Chongqing/Shapingba

Shapingba (沙坪坝) is a district of Chongqing.

• 29.60405106.29671 Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute (四川美术学院美术馆, 罗中立美术馆 Luo Zhongli Art Museum), 56 Daxuecheng Road South (大学城南路56号) (Take a train to Daxuecheng Station on Metro Line 1, then either walk or catch bus no. 240), ☏ +86 23 65922052. Tue-Sun 09:00-17:00. Situated at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute's Huxi Campus, this is one of Chongqing's largest art museums. The museum is also known as the Luo Zhongli Art Museum. Mr Luo Zhongli is a famous oil painter who graduated from the institute. Some of Luo’s works have been reproduced on the exterior of the buildings. Free.  (updated Jul 2018)
• 29.58135106.448262 Ciqikou (磁器口 Chongqing Ancient Town) (Metro Line 1, Ciqikou Station). 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Meaning "Porcelain Port" as porcelain has long been made & transported from here, in Shapingba, on the banks of the Jialing River. This is a step back in time with several streets of Chongqing as it was, (and still is in some places). It is mostly comprised of small shops selling tourist stuff, but does lead down to the river where it is possible to board a restaurant boat and where the present hostel is located. The temple at the top of the hill is worth a visit. Worth a visit for a couple of hours. Unlike similar places in China, this one is still in its original state and not a reconstruction. Walking uphill away from the river and main tourist area, it is still populated by regular families and homes as it has always been.  
  • 29.5813106.4432173 Chongqing Mahjong Museum (重庆麻将博物馆， Mahjong Museum 麻将博物馆), Level 3, Diaojiaolou Square, Ciyueli, Ciqikou Subdistrict (磁器口街道磁悦里吊脚楼广场3楼) (Metro Line 1, Ciqikou Station), ☏ +86 23 65011518. 10:00-18:30. This is the successor to a well-known mahjong museum in Chiba, Japan, which closed down in 2012. A Chinese collector purchased the museum’s collection and put it on display at this new museum. The collection includes over 30,000 mahjong-related items. Free.  (updated Nov 2025)
• 29.56979106.424014 Geleshan National Forest Park (Gele Mountain National Forest Park, 歌乐山国家森林公园), Forest Road, Geleshan Town (歌乐山真森林路) (take a train to Lieshimu Station on Metro Line 1, catch bus no. 210 on the east side of the station and get off at Baigongguan (白公馆); from there, you can either walk the rest of the way or take a cable car), ☏ +86 23 65505778. Ticket office open 09:00-16:30, Park open 08:00-18:00. ¥10.  (updated Jul 2018)
• 29.58849106.428595 Zhazidong (渣滓洞) (take a train to Lieshimu Station on Metro Line 1, then transfer to Bus 210 (to Baigongguan), or Bus 821 (to Yangjiashan (杨家山), about 800 m southeast of Zhazidong)), ☏ +86 23 65314419, +86 23 65312300. 09:00-17:00. This is one of two Guomingdang prisons in Shapingba, the other being Baigongguan (白公馆). Both are at the base of Gele Mountain in the Matrys' Cemetery. (A shuttle bus ticket may be purchased for ¥20 in front of the entrances to Zhazidong and Baigongguan, providing transportation between the two prisons and other nearby historical sights.) Zhazidong offers a unique look at a 1940s-era prison and the horrors that took place there when nearly 300 communist political prisoners were massacred at the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. The entire area was also once the location of the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO), a camp where Jiang Jieshi's (Chang Kai Shek's) elite troops were trained. Unfortunately the atrocities that took place and the American presence are often connected, while it's not universally agreed that they were. Free.  

• 29.5437106.436041 Ronghui Hot Spring (融汇温泉), 6 Huiquan Road (汇泉路6号) (take a train to Yanggongqiao Station on Metro Line 1, then catch bus no. 228 (inner circle route)), ☏ +86 23 65269999. 10:00-24:00 on weekdays, open 24 hours on Fri, Sat and Sun. This resort made the news in 2018 with its 'hot pot springs' - a bathing pool designed to resemble a hot pot, complete with red-coloured water and inflatable chillies. ¥149.  (updated Jul 2018)

• 29.55729106.460411 Susie's Pizza, Three Gorges Square (on the 12th floor above the McDonalds in the Centre of Shapingba), ☏ +86 13696419353. 11:00-21:30. Has all of the classic flavours and some local Chongqing flavours like hotpot pizza. The restaurant is small and clean. From ¥50.  

• 29.56218106.45921 Chongqing Grand Hotel (重庆大酒店), 84 Xiaolongkang New Street (小龙坎新街84号), ☏ +86 23 86299888. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 12:00. From ¥220.