Fengdu County

Fengdu County 丰都县
County
Location of Fengdu County in Chongqing Location of Fengdu County in Chongqing
Country	People's Republic of China
Municipality	Chongqing
Area
• Total	2,896 km2 (1,118 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	649,200
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Fengdu County
Simplified Chinese	丰都县
Traditional Chinese	豐都縣
Postal	Fengtu
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fēngdū Xiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	酆都县
Traditional Chinese	酆都縣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fēngdū Xiàn

Fengdu County (Chinese: 丰都县; pinyin: Fēngdū Xiàn; originally Chinese: 酆都县; pinyin: Fēngdū Xiàn) is a county located in Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China.

Ghost City

Main article: Fengdu Ghost City

The Fengdu Ghost City is a tourist attraction modelled after Diyu, the concept of hell in Chinese mythology and Buddhism. It was built over 1,800 years ago. The ghost city will become an island once the Three Gorges Dam project is completed. Specifically, part of the Fengdu Ghost City will be submerged, but scenery above the "Door of Hell" will remain.

Transportation

Fengdu has one Yangtze crossing, the Fengdu Yangtze River Bridge.

Image gallery

• Fengdu.jpg

  Facade of an unfinished five-star hotel overlooking Fengdu

• Fengdupicutre.jpg

External links

• Pictures of Fengdu Ghost Town
• Godchecker entry on Feng Du
• Pictures of Feng Du Necropolis (Chinese)
• Fengdu - The Ghost City information
• Victoria Cruises press release details changes to Fengdu ghost town
• China's ghost town vanishes
• Fengdu