Chongqing
is primarily an industrial city and it can be pleasant to escape the
smog and crowds and head to the only nature reserve in the area.
The Jinfo Nature Reserve (jinfoshan
ziran baohuqu), is situated amidst huge lush mountains, with one
third of the area here covered by virgin forest. Most impressive of
all here are the flora and fauna, including over 6000 species of plant
and 500 types of wild animal.
If you are lucky enough, you may catch
sight of rare tigers, leopards or spotted deer.
How to get there: Either
take a bus from the Caiyuan Ba Bus Station and get off at
Nanchuan and then take another bus to the reserve, or take an express
train to Wansheng and then take a long distance bus. The trip should
take about 4 hours whether by bus or by bus and train.
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It
is situated on Renmin Lu, the People's Great Hall (renmin dahuitang),
which was completed in April 1954, is an example of typical
Chongqing architecture.
Covering an area of 18500 square meters,
this five-story rotunda is 65m high and 46m in diameter, spacious
enough to hold over 4200 people and slightly reminiscent of the Temple
of Heaven in Beijing.
How to get there: A taxi
from the railway station to the Hall should cost about RMB10. It is
difficult to reach this hall by public transport.
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It
is located 165km from downtown Chongqing, Wansheng Stone Forest (wansheng
shilin) is the oldest (formed during the Ordovician epoch) and the
second largest stone forest (the largest one is in Guilin) in China.
The forest here has a typical karst
appearance, filled with sword, drum, pagoda, mushroom and bud shaped
stones as well as animal shapes. This place in fact could be
called a stone made zoo!!!
How to get there: You
can take a tourist express train or, as an alternative, take bus
No.327 from Nanping Bus Station and get off at Wansheng, where you
have to take another minibus directly to the forest. Both ways take
about 4 hours.
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