Chongqing is one of the four municipalities in China, one of the five major cities, with a total area of 82,400 square kilometers and a permanent population of 32.1243 million. Located in southwest China, Chongqing is mainly hilly and mountainous, slopes, thus it is said “the mountain city”.
Chongqing is the center of economy, finance, scientific innovation, shipping and trade logistics in the upper reaches of Yangtze River. Meanwhile, Chongqing is also a national historical and cultural city, a model of mountain cities in China, and the birthplace of Bayu culture, with a history of more than 3,000 years.
Food
The most well-known dish is the Chongqing hotpot, which is a pot of boiling broth that you put various uncooked food items into. The meal always takes a long time. Hotpot is to the local culture what tea is to Chinese culture.
Chongqing noodle is one of the characteristic staple foods in Chongqing, especially breakfast. It is famous for its unique taste and spicy flavor, which has become well-known in China in recent years.
Apart from hot pot and pasta, Chongqing Jianghu cuisine is also popular among local people. Chongqing Jianghu cuisine comes from the folk. It is not limited to the usual methods of cooking, the main dishes of Chongqing Jianghu cuisine are eel, chicken, fish, rabbit, bullfrog, and various animal offal.
Climate
The average climate of Chongqing is around 18℃, the average minimum temperature in winter is in 6-8℃. In hot summer, extreme highest temperature is 43℃. Known as one of China’s “Three Furnaces”(along with Wuhan and Nanjing).
In addition to the high temperature in summer, under the dual action of terrain and climate, Chongqing is especially rainy at night at the turn of spring and summer. Therefore, there is the saying of "night rain on Bashan Mountain" and the scenery of landscape gardens. The city is known as the "foggy city" in China. The fog gives an aura of mystery and that makes the mountain look like a wonderland.
Humanity Culture
Chongqing Bayu culture is one of the most distinctive national cultures in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Chongqing people have been living in the mountains and rivers, because of the influence of nature, the hostile environment, they have trained a tenacious, tough character. One of the most distinctive group of people, when the Chongqing Bang Bang Army.
Since the reform and opening up, hundreds of thousands of rural farmers in Chongqing have rushed into the mountain city with a bamboo pole in hand to help citizens carry it on their shoulders and back to climb up the hill, bringing vitality and noise to the city. This "bang-bang-army" constitutes a special working class in Chongqing, which facilitates the life of citizens.
Scenic Spot
Ciqikou Ancient Town is located beside Jialing River, Shapingba District, Chongqing. Founded in the Song Dynasty, Ciqikou Ancient Town has a unique landform of "one river, two streams, three mountains and four streets". It forms a natural port and is an important land and water wharf along Jialing River. Once "a thousand hands in the day, after the night ten thousand lights" flourishing. It is a national AAAA scenic spot, Chinese historical and cultural street, Chongqing key protection traditional street, Chongqing "12 Sights of New Bayu", Bayu folk culture tourism circle. Ciqikou Ancient Town contains rich Bayu culture, religious culture, Shahi culture, Hongyan culture and folk culture, each with its own characteristics. A stone slab road, millennium magnetic gate, is the epitome and symbol of the ancient city of Chongqing, praised as "little Chongqing".
Hongyadong traditional folk style area is located in the riverside area where Cangbai Road of Jiefangbei, the core business circle of Chongqing, the Yangtze River and Jialing River converge. It has urban tourism landscape, business leisure landscape and urban cultural landscape in one. Hongya Cave with the most Bayu traditional architectural features of "stilted buildings" as the main body, according to the mountain, built along the river, so that the monument of liberation directly riverside. Foreign tourists can observe the hanging group of buildings, view Hongya Decicui, visit the old street of mountain city, enjoy Bayu culture, hot pot of Mountain city, see the confluence of two rivers, taste the world food, play night style of leisure and entertainment new world.
Chongqing Gele Mountain Martyrs' Cemetery, located at the foot of Gele Mountain in the northwest suburbs of Chongqing, was formerly the site of Bai Mansion and Refuse Pit Concentration camp. The Martyrs' Cemetery is mainly composed of the former site of the concentration camp, martyrs' sculptures, martyrs' poems and tablets forest, large reliefs, martyrs' tombs, exhibition hall and other parts. There are huge martyrs' sculptures in the cemetery. The group is divided into four facets and consists of 438 blocks of red granite. The theme is "Everlasting Vigor". Chongqing Gele Mountain Martyrs Cemetery is a museum of social and historical sites integrating sculpture, garden and display.
The Jiefang Monument, formerly known as the Monument to the Victory of the Anti-Japanese War, is now surrounded by one of Chongqing's most bustling commercial pedestrian streets.
Chongqing Chaotianmen Wharf is located at the junction of Jialing River and Yangtze River on Yuzhong Peninsula, Yuzhong District, Chongqing. The city gate was originally named "Ancient Chongqing Xiongguan". It is one of the seventeen ancient city gates in Chongqing. On the left side of Chaotianmen, the Jialing River drains into the Yangtze River for 1,119 kilometers. Chaotianmen is the hub of the two rivers and the largest waterway passenger terminal in Chongqing.
Chongqing University (CQU) is a national key university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, jointly built by the Ministry of Education, Chongqing Municipality and the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. It is ranked among the "World-class University Construction (Class A)", "Project 211" and "Project 985". It has been selected in the "Innovation Ability Improvement Plan of Institutions of Higher Learning", "Discipline Innovation and Intellectual Introduction Plan of Institutions of Higher Learning", "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan", "Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Plan", National public graduate Program for Building high-level universities, host institution for international students with Chinese Government Scholarship, and Demonstration Base for studying in China by the Ministry of Education. It is a member unit of Excellent University Alliance, Sino-Russian Engineering University Alliance, Sino-Poland University Alliance, Belt and Road University Alliance, "Yangtze River -- Volga River" University Alliance, and CDIO Engineering Education Alliance.
Chongqing University was founded in 1929. In 1942, it became a comprehensive university. In 1952, it was restructured as a multi-subject university with engineering as its main focus. It was designated as a national key university in 1960. In 1998, it became one of the key universities in "Project 211". In 2000, the former Chongqing Jianzhu University and Chongqing Architecture College merged with Chongqing University to form the new Chongqing University. In 2001, it was listed in the "985 Project" as a key university; In 2017, it was selected as a world-class university.
As of June 2020, the University has four campuses covering an area of more than 5,200 mu, with a floor area of nearly 1.7 million square meters. There are 36 second-level colleges and 99 undergraduate majors. There are 33 doctorate programs in first-level disciplines, 1 doctorate program in second-level disciplines, 53 master degree programs in first-level disciplines, and 25 professional degree authorization categories.
