Wulong Karst Tourist Area is located in Wulong District, Chongqing. It features rare karst landscapes and was rated AAAAA in 2011. It includes Tiansheng Sanqiao (Three Natural Bridges), Fairy Mountain, and Furong Cave. Tiansheng Sanqiao features three large natural stone bridges. Fairy Mountain is a national forest park known as the "Oriental Switzerland". Furong Cave, with a total length of 2,700 meters, contains unique cave formations and was named a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site in 2007.

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Wulong Karst Tourist Area
eographic location:Wulong District,
Chongqing
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2. Level:AAAAA
Famous scenery:Tiansheng Sanqiao, Fairy Mountain,
Longshuixia Ground, Furong Cave
Climate type:Subtropical monsoon climate
Wulong Karst Tourist Area is located in Wulong District of Chongqing
City. It has rare karst natural landscapes, including caves, tiankeng,
ground seams, canyons, peaks and mountains, and alpine grasslands.
It has a comprehensive form and a colorful holiday and leisure.
Entertainment, sports, and unique folk customs of ethnic minorities
such as Tujia, Miao and Dong. In 2011, it was rated as a national
AAAAA tourist area. Wulong Karst Tourist Area includes three parts:
Chongqing Wulong Tourist Attractions Tiansheng Third Bridge, Fairy
Mountain and Furong Cave.
Historical evolution
In May 1993, five villagers in Jiangkou Town discovered Furong Cave.
On May 1, 1994, Furong Cave was officially opened to the public.
From 1994 to 2001, five major boutique scenic spots were built by
Furong Cave, Fairy Mountain, Tiansheng Sancha and Longshuixia.
From 2003 to 2007, the International Outdoor Sports Challenge was
held in the Wulong Karst Tourist Area.

3. Geographical environment
Geographic location
Chongqing Wulong Karst is located in Wulong District, with a
longitude of 108.72′ and a latitude of 29.29′. Tiansheng Sanqiao is
located in the south of Fairy Mountain, between Xiannv Mountain and
Wulong District. Fairy Mountain is located in Xiannvshan Town,
Wulong District, Chongqing, in the Wuling Mountains in the east of
Chongqing; Furong Cave is located 4 kilometers away in Jiangkou
Town, Wulong District. The edge of the Furong River.
Climate characteristics
Wulong Karst is a subtropical monsoon humid climate with mild
climate, abundant rainfall, insufficient sunshine, four distinct
seasons, long frost-free period and high humidity. The annual average
number of sunshine is 1160.5 hours (interannual change is
1024.6~1276.6 hours); the annual average temperature is 17.9 °C, the

4. extreme maximum temperature is 41.7 °C, and the extreme minimum
temperature is minus 3.5 °C.
Main Attractions
Furongjiang
The first hole in the world – Furong Cave, developed in the Cambrian
and Ordovician carbonate rocks, from Tongqikeng Cave, Fallen Cave,
Weijiangling Cave, Luoba Cave, Xinlukou Cave, Shuilian Cave, It
consists of caves such as Furong Cave, Cognac Cave and Sifang Cave.
The size of the cave is huge, and the secondary physics-chemical
deposits in the cave are diverse and rich. The various forms of
dissolution of the caves, the spectacular collapse and accumulation,
the stalactites that are invisible, the ponds in different situations at
the present stage, the fall of the stalactites and Its destruction
phenomenon and so on all record its vicissitudes of history evolution
process, Professor Zhu Xuewen, a famous cave expert in China,
commented that “from the perspective of scientific research and
scientific popularization, Furong Cave can be called “a cave science
museum.”

5. Born three times
It is a rare geological wonder ecological tourist area in the country,
which is a typical karst landform. The scenic spot is famous for its
three magnificent stone arch bridges, namely Tianlong Bridge,
Qinglong Bridge and Heilong Bridge. It is the largest natural bridge
group in Asia. Tiansheng Sanqiao is located at the junction of Baiguo
Township and Walnut Township, 20 kilometers southeast of Wulong
District. The three natural stone arch bridges created by nature have
the characteristics of male, strange, dangerous, beautiful, quiet and
absolutely.

6. Longshui Gorge
Wulong Ground Seating Scenic Area is located in the town of
Xiannvshan Town, Wulong District, 15 kilometers away from the
county. It is formed by the mountain-building movement tens of
millions of years ago. It is a typical karst landform. The canyon is 5
kilometers long and the valley depth is 200-500 meters. Its Wulong
ground seam consists of the entrance seam, the middle tunnel, and
the export isthmus. . The cliffs on both sides of the canyon are
thousands of miles, the rock walls are dangerous, the vegetation is
dense, and the seams are extremely narrow.
Fairy Mountain
Fairy Mountain National Forest Park is a national AAAAA level scenic
spot. It is located in Wulong District of Chongqing City, with a total
area of 8910 hectares, with an average elevation of 1900 meters and
a peak of 2033 meters. It is characterized by its attractive
mountainous grasslands in the south of the Yangtze River and the
rare forests and snowfields in the south. Known as the “Oriental
Switzerland”, the beautiful and beautiful jungle wilderness landscape
combines with the magical Furong Cave, the beautiful Furong River
and the world’s largest natural geological wonders. It is the best
tourist resort in Chongqing. The average temperature of Fairy
Mountain is 15 degrees lower than that of Chongqing’s main city,

7. which in turn enjoys the reputation of “Mountain City Summer
Palace”.
Furong Cave
World Natural Heritage, National AAAAA-level tourist area, China’s
most beautiful cave, National Geological Park, National Key Scenic
Spot. With a total length of 2,700 meters, Furong Cave is famous for
its numerous shafts, complete types of cave sediments, perfect shape
and pure texture. Its shaft is the largest vertical well group
discovered at home and abroad. Professor Zhu Xuewen, president of
the China Cave Association, commented that “Furong Cave is a
magnificent underground art palace, a rich cave science museum”,
which tourists call “the first hole in the world”. On June 27, 2007,
Furong Cave was included in the World Natural Heritage List along
with Tiansheng Sanqiao and Houpingyukou Tiankeng Scenic Spot,
becoming China’s sixth world natural heritage and Chongqing’s first
world natural heritage. The only cave in the world’s natural heritage.

8. Receive honor
2004 National Geopark Bureau of Land and Resources
2006 AAAA Scenic Area National Tourism Administration
2007 World Natural Heritage UNESCO
2011 AAAAA Scenic Area National Tourism Administration
2013 China’s most beautiful forest tourism scenic spot State Forestry
Bureau
2014 City Tourism Resort Tourism Bureau
2015 China’s top five new scenic spots China Academy of Social
Sciences Tourism Research Center
Travel guide
Travel information
Self-driving: Chongqing – Xiaoxiang Expressway (G65) – Wulong
(128km); Chongqing – Fuling (G50 Expressway) – Wulong (National

9. Highway 319 / Wujiang Gallery) (188km).
Non-self-driving: Visitors can take a car to the Nanping 4km bus stop
in Chongqing for 2 hours; or take the train to Chongqing Longtousi
Railway Station for 2 and a half hours. From the county to the scenic
spot, you can take a bus at Wulong Bus Station. (To the natural
Sancha and Longshuixia grounds, you need to purchase the Fairy
Mountain Town ticket, get off at the Tourist Reception Center, and
take the transit bus to the scenic spot.)
Ticket
Ticket price of Wulong Karst Tourist Area (Tiansheng Sanqiao) is 70
yuan/person, Wulong Karst Tourist Area (Fairy Mountain) ticket
price is 50 yuan/person, Wulong Karst Tourist Area (Furong Cave)
ticket price is 80 yuan/ people.
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