Yunyang
Yunyang (云阳) is a county in China’s Chongqing Municipality.
Understand
The county is approximately 320 kilometers northeast of central Chongqing, and about 50 km east of Wanzhou District.
Get in
By plane
The nearest airport is Wanzhou Wuqiao Airport in Wanzhou.
By train
- 🌍 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
See
- 🌍 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.
- 🌍 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.
- 🌍 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.
- 🌍 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, yunyangmuseum@foxmail.com. 09:00-17:00，closed on Mondays. Free.
- 🌍 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.
Do
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Eat
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Sleep
- 🌍 Rezen Hotel Yunyang Lanwan (云阳蓝湾丽呈酒店), 688 Yingbin Avenue, Shuangjiang Subdistrict (双江街道迎宾大道688号) (bus nos. 601, 606, 611, 612;, 623 and 626), ☏ +86 23 55456789. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 14:00. A four-star hotel in the county seat. Rooms available from about ¥300 per night.
- 🌍 Yunyang Jianglai Yunyu Hotel (云阳江来云语酒店), Building 3, 1988 Binjiang East Road, Qinglong Subdistrict (青龙街道滨江东路1988号3幢) (bus nos. 603 and 615), ☏ +86 23 55550666. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 14:00. Another four-star hotel in the county seat. Rooms available from about ¥375 per night.