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Fengdu Ghost City 丰都鬼城Fēngdū Guǐchéng
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 Fengdu Ghost City
A hill of temples and shrines on Ming Mountain above the Yangtze at Fengdu, linked since the Song dynasty with the underworld court of Chinese folk religion and Taoism. Halls, bridges and gates named after the stages of the afterlife, such as Naihe Bridge, Ghost Gate Pass and the Tianzi Hall, the oldest building at about 300 years, are filled with statues of demons and judges, and some of the tests of the dead are re-enacted for visitors. It is a regular stop for Yangtze cruise ships.
How to get to Fengdu Ghost City
On Ming Mountain on the north bank of the Yangtze, across the river from the new Fengdu county town, about 170 km downstream of Chongqing.
Nearby
- Wulong Karst 武隆喀斯特 50 km
Three colossal natural bridges, a sinkhole canyon and a cave in the hills of Wulong
Also within 20 km: Snowy Jade Cave 雪玉洞 (10 km), Jiuchongtian Scenic Area 九重天 (10 km).
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