Qijiang District belongs to Chongqing Municipality and is located in the south of Chongqing Municipality, at the junction of the southeast of the Sichuan Basin and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, adjacent to the three districts of Nanchuan, Banan and Jiangjin of Chongqing in Qijiang District in the east, north and west, and bordering Xishui and Tongzi counties in Guizhou Province in the south. I think several places such as Gujianshan Tourist Resort, Dongxi Ancient Town, and Gaomiao Tourist Resort in Qijiang are more interesting.
1. Gujian Mountain Tourist Resort
Gujian Mountain is located in the northwest of Qijiang District, Chongqing, winding from Da Lou Mountain in Guizhou, with a total forest area of more than 100,000 acres, an altitude of 750 meters to more than 1,300 meters, and 10 kilometers away from Qijiang City. The climate is pleasant, the content of negative oxygen ions ranks first in the city, and the average temperature of the whole year is 18.5 °C, which is the closest and best quality natural oxygen bar from the main city of Chongqing. Among them, Danxia landform, strange peaks and strange stones, thousands of acres of forest sea and ancient temples Sanskrit are famous all over the world, known as "small Emei in eastern Sichuan". Gujian Mountain has wonderful natural scenery, rich cultural landscapes, and moving legends. There are cultural attractions such as the famous mountain Buddha "Jingyin Temple", the famous Taoist view "Baiyun Temple" in the southwest, and the original ecological art (printmaking) village. It is a multi-functional tourist resort integrating sports, fitness, vacation, leisure and health preservation.
2. Dongxi Ancient Town
Dongxi Ancient Town is located at the southeast edge of the Sichuan Basin, at the northern end of the Da Lou Mountains in Guizhou, in the south of Qijiang District, adjacent to Fuhuan Town in the east, and Dingshan Lake in Chongqing Tourist Area in the west. The town has a long cultural history, according to the record, "Dongxi ancient town was originally called Wanshouchang, Tang Gaozu Wude two years (AD 619) set up Danxi County here, Tang Taizong Zhenguan 17 years to withdraw Danxi County as a town." Dongxi is rich in tourism resources, with more than 3,000 yellow cypress trees in different postures and stilted buildings with bucket structures in the Ming and Qing dynasties forming a quiet artistic conception of "small bridges, flowing water, and people", which was once the location of the TV series "Silly Teacher". Two monuments, three palaces, three waterfalls, four bridges, six temples, nine cities, make people linger; Taiping Ferry, Pipa Gusai, Chastity Archway, Stone Carving and Wood Carving, Sichuan Opera Commentary, Dragon Lantern Lion Dance, make you applaud.
3. Gaomiao Tourist Resort
Gaomiao tourist area is rich in resources, the highest altitude is 1294 meters, the summer temperature is 5-8 °C lower than the main city of Chongqing, has formed a characteristic rural tourism based on summer recreation, the resort has more than 100,000 acres of natural forest, more than 280 ponds dotted around, building a huge "forest oxygen bar". There are "Guniubei", "Lion Rock", "Guzhai Gate" and "Beacon Tower" to watch.
4. Laoyingshan Tourist Resort
Laoying Mountain Scenic Area is located in the east of Qijiang District, Chongqing, about 10 kilometers away from Qijiang City, and is a national geological park. The core of dinosaur footprints, provincial (municipal) level forest ecological nature reserve. The main attractions are Baiyun Temple, Hongyanping, Tianshen Temple and Furong Academy.
5. Special food - Anwen mutton
Anwen mutton has enjoyed fame since the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, and it is even more famous in the Qijiang area. The mutton soup pot is divided into clear soup and red soup, the clear soup is delicious and fragrant, and the red soup has a rich taste. It is made of original Chinese herbal medicine to press and enhance the fragrance, and is cooked with a unique pot and unique mountain spring water, which integrates six ways to eat: steaming, boiling, scalding, roasting, shabu-shabu and stir-frying. The "Anwen Mutton Feast" and the production skills of Anwen mutton soup pot were rated as the intangible cultural heritage of Qijiang District, Chongqing.
In short, Qijiang is rich and colorful in terms of natural scenery and special food. If you have time, you can also come and see, the beautiful scenery and food here will definitely not disappoint you.