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Eighteen Stairs Great Tunnel is located at the northern side of the rock wall in the Eighteen Stairs district. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chongqing began construction of public and private air-raid shelters. As part of the Chongqing Great Tunnel, the Eighteen Stairs air-raid shelter was one of the larger one in Chongqing at that time.
Chongqing is the largest of the four direct-controlled municipalities of the People's Republic of China and is further divided into 26 districts, 8 counties, and 4 autonomous counties. It had 17 counties until October 2011, when Qijiang County and Wansheng District were merged to form the new Qijiang District , and Dazu County and Shuangqiao ...
'Precious Stone Fortress') is a hill along the bank of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in Zhong County, Chongqing, China. This rocky and craggy hill has extremely steep sides and is about 200 meters (660 feet) tall. On the river side is a red pavilion which leans against the side of the hill providing a walkway to the temple at the top.
Chongqing, which is located in central-western China, would complement the other National Central Cities, all of which are located along China's eastern coastline. [47] The same year on 18 June, the Liangjiang New Area was established in Chongqing, which was the third state-level new area at the time of its establishment.
Since the release of a horrifying video of a mother's last moments before she fell victim of an elevator accident in China, people have been developing a real phobia of these moving stairs.
The Dazu Rock Carvings [1] (Chinese: 大 足 石 刻; pinyin: Dàzú Shíkè) are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Dazu District, Chongqing, China. The carvings date back as far as the 7th century AD, depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs.
The skyline of Jiefangbei CBD in Yuzhong District with Chongqing World Financial Center in the right. This list of tallest buildings in Chongqing ranks skyscrapers in Chongqing, China by height. The tallest buildings in Chongqing are currently towers T3N and T4N of Raffles City Chongqing, which each rise 354.5 m (1,163 feet).
Chongqing, a sprawling municipality in southwest China, issued heightened warnings for heavy rain in 24 districts and counties on Friday, according to state media, as downpours pummel the area and ...