CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- The unique terrain creates Chongqing’s unique magic temperament. With the popularity of Chongqing, Hongyadong, Jiefangbei, Zhongshan 4th Road and other places are full of tourists who come to travel and take photos. If you want to see different Chongqing, don’t miss these cultural and creative parks.

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On a sunny day, when you are sitting on a chair in the alley and drinking coffee, you can feel the lazy breath permeating all around. On rainy days, the shaking umbrellas and the trend of tourists dress up to create a fresh look. When night falls, colorful neon lights, personalized restaurants, bars, cafes and manual cultural and creative shops make TESTBED 2 mysterious and warm.

Beicang Cultural and Creative Block

Beicang is known as “the most beautiful warehouse in Chongqing”. It is surrounded by old residential buildings. The outer walls of the alleys are covered with graffiti. Beicang Cultural and Creative Block is located in Guanyinqiao, but there is no bustle of 9th Street and no prosperity of Beicheng Paradisewalk. It has a leisure and tranquility.

Mao’er Art and Creative Zone

The predecessor of the Mao’er Art and Creative Zone is Mao’er Shiyuan White Cat Old Factory. The whole is mainly red. Although it is in the main urban areas, there is no large passenger flow. Here, time is spent, and art is enriched.

Beijing — Chongqing International Cultural and Creative Park

Beijing — Chongqing International Cultural and Creative Park, with digital image as the core, focuses on building three major formats, including film and television late industry, animation experience industry and geek park platform. It is a cultural and creative park integrating creative design, film and television late production, digital music production and creative talent training.

Yanziyan Mountain City Back Street Film & Television Cultural and Creative Park

In the hillside of Pipa Mountain, there is a vacant lot with abrupt terrain and lush trees. There is an area of original Chongqing old buildings in the vacant lot, which is Yanziyan. Among the old buildings built along the mountain, there are not only the familiar Swallow Hotel, but also the Printing Factory 1 which carries the memory of a generation of Chongqing people.

Huangjueping 501 Art Base

The 501 Art Base is usually lively. From time to time, students of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute can be seen taking pictures and sketching. Outside the red brick wall and Huangjueping Sub-district are painted with various graffiti. Outside the 501 Art Base, you can walk along the path for 3 minutes to the Himalayan Bookstore with humanistic atmosphere. 

E-cool

The “predecessor” of E-cool Cultural and Creative Industrial Park is the factory building of the Export Processing Zone of Liangjiang New District. There are often exhibitions here, and the coffee houses, studios, and home stores are very distinctive.

The integration of the old and the new and the collision of the inside and outside have created Chongqing’s unique urban culture. Let’s go to these cultural and creative parks and taste the flavor of Chongqing. (Translated by Luo Juan, Fathom Language Limited)