Address: 30km southeast of Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing.
Mode of transportation: Chongqing Caiyuanba Bus Station and Chaotianmen Long-distance Bus Station all have buses bound for Youyang, the travel time is about 10 hour, and the fare is about 130 yuan. There are many shuttle buses from Youyang to Longtan, which takes about 2 hours by car and costs about 20 yuan.
Reference time: 3-4 hours.
Introduction:
Longtan Ancient Town, more than 30 kilometers east of Youyang County, was founded in the first year of Qing Qianlong (1736) and the town was established in 1935. With the convenience of Longtan River and Youshui River, it was once an important commercial market town, and it was said that "Longtan goods, Gongtan money".
During the Anti-Japanese War, Longtan Ancient Town became the rear area to avoid war, and the town of 1.5 square kilometers gathered 80,000 people, making Longtan Ancient Town famous all over the country for a time and known as "Little Nanjing".
Stone old streets and quadrangles in ancient towns have a history of more than 400 years. The bank wall is a unique building. In the town, the walls made of refractory bricks are as high as ten meters or twenty or thirty meters, and then wedges with a height of about 1 meter are made of iron or wood to protect the walls and repair the houses inside. The main street is about 5 meters wide and paved with square bluestone. Because the time is not long, walking on the slate is very smooth, so you need to be extra careful when walking.
The ancient buildings in the ancient town are distributed in a long strip from south to north, and many houses along the base steps are made of fine diamonds. Famous ancient buildings include Yu Palace and Wanshou Palace. Among them, the most famous former residence of Zhao Shiyan, Youyang Middle School (Longtan Middle School) written by Ding Ling and the former residence of her friend "Monk" (Wang Jianhong) are also here.