For the beautiful scenery, Chaotianmen is always contradictory. Why do you say that? Because all the beautiful scenery in the mountain city has always been that the distant view is better than the close view. If you want to see Chaotianmen, you can only see it from the other side of the river and Nanbin Road. If you want to see Nanbin Road, you can only see it from Chaotianmen. You can take a sightseeing cruise from Chaotianmen, visit Jialing River to huanghuayuan bridge, and then turn around and visit Yangtze River to Yangtze River Bridge, where you can have a panoramic view of Hongyadong, Grand Theatre, Science and Technology Museum, Nanbin Road and Sheraton.
Chongqing's water gateway is Chaotianmen, with two rivers in front and three barriers, which is magnificent. On the stone wall, vines are favored, and yellow-horned trees wear stones and hold stones, which is green and harmonious. Cliff-side ancient pavilion, riverside flying pavilion. Two rows of stone steps go down side by side, extending to the water's edge. It is said that no matter how dry this river is, it will flow down the stairs without end, leading to the mysterious Zhu Jin Palace. In early summer and mid-autumn, Jialing River is green, rising to yellow, and the two waters intersect at Chaotianmen, biting and rolling, and the water is fast-flowing, which is called "horse water" and looks like a wild horse galloping. There are undulating rocks in the center of the river. According to legend, Dayu married Tu Shanshi's daughter in Grain Rain, and never entered the house for 13 years. Chongqing is the birthplace of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. Therefore, Chongqing tourism has diamond-level tourism resources in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, and receives tens of millions of tourists every year. In order to meet the huge demand of the Three Gorges tourism market, various wholly-owned and joint-venture 10,000-ton Yangtze River cruise ships are moored at several docks in Chaotianmen. Take Golden One as an example:
Changjiang Gold 1 is one of the newly-built series of cruise ships on 20 1 1, which made its maiden voyage in May. Total length136m, width19.6m: gross tonnage 654.38+04000t. The passenger capacity is 349. The cruise ship has a terrace room, an executive floor, a presidential suite, a commercial pedestrian street, a famous snack bar, a cigar bar, an online club, a book bar, a children's playground, a sauna center, a Chinese and Western medical center, a spa, a revolving hall, a multi-function hall, a helipad, an open-air swimming pool, a simulated golf, a large theater and a simultaneous interpretation conference hall, and is equipped with four sightseeing elevators. According to the cruise company of Jiaolv Group, this is the first time that an inland cruise ship is equipped with an apron. If guests have a private helicopter, they can fly directly to the boat.
The green Jialing River water collided with the brown Yangtze River rapids, forming a "horse water" landscape, which was called the "golden water section" on the Yangtze River from now on.
The "Zero Kilometer" sign of Chongqing Highway will be located in Chaotianmen Square. "Zero kilometer" is the starting point of a national or urban trunk highway and a symbol of a city center. China's "Zero Kilometer" sign is located in the middle of the central axis of Tiananmen Square, while Shanghai is located in People's Square. Chaotianmen is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and Jialing River, and it is also the largest water transport terminal in Chongqing, and the Chaotianmen comprehensive trading market, the largest comprehensive trading market in Chongqing, is also here. So there is a large flow of people here, and it has been very lively since ancient times.
Chaotianmen Square was built on the dock. Seen from a distance, Chaotianmen Square is sailing like a huge ship, with great momentum. Therefore, Chaotianmen Square is also called the Titanic of Chongqing. Standing in the square, you can see the intersection of two rivers. Yellow Yangtze River water and green Jialing River water are distinct at the intersection, forming a unique landscape.
With the development of western China and Chongqing, the area centered on Chaotianmen is undergoing earth-shaking changes. In order to seize the excellent scenery of the intersection of the two rivers, landmark buildings built next to Chaotianmen have mushroomed. First Nanbin Road, then Hongyadong, then Chongqing Grand Theatre, Chaotianmen Square gradually became a supporting role. Who knows, this has not slowed down the surge of people in Chaotianmen, but has aggravated this phenomenon. People used to come to Chongqing to see Chaotianmen. Nan 'an District, separated by a river, was the consular district of various countries in China when the Japanese bombed Chongqing. According to relevant historical records, Japanese Prime Minister tojo hideki once ordered Japanese planes not to bomb the Haitang Creek-Dali section in this area. At that time, many warships and merchant ships of the United States, Britain, France and Italy docked on this coastal river.
Ciyun Temple, formerly known as Kannonji, was founded in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in the 22nd year of Qing Qianlong (A.D. 1757).
First, in order to make a good marriage, Master Yunyan, the abbot of the temple, broke the old precedent to meet the needs of monks and nuns and lay men and women from all over the country who went to Emei, Jiuhua and Putuo in the next dynasty, and became the only monk and nun temple in China at that time, which has been passed down to this day.
