This is a city with a long history and culture. Chongqing, which was positioned as a “satellite city” by Comrade Xiaoping, has a history of more than 1,400 years of prefecture-county system. The earliest party branch in Chongqing was born here in 1926. It was the only place where the main force of the Central Red Army moved to Chongqing during the Long March, providing important guarantee and support for the main force of the Central Red Army to complete the great historical turning point. It gave birth to revolutionary predecessors such as Wang Liang, the former commander of the Red Fourth Army, who was praised by General Secretary Xi Jinping as “brave and good at fighting, and has made many achievements”. The “Hometown of Chinese Peasant Prints” is famous both at home and abroad.
This is a leisure city with beautiful scenery. The towering Gujian Mountain, the majestic Laoying Mountain, the beautiful Qi River, the Hengshan Peak, the national historical and cultural town Dongxi Ancient Town, and the Dinosaur Footprint Fossil National Geopark are well-known. There are scenery everywhere and picturesque scenery at every step. It is the “back garden” of Chongqing and the first choice for summer vacation for citizens in the main city.
1、Laoyingshan Scenic Area
Laoying Mountain Scenic Area is located in the north of Qijiang. It was approved as a national geological park in 2009. It integrates scientific research, popular science, tourism and leisure vacation. It is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. The core scenic area is located in Laoying Mountain and Cuiping Mountain. It is dominated by typical rare wood fossils, dinosaur footprint fossils and Danxia landforms. It is a concentrated production area of national paleontological fossils and the only dinosaur fossil site in the world that retains all types of dinosaur footprints.
2、Hengshan Tourist Resort
Hengshan Tourist Resort is located in the northeast of Qijiang, an hour’s drive from the main city. It is a municipal tourist resort and a thousand-meter high mountain resort town close to the main city of Chongqing. The average altitude in the territory is above 1,000 meters, among which the highest altitude is Tiantai Mountain at 1,326 meters. The average temperature in summer is 25℃. It is a veritable “world longevity town, natural oxygen bar, and natural air-conditioning town”. It has long become the second home for many residents of the main city and the first choice for summer vacation. Here, the tourist facilities are complete, and hotels and farmhouses of various grades are available. The Huaxian Valley Scenic Area in the resort is full of flowers and has many recreational experience facilities.
3、Dongxi Ancient Town
Dongxi Ancient Town was built more than 1,300 years ago. The ancient bluestone road from the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty passes through the town. More than 5,000 banyan trees form the largest banyan tree cluster in the southwest region. Together with the stilt houses with Ming and Qing Dynasty cross-beam structures, they create a quiet artistic conception of “small bridges, flowing water, and people’s homes”.
Dongxi Ancient Town is a sketching place for teachers and students of the Academy of Fine Arts, and is also the location for filming of TV dramas such as “Silly Teacher”, “Rural Family” and “Lost and Love”. One Village, Two Stones, Three Palaces, Four Streets, Five Bridges, Six Courtyards, Seven Lanes, Eight Temples and Nine Markets are fascinating. The Pipa Ancient Village, Chastity Archway, Stone Carvings and Wood Carvings are breathtaking. Dongxi delicacies such as Liu’s Black Duck, Chaiba Peanuts and Dongxi Fermented Tofu are delicious and beautiful.
4、Gaomiao Scenic Area
Gaomiao Scenic Area is located in the south of Qijiang River, 1 hour’s drive from Qijiang City, with an average altitude of 1,100 meters. The summer temperature is 8-10℃ lower than that of Chongqing City. It is a national AAA-level scenic area. It is known as “Chongqing Summer Fishing Hometown” and “Chongqing Cool Capital”. With 100,000 mu of natural forest and 280 ponds and reservoirs scattered all over the place, there are many places to visit. Explore Gaoqing Grand Canyon, climb Lion Mountain and Guniubei, stroll in the Water Conservation Park and Gaomiao Cultural Square, eat and live in a farmer’s house, and have fun in the countryside.
5、Qijiang Museum
Qijiang Museum is a district-level comprehensive museum located in the third community of Nongchang Village, Gunan Street, Qijiang District, Chongqing. It was one of the top ten “people’s projects” of the former Qijiang County in 2008. It was approved by the former Qijiang County Party Committee and County Government. Construction started in September 2008, the main project was completed in 2009, the landscape construction and exhibition work in the museum were completed in 2010, and it opened on May 18, 2011. Qijiang Museum covers a total area of 9,967 square meters, with a construction area of 3,700 square meters, of which the stone carving hall covers an area of 700 square meters and the landscape covers an area of about 6,267 square meters. The museum has a rich variety of collections, a collection of fine products, and a dazzling array of items.
