Wulong, Chongqing, China's 'Oriental Switzerland' – a filming location for Transformers
Xianwa National Forest Park is renowned for its Jiangnan-style charm of mountains and grasslands, rare southern forests and snowfields, and picturesque dense green landscapes, earning it the titles of ‘Oriental Switzerland’ and ‘South China’s First Pasture’.
Xianwa National Forest Park is one of Chongqing’s top ten tourist attractions, a featured tourist destination, located in the Wuling Mountains, a national 5A-level scenic area. It’s named after a peak that resembles a dancing fairy.It’s also a filming location for Transformers, a location for ‘Dad Went to Which Country?’ and various movies and games.
Xianwa National Forest Park is located on the north bank of the Wujiang River in Wulong County, Chongqing. It’s easily accessible via the Yuxiang High-Speed Road.From Chongqing South Shore Stone, it goes through Nanchuan, directly reaching Wulong, a total of 139km on high-speed road, and it takes about 3 hours by car from Chongqing city.Xianwa National Forest Park has an altitude of 2033 meters, with 330,000 acres of forests and 100,000 acres of natural grasslands. The average summer temperature is 22 degrees Celsius, with a distinctive forest grassland landscape unique to Chongqing.
The ‘Four Absolutes’ of Xianwa – forests, peaks, pastures, and snowfields – can be found everywhere, making every scene a masterpiece, worthy of being written into poems. It is also known as ‘Eden in the Air’.
In the spring, Xianwa National Forest Park is covered by undulating hills and light green, with clusters of wildflowers. The sky is clear and blue, and clouds are constantly changing shapes.
Herders are grazing leisurely in the sunshine, and the mountains, valleys, forests, and grasslands are integrated and complementary, creating distinct layers of scenery.
When you reach the mountain peak, your eyes will be wide open, with a vast sea of peaks, undulating but not losing their flatness, inlaid in the forests, like jade and emerald grasslands, with wildflowers everywhere and herds of sheep, a scene of poetry and painting. The breeze is cool and pleasant, and there are unique advantages for viewing flowers in spring, cooling off in summer, admiring the moon in autumn, and skiing in winter.
In the summer, horseback riding, archery, kite flying, go-karts, off-road vehicles, gliding, and sliding form the main activities on Xianwa National Forest Park’s grasslands.
The snow scenery is a unique spectacle of Xianwa National Forest Park.In winter, the average daily temperature in Xianwa National Forest Park is below 0 degrees Celsius, with boundless forests and grasslands covered in snow. Even the peaks of Xianwa National Forest Park are covered in snow. Skiing, snow viewing, roasting lamb over a campfire, and drinking wine are common winter activities on the grasslands.
The Chongqing Winter Tourism Festival has made it possible for winter tourists in Chongqing to enjoy the endless charm of winter sports and romance in Xianwa National Forest Park without traveling far.
