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Mountain Attractions In Chongqing Region

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Chongqing , formerly romanized as Chungking, is a major city in southwest China. Administratively, it is one of China's four municipalities under the direct administration of central government , and the only such municipality in China located far away from the coast.Chongqing was a municipality during the Republic of China administration, serving as its wartime capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War . The current municipality was recreated on 14 March 1997 to help develop central and western part of China. The Chongqing administrative municipality has a population of over 30 million spread over an area the size of Austria. The city of Chongqing h...
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  • 2. Simian Mountain Chongqing
    Simian Mountain (四面山, Simian Shan, located in the north part of Jiangjin, Chongqing, China, is a transitive zone between the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the Sichuan Basin. So, with the help of favorable climate and sufficient rainfall, the whole zone is decked with luxuriant forests. It is the location of several significant waterfalls. Wangxiangtai Waterfall, 150 meters high and 40 meters wide, is one of the well-known waterfalls in China, and consists of many small waterfalls; Shuikoushi Waterfall is noted for its grand scale. Snaking its way among the valleys on Simian Mountain, the current of Chaba River feeds a number of lakes, of which the most majestic one is known as Great Red Sea.
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  • 4. Baoding Mountain Dazu County
    Baodingshan [Ch. 宝顶山/ 寶頂山 also known as Mount Baoding, Precious Summit Mountain, and Summit of Treasures] is a Buddhist site in Chongqing. The site is located on a limestone outcropping at an elevation of 500 meters, fifteen kilometers north of the city of Dazu, a market town that dates to 758 CE and the city is ringed by religious sites dating from 892 to 1249 CE. Primary construction at Baodingshan took place during the Southern Song Dynasty but it remained largely unknown to the outside world until its reopening to the public in the 1980s, the earliest documented research on the site dating to 1944. The site has since been designated a World Heritage Site since 1999, falling within the collective grouping of Dazu Rock Carvings, a reference to the district in which Baodings...
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  • 5. Chongqing South Mountain Chongqing
    Chongqing , formerly romanized as Chungking, is a major city in southwest China. Administratively, it is one of China's four municipalities under the direct administration of central government , and the only such municipality in China located far away from the coast.Chongqing was a municipality during the Republic of China administration, serving as its wartime capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War . The current municipality was recreated on 14 March 1997 to help develop central and western part of China. The Chongqing administrative municipality has a population of over 30 million spread over an area the size of Austria. The city of Chongqing has a much smaller population of approximately 8 million. The Chongqing metropolitan area, comprising Chongqing, Fuling District, Wanzhou Dis...
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  • 8. Fengdu Ming Mountain Chongqing
    Fengdu Ghost City is a large complex of shrines, temples and monasteries dedicated to the afterlife located on the Ming mountain, in Fengdu County, Chongqing municipality, China. It is situated about 170 kilometres downstream from Chongqing on the north bank of the Yangtze River. The city consists of buildings, structures, dioramas, and statues related to Diyu and Naraka, concepts from Chinese mythology and Buddhism that signify the underworld or hell. It is modeled to resemble Youdu, the capital of Diyu. After the building of the Three Gorges Dam and the rising of the water level of the river it became separated from the city of Fengdu, which was rebuilt higher up the mountainside on the south side of the river.In recent years, Fengdu Ghost City has become a tourist attraction. Cruise boa...
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  • 9. Chongqing Hei Mountain Chongqing
    The Chongqing gang trials were a series of triad-busting trials in the city of Chongqing that began in October 2009 and concluded in 2011. Carried out under the auspices of municipal Communist Party chief Bo Xilai and police chief Wang Lijun, a total of 4,781 suspects were arrested, including 19 suspected crime bosses, hundreds of triad members, and a number of allegedly corrupt police, government and Communist party officials, including six district police chiefs and the city's former deputy police commissioner, Wen Qiang. Time described it as China's trial of the 21st century. The crackdown is believed to be the largest of its kind in the history of the People's Republic of China. Concerns over due process surfaced following the trial, including allegations of torture, forced confessions...
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  • 10. Chongqing Huaying Mountain Chongqing
    Chongqing , formerly romanized as Chungking, is a major city in southwest China. Administratively, it is one of China's four municipalities under the direct administration of central government , and the only such municipality in China located far away from the coast.Chongqing was a municipality during the Republic of China administration, serving as its wartime capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War . The current municipality was recreated on 14 March 1997 to help develop central and western part of China. The Chongqing administrative municipality has a population of over 30 million spread over an area the size of Austria. The city of Chongqing has a much smaller population of approximately 8 million. The Chongqing metropolitan area, comprising Chongqing, Fuling District, Wanzhou Dis...
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  • 11. Chongqing Tushan Mountain Chongqing
    Chongqing , formerly romanized as Chungking, is a major city in southwest China. Administratively, it is one of China's four municipalities under the direct administration of central government , and the only such municipality in China located far away from the coast.Chongqing was a municipality during the Republic of China administration, serving as its wartime capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War . The current municipality was recreated on 14 March 1997 to help develop central and western part of China. The Chongqing administrative municipality has a population of over 30 million spread over an area the size of Austria. The city of Chongqing has a much smaller population of approximately 8 million. The Chongqing metropolitan area, comprising Chongqing, Fuling District, Wanzhou Dis...
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  • 15. Chongqing Daba Mountain Kai County
    Chongqing , formerly romanized as Chungking, is a major city in southwest China. Administratively, it is one of China's four municipalities under the direct administration of central government , and the only such municipality in China located far away from the coast.Chongqing was a municipality during the Republic of China administration, serving as its wartime capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War . The current municipality was recreated on 14 March 1997 to help develop central and western part of China. The Chongqing administrative municipality has a population of over 30 million spread over an area the size of Austria. The city of Chongqing has a much smaller population of approximately 8 million. The Chongqing metropolitan area, comprising Chongqing, Fuling District, Wanzhou Dis...
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