CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Red leaves around the mountain seem like the rosy clouds, which reflect the Three Gorges every year. On November 22, the 13th China · Chongqing Yangtze Three Gorges (Wushan) International Red Leaf Festival will be held in Wushan. Tourists can enjoy the scenery of high gorge with flat lake and red leaves in Wushan.

Red leaves around the mountain (Picture provided by Publicity Department of Wushan Party Committee)

Thirteen exquisite tourist routes are released, and ten of them are free of charge

There are nearly 200 varieties of red leaves in Wushan, with a total area of nearly 1 million mu. They are mainly distributed in Goddess Peak and Small Three Gorges · Mini Three Gorges Scenic Area, presenting a gorgeous landscape of ten thousand mountains. Cao Bangxing, the Deputy Secretary of Wushan Party Committee and head of Wushan County, said that this year, Wushan County has focused on 13 routes with convenient transportation and complete supporting facilities for viewing the red leaves of Wushan, among which only three routes are not free, namely the Small Three Gorges · Minil Three Gorges Scenic Area, Goddess Peak Scenic Area and Goddess Stream Scenic Area, and the other 10 routes are free of charge.

This year, Wushan provides 5 routes for tourists to enjoy red leaves in the core scenic spot, among which the Small Three Gorges · Mini Three Gorges Scenic Area can be visited by boat, which is the best place to view the Bawu Gorge, the Dicui Gorge and the Chibi Motian. Along the Goddess South Ring Route, you can experience the first step of the cliff in Asia － the "Goddess Ladder", or you can choose self-driving, tourist bus, sightseeing bus and other sightseeing ways. In addition, there are 8 rural characteristic routes for tourists to choose.

Red leaves on the Jingtan Peak, Wushan (Picture provided by Publicity Department of Wushan Party Committee) 

(Translated by Luo Juan, Fathom Language Limited)