Yunyang (云阳) is a county in China’s Chongqing Municipality.
Understand
[edit]The county is approximately 320 kilometers northeast of central Chongqing, and about 50 km east of Wanzhou District.
Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]The nearest airport is Wanzhou Wuqiao Airport in Wanzhou.
By train
[edit]- 1 Yunyang Railway Station (云阳站), Ping’an Street, Huangshi Town (黄石镇平安街) (bus nos. 610, 616 and 623). Trains from Chongqing North Railway Station in central Chongqing take approximately one and a half hours to reach this station.
Get around
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Map of Yunyang
See
[edit]- 1 Longgang National Geopark (龙缸国家地质公园, Longgang Scenic Area 龙缸景区), Yunqing Road, Qingshui Tujia Township (清水土家族乡云清路) (take a bus from Yunyang Dongcheng Bus Station; buses to the park are also available from Wanzhou South Bus Station), ☏ +86 23 55333111. summer opening hours: 08:00-18:30; winter opening hours: 08:30-17:30; ticket sales end 3 hours before closing time; no entry permitted 2 and a half hours before closing time. A major national park known for its karst scenery. ¥100.
- 2 Qixia Temple (Qixia Palace, 栖霞宫), Yunyang County (云阳县) (after arriving at the county seat, you will need to catch a taxi or motorized pedicab to get to the temple), ☏ +86 23 55128228. The original name of this temple was Yunsheng Palace (云升宫). It is 5 km northwest of Yunyang Town. It was built in the Han Dynasty, but repaired many times in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. ¥10.
- 3 Yunyang Dinosaur National Geopark (云阳恐龙国家地质公园), Pu’an Township (普安乡) (take the ferry to Pu’an from the Yunyang County Seat Wharf; alternatively take a bus to Pu’an from Yunyang Dongcheng Bus Station), ☏ +86 23 55888666. summer opening hours: 08:00-18:30; winter opening hours: 08:30-17:30; ticket sales end 1 hour before closing time. Opened in 2024, this new geopark preserves an internationally significant dinosaur fossil site that was discovered only 10 years earlier. Of particular interest is the 150-meter long fossil wall, which contains over 5000 Jurassic fossils. ¥40.
- 4 Yunyang Museum (云阳博物馆), Liangjiang Square, Waitan Avenue (外滩大道两江广场) (bus nos. 601, 606, 609, 612, 618, and 623), ☏ +86 23 55818103, [email protected]. 09:00-17:00，closed on Mondays. Free.
- 5 Zhang Fei Temple (张飞庙, Zhang Huanhou Temple 张桓侯庙), 15 Nanbin Road (南滨路15号) (on the south bank of the Yangtze River, 2km west of the Yunyang Yangtze River Bridge; take bus no. 611 or 623 to get to the south side of the bridge), ☏ +86 23 55381666. 08:00-17:30. Memorial temple dedicated to Zhang Fei, a famous general who served the kingdom of Shu-Han during the Three Kingdoms period. ¥35.
