Chaotianmen

History of Chaotianmen

Chaotianmen, built in 314 B.C. after the State of Ba was conquered by general Zhangyi, is for officials to receive the imperial edict from emperor. And it is said that this place is named Chaotianmen because it points to the direction of emperor's palace. (Details)

Introduction of Chaotianmen

Chongqing is an inland port and a visit to Chaotianmen Pier gives you a glimpse of how the life of this modern industrial city mixes with its past.

Surrounded by mountains and on the confluence of the Yangtze River and Jialing River, the ships, steamers and tugboats of this busy pier jostle along the wharf. Nearby streets are narrow, noisy and full of market stalls and food stalls. Ships over 10,000 tons will be able to reach here after the Three Gorges Dam Project has been completed.

It is a door of opening to the outside world of Chongqing, and the commercial port with a long history well known both at home and abroad. It is provided with comprehensive trading market, which covers an area of 270,000 square meters, with over 7,000 traders and 400 millions RMB of turnover annually.

Traffic of Chaotianmen

In order to meet the requirements of passenger-cargo collecting and distributing of Chaotianmen market, further development of regional economy, the traffic square, which has been brought into line with overall plan of master bub of Chongqing's highway, will play a very important role in the link of several transportation ways, like highway and water-way, water-way and railway, water-way and air transportation for Chongqing city.

This center links with municipal arteries in all sides, the traffic square will consist of 3 buildings of 3 levels according to the overall plan, their roofs are used for parking public transit, social cars and the cars for hire designed overall.

Scenery of Chaotianmen

Chaotianmen is situated at the confluence of Jiangling River and Yangtze River. In Ming Dynasty, Daiding built 17 gates in accordance with the number of 8 tri-grams and 9 halls. The largest one is Chaotianmen. And four big Chinese characters, "Gu Yu Xiong Guan (the Impregnable Pass of Ancient Yu)", were inscribed on the gate of Chaotianmen. In 1927, Chaotianmen Pier was built here because of its location. The present Chaotianmen Pier, also the Chaotianmen Square is the best place to watch the scenery of the 2 rivers. When it is summer or autumn in Chongqing, visitors can clearly see the dividing line between green Jiangling River and yellow Yangtze River. It is magnificent and splendid. These two rivers forms the golded waterway of China.

The "Zero Kilometer" sign of Chongqing's roads will be built here. "Zero Kilometer" sign is the starting point of a city's transportation system and is also the embodiment of the center of a city. (Details)

Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge

Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge, located at the joint point of the Yangtze River and the Jialing river, runs 4.88 kms with 522 meters spanning the Yangtze.

The bridge has been completed on the 29th. of April in 2009. Its span is 522 meters, even longer than Sydney's Steel Bridge. It is the world's longest arch bridge. And it connects with three main central business districts of Chongqing, Jiefangbei (People's Liberation Monument), Jiangbei and Danzishi.

The double-decker and double-track highway and light rail bridge has six lanes each way. Its approaches connect three flyovers on the banks.