Chongqing is known as the "Mountain City" and is located in the southwest of China. After entering the 21st century, Chongqing has become even more breathtaking and famous at home and abroad due to some breathtaking cultural landscapes. There are still many historical sites worth visiting in Chongqing.

Yes, today, we are introducing Laitan Ancient Town.

Laitan Ancient Town is located on the west bank of Qujiang River in Chongqing. Because there are more dangerous shoals in Qujiang River, it got its name.

As early as 2006, the ancient town was selected into the first batch of China's most beautiful villages and towns together with "model cottage-style towns" and other ancient villages and towns. However, compared with some ancient towns, Laitan Ancient Town's reputation is still very low-key.

When it comes to the buildings in the ancient town, which one is the most interesting?

Naturally, the Wengcheng built in the first year of the Qing Dynasty is the most interesting.

It is said that this building is to effectively resist the invasion of bandits. In the middle of the city gate, residents carefully piled stone walls. The effect is: if bandits break in, they will be lured into the outer city and then the city gate will be closed, so that the city gate can be closed.

Dogs and Weng caught turtles to protect themselves. Today, this stone city wall is still very strong.

When tourists pass through the city gate step by step, they will see a Shuncheng Street paved with bluestone slabs. The buildings on both sides of the street are scattered in height, with a simple yet very elegant atmosphere. The buildings here,

Basically, the most original style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties has been well maintained. The ancient town and Qujiang are just next to each other. The water pier here has been particularly prosperous since ancient times. In its heyday, it can be said that merchants here

Crowds of people gathered, and the street market was also very prosperous.

In addition, what foreign tourists don’t know is that Laitan Ancient Town is divided into upper and lower places. Laitan Wharf was once the most lively market town place that people loved to go to in ancient times. It was also the prototype of Laitan Ancient Town, which is now the lower end.

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Moreover, Shanglaitan is located in a relatively remote mountain. Since Shanglaitan is about 1 kilometer away from Qujiang River, in order to prevent the occurrence of fires, the residents of the ancient town built a Taiping Pool nearby to facilitate fire fighting with water.

Although it is free to visit Laitan Ancient Town, if tourists want to visit the most famous Erfo Temple in the town, they still have to pay 30 yuan for incense. The main worship in the temple is Sakyamuni.

The Buddha statue is about 12.5 meters high and is praised as the second Buddha in Sichuan.

Almost all ancient towns will have Wenchang Palace. It has been baptized by time for thousands of years. Scholars want to change their destiny only by gaining fame. The Wenchang Palace in Laitan Ancient Town was founded in the Qing Dynasty. It is a typical courtyard building model with a very rigorous layout. Among them

Many buildings are still well preserved.

The theater building of Wenchang Palace was very famous in those days, and it was a gathering place for various religions and streams. Jin Zhenlei, the famous Sichuan Opera performer, once performed here.

At the same time, every year on the third day of the second lunar month, the Wenchang Festival is held here, and opera troupes are invited to sing Sichuan Opera here.

Have you ever been to such an interesting Laitan Ancient Town?

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Transportation: Self-driving: Take the expressway from Chongqing to Hechuan, go to Hechuan and then go north to Longshi. Before reaching Longshi, there is an intersection and go to Laitan on the right.

The whole journey is about 90 kilometers and takes 1.5 hours.