Chongqing Laitan Old Town located 30 kilometers east of the mountains Jiufeng Chongqing Hechuan. In 1956 two Buddhist Laitan was listed as the provincial key cultural relics protection units. In 1995 Lai Tan Zhen was named one of the provincial-level historical and cultural towns and "top ten Bayu King" in 2000, it was listed as one of the "top ten town to protect" the Ministry of Construction, in October 2003, by the National Ministry of construction, the State Administration of cultural Heritage as "the first batch of historical and cultural towns in China." Ancient Town Hill hold water, beautiful scenery, history, culture, flourishing, is China's first batch of historical and cultural towns, national key cultural relics protection units, the national AAA level scenic spots, China's most beautiful villages.

Lai-beach Old Town has a long history, Song already beginning to town scale, the river town bordering the canal, beautiful natural scenery, Ming and Qing houses scattered high and low, Gu Pu and elegant alleys Street, built in the Qing Dynasty Urn now preserved only in Chongqing Have.

Lai-beach Old Town, minutes to play with fate, during which separated right close, the shape of siblings, one high and one low, one last look, just a soft, take care of each other. Play is located in the mountains Jiufeng male as the drainage of the river, its potential Wei Mindanao, rather masculine sublime, Zhaiqiang run up, such as the dragon Huju between the mountains. Zhaiqiang the stone, retained a large number of Qing houses and narrow streets curved quartzite. Those patchwork of wooden structures, small tiles buildings, gives a warm, quiet, cozy, Gu Pu feeling. Eight Laitan old, more like a rich Town Records, recorded Guzhai beautiful face and vicissitudes. Under Laitan the canal waterfront, close to the Qujiang River pier, there is a street, houses on both sides after more than a shop in the form of the house appeared before.

Lai temple building groups in the beach town, was built in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song, heavy Qing, near the legendary town had 9 Palace (Um) 18 Temple, Buddhist believers centralized accumulation point, when the prosperity of Monks Qian, back Longmiao, Zhang Ye temple has become the site, now the temple two towering Gu Rong and temple remain. Wen Changsheng Palace of the Qing Dynasty architecture, complete liberation converted to a small school, surviving its main building, which holds the ancient theater, theater platform outside bar woodcut relief, high artistic value, it is amazing. Two Buddhist temple main temple was built in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song, two points up and down the house. Shangdian located chubong its hilltop area of ​​5181 square meters, the house is divided into three layers, imposing, strong religious atmosphere. Followed by the central axis line gate, Yu Huangdian main hall (i.e., Buddha main hall) and GuanYinDian. Club warehouse is divided into left and right, Buddhist temple and other buildings, in a courtyard layout, especially the main hall, the main Buddhist temple of the middle of the original three gilded clay five meters high, lifelike, Buddha flashes. Yan on both sides of the clay body Eighteen colorful, look different, vivid, daunting. Unfortunately, the temple relics during the Cultural Revolution devastated. Only four pillars its main hall of about thirteen meters high and made the whole stone, straight spectacular, ancient buildings called a must. Torii gate stone openwork carving exquisite, quality is hard to find history and culture.

Under the house is located between Jiufeng mountain, the mountain to build a two-floor hall eaves bottom arch construction. Its mountain stone statues Mo Yan Lai-beach Old Town is a concentrated expression of the cultural landscape, with profound artistic content two Buddhist Zen culture, reflects the cultural and artistic crystallization working people of ancient Tang and Song Dynasties. Two largest Buddhist statue at the temple of 12.5 m-high statue of Buddha Sakyamuni, rock chisel according to Juan, is called "Xiu second Buddha." Temple 16 stone Lohan Lohan is 18 --500 Lohan statue evolution ancestor. Sixth Patriarch of Zen stone statues in the country is the only statue of a group of family group photo. Two of the Southern Song Dynasty stone temple is the climax of the third stone art masterpiece, a total of 42 cave shrine, more than 1,700 statues, is China's largest rare Zen Buddhist statues accumulation point, but also the country's largest Zen temple. Mr. Ding Mingyi famous scholar, will Laitan Cliff hailed as "a pearl buried in the ground"; American art historian Dr. Professor Ho's grace called "stone treasure house of art"; president of the Dunhuang Academy, the famous stone expert Duan Wenjie Mr. inscription "Lai Beach Cliff, stone art of the essence of the Song Dynasty," "Ocean's Laitan statues, stone art treasures."

