CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Fragrant and fresh grasses with falling leaves and flowers. Youyang County, Chongqing, is regarded as the Peach-blossom Garden under Tao Yuanming’s writings. Grassland, terraces, hanging towers … Youyang has picturesque view and poetic life everywhere.

At the bottom of Changpugai Grassland is the Hejiayan Terraces. Viewed from a higher ground, 10,000 mu of terraced rice fields are surrounded by clouds and fog, and the terraced rice fields are stacked in layers with vertical drop up to more than 800 meters. (Photo provided by Publicity Department of Youyang County Party Committee)

The Changpugai Grassland, with an average elevation of 1400 meters, is closed for construction. Overlooking this alpine ecological landscape road leading to the sea of clouds, we have long been fascinated by it. (Photo provided by Publicity Department of Youyang County Party Committee)

Youyang is a “great stargazing base”, so it’s a good choice to lie on the grass and watch the stars together. It is expected that in 2022, the calamus cover grassland will officially open its doors to the public. (Photographed by Wu Cuixian)

Every year, thousands of photographers come from all over the country to appreciate the scenery. People praise Hejiayan terraces as “the pearl of the deep mountains, a fairyland on earth, and a paradise in a painting”. (Photo provided by Publicity Department of Youyang County Party Committee)

Watching the terraces, living in the hanging towers and eating the flower field tribute rice, Hejiayan Village attracts many tourists every year to experience the countryside life. (Photographed by Li Wenke)

About 70 kilometers west along Youyang County is the thousand-year-old Gongtan ancient town. The Wujiang River is presented in a picturesque way, with hanging towers lining the banks of the ancient town. (Photographed by Li Wenke)

Gongtan Ancient Town has a three-kilometer-long stone street, which is a well-preserved and large-scale Ming and Qing Dynasty architectural complex in China. When you look up, there is a “line of sky” above the alley. (Photographed by Li Wenke)

Every year, about 20,000 art students come to Gongtan ancient town to sketch, and in 1984, the famous painter Wu Guanzhong created paintings here such as “Old Street by Wujiang River” and “Small Town by Wujiang River”. (Photographed by Li Wenke)

In Neikou Village of Liangzeng Township, Youyang County, there is a rare “thousand-year goldenrod cluster” - more than 1,000 trees within a kilometer radius, including eight thousand-year goldenrod trees. The ancient tree is at least 1,300 years old, and can be surrounded by seven or eight people. (Photographed by Li Wenke)

Longevity Tree, Peace Tree, Marriage Tree… 8 thousand-year-old goldenrod trees have different names. This is Protection Tree (Baoye), which means to protect the health of children, and the villagers have been guarding it for generations. (Photographed by Li Wenke)

In the golden autumn, Youyang County, the southern suburbs of the Stacked Stone Flower Valley (Dieshi Huagu), a large area of pink grass is blooming in the wind, like a dreamy fairyland. (Photo provided by Publicity Department of Youyang County Party Committee) 

Riding on the "pink train" to autumn, watching the natural rock stacking, you will see the countryside art exhibition, experience farming life, and learn about exorcism culture (Nuo). (Photographed by Chen Shengbi) (Translated by Wang Junli, Fathom Language Limited)