Chongqing 重慶

Chóngqìng 重慶 Other names include: Yúzhōu 渝州; Gōngzhōu 恭州; Yú 渝 (Abbreviation, used since 1997); Chungking (historical romanization)

Nearby Locations: Chéngdū 成都

West China Region

Geography Portal

Chóngqìng 重慶 was the first inland port opened to foreigners, and was an important strategical location during the Second Sino-Japanese War, when it served as the wartime capital of the Nationalist government. Formerly part of Sìchuān 四川 province, from 1929 to 1954 it was a separate municipality, a status that it has regained since 1997.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Luohan Temple 羅漢寺 was built here in the 11th century
• The Sino-Tibetan Institute 漢藏教理院 was established here in 1932
• Hǎicháo yīn 海潮音 was published here for a time during the Second Sino-Japanese War
• The Dazu rock carvings 大足石刻 are located about 110 km west of the city

Other Notes

• Qū Yìngguāng 屈映光 studied Esoteric Buddhism here between 1937 and 1949
• Kōngyě 空也 fled here in 1942
• Táiyuán 台源 fled here in 1937, and later died here in 1941

References and Resources

• Chinese map of Chungking from G.E. Morrison, An Australian in China Horace Cox, 1895. For an e-text version of this book see [1].