Livin' In The Chonx

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With two big rivers cutting across the city it’s only natural that there are many bridges. Currently there are eight major bridges (a ninth is under construction) scattered throughout the city. According to one source there are 6,000 bridges in the municipality. Evidently the city wants to maintain its status as the […]

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Zhou Gong Guan 周公馆 lit. Zhou’s Palace
• Admission 2 RMB
• Another historical site along the “Red China” tour. During the war against the Japanese, Zhou Enlai stayed here and handled official Communist business.
Guiyuan 桂园
•    Admission 2 RMB
•    Located about 200 meters from Zhou Gong Guan, this was […]

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Hong Yan Ge Ming Ji Nian Guan 红岩革命纪念馆
• Admission 50 RMB
This site was the former headquarters for the Communist Party Central Committee. The museum commemorates the historical events of the revolutionary war between the KMT and the Communists, and records the Communist rise to power. If […]

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Zhong Guo Min Jian Yi Yao Bo Wu Guan 中国民间医药博物馆
•    Admission 10 RMB
Located on top of Pipa Hill, this museum boasts the 5,000-year history of Chinese traditional medicine. Its nine exhibition halls feature statues of famous Chinese doctors, famous articles, recipes, herbs and production tools. In addition, it shows how Buddhist and Taoist culture played […]

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Zi Ran Bo Wu Guan 自然博物馆
•    Admission 10 RMB
Located at the base of Pipa Hill (on the Pipa Shan Road side), this small museum holds exhibits about the natural history of the region, dinosaur bones from the Sichuan area, more than 100,000 cultural artifacts, and various rotating exhibits (for example in 2006 there was a […]

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Pi Pa Shan Gong Yuan 枇杷山公园
• Admission 2 RMB; open late
Once a private garden of the chairman of Sichuan, this area was converted into a park after the new government came into power in 1949. The locals come here to sip tea and play cards, but there are a few sites […]

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Ren Min Da Hui Tang 人民大会堂
• Admission 5 RMB
The architecture of this government building is a throwback to the temples in Beijing. The traditional architecture is a sharp contrast to the modern design of the Three Gorges Museum across the square. The enormous central auditorium is primarily used to hold […]

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San Xia Bo Wu Guan 三峡博物馆
• Free! Admission
As the name indicates, this museum relates to the Three Gorges. This encompasses quite a large spectrum including the history (natural and human) of the region, the construction of the dam, and the preservation of cultural artifacts. This museum is massive; it may […]

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E Ling Gong Yuan 鹅岭公园
• Free Admission
This sprawling park has a few different sections including a courtyard with goldfish streams running around and beneath it, a perennial garden, and a viewing platform that you can go to the top of (for 5 RMB) and take in the view of the Jialing River […]

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