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Shuangjiang Ancient Town 双江古镇Shuāngjiāng Gǔzhèn
4A scenic area · Chongqing, Chongqing
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chongqing
- Region
- Chongqing
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Shuangjiang Ancient Town
A market town near the south bank of the Fu River, founded in the early Qing and named after the two streams that wind around it, which keeps more than 20 Qing-dynasty courtyard houses along flagstone lanes and small bridges. Among them are the Yuwang Palace, a Huguang guild hall with an opera stage, and the family houses of Yang Angong and Yang Shangkun, which are kept as memorial museums; it was named one of China's first historic and cultural towns in 2003.
How to get to Shuangjiang Ancient Town
In Shuangjiang town, about 10 km north-west of central Tongnan in Tongnan District, roughly 2 hours by road from central Chongqing.
Nearby
- Anyue Rock Carvings 安岳石刻 40 km
Tang and Song Buddhas carved into quiet hillsides, led by a 23-metre Buddha at rest - Dazu Rock Carvings 大足石刻 50 km
A cliffside storybook of Buddhist hells, mothers and thousand-armed Guanyin
Also within 20 km: Former Residences of Yang Angong and Yang Shangkun 杨闇公故里 (under 10 km), Tongnan Great Buddha Temple 潼南大佛寺 (under 10 km), Chen Tuan's Hometown (Chongkan Rapeseed Fields) 陈抟故里 (20 km).
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