The Three Natural Bridges (天生三桥) are a series of natural limestone bridges located in Xiannüshan City, Wulong County, Chongqing municipality, China. They fall within the Wulong Karst National Geological Park, which in turn is part of the South China Karst - Wulong Karst, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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The Three Natural Bridges are a series formed in the limestone in the town of Xiannüshan, China. Its grandeur is transmitted just by looking at the photographs, astonishing with its monumental dimensions and perplexing in the face of so much immensity.
The three bridges are within the Wulong National Karst Geological Park which, in turn, is part of the World Heritage Site in the south of the country called Wulong Karst. These formations have been baptized with mythological names such as Tianglong (meaning Heavenly Dragon), Qinglong (Blue Dragon) and Heilong ( Black Dragon ). They are the only karstic structures of this type in the world.
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Being in the middle of this natural beauty makes you feel really insignificant with its walls reaching a height of 246 meters. To get to the base where the bridges are, you have to go to the parking lot from where you can take a glass elevator down the gorge to some stairs. After lowering them, between the largest opening of the three bridges -the Tian Long- you can appreciate all the magnificence of these millenary rocks where the bridges have been drawn naturally.
These arches are among the largest in the world and are surrounded by a series of sinkholes, that is, large underground abysses through which you can embark on an excursion that hardly resembles any other that can be done in the world. To enter you have to pay an entrance fee.
In Hei Long there are waterfalls as soon as you enter that give a majestic spectacle. To return to the parking lot, you can take the 1,000-step staircase past the third bridge or take the short staircase and the elevator, repeating the previous path. Of course, using the elevator requires paying a fee. Without a doubt, the Three Natural Bridges of Wulong should be on the list of attractions in China to visit.