# Tourism By [lonna95193](https://paragraph.com/@lonna95193) · 2021-10-29 --- ### As the provisional Capital of China for almost ten years (1937 to 1945), the city was also known as one of the three headquarters of the Allies during World War II, as well as being a strategic center of many other wars throughout China's history. Chongqing has many historic war-time buildings or sites, some of which have since been destroyed. These sites include the People's Liberation Monument, located in the center of Chongqing city. It used to be the highest building in the area, but is now surrounded and dwarfed by numerous shopping centers. Originally named the Monument for the Victory over Axis Armies, it is the only building in China for that purpose.\[130\] Today, the monument serves as a symbol for the city. The General Joseph W. Stilwell Museum, dedicated to General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, a World War II general.\[131\] the air force cemetery in the Nanshan area, in memory of those air force personnel killed during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), and the Red Rock Village Museum, a diplomatic site for the Communist Party in Chongqing led by Zhou Enlai during World War II, and Guiyuan, Cassia Garden, where Mao Zedong signed the "Double 10 (10 October) Peace Agreement" with the Kuomintang in 1945.\[132\] ### The Hongya Cave (Hongya-dong) traditional Bayu-style stilted houses at Jiefangbei CBD ### The steep path up to the front gate of Fishing Town ### Ciqikou ancient road in Shapingba District * The [Baiheliang Underwater Museum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baiheliang_Underwater_Museum), China's first underwater museum,[\[133\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-147) * 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hall_of_the_People_\(Chongqing\)) in Chongqing is based on the [Great Hall of the People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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,[\[134\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-148) * The large domed [Three Gorges Museum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Museum) presents the history, culture, and environment of the Three Gorges area and Chongqing. * [Chongqing Art Museum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing_Art_Museum) is known for striking architecture. * [Chongqing Science and Technology Museum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing_Science_and_Technology_Museum) has an [IMAX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX) [theater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theater_\(structure\)). * Luohan Si, a [Ming dynasty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty) temple,[\[135\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-149) * [Huangguan Escalator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.[\[136\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-150) * [Wuxi County](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxi_County), noted as a major tourism area of Chongqing,[\[137\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-151) * The [Dazu Rock Carvings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism), [Confucian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism) and [Taoist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism) beliefs. Listed as a [UNESCO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO) [World Heritage Site](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.,[\[138\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-152) * The [Three Natural Bridges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Natural_Bridges) and [Furong Cave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furong_Cave) in [Wulong Karst National Geology Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulong_Karst), [Wulong County](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulong_County) are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the [South China Karst](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Karst),[\[139\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-153)[\[140\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-154) * [Ciqikou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciqikou,_Chongqing) is a 1000-year-old town in the [Shapingba District](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapingba_District) of Chongqing. It is also known as "Little Chongqing". The town, located next to the lower reaches of the [Jialing River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty),[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-155) * [Fishing Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_Town) or Fishing City is one of the three great ancient battlefields of China. It is noted for its resistance to the [Mongol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol) armies during the Southern [Song dynasty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_dynasty) (1127–1279) and the location where the Mongol leader [Möngke Khan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6ngke_Khan) died in 1259,[\[142\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-156) * [Xueyu Cave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xueyu_Cave) in [Fengdu County](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fengdu_County) is the only example of a pure-white, jade-like [karst](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karst) cave in China,[\[143\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-157) * [Fengdu Ghost City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fengdu_Ghost_City) in [Fengdu County](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fengdu_County) is the Gate of the Hell in traditional Chinese literature and culture. * [Snowy Jade Cave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Jade_Cave), see Xueyu Cave (above). * [Baidi Cheng](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidi_Cheng), a peninsula in Yangtze River, known due to a famous poem by [Li Bai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Bai). * The [Chongqing Zoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing_Zoo), a [zoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo) that exhibits many rare species including the [giant panda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_panda), the extremely rare [South China tiger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_tiger), and the [African elephant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_elephant).[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-158) * [Chongqing Amusement Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing_Amusement_Park). * [Chongqing Grand Theater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing_Grand_Theatre), a [performing arts center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_arts_center). * [Foreigners' Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreigners%27_Street) was an amusement park, including the [Porcelain Palace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcelain_Palace), the world's largest toilet. Also the location of the abortive [Love Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Land_\(China\)) development in 2009. * The Black Mountain Valley (_Heishangu_).[\[145\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing#cite_note-159) * [Hongya Cave](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hongya_Cave&action=edit&redlink=1) (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. --- *Originally published on [lonna95193](https://paragraph.com/@lonna95193/tourism)*