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Chongqing was the alternate capital during the Anti-Japanese War Period. The tourist layout is ¡°one city and one route¡±. The ¡°one city¡± is Chongqing, also called the ¡°Mountain City¡± or ¡°River City¡±, which includes the South and North Hot Springs and the ¡°Red Crag Village¡±. The ¡°one route¡± is the Three Gorges of Yangtze Route. ¡°Kuimen--Wu Gorge--Ning River¡± is the tourist golden triangle. In Chongqing there are 4 state-level key scenic zones, 6 national key relics protection unites.¡± The features are precipitous gorges, swift water, thick forest, and many historic sites.¡± The Da Ning River and Xiao Ning River are named the Little and Mini Three Gorges National Galleries. The drift is charming at the Wansheng¡¯s Tonggu Shoal and in the Wulong¡¯s Furong River, Mt Jinyun and Mt Jinfo are both the national scenic zones. The stone carvings of Dazu are the representative work of the image art during the later period of grotto arts in China, and the art palaces of the oriental combination of the three religions (Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism). The three Kingdoms tourist Routes include Yunyang¡¯s Zhang Fei Temple, and Fengjie¡¯s White Emperor City. The ghost culture of Fengdu is well known at home and abroad.
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Dazu |
The stone carvings of Dazu are located in Dazu County, 163 kilometers west of Chongqing City Proper. The carvings started in 892 and concluded by the end of the Southern Song Dynasty. They are excellent works of stone carving produced during the later period of grotto arts in China.
There more than 50000 carved stone figures are scattered over forty places. Those carved out of the rocks at Beishan and Baodingshan are the greatest in number, the largest in scale, the finest in crafts-manship and the riches in content. In 1961 they appeared on the list of the first group of impertant cultural relics under state protection as promulgated by the State Council.
The stone carvings of Dazu, chiefly of Buddhist images, are an art of a religious nature and are praised as the ¡°Oriental Carved Bible¡±. There are also, however, separate areas of Confucian and Taoist images, and caves in which the fouders of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are placed together. Beside, there are commemorative statues of historical figures.
 
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Fengdu |
Fengdu is located on the bank of the Yangtze River in the east of Chongqing.
Fengdu was called Pingdu in ancient times. It is the so-called ¡°Abode of Ghosts¡±, ¡°the dead come to Fengdu and the devils go to hell¡± according to the siperstitious legend. Since the Tang Dynasty, 48 temples have been built on Pingdu Mountain, such as ¡°the Hall of the Jade Emperor¡±, the ¡°Palace of Hell¡±, ¡°Boundary Between the Living and the Dead¡±, the ¡°Bridge of Helplessness¡±, and the ¡°Balcony of Nostalgia¡±, etc. Though Fengdu is related with mysterious stories, it has a wonderful and quiet sight. Atop the Pingdu Mountain (now called Ming Mountain) which stands on the river side, one can get a majestic view. The famous poets Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Li Shangyin, Su Shi and Fan Chengda all wrote many poems about it. Today, the works of the famous painters Wu Daozi, Zhao Zi¡¯ang, Tang Bohu, Po Shan and Zhu Chan are still on display in Fengdu.
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