Chongqing News
Do you know the origins of those interesting place names in Chongqing?
2017-04-21 10:12:18
Fengming Mountain, Shapingba District
It was named Xianghumiao and Longdengwan. It is said that a phoenix once sang there in the late Qing Dynasty; therefore it was named Fengming Mountain (literally, the Phoenix-singing Mountain).
Tiantangbao, Banan District
Tiantangbao is a village in Banan District, Chongqing. According to the elders, there was a blockhouse lit the whole night and the local people called it “Tiandengbao” (Lighted Blockhouse). But as time passed, it was misread the “Tiantangbao”, which is still used today. (Translated by Xu Mengmiao, Fathom Language Limited)
Editor:Jiang Yiwei