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Chongqing is the largest and most populated municipality of the Peoples Republic of Chinas four provincial-level municipalities. It is also the only one of these municipalities in the less densely populated western region of China. Formerly (until 14 March 1997) a sub-provincial city within Sichuan Province, the municipality of Chongqing has a registered population of 31,442,300. 。。。。。。
The construction of Chongqing Peoples Hall began on June 1951 and completed in 1954. The auditorium consists of three parts: the great hall, the North Wing and the South Wing on each side of the hall, and the Pailou Archway by the street. It takes up a total area of 66,000 sq. m and 65m height and the auditorium is 55 meters high. This circular auditorium has a seating capacity of 4200 and is surrounded by five-storey buildings outside.
Formerly known as Long Yin, Ci Qi Kou is located on the bank of the Jia Ling River. Covering an area of some 1.2 square kilometers (291.6 acres), it is 14 kilometers to the west of Chongqing Municipality. Undergoing centuries development, Chongqing has changed a lot, and the village conveys an impression of what Chongqing would have been like in the distant past.
Dazu County, located in the Southeast of Sichuan province, 271 kilometers away from Chengdu to her west and 167 kilometers away from Chongqing to her east, has the population of over 900,000 and the area of about 1400 square kilometers. Founded in the first year of Qianyuan in Tang dynasty (758 A.D), Dazu County has thus far enjoyed her history of more than 1240 years.under the conservation and protection, there are 75 spots of cliffside carvings composed of more than 50,000 statues and over 100,000 Chinese characters of inscriptions and epigraphs.
Eling Park is a park located in the Changjiang Lu, Yuzhong district, in Chongqing China. Eling park is also known as Courteous Park, with special plant species and a newly built tower (Liangjiang Pavilion) providing the view of the entire city.Eling Park is one of the state key parks of China and is noted as a national protected area of China Protected areas of China
Furong cave is a large limestone cave with 1846.8m in length, 30 - 50m in width and the same in height, in which the biggest room covers more than 11,000 square meters.
Gold Knife Valley is located in Mt.Huaying, Beibeidistrict of Chongqing city. This new developed natural sight is about 90Km away from the city center.
A tiankeng refers to a karst doline or sinkhole, measuring at least 100 meters (328 feet) in depth and in diameter. Based on the cause of formation, tiankengs can be divided into two types: collapsed tiankengs and eroded tiankengs. Collapsed tiankengs are common, while eroded tiankengs are quite rare. The Houping Tiankeng cluster is the finest example of an eroded tiankeng.
Refurbished in 1994 to somewhere near its Qing-era glory, the Huguang Huiguan originally served as a guesthouse for scholars from southern provinces taking the imperial exams. It later evolved into an entertainment center with lively restaurants and theater performances where famous female-impersonating Peking Opera star Mei Lanfang was a regular performer.
Discovered in the mid-1990s, the cave is over 1,022 miles long. At present, it is the youngest cave discovered in China. Because of its uniqueness and beauty, it has become a popular scenic spot along the Yangtze River as well as serving as a research site for the study of caves.
It features three natural karst bridges: Tianlong Bridge, Qinglong Bridge and Heilong Bridge. With an average height of more than 200 meters, the average width of the three natural bridges is about 100 meters.
The Wulong Karst is located at Wujiang River Southeast of Chongqing, and it features spectacular karst landscape, including three karst systems of Sanqiao Natural Bridges, Furong Jiang karst gorge and caves round, and Houping erison tiankeng, which are distributed in mid-north, southeast and northeast of Wulong County respectively.
It is established for memorizing Zhangfei, the famous general of Shu Kingdom in Three-kingdom Period. It was established in the late period of Three-kingdom Period around 1700 years ago.
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