Wanxian, located
at 327 km away from Chongqing and 119 km from Fengjie in waterway, has
long history more than 2,000 years.
Wanxian
was once an important city in formal Sichuan Province and known as the
Gateway to the Eastern Sichuan. The city is guarded by two nine-storied
pagodas for good fortune. Now
it is still an important city and port along the Three Gorges area for
the textile industry, the port and the local produce like oranges, tangerines,
peaches, bamboo and lumber.
Wanxian has ten free markets, which sell local produce and seasonal delicacies
such as mountain mushrooms or live eels. Second Street is the main shopping
thorough fare. Shengli Lu is a famous night market where Wanxian rattan
and cane are sold. Handmade summer bed mats, fans, hats, straw shoes,
furniture and baskets are traded roadside every night. The Arts and Crafts
Store can be bought in Third Street (San Malu). Visitors can try on some
local snacks, such as spicy noodles and cooling soybean jelly and fresh
fruit.
Other attarctions
in Wanxian include Twin-OsmanthusTemple, West Hill Stele Pavilion, Black
Dragon Waterfall, etc.
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