Colored houses in Shijingpo Art Park (Photo provided by interviewee)

The red wall near Fotuguan resembles the red palace wall of the Forbidden City.

The internet-famous totoro in Ma'anshan on Shangxin Street, Nan’an District (Photo provided by interviewee)

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Due to the prevention and control of the epidemic, many people canceled their inter-provincial travels in August. However, people who love to travel are still unable to rest, and many of them begin to pay attention to the surrounding scenery that they have neglected before. 

Recently, a travel note by "Mama Xiaomo" has attracted a lot of attention. She conducted an "in-depth tour" of the newly built attractions in Chongqing, and exclaimed: "You can still pretend to travel across provinces without leaving Chongqing."

She told the Chongqing Evening News that in early August, she had planned to go to Zhuhai with her family, but due to the strengthening of epidemic prevention and control, they refunded their tickets to Zhuhai for safety.

Since then, she began to find a new way of playing in main urban areas of Chongqing. Whenever she visited a scenic spot, she would take pictures. “Sometimes I visit those places with my daughter and sometimes with my husband. Now we have visited many scenic spots in the main urban areas of Chongqing that can be pretended to be attractions in other places. These places are not the most popular scenic spots. Even on weekends, we can avoid "people mountain people sea", and most scenic spots are with free of admission," she said.

Pretending to Travel Outside: The "Red Palace Wall"

The Internet-famous place: the entrance of Banshan cliff

"I recommend a scenic spot, which I only know recently and haven’t promoted it yet. It is located behind Fotuguan community, which looks like the red wall of the Forbidden City." According to "Mama Xiaomo", recently, behind Fotuguan community in Daping, a red wall at the entrance of Banshan cliff went viral on the Internet. It was a hot place to take photos. Walking through it was like being in the Forbidden City.

Recently, the reporter came to the entrance of the Banshan Cliff behind the Fotuguan Community in Daping and saw the "Forbidden City and the Red Wall of Wuhou Temple" introduced by "Mama Xiaomo". In addition to visiting the red walls, visitors can also walk along the trail of Banshan cliff, and visit Fotuguan Park, Eling Park, and Hutouyan Park by the way.

Pretending to Travel Outside: "Fairy tale world"

The Internet-famous place: Ma’anshan, Nan’an 

"If you like Hayao Miyazaki's animated film "My Neighbor Totoro", you must visit this place. "Mama Xiaomo" said that Ma'anshan, Shangxin Street, Nan'an District, is a treasure trove. She has found many places that resemble the internet-famous scenery abroad. 

The first must-visit belongs to totoro. When you arrive at the Shangxin Street Bus Station, go up the stone steps and then you’ll find many small shops, whose decoration styles are quite suitable for visiting and taking pictures. “Totoro is hidden in this alley, and we have taken a lot of pictures of Totoro." She said that after taking pictures of Totoro, she searched the Internet and found that many photo masters added the sister Mei from the film "My Neighbor Totoro" when they retouched their pictures later, which looked like they were in Hayao Miyazaki's fairy tale world.

Pretending to Travel Outside: "Colored house"

The Internet-famous place: Shijingpo Art Park 

The colorful Xiaoruo Village in Shitang, Wenling, Zhejiang, became popular on the Internet because residents painted their houses colorfully, attracting many tourists to visit. In Shijingpo, Chongqing, there are also many colorful houses and painted walls for you to visit.

"Mama Xiaomo" recommended Shijingpo Art Park. "There are pink houses and yellow houses, which look like macarons and are worth taking pictures." (Translated by Zeng Chenxi, Fathom Language Limited)