"In the desolate land of Bashan and Chushui, I have been abandoned for twenty-three years." More than a thousand years ago, Liu Yuxi, the governor of Kuizhou (now Chongqing), wrote the sad words.
Thousands of years later, the former place of exile has suddenly become the Gotham of the East, with rap, e-sports, trendy men and beautiful women... 8d foggy city Chongqing appears in front of us with a brand new look.
Recently, the 2023 Honor of Kings Challenger Cup finals came to an end. The Wolves from Chongqing won the Honor of Kings professional championship. The glorious history of the wings team and snake team in the past was once again recalled.
As early as the era of "StarCraft" and "Warcraft 3", Chongqing players represented by cq2000 (Guo Bin) have already shone in domestic and foreign competitions. Since then, Mesozoic players such as TED (Zeng Zhuo) from the RTS project and "Xiao Xiao" (Sun Yalong), who has gained great popularity as a professional player and anchor, have become models for Chongqing e-sports people.
In addition to e-sports, Chongqing rap was also very "out of the circle". Gai's phrase "It's the foggy city" led the trend of Chongqing dialect rap, and even attracted netizens from the Northeast to start learning Chongqing dialect. Chongqing dialect rap, which has the most views on station b, has exceeded 2 million.
Chongqing is very "trendy", with rap and e-sports happening one after another, and the title of "Science Fiction City" is well deserved. Recently, the Chengdu World Science Fiction Conference came to an end, and Chongqing was selected as one of the top ten science fiction cities in China. Chongqing’s landscape pattern is full of futuristic feeling, and the city is also permeated with the temperament of science fiction. Chongqing ranks first in the country in terms of the number of skyscraper communities with more than 30 floors, with 2,219.
With huge mountains and rivers, and complex and intertwined terrain, Chongqing seems to be specially built for suspense dramas. Popular film and television dramas such as "The Silent Truth" and "Young You" were filmed in Chongqing, and even Hollywood blockbusters have favored Chongqing. "Transformers 4" was shot in Wulong, Chongqing. The criss-crossing forests and fog have become the best place for Transformers to appear.
Chongqing's popular traffic password is not only about scenery, food and 8D magic, but also about access to urban life that can be participated in. Caiyun Lake National Wetland Park, Xiuhu National Wetland Park... Chongqing, surrounded by green water, has become a "little Jiangnan". How comfortable is it to enjoy the river breeze and have a hearty meal of old hot pot. Among the top 50 most popular restaurants in Chongqing on Dianping, more than half are hot pot restaurants, which shows the deep love of Chongqing people for hot pot.
Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday cultural tourism market data show that during the eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, Chongqing received 2.3182 million overnight tourists, and 130 closed tourist attractions received a total of 8.549 million tourists. Chongqing became the national The fifth most popular destination.
The beautiful scenery, rich and diverse cuisine, complete and convenient facilities, unique culture... "Know" tells you why there is always a reason to make you fall in love with Chongqing.
Liu Yichen
Editor Liu Yunshan