2. There is a statue of siddhattha gotama in the center of the Hall of the Great Hero in the temple, which was welcomed by Myanmar and arrived in Chongqing on 193 1. The Giant Buddha is1.87m high,1.34m wide and1.500kg heavy. It is one of the four existing jade buddhas in China Temple, and the other three are the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai, Beihai and Round Castle in Beijing and Guiyuan Temple in Wuhan.
The top of the top left corner of Ciyun Temple is the official residence of Huangshan Mountain where Chiang Kai-shek evaded the Japanese bombing during the Anti-Japanese War. Wangjiatuo, near the marble on the south bank, was a Japanese concession as early as before the Anti-Japanese War. East of Chaotianmen, north of the Yangtze River, there is a white tower at the irrigation of Lancang River in Jiangbei District of Wuhuali, which can be seen by boat along the river. This kind of tower, either white or black, is a mascot that ancient ancestors longed for a stable life. Named "Town Demon Tower", it was built on the only way to enter the city, meaning that good people can't pass into the city. In ancient times, it also served as a signpost for people, not only telling pedestrians that there was a city ahead, but also showing that it was only five miles away. Rentoushan not far from Baita. A huge stone piled on a high mound looks like a human head, facing the east of the Yangtze River, as if it were pinned down by a demon tower and could not get away.
On the left side of Chaotianmen is Jialing River, which originates from Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi, southern Gansu and flows through Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan provinces, with a total length of119 km. Jialing passenger ropeway shuttling back and forth on Jialing River, 1980 started in February and was completed in one year, with a total length of 740 meters. 5 meters, 8 meters per second faster, two cranes facing each other, each carrying 46 passengers. The sandbar with low water level exposed below the cableway is the training ground in Chongqing's early years and the place where Japanese planes bombed Chongqing for the first time after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.
Chaotianmen Cable Car, one of the unique short-distance means of transportation in the mountain city of Chongqing, was built in 1984, mainly to solve the problem of boat passengers climbing the stone steps. Chongqing cable car is newly built 1945, in sight of Longmen.
Chaotianmen flood sign, recorded a once-in-a-century flood in July of 198 1 year, with an altitude of 193.38 meters, and the lower water level increased by 33.38 meters. Because the flood peak receded for 24 hours, there was no wind and waves in the inland river. During the flood, the government, army and citizens struggled to rescue. Because the disaster was less than that, only 28 people died in three municipalities directly under the central government, four counties, three cities and eight districts in Chongqing, and three of them were killed because of greed and cheapness. Chaotianmen is located at the intersection of Yangtze River and Jialing River in the northeast of Chongqing, with two rivers in front of it. Barriers on three sides, the terrain is medium and high, the two sides gradually incline downward, and the pedestrian steps go up the mountain. In the early Ming Dynasty, Dai Ding expanded the old city of Chongqing, and built 17 gates according to the number of nine palaces and eight diagrams, the largest of which was Chaotianmen. The original book on the door was written in four big characters: "Xiongguan in Ancient Chongqing". Chaotianmen is the place where officials of past dynasties received the imperial edict of the emperor, which was named after the ancient emperor was called the son of heaven.
The shortest route from Luoyang, Chang 'an (Jin 'an), Kaifeng and Yanjing (now Beijing) to Chongqing is Chuanshan Road, because it takes more than a month to reach Chongqing from Jiange and Guangwu in Sichuan to Shudao in Mianxian County, Shaanxi Province, via Hebei or Shaanxi and Henan, and then via Hubei.
189 1 year, a commercial port was established in Chongqing, and the customs was located in Chaotianmen. 1927 due to the construction of Chaotianmen Wharf, the old city gate was demolished. 1949' s "9.2" fire turned the area 2 kilometers near Chaotianmen into ruins. Since then, only the foundation of the city wall has been left in Chaotianmen. Today's Chaotianmen Passenger Terminal and the newly-built magnificent Chaotianmen Square are a good place for Chinese and foreign tourists to watch the Chongqing Peninsula surrounded by two rivers, mountains and rivers set each other off and win every battle.
On the left side of Chaotianmen, Jialing River receives a trickle and flows into Ogawa, with a longitudinal flow of 1 1 19 km, where it joins the Yangtze River. Every year in early summer and mid-autumn, the green water of Jialing River collides with the brown water of Yangtze River, and the water swirls and turns crystal clear, forming a "horse water" landscape and becoming a "golden water section" on the Yangtze River. The prosperity of Chongqing, to a certain extent, is concentrated in this water portal-Chaotianmen.
Where is the old gate of Chaotianmen? Huge squares and new docks have already replaced the symbolic significance of this gate. In the memory of the old residents, the old gate of Chaotianmen is the wonderful legend that my parents never tire of hearing. Under the guidance of experts, we finally found the position of the first gate in Chongqing under the now abandoned Chaotianmen cable car way, resisting the icy river wind that has never happened in ten years.
According to Wu Tao, among the gates built by Dai Ding, Chaotianmen is the largest, grandest and most magnificent one. Located in the northeast corner of Chongqing Peninsula, surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on one side.