In addition to Lai-beach Old Town charm appreciate and enjoy the rock art, you can also enjoy tea Ming and Qing architectural style as the representative of culture, Wenchang Palace Theater as the representative of opera culture to Qujiang River fish featuring food culture and simple folk culture, you can also go to the fair, to participate in cultural vegetarian Festival.

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Palestinian cave - Palestinian cave known as "Manzi hole", this cave Lai-beach Old Town a lot of territory, distribution is very broad, but mainly in Jiufeng mountains, the three religions field, mountainside cliff Kowloon village. These caves, iron chisel hewn by wind and rain erosion, chisel and India still clearly visible. Palestinians rectangular hole, 1.34 meters wide and 4-5 meters ranging, deep hole, about 4 meters. Largest cave can accommodate more than 10 people. General cutting in the caves among the cliffs, caves dominant, flood water, the beast attacks.

According to legend, the Warring States period Qin Jun Sichuan, breaking Palestinian child City (now Hechuan city copper beam foot), Pakistan ED upstream migration. Palestinian child escaped from the city's portion of the Palestinian people, and along the Qujiang River, arriving Danqu Jiufeng Mountain (now Laitan). Legend Palestinians Biaohan (also known as the Man, bar Manzi), a hole in the mountainside cliff door. Later, the Palestinian people and the local indigenous people allied marriage, and eventually abandoned cave to live down. People now live in the territory Laitan, except when the part is moved to Sichuan Hubei and Hunan in the Qing Dynasty, the rest of the Palestinian descendants and indigenous people. These large and small caves on the mountain cliff, the early liberation more than a bandit hide. Bandits have been cleaning up the Qing bandit hegemony. Today, Palestinians hole become nostalgic tourist attractions. According to the department of cultural relics survey research, which is commonly known as "Manzi hole" cave, actually tombs of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Towering waterfalls - towering waterfalls known as the "cupola pond." Nine cattle in the territory town village, about 1 km from the two Buddhist temples there is a river tributary canal "High River Beach." High Beach River flows through a place called the roll of cattle slope of the riverbed in the "s" shaped transitions suddenly broken, forming a width of 25 meters, drop 40 meters, very spectacular waterfalls. Summer flooding days, billowing high beach water plunging down from here, hit the rocks on the river bed, through the spray, straight into the sky, the sound of thunder, terrifying. Reflected mist round after round of strange and beautiful rainbow in the sunlight, its scenery is particularly spectacular, soaring pond for some reason the name.

According to legend, long, long time ago, the upper reaches of the river beach black high ri, there constrictor 9 999 years of practice, there is still one year, it must attain the Millennium Jackie Chan. May 5th Dragon Boat Club, High River beach a sea of ​​people, very lively, struggle to see a river boat race. Ri nine python, could not keep down last lonely, also rushed peep. When Erlong river, 9 python on a whim, the Lake play, 9 out of Lake python, thunder and lightning, heavy rain, high river beach suddenly turned into Wang Yang, watch the coast washed away and drowned countless people. 9 python simply down the river to go to River drainage downstream play some. Seeing the downstream people could not escape a disaster.

Two words Jiufeng Mountain Buddha, between eyes closed, ears constantly heard cries for help would cry, but also smell a Unit snake fishy. Two Buddhist surprised, Qiazhiyisuan know 9 Longtan Lake python out of harm people. Two Buddhist practice immediately close their eyes, and taught high river beach break, blocking 9 python path, then 9 on the eternal rock python town. The water receded, people just downstream from a disaster.

