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Chóngqìng 重慶
Other names include: Yúzhōu 渝州; Gōngzhōu 恭州; Yú 渝 (Abbreviation, used since 1997) |
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Article editor: Gregory Adam Scott |
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Chóngqìng 重慶
Chóngqìng 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
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].
