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Luo Zhongli Art Museum is located in the university town campus of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. It was designed and constructed by well-known artists such as Luo Zhongli and Hao Dapeng. The museum displays the works of Luo Zhongli in various periods, as well as the works of some students of the Academy of Fine Arts. If you like art, don’t miss it.

The Guotai Art Center consists of the Guotai Grand Theater and the Chongqing Art Museum. It was officially named the Guotai Art Center in September 2006. Its basic function is to “rely on the commercial center, face the cultural market, and serve the needs of the public.” The Guotai Art Center, combined with the commercial and cultural squares, will reorganize the new order of the overall image of the Yuzhong Peninsula city and is an important place to promote international cultural exchanges. The Guotai Art Center adopts the traditional Chinese national style, reflecting the rich Bayu culture, and some elements of the old theater will be retained. The main body of the building of the art center is red, like a burning “bonfire” and also like a ship setting sail.The Cathay Theatre is mainly composed of a medium-sized theatre with 800 seats. It is a comprehensive theatre that mainly performs musicals and dances, and also takes into account traditional dramas and other genres. It also includes two small theatres with 350 seats, one of which is also a concert Concert Hall and is considered for choral performances, mainly natural life. The other small theatre is also a multi-functional hall and has the conditions for media art exhibitions and art reports, mainly electro-acoustic.Chongqing Art Museum is positioned to exhibit mainly traditional Chinese paintings, oil paintings, prints and small sculptures, while also taking into account the display of photography art, decorative art, performance art and handicrafts. It is also able to undertake exhibitions of domestic and foreign arts and crafts and host various cultural and artistic exchange activities.The total area is 8,200 square meters. In the middle of the exhibition hall, a red steel staircase is connected to the exhibition hall on the 6th floor. Climbing up the staircase and looking down at the turning point, the three-dimensional and vast space effect makes people feel like they have entered the “Castle in the Sky”. If paintings are placed on it, it will feel even more impressive. The sense of space of the art museum is a highlight.In addition to large-scale exhibitions, the museum’s 25 glass houses can also host individual exhibitions for artists. On site, each glass house has an area of ​​nearly 100 square meters and a floor-to-ceiling window of nearly 20 square meters. It is planned to install projection equipment inside to promote the city’s image on the glass windows.

On September 26, 2024, the “Hongyadong-Jiulong Ferry” route was opened. The route is about 12 kilometers long and the sailing time is about 40-80 minutes. One end of the route is closely connected to the Yuzhong Peninsula surrounded by the two rivers of Chongqing, and the other end is connected to the Jiulong Peninsula full of rich artistic atmosphere, so it is named “Peninsula Ferry”. When the Cruise crosses the intersection of the two rivers and slowly goes up along the Yangtze River, it will not only pass by the Yangtze River Cableway, Huguang Guild Hall, Nanbin Road, Coral Dam, Jiulong Riverside Park, Navy Ship 166 and other unique tourist attractions, but also appreciate the unique charm of 6 cross-river bridges at close range. These attractions and characteristic buildings, like pearls scattered on both sides of the Yangtze River, add endless charm to the “Hongyadong-Jiulong Ferry” route.The Peninsula Ferry Route is”Time Blue”, implying art and innovation. The Peninsula Ferry is a cultural and artistic river experience route between the Yuzhong Peninsula and the Kowloon Peninsula, from Hongyadong to the Chongqing Jianchuan Maritime Museum. Here, you will see the Navy Ship No. 166 docked on the Yangtze River, and you will also set foot on the fertile land of art and innovation on the Kowloon Peninsula.Time Blue is also the main color of the upgraded “Chongqing Xiaodu” brand, expressing the brand’s concept of adhering to tradition and continuous innovation.

Chongqing University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. The school is located in Chongqing, an important industrial and commercial town in the southwest of the country and the economic center of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. As a university with a long history, Chongqing University has a strong cultural atmosphere on its campus, and there are many buildings worth seeing, such as Minzhu Lake, Yinchu Pavilion and so on. Regarding the name of Democracy Lake, it is more romantic and fairy tale-like. It is said that after the lake was dug and the bulwark was built, while teachers and students were discussing the name of the lake, the three characters “Democracy Lake” composed of Ophiopogon japonicus appeared on the slope grass by the lake. For a time, this name, which seemed to be bestowed by God, quickly spread. Some people can’t figure it out, they really think it’s something magical. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is nothing but a man-made myth. It is said that at that time, young people’s thoughts were deeply influenced by the May Fourth spirit of “democracy” and “science”, and they had a soft spot for the word “democracy”. Therefore, in the discussion of naming, the romantic students tried to make “democratic” If the proposal of “Lake” could be accepted, he suddenly came up with such a trick, so that the school had to accept it even if he didn’t accept it. The enthusiasm and stubbornness of youth made people smile. The history of Yinchu Pavilion can be traced back to 1941. In March of that year, at a meeting to celebrate Ma Yinchu’s 60th birthday, representatives of Chongqing University’s Horse Aid Association proposed to build Yinchu Pavilion as a commemoration for Ma Yinchu, who was still imprisoned at the time.

Youyang Ancient City is an ancient city in Tujia and Miao Autonomous County. It is free. There are mostly inn shops and special Tujia restaurants.