Chongqing is one of the China's four municipalities, the national historical and cultural city, the business center in planning of upper reaches of the Yangtze River, one of the important manufacturing bases. It's located in the southwest of China's interior, upper reaches of Yangtze River, east of Sichuan Basin, a multi-center and cluster zoning city. The city is built on the mountains, so it's called “mountain city”.
Chongqing is humid subtropical monsoon climate, however the summer is very hot and one of “three furnaces”. Due to the impact of geographical position, the average foggy days are 104 days, it's known as “fog capital”. Touring in Chongqing, the first choice is Three Gorges, followed by Huguang Guild Hall, Baoding Mountain, Dazu Rock Carvings, Ciqikou Ancient Town and so on.
As the location of Ba and Shu in ancient times, Bayu culture is popular in Chongqing. You can learn the essence of through Sichuan opera, wharf culture, Chuan river chant, Shu embroidery, Chongqing dialect and Sichuan cuisine. Chongqing enjoy the reputation of “Chinese Hot Pot Capital”, local hotpot is the must try when come to city. Chongqing dishes are belong to the Sichuan style dishes which is one of eight Chinese cuisine, the main features are diverse in taste and appearance, as well as using the pepper, pepper nigrum, Chinese red pepper, bean paste as the seasoning mainly. The famous dishes include boiled fish, twice-cooked pork, pickled fish, spiced chicken, duck soup, hot and sour powder, fish-flavored pork and so on.