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Chapter 500: Traveling to Baidi City in the Rain
Baidi City is located on Baidi Mountain at the entrance of Qutang Gorge, Fengjie County, Chongqing.Before the Three Gorges Dam was built, Baidi Mountain leaned against the Gaoxia Gorge on the back and faced the Yangtze River in front. It was surrounded by water on three sides and was very majestic.After the Three Gorges Dam was built to store water, due to the rise of the river surface, Baidi Mountain turned into a natural island surrounded by rivers. Although the cruise ship passing through the "Qutang Gorge" passes by Baidi Mountain, the Baidi Mountain Pier is only Small boats can be docked, but tourists on large cruise ships on the Yangtze River who want to visit Baidi City can only go ashore and take a bus to the shore closer to Baidi City, and then walk through the antique covered bridge to Baidi Mountain.However, since it started to rain lightly, Zhao Cui and Ma Xiaoliang took up umbrellas and enjoyed the scenery in the rain!

Today's Baidi City refers to Baidi Temple in a broad sense, which contains Ming and Qing buildings such as Mingliang Hall, Wuhou Temple, and Star Gazing Pavilion.Mingliang Hall was built in the 12th year of Jiajing (1533). It is the main building in the temple and contains statues of Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.In the Wuhou Temple, there are statues of three generations of Zhuge Liang's ancestors and grandsons.The star-gazing pavilion in front of the temple is said to be the place where Zhuge Liang observed the stars at night.There are famous steles from various dynasties on the left and right sides of Mingliang Hall and Wuhou Temple.There are also cultural relics exhibition rooms and poetry and history halls in the temple, which display unearthed cultural relics since the Neolithic Age and calligraphy and paintings by famous ancient and modern artists.These ancient buildings and cultural relics make Baidi City even more beautiful.

In Baidi Temple, there are many poems, inscriptions and cultural relics from past dynasties.Among them are the famous Bashu willow-leaf bronze swords from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the hanging coffin relics of Qutang Gorge from the Han and Jin Dynasties, 73 calligraphy and painting inscriptions, pottery and bronze money trees since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, as well as more than 1000 cultural relics from past dynasties, and more than 100 paintings and calligraphy by famous ancient and modern artists, including The "Bamboo Leaf Stele" combines poetry and painting with a unique style; the "Three Kings Stele" is engraved with phoenix, peony and sycamore, which is exquisite and gorgeous and can be called a treasure.There are more than 70 intact stone steles on display in the East and West Stele Forests, among which the Sui Dynasty inscriptions are 400 years old.In the East Forest of Steles, the "Phoenix Stele" and "Bamboo Leaf Stele" are the most eye-catching.

Baidi City is not big, so I finished shopping soon, and then took a ferry to play. This is also Qutang Pass, which is also an important pass on the ancient east-to-Shu road. It has also been a must-pass since the Qin and Han Dynasties. , known as "the hero of the world"!
Baidi City belongs to Fengjie and is not far from the CQ urban area. However, they say that the best way is to take a cruise. Not only can you visit Baidi City, but you can also visit the entire Three Gorges!Zhao Cui really wanted to take the boat, so they simply separated. Zhao Cui took the boat, Ma Xiaoliang drove, and then they met in Chongqing!Zhao Cui thought about it and agreed, but after buying the ticket and waiting for the ship to sail, Ma Xiaoliang drove off. After all, he had to arrive before the cruise ship arrived at Chongqing Chaotianmen Pier!However, Zhao Cui was worried about Ma Xiaoliang's safety and drove slower on the way, since cruise ships are slow anyway!About an hour later, the cruise ship sailed all the way up the river. The scenery along the way was endless, and there were even sounds of apes!It was extremely beautiful along the way. Zhao Cui stood at the stern of the boat, taking pictures constantly and calling her "Little Ma" out of habit. However, she found that there was no one next to her. Thinking of Ma Xiaoliang driving to Chongqing, she suddenly felt that such a scenery could not be enjoyed by everyone. What a pity!However, she turned on the monitor of the RV and saw that the scenery outside the RV was equally charming. There were green mountains and green waters all the way. Ma Xiaoliang was listening to music while driving. It was so comfortable!When Zhao Cui's cruise ship arrived at Chaotianmen Pier, she saw her RV in the distance. She opened the door and got in. She found that Ma Xiaoliang had been sleeping soundly for a while!
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