Museum sights in Chóngqìng
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Stilwell Museum
The Stilwell Museum by Eling Park is something of a novelty in China as it focuses on the American involvement in WWII. It is the former VIP guesthouse of the Kuomintang and residence of General Joseph Stilwell, commander of the US forces in the China-Burma-India Theatre and chief-of-staff to Chiang Kaishek in 1942.
Stilwell realised early on that a successful resistance required the cooperation of the Kuomintang and communist forces, and it was at his urging that Chiang relented for a time. Repeated efforts to bring the two sides together in a truly unified front against the Japanese largely failed, Stilwell said later, because of Chiang's obsession with wiping out the c…
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Three Gorges Museum
This sleek museum showcases the history of settlement in the Chóngqìng region. A 1st-floor exhibition about the Three Gorges includes a model of the dam, and upstairs you can learn more about southwest China's minority cultures through their clothing and artwork. Some exhibits have better English captions than others, but the artefacts are well presented throughout.
Although admission is free, you need a ticket from the booth outside on the square.
From the Dàxīgōu light rail station, the museum is about a 15-minute walk west along Renmin Lu.
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Trackers' Cultural museum
Across from the Bǎolún Sì temple and down the stairway is the small Trackers' Cultural museum , dedicated to the Yangzi's boat trackers. Working in gangs of up to 30, these muscle men employed moves like 'phoenixes nodding their heads', where each dug into the ground with one hand and steadied the rope with the other to haul boats upriver. The curator, Cheng Wei Bing, was himself a tracker for 30 years and many items including the braided bamboo rope and rainhat are his own gear.
There are few English captions here, but there are neat wooden-boat models.
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Red Cliff Village Museum
The Red Cliff Village Museum is one of China's better revolutionary-history museums. It includes a large collection of wartime photos and furnishings. A short walk from the museum stands the old headquarters of the South Bureau of the Communist Party's Central Committee and the office of the Eighth Route Army, which fought on the frontlines under a strict code of ethics that are still referred to by Chinese parents and schoolteachers today.
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Chongqing Planning Exhibition Gallery
The newly renovated Chongqing Planning Exhibition Gallery sets recent local history to flashing lights. As told by models, lasers and interactive consoles, the story of the Three Gorges Dam is a rosy one. Downstairs, a separate room is devoted to each of the 43 townships and counties comprising the municipality. The exhibits have many expert English captions.
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Museum of Famous Historical Figures
The Museum of Famous Historical Figures introduces visitors to everyone who was anyone in this town, for example, prodigal son Deng Xiaoping, who grew up just north of Chóngqìng. The exhibits have many expert English captions.
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Húguǎng Guild Hall
You could spend several hours poking around the beautifully restored buildings in this gorgeous museum complex, which once served as a community headquarters for immigrants from the Hú (Húnán and Húběi) and Guǎng (Guǎngdōng and Guǎngxī) provinces who arrived in Chóngqìng several hundred years ago. There are rooms filled with artwork and furniture, a temple, a teahouse and several stages for Chinese opera performances. Free-to-watch rehearsals of Yuèjù (operatic style originating from Zhèjiāng province) and Jīngjù (Běijīng Opera) are held every Thursday and Saturday, usually between 3pm and 6pm.
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Chóngqìng Science & Technology Museum
Located opposite the eye-catching Chóngqìng Grand Theatre and housed in its own impressive state-of-the-art building, this new museum overlooking the Jiālíng River has plenty of interactive games and gadgets to keep the kids occupied for an hour or two. They'll also enjoy the IMAX theatre (Y30) and even the cable car ride just to get here. Pleasant gardens behind the museum contain two 100-year-old churches and make a nice picnic spot.
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