Chongqing 816 Project Scenic Area Admission Ticket

Come to Project 816 and explore an 'underground nuclear palace'! Touch the buttons pressed by technicians back then, take a retro photo in the builders' dormitory, and even your breath will be filled with the passion of 'working in anonymity to forge a great weapon'.

Look up in the nuclear reactor hall and experience how the 'hard struggle' from textbooks transforms into steps beneath your feet and tangible chisel marks, allowing the red gene to take root in the shock.

Come to Project 816 in the deep mountains of Fuling! Walk through the underground tunnels and listen to the echoes of the rock walls, or simply stare blankly by the green-lit reactor pool. There's no fancy entertainment, only an industrial epic steeped in time.

The birth of Project 816 began in the special historical context of the 1960s. In response to the strategic call for the "Third Front Construction," in 1967, a large construction army composed of soldiers, workers, and technicians quietly assembled. They bid farewell to relatives and friends, worked in anonymity, and delved into the deep mountains of Baitao Town, Fuling, embarking on a great project that raced against time and battled nature. Here, there was no urban hustle and bustle, only the sound of steel chisels colliding with rocks echoing through the valley; there was no companionship from loved ones, only the belief of "forging swords for the nation" rooted in their hearts.

At the beginning of site selection, survey teams endured the twists and turns of "three entries and three exits," trekking through towering mountains for several months, finally selecting this extremely hard and concealed mountain range. The entire project used the mountain as a natural barrier, digging tens of meters down from the surface, and then horizontally expanding a vast underground space. Without large blasting equipment, the builders relied on steel chisels and hammers, chipping away one stroke at a time. On average, every meter advanced consumed 120 steel chisels, and many people developed thick calluses on their hands, with fingernails cracked from the vibrations, yet they never flinched. From 1967 to 1984, over eighteen years, tens of thousands of builders left their youth and even their lives in these deep mountains, ultimately constructing an "underground palace" with a total area of 104,000 square meters underground.