Zoological Garden

Dazu Grotto Art

Arhat Temple

Huayan Temple

Shengshou Temple

South Hot Springs Park

Eling Park

People's Assembly Hall

Pipashan (Loquat Hill) Park

The Ghost City in Fengdu

The Beautiful natural Scenery in Wansheng

The Red Crag Revolutionary Memorial Museum

Museum of Natural History

Photo Gallery	Dazu Grottoes Dazu Grottoes are located in Dazu County, it is 70km away from Chongqing.   Dazu Grottoes is the most famous scenic area of Dazu.   It includes more than 60,000 figures in over 100 places.   The work of Dazu sculptures began during the Yongzhen period of early Tang dynasty and continued until Ming and Qing dynasties.   The collection sculptures located Baoding Hill and North Hill is the highest in artistic value.   These sculptures provide rich historic materials that reflected the life and thoughts of the ancient people in China. The Dazu Grottoes was declared on Natural Heritage and World Cultural List in 1999 by UNESCO.
Photo Gallery	Loquat Hill The "Hongxing Pavilion" tower that built on the top of Loquat Hill in central Yuzhong District provides an excellent view of Chongqing and surroundings.   It is the highest point rises 208 meters in Chongqing.   The Chongqing Museum of Natural History that established in 1930 is located on Loquat Hill. The museum has the collection 100,000 valuable relics.   There is a  giant ferris wheel in Loquat Hill that offers spectacular views of the metropolitan area.   Loquat Hill also has a modern zoo that exhibits many animals, includes Giant Panda and the rare South China Tiger.
Photo Gallery	N. H. S. Park The Northern Hot Springs Park is situated at the foot of Jinyun Mountain alongside the River Jialing, which is 55 kilometers northeast of Chongqing.   The Northern Hot Springs park covers an area of ten hectares with hot springs, caves and Buddhist Halls.   The park  has many valleys and  temples of Ming and Qing Dynasties.   The Guanyin  Palace in the Northern Hot Springs Park was built with iron tiles and stone pillars.   There are also a stone Buddha of the Song Dynasty and a dragon pagoda of the Ming Dynasty.

The streets of Chongqing are staggered one above the other on the hills that overlook the river, making the city a magnificent sight to behold. At night, house lights shine over the rolling hills like sparkling stars, making the hills a glittering screen, the bridge a rainbow, and ships flying sparks on the rivers. The splendid scenery of this famous mountain city attracts many tourists from home and abroad. Local highlights include Sichuan Cuisine, Chaffy Dish, Qianjiang Baked Tobacco and handcraft made from bamboo. Surrounded by water on 3 sides, Chongqing is situated at the confluence of Changjiang River and Jialing River. With beautiful hills and mountains the "Mountain City" has long been reputed for its wonderful scenery. To its east, you may enjoy a sightseeing tour to the Three Gorges on the Changjiang River; to its west, you will acclaim the 50,000 stone figures sculpted on the cliffs during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) and Sung Dynasty (960-1279 AD) as the acme of perfection; in its south, the stone forests in Wansheng District seem superlatively made, yet they were created by nature; and in its north you cannot help meditating on the dinosaur fossils of 180 million years ago. The Fishing Fortress in Hechuan has long been widely known. The waterfalls, stones, forests, springs, and outdoor games in Simianshan Mountain in Jiangjing are fascinating. In the city proper. there are attractive Eling Hill, Loquat Hill, Night Scene of the Mountain City, Flowers in the Nanshan Park decorating the mountain city. The East, South, West, North, and Tongjing Hot Springs are like five pearls scattered in the suburbs. The Anti-Japanese Remains present the combat achievements in Chongqing by the Anti-fascist Allies during the Second World War. and the Red Crag Village and Geleshan Martyrs' Cemetery bear the glorious loyalty of the revolutionary seniors.

With natural scenes mingled into humane landscape Chongqing's tourist resources are comprehensive and widespread. The long and particular history, brilliant culture, mighty mountain and rivers have brought about numerous well known scenic spots, historic relics and magnificent landscape to Chongqing. There are in Chongqing 20 large tourist resorts with more than 1,300 scenic spots. Over 300 tourist resorts have been initially developed, including 4 key state level scenic resorts, 6 key historic relics under state protection, 110 historic relics under city preservation and more than 12,000 other historic relics. Chongqing proper is surrounded by the Yangtze and Jialing Rivers, so landscape is very beautiful. It is known as a "Mountain city" and also a "River city" because its buildings are constructed on hills by the rivers. Night scene of the mountain city is a wonderful sight. The South Hot Spring Park, North Hot Spring Park, Jingyunshan summer resort and Nanshan Park are situated in the near suburbs and Jiangjin Simianshan forest, Wansheng Yunan Stone Forest, Wulong Furongdong Cave, Xiannushan Grasslands, Nanchuan Jingfushan Forest Park are situated in distant suburbs. Along the Yates River there are a large number of scenic spots of mountains, rivers, forests, springs, cataracts, gorges and caves such as the mighty Three Gorges, Daninghe and Xiaoninghe River valleys, Yunyang Longgang, Fenjie Heaven Pit and Earth Crevice, Wuxi Hongcheba Grasslands and Wushan Zhiyanhe River Three-colour Cataract. Construction of the Three Gorges dam will form a 600km long and more than 1,000 sq. km big lake on high gorges, an excellent tourist resort will thus be set up. Historical sites can be sought after in Chongqing Museum, Hongyan Memorial Hall of Revolution, Geleshan Revolutionary Martyrs Tomb, Jiang Keshek's Residence, Zhang Zizhong's Apartment, Lingyuan, Kongyuan and some other Wartime Capital remains, Dazu Rock Carvngs is the gem of stone sculptures of the later period. Hechuan Diaoyucheng city that is called "the place where Whip of God was broken" is one of China's three ancient battlefields. Fengdu's Ghost City and Ghost King Stone Carvings, Fuling's Baiheliang (the forest of steles under water), Shizhu's Xituoyunti, Zhongxian's Shibaozhan, Yunyang's Zhang Fei Temple, Liangping's Shuangguitang Temple, Fengjie's Baidicheng City, Wushan's Lu You Cave and Ba people's hanging coffins and the natural scenes of the Three Gorges add radiance and beauty to each other. Tourism has developed into a mainstay industries of Chongqing.

Chongqing is the gateway to the renowned Three Gorges, one of the natural wonders of the world. Follow the route taken by countless boatmen over the centuries, through steep and rugged gorges, shooting the turbulent waters of the Yangtze River. Marvel at sheer cliffs and soaring peaks wreathed in clouds that inspired generations of Chinese poets to capture their beauty in verse. The city of Chongqing is famous for its night views beside the great Yangtze River when the slopes of the mountains are lit up by the skyscrapers. Chongqing is the starting point of the downstream Yangtze River cruises, which is expected to explore the wonderful scenery of the Three Gorges. Some tourists also head for the Buddhist grottoes in Dazu, 163 kilometres away from the city.
 

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