Chongqing 816 Project Scenic Area Admission Ticket

Explore Underground Nuclear Engineering + Unlock Heritage Codes + Deeply Buried Imprints of the Era
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816 Project Scenic Area
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  • Come to Project 816 to explore the 'underground nuclear palace'! Touch the buttons that the technicians pressed back then, take a retro photo in the builders' dormitory, and even your breath is wrapped in the passion of 'anonymous dedication to building a great weapon'.
  • Look up in the nuclear reactor hall and experience the 'hard work and struggle' in the textbook, which will become the steps under your feet, the chisel marks you can touch, and let the red gene take root in the shock.
  • Come to Project 816 in the deep mountains of Fuling! Walk through the underground passage and listen to the echoes of the rock walls, and be dazed by the green light-filled reactor pool. There is no fancy entertainment, only the industrial epic that is沉in time.

What to expect

  • The birth of Project 816 originated from the special historical context of the 1960s. In response to the strategic call of the "Third Front Construction", in 1967, a construction army composed of soldiers, workers, and technicians quietly assembled. They bid farewell to their relatives and friends, went incognito, and drilled into the deep mountains of Baitao Town, Fuling, embarking on a great project that raced against time and wrestled with nature. There was no hustle and bustle of the city here, only the sound of steel brazing and rocks colliding echoed in the valley; without the company of relatives, only the belief of "forging a sword for the country" took root in their hearts.
  • At the beginning of the site selection, the survey team experienced the twists and turns of "three entries and three exits", and walked for several months in the mountains and ridges, and finally selected this mountain with hard geology and strong concealment. The entire project uses the mountain as a natural barrier, digging dozens of meters down from the surface, and then expanding horizontally to create a huge underground space. Without large blasting equipment, the builders used steel brazing and iron hammers to dig one hammer at a time. On average, 120 steel brazing rods were consumed for every 1 meter of advancement. Many people's palms were calloused, and their fingernails were cracked, but they never flinched. From 1967 to 1984, in the past eighteen years, tens of thousands of builders left their youth and even their lives in this deep mountain, and finally built an "underground palace" with a total area of 104,000 square meters underground.
The rough rock walls are highlighted by the lights, showing light and dark contrasts. The figures deep in the tunnel are reduced to tiny black dots, which makes this space seem even more like an underground maze.
The rough rock walls are highlighted by the lights, showing light and dark contrasts. The figures deep in the tunnel are reduced to tiny black dots, which makes this space seem even more like an underground maze.
The long tunnel is like a dark river wrapped in the mountain, with cracks of time embedded in the concrete patterns of the vault.
The long tunnel is like a dark river wrapped in the mountain, with cracks of time embedded in the concrete patterns of the vault.
Green light flooded the entire hall, and the steel grid of the dome resembled a giant metal spider web, cradling the open space.
Green light flooded the entire hall, and the steel grid of the dome resembled a giant metal spider web, cradling the open space.
The warm and cool light of the wall lamps collide on the rock wall, creating a gradient halo. The slippery ground reflects the light, like a mirror covered with broken gold.
The warm and cool light of the wall lamps collide on the rock wall, creating a gradient halo. The slippery ground reflects the light, like a mirror covered with broken gold.
When the green light envelops this giant cave chamber, the holes and supports on the walls become silent footnotes.
When the green light envelops this giant cave chamber, the holes and supports on the walls become silent footnotes.
The blue light spreads deep along the inner wall of the pipe, like a tunnel leading to another space-time.
The blue light spreads deep along the inner wall of the pipe, like a tunnel leading to another space-time.
Green lights wrap around the iron railings of the spiral staircase, the steel grid of the dome weaves a dense net overhead, and the rust-colored steps are worn with a warm, dull luster.
Green lights wrap around the iron railings of the spiral staircase, the steel grid of the dome weaves a dense net overhead, and the rust-colored steps are worn with a warm, dull luster.
The mottled cement walls are stained with the rust of time, the steps of the platform lead to a green-lit interior room, and a glass railing gently separates the two spaces.
The mottled cement walls are stained with the rust of time, the steps of the platform lead to a green-lit interior room, and a glass railing gently separates the two spaces.
The rusty staircase is diagonally embedded in the wall, the shadow of the iron railing slides down the concrete wall, and even the air is filled with a heavy industrial chill.
The rusty staircase is diagonally embedded in the wall, the shadow of the iron railing slides down the concrete wall, and even the air is filled with a heavy industrial chill.
Hundreds upon hundreds of buttons and gauges are neatly arranged, the numbers on the metal nameplates faintly gleaming with an old light.
Hundreds upon hundreds of buttons and gauges are neatly arranged, the numbers on the metal nameplates faintly gleaming with an old light.
The cool blue light meanders along the edge of the passage, coating the mottled brick walls and concrete beams with a layer of science fiction.
The cool blue light meanders along the edge of the passage, coating the mottled brick walls and concrete beams with a layer of science fiction.
Ticket collection point for Project 816 scenic area
Ticket collection point for Project 816 scenic area

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