Fengjie: Baidi City (White Emperor City)
Last Update : 2006-10-20 17:21:05 - Eight kilometers (5 miles) east of Fengjie City, Baidi City is a must for Yangtze cruise travelers. With a long history of about 2,000 years and built on the Baidi Mountain, it now houses over 1,000 pieces of exquisite cultural relics from the Neolithic Age to the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). The east and west stele forests display many well-preserved stone inscriptions.
- Last Update : 2006-10-26 9:39:14
- It is said that in the late Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD), Gongsun Shu, a local official, occupied Sichuan Province and built this city as his garrison. There had been a well that sent off white gas like a flying dragon; thus Gongsun Shu conferred the title of 'White Emperor' on himself and on the city the title of 'White Emperor City'. This was the place where during the Three Kingdoms Period (220 - 280) the king of Shu State Liu Bei resigned his son and regime to the wise court official Zhuge Liang. People worshiped Liu Bei and his loyal generals in this city.
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- During construction of the Three Gorges Project, White Emperor City reflects on the water surface as a beautiful fairyland.
| Admission Fee: |
CNY 85 |
| Opening Hours: |
09:10 to 17:00 |
