Fuling is a district of Chongqing Municipality about 100 km east of central Chongqing
Understand
[edit]Fuling was the location of former U.S. Peace Corps teacher Peter Hessler's best-selling memoir River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze.
Fuling is well known for its Wu River brand zha cai pickled mustard tuber.
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]- 1 Fuling North Railway Station (涪陵北站), Taibai Avenue (太白大道) (bus nos. 101, 103, 118, 119, 504, 505 and 506). Serves high-speed trains. Train’s from Chongqing North Railway Station in central Chongqing take approximately 40 minutes to reach this station.
- 2 Fuling Railway Station (涪陵站), Shaxigou Village, Longqiao Town (龙桥镇沙溪沟村) (bus nos. 102 and 103). Serves regular-speed trains. Trains from Chongqing North Railway Station take about 1 hour and 10 minutes to get here.
By bus
[edit]Many bus stations in central Chongqing have bus services to Fuling. Hongqihegu Bus Station has the most frequent bus services, with one bus departing for Fuling about once every 40 minutes.
Bus stations:
- 3 Fuling Gaoshanwan Transport Interchange (涪陵高山湾交通枢纽), Intersection of Baiyang Road and Yingbin Avenue (柏扬路与迎宾大道交叉口), ☏ +86 23 72272001.
Get around
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Map of Fuling
See
[edit]- 1 816 Nuclear Military Plant (816地下核工厂), Baitao Town (白涛镇) (take bus no. 101 to Luojia Gardens (罗家花园) and then transfer to bus no. 208A or 208C to get to the destination). 09:00-17:30. An immense underground facility that was intended to be used for the production of nuclear weapons. Construction began in 1966 and was almost completed at the time the project was cancelled in 1984. Since no plutonium or other radioactive materials were actually processed here, it is therefore safe for visitors. Unlike other nuclear sites in China, the 816 Nuclear Military Plant is open to both Chinese and foreign visitors. ¥60.
- 2 Baiheliang Underwater Museum (White Crane Ridge Underwater Museum; 白鹤梁水下博物馆), 185 Binjiang Avenue 2nd Section (滨江大道二段185号) (take bus no. 119), ☏ +86 23 85688882, [email protected]. 09:00-17:00. This museum preserves an important archaeological site on the Yangtze River, a rock outcrop known as Baiheliang (literally translated as White Crane Ridge), which was used from the Tang Dynasty onward to record the river's water levels, but which is now fully submerged due to the completion of the Three Gorges Dam. ¥60.
- 3 Fuling Museum (涪陵博物馆, 涪陵区博物馆), 72 Xinghua Middle Road (兴华中路72号) (bus nos. 101, 104, 105, 110, 112, 115, 117, 301, 302, 310 and K115), ☏ +86 23 72863292, +86 23 72870575, [email protected], [email protected]. 09:00-17:00, no entry after 16:00, closed on Mondays. Free.
Do
[edit]- 1 Wuling Mountain National Forest Park (武陵山国家森林公园), Country Highway 022, Damu Township (大木乡022乡道) (best reached by car), ☏ +86 23 72712080. Open 24 hours. Entry tickets are ¥45; additional fees are charged for parking.
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[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Fuling Jinke Hotel (重庆涪陵金科大酒店), 6 Binjiang Avenue 2nd Section (滨江大道二段6号) (bus nos. 113, 117, 119, 125, 204, 207, 302 and 306), ☏ +86 23 85677777. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 14:00. 5-star hotel beside the Yangtze River and close to the Baiheliang Underwater Museum. Room rates start from about ¥600 per night.