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Good afternoon everyone ,now we are heading for Chaotianmen square in Yuzhong district ,which is about 20 minutes drive from our hotel ,so I would like to introduce something about it.

Chaotianmen is located in the point where Yangtze river and Jialing river come together , and it once was an important transportation pier and port .The history is that in early Ming dynasty ,the old Chongqing city was decided to be extended with 17 city gates ,of which the biggest was Chaotianmen .This special city gate faced the capital of the emperor ,you know in ancient time ,the emperor was believed the son of the god ,which in Chinese called “tianzi” , ,so people named it Chaotianmen , which means the city gate facing the emperor ,at that time it is the right place where local official incept the emperor decrees conveyed by the imperial officials .

It was in 1891,when Chongqing was set up as a treaty port ,that the government began to set a custom house at Chaotianmen .In order to build the wharf ,the old city gate was pulled down ,and after the fire disaster on September 2th ,1949,the only thing survived was the basics of the city gate .On the New Year’s Day in 1999 ,the square of Chaotianmen was completed and opened to the public ,it covers an area of 70,000 square meters ,which was divided into 4 floors ,and the top floor was used as a square for sightseeing ,which covers an area of 17,000 square meters .The other 3 floors are Chongqing exhibition museum of projects .The whole Chaotianmen square is the combination of hills ,river view and city beauty ,it’s shape also like a huge sailing ship .

It is a perfect place to enjoy the landscape of two rivers converge ,and you can clearly see two colors of water in the same river way ,of which the yellow is Yangtze river and the blue one is Jialing river .What’s more ,you can see the beautiful view around the river .Chaotianmen square is also a good place for relaxation ,many local people always come here after work or on weekends ,together with their children ,enjoying the beautiful scenery around the square and playing with their children .

Ok ,here we are ,we will first stay in the square for 15 minutes for picture ,then we will have a guided walk through the square for 25 minutes .