Tianshengcheng is located one kilometer northwest of Wanzhou District, Chongqing City. It is 467 meters above sea level and has a total area of 400 mu. The mountain range runs from north to south, narrow in the north and wide in the south. It is about 1.5 kilometers long from north to south and about 500 meters wide from east to west. It is an important scenic spot in the Three Gorges area of the Yangtze River. Tianshengcheng is named because of its majestic mountain, rising flatly, with overhanging rocks on all sides, sheer cliffs soaring into the air, and standing upright like a wall, naturally forming a city. According to legend, when Liu Bei, Emperor Zhaolie of the Shu Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms period, launched a campaign against Wu, he stationed troops here, so it is also called Tianzicheng. Its terrain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. One man guards the pass and ten thousand men find it difficult to enter. There are cliffs on all sides, and only a winding, steep, narrow and small stone road can lead to the gate of the stockade. According to historical records, at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to resist the invasion of the Mongolian army, Yu Jie, the appeasement envoy of Sichuan, led the people and soldiers of Sichuan to build a series of mountain city defense systems. As one of the strongholds, Tianshengcheng, together with Diaoyucheng in Hechuan, Dahuocheng in Cangxi and Baidicheng in Fengjie, kept the Mongolian cavalry that swept across Europe and Asia out of the city for as long as 36 years. It not only broke the myth that the Mongolian army was invincible, but also greatly inspired the morale of the people and soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty. It was called ‘Eight Pillars in Sichuan’ by the overbearing Mongolian army.
Opening hours: Open all day throughout the year.Tianshengcheng Park
Tianshengcheng is located one kilometer northwest of Wanzhou District, Chongqing City. It is 467 met[...]
