[2025 Chongqing Attraction] Travel Guide for The Underwater Museum of White Crane Ridge (Updated Mar)

First time on a Three Gorges cruise? Learn these tips to avoid common pitfalls!! This guide will teach you how to choose the perfect Three Gorges cruise! 📣Calling all those who want to experience a Yangtze River Three Gorges cruise! Come and get your travel plan! - 🎈Step 1️⃣: Choose Your Itinerary ✨4/5-Day Luxury Cruise: A classic Three Gorges itinerary, departing from Chongqing (downstream) for 4 days and 3 nights, or departing from Yichang (upstream) for 5 days and 4 nights. You can choose to visit 3–6 onshore attractions. 🌞Three Gorges Tourist Attractions Summary 🔸Fengdu: Fengdu Ghost City, Shuanggui Mountain, Xueyu Cave 🔸Fuling: 816 Underground Nuclear Military Project, Baiheliang Underwater Museum 🔸Zhongxian: Shibaozhai, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms show 🔸Fengjie: Baidi City, The Peak of the Three Gorges 🔸Wushan: Shennv Stream, Lesser Three Gorges, Shennong Stream, Goddess Peak Skywalk 🔸Yichang: Three Gorges Dam, Three Gorges Ship Lift, Three Gorges Family - 🎈Step 2️⃣: Choose Your Ship 🔔Century Cruises: Glory/Triumph/Oasis are three sister ships with the same cabin types and facilities, but different decoration styles. They have a 2,000 sq m top deck and a wide range of entertainment facilities. 🔔Century Voyager: A new ship launched in 2024, offering full butler service and significantly upgraded benefits. 🔔Yangtze Wonder: A newly renovated ship in 2024, featuring unique and in-depth attractions and an all-inclusive itinerary. A crew-to-passenger ratio of nearly 1:2 provides guests with a more exclusive service experience. 🔔Yangtze One: This Three Gorges cruise ship can pass through the Three Gorges Ship Lift directly without additional charges. All-inclusive with no optional paid attractions. 🔔Yangtze Three: A large 16,000-ton ship that offers a smoother ride. Electrically powered for a quieter and more peaceful experience. All-inclusive ticket with a wide range of attractions. 🔔Victoria Jenna: A family-friendly cruise ship with family rooms + a large children's play area, perfect for traveling with children. 🔔Gold Cruises: A 10,000-ton large ship with luxurious amenities at a moderate price. A long-established Three Gorges cruise line, a favorite among seniors. 🔔Viking Emerald: A giant among the Three Gorges cruise ships, it is the longest and largest luxury cruise ship on the Yangtze River. Launched in 2020, it features new facilities, a pleasant environment, and high quality. 🔔President 7/8: Large ship, large rooms, large beds, and comprehensive cruise facilities. 🔔Star Cruises: A cost-effective cruise ship among the new ship series. - 🎈Step 3️⃣: Choose Your Room 🛏️Standard Balcony Room: Private balcony with expansive views, excellent value for money, fully equipped with basic amenities, and a popular choice. 🛏️Interior Room: No windows or balcony, but at an attractive price. Offers all the same dining and entertainment options. Suitable for budget travelers. 🛏️Family Suite: Accommodates 3 people, with exclusive children's toiletries and VIP dining services. ⚠️Family suites are only available on some cruise ships. An extra bed can usually be added to a standard balcony room to accommodate 3 people. - ⚠️Precautions for Three Gorges Cruises ①There are many steps at the pier and onshore attractions. Non-slip, comfortable shoes are recommended. The weather in the gorges is changeable, so bring an umbrella or raincoat. ②There are broadcasts in the public areas and rooms of the ship. Pay attention to the broadcasts so you don't miss reminders about sightseeing, dining, embarkation, and disembarkation. ③Most cruises only include some attractions; others are optional. You don't have to choose all the optional attractions. You can choose 1–2 based on your needs. ④March–May and October offer the best scenery in the Three Gorges. For fewer crowds, consider traveling in June or September. July–August is the peak summer season and is more crowded. -

The Baiheliang Underwater Museum is ingeniously designed, cleverly integrating the two major chapters of ground display and underwater exploration. In the ground exhibition hall, three major theme exhibition areas have been carefully planned: "The Source of Life: The Mirror of Hydrological Wisdom of Global River Civilization", "The Foundation of the Yangtze River: The Scientific Treasure of Baiheliang Stone Carvings", and "Underwater Stele Forest: The Cultural Imprint of Baiheliang in the Cultural River". It leads viewers to travel through time and space, with a full range of immersive experiences of sound, light, touch, and heart, engraving unforgettable memory chapters. Take a vertical escalator that shuttles through a 40-meter deep, as if traveling through a time tunnel, and step into the 177-meter-long dreamy underwater corridor. Along the way, 23 viewing windows with a diameter of 80 cm are like magic windows, allowing the Baiheliang inscriptions sleeping underwater to come into view, and each stroke tells a story and wisdom of a thousand years. Baiheliang, after the glory of Dazu Rock Carvings, is ready to go and is expected to become the second brilliant pearl of Chongqing's World Cultural Heritage. If it successfully wins the World Heritage List, it will create a precedent and become the world's leading hydrological record cultural heritage, allowing the world's attention to focus on Chongqing again, and share this unique natural and cultural double miracle.

