Scenic spot introduction:
Chongqing Baiheliang Underwater Museum is known as "the world's first ancient hydrological station", "the world's treasure house of hydrological data" and "underwater forest of steles". It is the only national key cultural relic in the Three Gorges cultural relics landscape. Baiheliang exists near the water, lying with the waves, disappearing when the water rises, and revealing when the water falls. The scenes that appear and appear in the four seasons add to the value of inspection and mystery. The stone carvings collected here systematically reflect the water level changes in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River during the dry years, providing excellent physical evidence for the study of the Yangtze River hydrology and the historical laws of global regional climate change, and also provide support for the Gezhouba Water Conservancy Project and the Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project. The construction provides an important reference basis; the inscriptions or poems or articles on the beams are all left by famous people, describing the events lyrically, recalling the past, etc. It integrates literature, calligraphy, painting, and stone carving art. It is a rare underwater wonder.Attractions distribution:
The Baiheliang Underwater Museum is located at No. 185 Binjiang Avenue and has been included in the preliminary list of China's World Cultural Heritage. The museum is divided into two parts: the ground exhibition hall and the underwater tour: the ground exhibition hall has a total of "Water of Life - Hydrological Observation in the World's Great River Civilizations" and "The Ruler of the Yangtze River - The Scientific Value of Baiheliang Inscriptions". ", "Underwater Stele Forest - The Humanistic Value of Baiheliang Inscriptions" and other exhibition units; the underwater tour part is mainly an underwater time tunnel, including slope corridors, horizontal corridors, visiting corridors, and the original site of underwater inscriptions In four parts, you can view the underwater cultural relics inscriptions at close range and from multiple angles through the 23 observation windows and 28 360° rotating cameras in the corridor.Scenic spot qualifications:
National 4A-level scenic spotScenic spot features:
Scientific research, history and culture, museums, historic sites, riversTour route:
1. Visiting the exhibition hall:
After entering the gate, wait in the waiting hall. After the number of tourists reaches the specified number, the guide will take them to the exhibition hall on the second floor and give an explanation.
2. Underwater visit:
After visiting the exhibition hall, go to the storage area to store your items. After depositing, go to the security checkpoint and line up for security check. After the security check, take the 90-meter escalator to the bottom of the river, enter the 147-meter upstream traffic corridor, pass through the watertight door, and enter the 70-meter U-shaped viewing corridor. After the visit, go through the watertight gate downstream, the 154-meter traffic corridor, and take the more than 90-meter escalator back to the waiting hall on the shore to collect your stored items. The visit is over.
Best time to visit:
All seasons
Shopping recommendations:
Replicas of celebrity inscriptions, etc.
Scenic spot location:
China>Chongqing>Fuling District
How to get there:
Bus routes: Bus lines 113, 119, 302, 306, and 307 can go directly to Baiheliang.
Self-driving route:
1. Chongqing Jiangbei, Inner Ring Expressway/Yuyi Expressway/Changfu Expressway-Fuling Binjiang Road, the whole journey is about 117 kilometers and takes 1 hour and 30 minutes.
2. Chongqing South Bank Toll Station - Yanjiang Expressway - Fuling South Toll Station - Lingbinjiang Road, the whole journey is 100 kilometers and takes 1 hour and 10 minutes.
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Baiheliang ticket price:
Off-season (November to the end of March) 50 yuan/person
Peak season (April to the end of October) 60 yuan/person
Discount:
1. Height Children under 1.20 meters (including 1.20 meters) are free of charge;
2. Tickets for students and senior citizens aged 60-69 are halved;
3. Active military personnel, martyrs, and revolutionary disabled soldiers , retired military cadres, disabled people, and senior citizens over 70 years old can receive free tickets with valid IDs, limited to 200 tickets per day.
Scenic area opening hours:
09:00–17:00
Ticket sales stop at 16:30
Closed for maintenance on Mondays, open to the public on holidays
