Local Culture of Chongqing

The culture of Ba and Yu is a component part of the Chinese culture. With a history as long as more than three thousand years, it is formed with special features on this land known as the "Land of Abundance."

In term of character, the people of Chongqing are quite straightforward, yet somewhat crude; enthusiastic, yet somewhat craft; Humor, yet somewhat countrified; Generous, yet somewhat exclusive. Besides, they are always ready to defend the weak and helpless, and fond of going to stand by and watch the fun.

Cuisine Culture of Chongqing

The Chongqing citizens like to enjoy the hotpot, which is noted for its propery and hot taste, scalding yet fresh and tender. In addition to unitary viscera, different meat and vegetable, such as fish, pork, bean sprout and scallion come to be used. So, there is a great variety of hotpots, including Yuanyang Hotpot, Siwei (Four Tastes) Hotpot, Yashan Hotpot, Yutou (Fish Head) Hotpot and Quanyang Hotpot. As for the local specialties, they are really too numerous to name, and the most famous of them are as follows: the Peach Slices of Hechuan, the Mihuatang of Jiangzhen, the Preserved Eggs of Yongchuan, the Fermented Beancurd of Zhongxian, the Hot Pickled Mustard Yuber of Fuling, the Yellow Peach of Tongnan, the Orange of Beibei, the Pressed Salteed Duck of Baishiyi and the Beef of Laosichuan.

Characters of Chongqing People

The people of Chongqing have all got strong to be able to walk a long way. It is simply because they have tempered themselves in climbing up and down the mountain steps everyday. So, young and old, woman and man, they have thus built a good physique. As for the young girls, they all have a slim figure due to that exercise. Beside, with the help of the fog day in the winter and the humid air in the summer, their skin has become so tender and white. However, on account of the function of the Sichuan food, they are endowed with hot temper and straightforward character. In this way, the local young girls used to speak in a loud voice. Furthermore, in spite of being the apple of their parents, they can do everything themselves once they have set up a family of their own after marriage.

Entertainment of Chongqing People

The elderly in Chongqing are fond of watching the Sichuan opera. Instead of playing the shadow boxing, the aged woman in Chongqing likes to gather on an open ground in town, exercising either the yangge dance, yaogo dance or the disco dance choreographed exclusively for the middle- and the old-aged people. Besides, the more on-lookers there appear, the more vigorously they would perform. The gathering never comes to a close, no matter whether it is hot summer or cold winter. As a result, the performance of these adult dancers has turned out to be one of the popular street scenes in Chongqing.

Teahouse Culture of Chongqing

Teahouses in different level can be seen everywhere in this mountain city and, what's more, they are always filled with customers. Firstly, the teahouse is the convenient place for the town people to get together, to have a chat with their friends, to take a rest after hard work, to have a date with their sweethearts or to have a place to make a deal. Secondly, apart from enjoying a cheap cost, the customers could appetite any kind of their favorites including the Biluochun of Jiangsu, Junshan Yinzhen of Hunan and the Jasmine Tea. Finally, all of the teahouses in this place offer good service, for instance, the teahouse keeper would come to fill your teacup from time to time. Besides, in addition to the Chinese traditional melody performed by the professional musicians, most of the high-grade teahouses operate the special rooms in Japanese, European and countryside style. Of course, the customers there will be charged according to the time of service they have enjoyed.