 15 "Sichuan Chongqing" style watchtowers. There are more than 100 acres of maple leaves in late autumn, Xiangshui lake, 12 cascades and more than 60 waterfalls under the cliff It is located in natural landscapes such as underground karst caves, and rare geological and geomorphic wonders such as "nine turtles looking for their mother", "underground tide river backflow", "three tide water geyser", "Chuyu cave" and "Ziyun Xiangshi", especially rich in material and intangible cultural heritage.

When you visit Fengsheng ancient town, you must go from house to house in detail. Only when you go deep into the folk houses can you get something. The local villagers are extremely hospitable. When the tourists visit at will and take photos, they will also have tea to offer, or pull the tourists into the main hall to sit down and talk about the past. However, the real charm of Fengsheng ancient town lies in longevity town, Diaolou ancient village, Chaodong wonder and Ziyun Xiangshi.

The steep mountains in caoshang area of the ancient town have become a barrier to enter the territory. In the old days, there were many shanzhais. The existing recognizable ancient village sites include Tianping village, Gongshan village, Laoya village, etc.

On both sides of the old street of the ancient town are shops with 2-3 floors of all wood structure. The well preserved stone streets include Fushou street, Shizi street and banbian street. Stone street winding twists and turns, connected with a seat of luxury homes and alleys of deep. On the streets, there are many buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as green brick and tile, mortise and tenon wood structure, single eaves roof, double overhanging eaves of two-story buildings, and carved wood windows. Most of the pavilions are green brick and black tile quadrangles, whose eaves, halls, doors and windows are decorated with drama stories, fish, insects, birds and animals, with a typical Hui style. This feature is rare in many ancient towns in Chongqing, including cloisters, large and small patios. The houses on the front of Shiban Street are all two floors. The upper floor is occupied by people, and the lower floor is used as a shop. The uniform wooden doors are easy to open to facilitate business.

Located 1.20 km southeast of the ancient town, sanchaoshui Tiankeng Chaoquan is a peculiar natural landscape full of magic. There are four Chaoquan points on the ground, namely sanchaoshui, Gandong, Longtan and mofangwan. They are about 150-300 meters apart and are skylights of sanchaoshui underground Chaohe. "If you don't see its appearance, you should hear its sound first." standing on the roadside, you can hear a loud bang. After dozens of steps, you can go down the stone ladder to the bottom of the pit. You can see the clear spring flowing out of the Guanyin temple at the north end of the pit and into the underground at the south end of the Tiankeng. The three tides have a history of thousands of years. They rise and fall every two hours. They can rise and fall 12 times a day. Each time there are three tides, so the name "three tides" comes from it.

History of ancient town

Due to its long history and profound cultural heritage, Fengsheng ancient town was named as one of the first 20 "famous historical and cultural towns" by Chongqing Municipal People's Government in April 2002. In February 2005, Chongqing Municipal People's Government approved the "protection plan of Fengsheng ancient town". Since 2002, the people's Government of Fengsheng town has formulated protection measures and invested a lot of money to protect the ancient town and improve the infrastructure. Therefore, thousands of tourists from all over the world have come to visit the ancient town. On December 23, 2008, it won the title of "China's famous historical and cultural town" jointly issued by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development and the State Administration of cultural relics, and held a formal listing ceremony yesterday. "China's famous historical and cultural town" is the highest level of historical and cultural heritage in China.

Practical information

Accommodation information

Fengsheng colorful forest family is located in Youfang village, Fengsheng Town, with a development area of about 10000 mu, including the first phase of 3000 mu. The development projects include: two ten mile color corridor, three functional areas (original ecological agricultural area, forest tourism area, characteristic manor area), ten forest theme creativity and ten characteristic manor. Among them, the supporting landscape of reception center and reception square will be officially completed by the end of 2013. Its reception center and 3.8km long colorful forest corridor are the main ones put into operation this time.

The "forest family" reception center of bangtian company is located at No.23, LIANGLU Road, Youfang village, Fengsheng Town, Banan District, about 65 kilometers away from Jiefangbei, the main urban area of Chongqing. The hotel is built according to the three-star standard, with a building area of 4000 square meters, and is divided into five floors (the top floor is the accommodation and office area for management personnel, with 6 guest rooms), with two stairs and an elevator passage, with standard rooms for two people, large suites, single rooms, three rooms and other rooms. The guest room reception capacity is 100 people / day; the restaurant has 10 tables, which can accommodate 150 people.

With the coming of the golden week, the colorful forest corridor will be covered with colorful colors. At that time, visitors can not only walk on the corridor to enjoy the colorful leaves in the mountains, but also sit at the viewing platform of the reception center to enjoy the beautiful terrace in the distance and breathe the fresh air in the mountains. The restaurant will provide the original ecological and pollution-free farmhouse specialties for tourists, so that visitors can have a good look and a good mouth at the same time.

Traffic information

Self driving line:

1. Tea garden direction to Kaiying Road, pass g50s south bank toll station, go to g50s Shanghai Chongqing South Line Expressway (Riverside Expressway), Fengsheng road.

2. Chongqing Ring Expressway - Ring East Interchange - g50s Shanghai Chongqing South Line Expressway (Riverside Expressway) - Fengsheng Xiadao.

Bus lines:

922: Textile City (Mudong) - abundant

923: Textile City (Mudong) - Changping - Fengsheng

D004: Longzhouwan hub liujiaping metro station Fengsheng

D008: four kilometer hub liujiaping subway station Fengsheng

Main attractions

If you want to have a close-up view of the grand panorama, you have to climb Jielong mountain, which is more than 600 meters above sea level, to the west of fengshengchang, and set foot on the ridge of Jielong mountain. The first thing you can see is the landscape spectacle of "nine turtles looking for their mother" in the Chaozhong Xiaofu. Under the mother turtle's mouth, there is a rectangular Fengsheng ancient town, with a panoramic view of slate street, wooden houses, and grey tiles. Wang Yingxiong, the Minister of the military department of Yamashita Youming University, wrote the title of "Puti Purun".

Next is yipingba, which has always been the viewing platform for people on the field. Street people often come to this dam to view the scenery when the sun sets in spring, summer and Autumn: the setting sun is like blood. Under the afterglow, the clouds and fog winding among countless green mountains will disappear without moving.

If you want to visit the ancient and secluded: it is suggested that you start from Shuyuan street, which is the north entrance to LUOQI. According to Ba county annals, "in the 27th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, squire Liu shaoshun and others raised money to build Weiqi college. The College was completed, but it was changed into a school. Therefore, this street was called Shuyuan street. There are still many ginkgo trees and money trees in the college.

From this, there is a courtyard in the East, which is well preserved. The relief on the eaves and forehead is clearly visible. The yellow mud mark is the protection method of the street people's "revolutionary action" during the cultural revolution.

Adjacent to it is Yipin hall, a double quadrangle courtyard of a gentleman's family. On the eaves and forehead are carved peonies and deep reliefs of dragons and phoenixes. To the east of the courtyard is a bandit proof "Sichuan Chongqing" style watchtower, which is four stories high. On the eaves and walls of the front is a "swallow" to avoid evil spirits

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