Old Town at Laitan - Lai Tan Zhen located 45 kilometers of the canal (now Hechuan) state co-Silesia Jiangxi shore, the water is important Aikawa pier, is one of the ancient town. The town was built in the Northern Song Conduit three years (965 years), dating back over 1040 history.

Lai Tan Zhen by the upper and lower Laitan composition, wherein the JiuFeng Laitan located in the mountains, the drainage down the hill Laitan Jiangxi shore. Commonly known as the local people, the lower Laitan to play (Lai) and end (Lai). Under Lai is the original location of the town, there is an existing old street about 200 meters, was "D" shaped layout. In order to achieve smooth drainage street, the efficacy of water does not exist, the street surface thereof using micro stone into arcuate. Both sides of the street as wood frame construction, repair Department of Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Roof tiles cover small, one connected to a house, tied with riverside houses on stilts Bayu distinctive, Gu Pu and elegant, well-proportioned.

Laitan stone from Beach A broad area of ​​the river named. The fast-flowing beach, the beach long and uneven, down from upstream past boats, can not directly access, to ask local experienced a long drive to put beach. Downstream up boats to pull trackers to your local beach. The old pier shore Laitan water passing ships often moored here. At night, the Laitan bay, lights flashing, fishing boats in the fishing net in this centralized, glowing rock fishing boat in the river for a long time, "Qujiang fishing boat" is Laitan night a unique landscape.

Many people do not know under Laitan is an old town, in fact, under Laitan (town) history than it is now on Laitan (Guzhai Urn) is much more ancient history. Laitan built on the town's history of only 200 years. Laitan down to build the town in the Northern Song Dynasty, dating back about 1000 years of history, it is a truly ancient town. The next town Laitan form only a dozen families, but due to its location on the waterfront, is a gateway to eastern Sichuan and northern Sichuan important water and land transportation hub, people come here to live gradually increased, gradually has a certain scale . With the spread of Buddhism, the establishment of the temple, also in this deeply religious took root. Especially in the Song Dynasty, select Jiufeng mountain cliff after town, beautifully carved large group of statues, became a world-famous Zen Buddhist statues an accumulation point. Lai became Buddha Beach resort towards Council.

To the Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to the war, Sichuan population decline, the "Hubei and Hunan to Sichuan" immigrants under Laitan population have increased. But in the mid Qing Dynasty, bandits everywhere, due to the lower Laitan is located on the waterfront, flat terrain around the town nor protection barrier, often subject to harassment culprits. Each encounter such situations, the town's people had to run to the hills to hide, to be the culprits left to return to live in town. So often, a lot of trouble. Some initiatives, the construction of the stockade in the mountains, living in the Walled Village safer. So, everyone in accordance with the natural mountain terrain, with rocks built by piling up a simple cottage. After up more people, we required the construction of the stockade firm, but also to enhance its defensive, the planning, the Jiaqing years, financed by a wealthy family built today, we have seen Laitan Village, Tongzhi reign (1862) has added repair Urn, now form Laitan town. After the end of the original old town Laitan gradually been forgotten, it became an ordinary street.

Car lines

Town Address: Chongqing Hechuan District 30 km northeast of Lai Tan Zhen

Car lines: Caiyuanba bus station every day sent to Aikawa shuttle (or take the 508 bus to the train station in Chongqing Hechuan), take a shuttle bus (about $ 10) to Halong City Aikawa from the bus station, in the sub-Laitan get off at junction, then take the motorcycle or small van into the ancient village.

Car lines: Chongqing Hechuan to speed, to Aikawa further north to Ha Long City, crossing the right to have not yet reached the front Laitan Long City. Whole cement road, about 90 kilometers, for 1.5 hours.