The ancient towns around Chongqing ranked first 10.

Chongqing is a city with a long history and profound cultural heritage. There are many ancient towns around it that are well worth visiting and experiencing. As a famous historical and cultural city, the thousand-year history has created the cultural heritage of Chongqing Bayu, and Shiban Street and Diaojiaolou have witnessed Chongqing's long history and memory.

1, Gongtan Ancient Town 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. It is an ancient town with a history of 1700 years.

About three kilometers of Shiban Street, 150 unique embankment walls, more than 200 quaint and quiet quadrangles, and more than 50 diaojiao buildings with different shapes have unique local characteristics and are well-preserved large-scale buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties in China. Experts and scholars 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 Laitan Ancient Town should actually be called Laitan Ancient Village, which has been more than 200 years ago. Laitan Village covers an area of 0.25 square kilometers. The four gates are crossed and symmetrical, and the walls in the village are all made of stones more than half a meter long, which is very strong. There are also 200-meter-long bluestone streets and more than 400 houses in Qing Dynasty in Sene. Because of the advantages of being close to Qujiang and boating, Bed Beach is also a famous water pier, where there is water, it can attract businessmen. At that time, merchants gathered in Laitan Village, and the market was prosperous and very prosperous. The two Buddhist temples built on the mountain were also treasures of geomantic omen.

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 to Hechuan at Chongqing Railway Station), 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 to Guzhai.

Self-driving route: Take the expressway from Chongqing to Hechuan, then go to Hechuan and then go north to Longshi. Before reaching Longshi, there is a crossroads on the right leading to Laitan. The whole cement pavement, about 90 kilometers, 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 the two pools in the town are shaped like "longan", they often accumulate water into pools, hence the name "Longtan". It covers an area of 7.2 square kilometers and is home to 35,000 Tujia, Miao and Han nationalities.

Ethnic minority areas. The Qing Dynasty 13 (1735) was destroyed by a fire and 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 Cargo and Pool Front in ancient times. In the town, the walls made of refractory bricks are as high as ten meters or twenty or thirty meters, and then wedges with a height of about 1 meter are made of iron or wood to protect the walls and repair the houses inside. The first floor is called "Silver House", which looks like a square seal. This is a unique bank up barrel.

4. Wanling Ancient Town Wanling Ancient Town has antique Ming and Qing old streets, and the beautiful Laixi River passes through the town. You can tread water, stream, and have a water fight by 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 the delicious food, observe the folk customs and have a wonderful and happy day.

Address: Wanling Ancient Town, Rongchang County, Chongqing

Transportation route: 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-Rongchangxia Road-Wanling Ancient Town.

5. Pianyan Ancient Town is located between the two remaining veins in the southwest of Huaying Mountain Range, and it is located in the hilly area, showing a trend of high in the northeast and low in the southwest. The average altitude is 520 meters and the highest is 942.9 meters. In the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Liu Jia in the ceremony of Jiangbei Hall. Twenty-four years in Qianlong and nine years in Menmen. It was built here as a town. Because there are steep rock walls in the north of the town, it is named Pianyan Town.

This town is an ancient industrial and commercial town on the ancient road from Chongqing to Huaying. In the past, merchants gathered.

Trade is prosperous, and it is famous in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hunan and Guangzhou. Although hundreds of years have passed, its streets, buildings, folk customs and market conditions still retain its quaint and elegant features. The ancient town is built by mountains and water, and stands outside the town. From a distance, you can see that the brick houses of the wooden house are distributed along the mountain, overlapping and patchwork.

Address: Northeast of Beibei District, Chongqing, between the two remnants of Huaying Mountain Range.

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.

