Hello dear readers. Chongqing in May is featured with sunny weather, warm wind and lush plants. Now it is also a good time to get…
Mount Jinfo (Golden Buddha Mountain), in Chinese 金佛山, is a mountain located in the upper reach of the Yangtze River in Nanchuan District, Chongqing Municipality….
Yunyang Longgang (云阳龙缸, Yún yáng lóng gāng) Scenic Area is a national geological park located in the southeast Yunyang County, 380 kilometers from downtown, in…
Dazu Rock Carvings (大足石刻, Dàzú shíkè) are a series of sculptures and rock carvings situated in Dazu County, a district located in the west suburb…
Dear readers, midsummer has come, and Chongqing has regained its usual hustle and bustle. In the previous Chongqing Stories we discussed why Chongqing was selected…
Tired of seeing the same places on every travel list? Here’s what to visit instead: Fengdu Ghost City. Fengdu Ghost City is located on the…
Geleshan National Forest Park is located in Shapingba District, 16 kilometers away from the center of Chongqing. The park is also known as “the first…
Laojun Cave Taoist Temple is located on Laojun Mountain near Huangpi, Nanan District, Chongqing City. Facing the vast Chongqing city, it looks diagonally to the…
In these times dominated by fear and uncertainty about the future, our cities are stopped, blocked, freezed. We must not forget the beauty of Chongqing,…
Dear readers, at the first beginning, we’d like to thank you all for your continuous attention to our institute in the whole year of 2019….
Dear friends, how time flies! Here we are, in the last month of 2019 now. In our previous Chongqing stories, we focus mainly on local…
Chongqing has again drawn much attention from the public recently with the release of a film called “Better Days“. As the shooting place of the…
This is a new section of our website, called “On the streets of Chongqing”, with the help of Zhang Qianyu, BA student at Southwest University…
Compared to North of China, autumn always begins later in Chongqing, in fact we only started to feel it very recently. In China people have…
Dear readers, you may have visited plenty of Chinese cities, but have you noticed that every city has a “people’s park”? Today, we are going…
The Three Gorges Reservoir Region – a national center for tourism in Chongqing – in recent years has hosted important cultural festivals, which intend to…
Dear readers, as you might know, 14th of March 2019 marks the 22nd anniversary of Chongqing’s municipality status. Under this occasion, we decide to talk…
Dear readers, in this issue of Chongqing Stories, we will talk about Liziba, another famous site in Chongqing. Recently, through social media apps such as…
Dear readers, in the previous issues of Chongqing Stories, we gave insights into several interesting places in Chongqing, such as the ancient town of Ciqikou,…
With videos about Chongqing going viral on Douyin, a very popular Chinese streaming app, Chongqing has become a very well-known tourist destination. According to data,…