According to the records of the Qing Dynasty, Chaotianmen was built at the height of the river cliff, and there was a long slope that went down to the pier outside, which was very magnificent from a distance. The gate is a double-layer structure, and there is an urn outside the main entrance. Turn right into the urn, which is the main entrance of Chaotianmen, facing east and at right angles to the outer door. Outside the Chaotianmen Gate, the three characters "Chaotianmen" are engraved on the front door of the urn city, and the four characters "Ancient Chongqing Xiongguan" are engraved on the front door.
Wu Tao said that perhaps it is precisely because Chaotianmen is the most dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, so from the historical records, it seems that it has never been directly attacked by the army, and the enemy usually attacks from relatively easy places, such as Siqianmen and Tongyuanmen, so the military significance of Chaotianmen is only shocking, and its importance is mainly reflected in the economic and political significance. Chaotianmen was built in 3 14 BC, when Zhang Yi, the general of Qin Dynasty, was building Ba County after the demise of Ba State. It is the place where officials of past dynasties received imperial edicts. Named after the ancient emperor was called the son of heaven. Most of them were built in Luoyang, Chang 'an (Jin 'an), Kaifeng and Yanjing (now Beijing), because there was only one bird road from Jiange and Guangwu in Sichuan to Shu Road in Mianxian County, Shaanxi Province (now the middle section of the railway, with a total length of 7 10 km), which made it difficult for pedestrians. Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, said in his poem "Difficulties in Shu Dao": "It's difficult to get through Shu Dao, and it's difficult to go to heaven". Therefore, it takes about a month for the envoys sent by emperors of past dynasties to travel from far and near, through Shaanxi or Hebei and Henan, and then through Hubei, and then take a boat to Chongqing in Yichang.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Dai Ding expanded the old city of Chongqing and rebuilt Chaotianmen. 189 1 year, a commercial port was established in Chongqing, and the customs was located in Chaotianmen.
1927 Due to the construction of Chaotianmen Wharf, the old city gate was demolished.
1On September 2, 949, a major fire broke out in Chaotianmen, Chongqing. The fire accident turned the area of 2 square kilometers near Chaotianmen into ruins. According to the investigation of the municipal police station, * * * burned down 39 streets and lanes (such as Ganjiang Street, Yu Jiaxiang, Shaanxi Street and Denglong Lane). ), 5 pharmacies (such as Qingfeng Pharmacy, which is famous for its kindness and generosity) and 7 schools (Ganjiang Street Middle School, Mawangmiao Primary School, etc.). ), 10 institutions and 33 banks and banks (such as Jukang) were affected by 960 1 household, with a population of 4 1 1,425, 2,568 people died in household registration, 2,874 bodies were buried, and more than 4,000 people were injured, leaving only the Chaotianmen wall.
20 12 On August 30th, Chongqing Port Passenger Terminal Building and Three Gorges Hotel were demolished by blasting. Chaotianmen will build the CBD in Yuzhong District of Chongqing, and Chaotianmen wholesale market will be moved to the south bank to meet the dragon. However, "Chaotianmen", the golden signboard of the famous wholesale market in China, will not be erased. Developing e-commerce and building Chaotianmen e-commerce platform will be a new opportunity for Chaotianmen to enter prosperity.
1998 On the last day, Chaotianmen Square, which took 300 days to build, was completed. As soon as it appeared, it became a new landmark in Chongqing.
On September 18, 2005, Chaotianmen Square, which is not directly connected with any trunk highway in Chongqing, became a "zero kilometer" landmark in Chongqing, which is a symbol of a city center. The reason why Zero Kilometer chose Chaotianmen was because it won 82.9% of the votes in the city.
In 2008, the idea of the overall transformation of Chaotianmen area was formally put forward, and the initial budget was as high as10 billion.
An intriguing detail is that in this year, the main project of Chongqing Grand Theatre, a landmark building in Jiangbei Estuary separated from Chaotianmen by a river, was completed. This also marks the grand opening of Jiangbei Kou CBD, which competes with Chaotianmen.
In 2009, the old Chongqing cigarette factory collapsed at the intersection of two rivers on Nanbin Road in Nan 'an District. A mountain square in Chongqing, covering an area of 50,000 square meters and accommodating 65,438+10,000 people, was launched in the marble stone on the south bank of Chaotianmen. Behind it is the South District of the Big Mac CBD, with an area of about10.6 million mu and a total planned construction area of about10.65438+0.8 million square meters. Since then, at the intersection of the two rivers where Chaotianmen is located, the prototype of three pillars has appeared.
On August 3rd, 2009, a number of Yiwu enterprises, including Langsha Group, spent nearly 10 million yuan to win 50 market stalls. Most of them open direct stores and specialty stores under the banner of establishing image stores. Zheng Changhui, vice president of Chaotianmen Small Commodity Market Association, said that once the market recognizes the shops of these manufacturers, the agency model that Chaotianmen market operators have been using will end.
On August 8th, 20 13, Chaotianmen Market Management Committee held a press conference, announcing that Chaotianmen e-commerce platform will be officially launched on August 6th, 2006 16.