6. Zhongshan Ancient Town Zhongshan Ancient Town, commonly known as Sanhechang, also known as Longdongchang, is located in the southern mountainous area of Jiangjin City, about one and a half kilometers away from Chongqing City 125, and is connected with Simian Mountain, a national scenic spot. The back of the ancient town faces the water, and the buildings of the town are built by the water, which is connected by three small streets: Longdong, Huangzhongba and Gaoshengqiao. In the past, Sanhechang used to be a bustling water pier and a commodity distribution center in Sichuan and Guizhou mountainous areas. At present, there are still 82 words carved in the Southern Song Dynasty, describing the boating trip of Li Jiyong and the fish fairy, as well as the ancient tomb of the Han Dynasty, Pipa Rock.

Venue: Zhongshan Ancient Town, Jiangjin

Tickets: Tickets are free (it costs money to eat and play some games on the spot).

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 are requested to drive strictly according to the traffic instructions.

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. After the tour, visitors can walk to any exit, or walk to the exit and change to the sightseeing bus Ring Road to return to the parking lot of the tourist distribution center.

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.

7. Songshui, the ancient town of Songshui, is near the Yangtze River, about 40 kilometers away from Yongchuan City, Chongqing, and it goes downstream 143 kilometers to Chongqing City, and 229 kilometers downstream to Yibin, Sichuan Province. It is named after Songzi Mountain and existing water. "Yipin ancient town, Shili old street, century-old situation, thousand-year cultural context, Yangtze River" is the general description of Songshui Town.

The architectural remains, beautiful natural landscape, 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 is a shuttle bus from Chengdu-Chongqing Expressway to Yongchuan, and there is a through train from Yongchuan to Songshui Town.

8. Tanghe Ancient Town Tanghe Ancient Town is located at the junction of Chongqing and Sichuan in the southwest of Jiangjin City, Chongqing, in Gunziping, a scenic spot in Chongqing. It is adjacent to Baisha Town in the northeast, chengdu-chongqing railway and the Golden Waterway of the Yangtze River, and Hejiang in Sichuan in the southwest. There are nearly 40,000 square meters of ancient buildings in the ancient towns of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which are mainly distributed in Tanghe Ancient Block, Shilongmen Manor and Zhong Ting Temple. The streets of the ancient town are built on the mountain, winding up from the riverside pier in a ladder shape. The main street, about 600 meters long, connects the two small streets of Hengjiezi and Miaoxiang, and is guarded by Sandaozhai Gate. The buildings along the street are mostly based on bluestone, with brick and wood as walls, odd eaves and arches, carved beams and painted columns, which are scattered and beautiful.

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

Self-driving route: Main City-Ring Road-Chengdu-Chongqing Expressway-Baisha Town-Tanghe Ancient Town

9. Ningchang Ancient Town Ningchang Ancient Town is the birthplace and cradle of ancient human civilization in the Three Gorges area. It can be called the "ancient salt capital" of the world and the originator of the world handicraft workshop. The ancient town is located in Wuxi County, built by mountains and water, with narrow Qingshi Street. Diaojiaolou, Tianqiao Building and other ancient buildings and residents meander along the Houxi River, commonly known as "Qilibanbian Street". Ningchang ancient town has a history of making salt for more than 4000 years. Because of salt, there is the brilliance of "White jade in one spring, gold in Wan Li".

Self-driving route: Chongqing → Huyu Expressway → Hu Rong Expressway → Fengxi Expressway → Wuxi.

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

10, Shuangjiang Ancient Town Shuangjiang Ancient Town is located in Shuangjiang, Tongnan County, Chongqing, in the lower reaches of Jialing River. The streets of Shuangjiang Ancient Town are paved with bluestone slabs, shops are staggered, terraces are strewn at random, courtyards are dense and antique. The ancient town was built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and has a history of more than 400 years. At present, there are 9 streets criss-crossing, such as Zhongjie, Dongjie, Shangxi and Xiaxi, which form the unique scenery of Shuangjiang Ancient Town. Houses in ancient towns also have a long history, and some of them are buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which are very well preserved and distinctive.

Traffic guide

By bus: From Chongqing Caiyuanba Station to Tongnan, and then transfer to Tongnan to Shuangjiang shuttle bus.

Self-driving: Chongqing-Chengdu-Chongqing Ring Expressway-Shuangjiang Ancient Town in Tongnan