Fangweng Restaurant is located in
China, in Hubei Province, about 12km north of the city of Yichang,
near Sanyou Cave, or “The Cave of the Three Travelers”. The
restaurant is in the Happy Valley of the Xiling Gorge, an especially
scenic stretch of cliffs, caves and park land located around the area
where the Chang Jiang River flows into the Yangtze. The entrance to
the Fangweng Restaurant is an uninspiring grey brick building, but at
the far end of a narrow concrete bridge, the restaurant caves into
the cliff, the floor hanging several hundred feet above the ground.
From this end, customers can view the flowing water of Yangtze River.
For the daredevils, a bungee jumping platform is nearby.
Walking into the restaurant and down
the steps, one will come to a natural “cave lobby”. Rightward, a
30-meter-long plank road has been built along the cliffside. It leads
to another natural cave, which has been transformed into a dining
hall. Warm lighting from the ceiling lends a golden yellow glow
throughout. Dimly lit and Chinese-style furnishings blend in with its
surroundings. Part of the dining hall hangs out of the cave, where
some dining tables are placed. This is a place sitting high in the
air, where the flowing waters can be watched from above.
The restaurant gets
its name from Lu You, a great poet from Southern Song dynasty
(1127-1279). It is said that he had brewed tea in a cave on the
mountainside.
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