Attractions of Fengsheng Town

Fengsheng Town in the east Ba'nan District of Chongqing, was built in Song Dynasty. With a long history and a profound culture, a plenty of natural landscapes and human landscapes can be found in Fengsheng Town.

Natural Maple Woods in Fengsheng Town

The view of maple trees in Fengsheng Town is an exquisite resource for tourism. The Natural Maple Woods covers a total area of more than 200 mu (1 mu=666.67 square meters). The largest diameter of the maple trees is about 50 centimeters. It is a perfect resort for enjoying the red leaves in autumn.

Sanchaoshui Geyser in Fengsheng Town

Sanchaoshui Geyser is one kilometers away from the government of Fengsheng Town with convenient transportation. Its characters are: long duration of flood tide with short ebb tide time (just several minutes). In its lower reaches, there are many underground rivers and ponds in which many geysers locate, forming a geyser group. Sanchaoshui Geyser is the most spectacular geyser with the longest duration of flood tide.

Ziyun Clinkstone in Fengsheng Town

Ziyun Clinkstone is produced in the yellow earth of Fengsheng Town. It is a nablock with elements of red-brown iron, silicon, aluminum, manganese and so on. If you rock the clinkstone in your hand, you can hear the beautiful sound. These Ziyun Clinkstones are in different shapes and mostly are oval. The majority of the Ziyun Clinkstones weigh several kilograms with the small ones of only 10 to 20 grams. Ziyun Clinkstones, precious and rarely seen, are with high values of appreciation and collection.

Diaolou Buildings in Fengsheng Town

With steep mountains and lush forests, Fengsheng Town has always been quite vital in military from the ancient times. Therefore, the local rich businessmen and landlords constructed many Diaolou buildings to protect Fengshent Town. Diaolou is a special residential building with a shape resembling a blockhouse. Diaolou buildings were very popular in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. So far, more than a dozen Diaolou buildings are still in good condition with people living in them. Each Diaolou building is with three to six storeys, with 80 to 150 square meters each floor. Small windows were equipped on the Diaolou buildings. Diaolou buildings are rarely seen in other ancient towns and worth a visit.

Temples and Mountain Villages in Fengsheng Town

In Fengshent Town, many large-scaled and exuberant-incensed temples are still kept in good conditions, such as the Ziyun (purple clouds) Temple, Tiewa (irony tiles) Temple, Yunxiang Temple, Fazu Temple and so on. Besides, 13 mountain villages such as Tianping Village, Gongshan Village, Laoya (crows) Village etc. can still be seen clearly. Among them is the most famous Tiewa (irony tiles) Ancient Village. Sceneries of Tiewa Ancient Village are quite magnificent. At dawn, standing on the 815 meters high Tiewa Ancient Village, you will feel the air inhaling into your body is so fresh that it seems you are in a fairyland.