The Baiheliang Underwater Museum in Chongqing is the world's first underwater archaeological museum accessible without diving. It is located on the banks of the Yangtze River in Fuling District, Chongqing. The museum was established in 2003 and officially opened to the public on May 18, 2009. It aims to protect, research, promote, and educate about the precious underwater cultural heritage of Baiheliang. Museum Overview Location: On the banks of the Yangtze River in Fuling District, Chongqing The museum was built on the original site using the "pressureless container" principle, realizing the protection and display of the Baiheliang inscriptions in their original underwater environment. Museum Structure The Baiheliang Underwater Museum consists of two parts: the exhibition hall on the shore and the underwater viewing area. Exhibition Hall on the Shore: The exhibition hall includes a reception hall, exhibition hall, etc., and displays the history, culture, scientific value, and protection process of Baiheliang through pictures, texts, and physical objects. Visitors can learn about the background knowledge of the Baiheliang inscriptions and feel their unique cultural charm. Underwater Viewing Area: The museum is located 40 meters underwater and can be reached directly via a tunnel-style escalator. Visitors can view the Baiheliang inscriptions up close through the observation window in the underwater passage, as if traveling through a time and space tunnel, directly facing the stone carvings from thousands of years ago. The inscriptions involve the rise and fall of river water, historical events, and literati inscriptions, and are important materials for studying the hydrological changes and historical changes of the Yangtze River. Baiheliang Inscriptions The Baiheliang inscriptions are the core value of the Baiheliang Underwater Museum. These inscriptions are distributed on the stone beams or rock walls of Baiheliang. From the first year of Guangde in the Tang Dynasty to the early 20th century, they have gone through more than 1,200 years, leaving 72 years of Yangtze River hydrological data of dead wood and the authentic inscriptions of literati and ink guests of all ages. These inscriptions not only have extremely high scientific value, but also integrate various elements such as literature, calligraphy, painting, and stone carving art. They are known as the "Underwater Forest of Steles" and the "World's First Hydrological Station".

|I flew to Chongqing. I saw this museum online before, and it really shocked me. A museum can be built in the water. For this museum hidden in the river, I specifically flew to Chongqing. Baiheliang recorded more than 1200 years of hydrological information from the Tang Dynasty to 1963, and many literati and ink guests inscribed here. Whether it is local in Chongqing or friends who come to travel from other places, I personally think this museum is worth coming. The entire museum is not big, it is divided into an above-water exhibition hall and an underwater exhibition hall built 40 meters underwater. You need to take a 91-meter escalator to reach the heart of the river. There are staff members who explain for free throughout the journey. About the history of Baiheliang Baiheliang was originally in the center of the Yangtze River, a natural stone beam about 1600 meters long and 16 meters wide During the flood season, it will be submerged. During the dry season, Baiheliang will be exposed. The ancients discovered this and carved stone fish on Baiheliang. to record hydrological information. "Stone fish out of the water" means that the coming year is a good year for harvest. During the dry season, the stone fish exposed the surface and attracted many literati and ink guests to come here to "check in" and my fellow villager Huang Tingjian, it is really my honor. In 2003, after the Three Gorges Dam was impounded, Baiheliang was submerged. In order to protect the Baiheliang site, this underwater museum was built! ⚠️Precautions: Because the environment of the underwater museum is special, it will not be open during the flood season, and it will be regularly inspected. Be sure to check the real-time information before you go! 🧭Navigation: Baiheliang Underwater Museum 🎫Ticket: 50 🅿️Parking: Free 📍Address: No. 185, Section 2, Binjiang Avenue, Fuling District ⏰Business hours: 9:00-17:00 (stop admission at 16:30, closed on Monday)

Chongqing Fuling Baiheliang Underwater Museum is the only underwater museum in the world that is not accessible by diving. Through the 91-meter-long underwater escalator into the "pressureless container" of the Yangtze River underwater project, you can clearly see the "world's first ancient hydrological station" natural stone beam through the porthole - the "underwater Stele Forest" on the white crane beam The inscription is amazing! This unique underwater museum allows us to record the hydrology of 72 dry years in various ways, such as carving inscriptions, for more than 1200 masterpieces of the ancients.