Chongqing is built on steep cliffs and hillsides in the southwestern part of China's inland, Chongqing is also called the "Mountain City". Its has a subtropical monsoon climate, with intense heat in summer and dense fog in spring and winter, and therefore is also known as the "city of furnace" and "city of fog". A city famous both historically and culturally, Chongqing boasts many historic and scenic attractions. Pipashan (Loquat Mountain) Park, from the top of which you can have a panoramic view of the city; Jinyun Mountain, on which are many ancient buildings and cultural relics; Futu Pass; Simianshan, or the four-sided Mountain; and the Northern and Southern Hot Spring are among the best-known scenic spots. If you are interested in history, you will want to see Diaoyu City, one of the three largest ancient battlefields in China, and pay a visit to the relics and remains associated with a famous Sichuan general. If you like ancient art, there are the stone sculptures of Dazu, prized gems of China's late rock grotto art. Other places you may wish to see are Red Crag Village, former office building of the Chinese Communist Party in Chongqing; the notorious Zhazi Cave and Bai's Mansion where the KMT government kept political prisoners in the 1940s; and Lin Garden, Confucian Garden, and Chiang Kai-shek's residence when Chongqing was the wartime capital. In 1997, Chongqing became one of the four municipalities under the jurisdiction of the central government. More than half of the total length of the Yangtze Three Gorges lives within the municipality, including the 600-kilometer long reservoir area , in which are sites Chongqing
like Fengdu the Ghosts City, Shibaozhai, Zhang Fei's Temple and Baidicheng (White Emperor City), which add to the charm and attraction of Chongqing.