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Chongqing News

Nanshan Grand Golden Eagle reopens to the public

2021-02-10 10:51:35

170,000 pieces of gold foils give the Grand Golden Eagle a new appearance

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- There is a good place for Spring Festival! Grand Golden Eagle Park in Nanshan Botanical Park, which has been upgraded and closed since November 2019, has officially reopened to the public since February 9. The ticket price is 12 yuan per person. According to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, visitors are required to show their health code and travel code, cooperate with temperature detection and wear masks.

Grand Golden Eagle was completed on March 28, 1998. It is understood that the 22-meter-high Grand Golden Eagle and 10-meter-high conch are parts of the 32-meter-high concrete sculpture. The 22-metre-high giant eagle is covered with 24K gold foil, so its whole body is golden. Totally, 32,000 grams of gold foils are used. Inside Grand Golden Eagle, there is a passage where visitors can go straight to the top of the eagle, and lean on the fence to overlook.

Grand Golden Eagle with a new appearance

As a landmark of Chongqing, Grand Golden Eagle is also one of the commanding points on Nanshan Mountain, with beautiful scenery. Different from the view angle of Yikeshu Viewing Platform, visitors can enjoy the whole rolling mountains and vegetation of Nanshan Mountain here, and overlook the villages in the mountains. If the weather is clear, standing on the top of Grand Golden Eagle, visitors can overlook Yuzhong District, Yubei District and Jiangbei District, so it is also a place for many photography lovers to take pictures of Chongqing night scene.

Grand Golden Eagle Viewing Platform

According to statistics, during the overhaul, a total of 170,000 pieces of gold foils are used on the surface of Grand Golden Eagle, and the rebuilt Grand Golden Eagle has a glittering appearance, waiting for tourists from all over the country. It is believed that Grand Golden Eagle, like Yikeshu Viewing Platform on Nanshan Mountain, will become a popular place for tourists to watch Chongqing from different angles. (Translated by Liu Hongyan, Fathom Language Limited)

Editor:Jiang Yiwei