The Baiheliang Underwater Museum, China's first underwater museum,[133]
The Memorial of Great Tunnel Massacre, a former air-raid shelter where a major massacre occurred during World War II.
The Great Hall of the People in Chongqing is based on the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. This is one of the largest public assembly buildings in China which, though built in modern times, emulates traditional architectural styles. It is adjacent to the densely populated and hilly central district, with narrow streets and pedestrian only walkways,[134]
The large domed Three Gorges Museum presents the history, culture, and environment of the Three Gorges area and Chongqing.
Chongqing Art Museum is known for striking architecture.
Chongqing Science and Technology Museum has an IMAX theater.
Luohan Si, a Ming dynasty temple,[135]
Huangguan Escalator, the second longest escalator in Asia.
Former sites for embassies of major countries during the 1940s. As the capital at that time, Chongqing had many residential and other buildings for these officials.[136]
Wuxi County, noted as a major tourism area of Chongqing,[137]
The Dazu Rock Carvings, in Dazu county, are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings, dating back as far as the 7th century A.D., depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Dazu Rock Carvings are made up of 75 protected sites containing some 50,000 statues, with over 100,000 Chinese characters forming inscriptions and epigraphs.,[138]
The Three Natural Bridges and Furong Cave in Wulong Karst National Geology Park, Wulong County are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the South China Karst,[139][140]
Ciqikou is a 1000-year-old town in the Shapingba District of Chongqing. It is also known as "Little Chongqing". The town, located next to the lower reaches of the Jialing River, was at one time an important source of china-ware and used to be a busy commercial dock during the Ming and Qing dynasties,[141]
Fishing Town or Fishing City is one of the three great ancient battlefields of China. It is noted for its resistance to the Mongol armies during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) and the location where the Mongol leader Möngke Khan died in 1259,[142]
Xueyu Cave in Fengdu County is the only example of a pure-white, jade-like karst cave in China,[143]
Fengdu Ghost City in Fengdu County is the Gate of the Hell in traditional Chinese literature and culture.
Snowy Jade Cave, see Xueyu Cave (above).
Baidi Cheng, a peninsula in Yangtze River, known due to a famous poem by Li Bai.
The Chongqing Zoo, a zoo that exhibits many rare species including the giant panda, the extremely rare South China tiger, and the African elephant.[144]
Foreigners' Street was an amusement park, including the Porcelain Palace, the world's largest toilet. Also the location of the abortive Love Land development in 2009.
The Black Mountain Valley (Heishangu).[145]
Hongya Cave (aka Hongya Dong), a pier stilt house fortress that served as one of the 17 city gates of Ancient Chongqing is a popular tourist attraction for its architecture.