Fengdu County (; formerly ) is a
county located in
Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...
Municipality, People's Republic of China. The county was established as Fengdu County () during the
Sui Dynasty
The Sui dynasty (, ) was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that lasted from 581 to 618. The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties, thus ending the long period of division following the fall of the Western Jin dynasty, and layi ...
. The name was changed to Fengdu County () during the
Ming Dynasty. In 1958, the name was changed back to Fengdu County ().
Administration
Before changes in 2013, Fengdu County had 2
subdistricts, 21
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and 7
townships. , Fengdu County had 2 subdistricts, 23 towns and 5 townships. As of 2020, Fengdu County has the following 2 subdistricts, 23 towns, and 5 townships:
Climate
Ghost City
The Fengdu Ghost City is a tourist attraction modelled after
Diyu, the concept of hell in
Chinese mythology and
Buddhism. It was built over 1,800 years ago. The ghost city became an island once the
Three Gorges Dam project was completed. Specifically, part of the Fengdu Ghost City is or will be submerged, but scenery above the "Door of Hell" remains or will remain above water.
Transportation
Fengdu has one
Yangtze crossing, the
Fengdu Yangtze River Bridge
The Fengdu Yangtze River Bridge is a suspension bridge which crosses the Yangtze River in Fengdu County, Chongqing, China. Completed in 1996, it has a main span of placing it among the longest suspension bridges in the world.
See also
*L ...
.
Image gallery
File:Fengdu.jpg, Façade of an unfinished five-star hotel overlooking Fengdu
File:Fengdupicutre.jpg
References
External links
Pictures of Fengdu Ghost TownGodchecker entry on Feng Du
(Chinese)
Fengdu - The Ghost City information
details changes to Fengdu ghost town
China's ghost town vanishes
County-level divisions of Chongqing
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