About this place

One of Asia's longest and steepest single-slope escalators, descending more than 50 meters underground to connect two different levels of the city — with a flat street exit waiting at the bottom.

Drifter says

"Two yuan, two minutes, and you've crossed from the upper city to the lower city without a single stair. This is not a ride — it's infrastructure, used daily by the people who live here. Standing on it and watching the city's surface recede above you is the most physical way to un..."

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