The museum has four exhibition halls: the preface hall, the geology hall, the history and culture hall and the stone carving hall. Preface hall: It mainly introduces the general situation of Qijiang Museum. The museum has many characteristic exhibits of Qijiang and is a window to show the long history and culture of Qijiang. Geology Hall: Qijiang Fossil Wood-Dinosaur Footprint National Geopark Museum was approved by the Ministry of Land and Resources in August 2009. It is the fifth national geological park in Chongqing. The hall is mainly divided into eight areas: popular science area, petrified wood area, dinosaur footprint area, multimedia area, geological mineral area, dinosaur exhibition area, Qijiang Hall, 4D cinema, etc. History and Culture Hall: It gathers the essence of Qijiang Museum, mainly including seven major sections: Long-standing Qijiang, Mysterious Qijiang, Red Qijiang, Hometown Qijiang, Brilliant Qijiang, Virtuous Qijiang, and Soaring Qijiang. Stone Carving Hall: It mainly displays the exquisite folk stone carving art of the Ming Dynasty, showing the four heavenly kings, eighteen arhats and three bodies of Buddha showing their magical powers and protecting the healthy growth of the children of Qijiang.
6、Qijiang Farmers Printmaking Institute
Qijiang Farmers’ Printmaking Institute is located on the north side of Jiulong Square in Qijiang District, with a construction area of 2,825 square meters. It consists of a printmaking work display area, a printmaking specialty product display area, a printmaking creation studio, etc. It carries out creative activities around Qijiang farmers’ printmaking, guides author training, collects printmaking works and other folk crafts, holds exhibitions, and conducts foreign exchange activities.
7、Ancient Sword Mountain
Gujian Mountain is located in the northwest of Qijiang, with convenient transportation. The Gujian Mountain exit of Chongqing-Guizhou Expressway leads directly to the resort. It is more than 10 minutes’ drive from Qijiang City, with an altitude of 800-1200 meters and an average temperature of 25.6℃ in summer. It has a high content of negative oxygen ions and is covered with green mountains all year round. It is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, one of the first municipal tourist resorts in Chongqing, and a famous Buddhist holy place in the Bashu region. There are more than 20 scenic spots in the area, including the thousand-year-old Jingyin Temple, Gujian Jiming, Sanjing Lake, etc.
Climbing in spring, camping in summer, watching clouds and leaves in autumn, praying for blessings and welcoming the new year in winter, Gujian Mountain will accompany you to spend a different holiday. With perfect tourism and holiday reception facilities, it is an ideal destination for health preservation, elderly care and spiritual care.
8、Shihao Red Army Martyrs Cemetery
Shihao Red Army Martyrs Cemetery is a national AA-level scenic spot, a key cultural relic protection unit in Chongqing, and one of the main bases for revolutionary traditional education and moral education for young people in Qijiang District. During the Long March, the Red Army passed through Qijiang and 5 soldiers died. In order to commemorate the Red Army martyrs, a simple Red Army Martyrs Cemetery was built at the foot of Miaoer Mountain near Shihao Field. The museum has a Long March poem stele, martyr statues, a memorial tower, a martyr deeds exhibition room, and a eulogy stele forest.
9、Former Site of Qijiang Branch of the Chinese Communist Party
The former site of the Qijiang branch of the Communist Party of China (Zou Jinxian’s former residence) is located at No. 5, Zhongshan Road, Gunan Street, Qijiang District, Chongqing. It was rated as a cultural relic protection unit in Qijiang District in 2013 and announced as a municipal cultural relic protection unit by the Chongqing Municipal People’s Government in 2019. The former residence witnessed the growth and revolutionary process of the martyr Zou Jinxian and is an important education base for patriotism and revolutionary traditions. The current Zou Jinxian’s former residence is a two-story typical southern Sichuan-style residential building with a construction area of 134 square meters. The exhibition is based on the principle of “repairing the old as it is” and is carried out on the basis of the former residence to restore the hall, bedroom, study and other areas in Zou Jinxian’s former residence.
10、Wang Liang’s Former Residence
Wang Liang’s former residence is located in Sanhuaiba, Zhonghua Village, Yongcheng Town, Qijiang District, Chongqing. It was rated as an outstanding modern building in Chongqing in 2008, listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Chongqing in 2010, and rated as a field teaching base for cadre education and training in Chongqing in 2018. In early July 2019, with the care, help and support of leaders at all levels and all sectors of society, the exhibition of the former residence was completed and officially opened to the public. Wang Liang was an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a loyal communist fighter, a senior general of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and an outstanding military commander. Comrade Mao Zedong highly praised “Wang Liang is a good cadre”, and Comrade Xi Jinping highly praised Wang Liang for “brave and good at fighting, and repeatedly made achievements”.
