On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the night view of Hongyadong is brilliantly lit and bustling with visitors.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the night view of Hongyadong is brilliantly lit and bustling with visitors.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, visitors capture the night scenery of Hongyadong amidst the crowd.

Hongyadong

Hongyadong is a popular tourist attraction in Chongqing, China, built into the steep cliffs along the Jialing River. It is a modern recreation of the traditional stilted buildings (diaojiaolou) that once characterized the old Chongqing harbor area, designed to evoke the city’s historical past as a major river port. While not an ancient site itself, its architecture and bustling commercial streets aim to preserve the cultural memory of the city’s traditional mountain settlement and riverside trading culture.