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PAGE  PAGE 21 重庆景点英文导游词 重庆英文导游词 Evening Scenes of Chongqing The Red Star Pavilion in the Pipasha Park, the Kansheng Pavilion in the Eling Park, and a place called Yikeshu on the Nanshan Mountain are vintage points for observing the nocturnal scenes of the mountain city of Chongqing. At night the entire city is inundated in an ocean of lights, which form a colorful three-dimensional painting, with waves of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers glistening against the moonlit, star spangled sky. Sites of the Provisional Capital Chongqing figured importantly in modem Chinese history. During the War of Resistance against Japan, it was the provisional capital of China under the Kuomintang rule from November 1937 to October 1945. Vestiges of that period are still there in and around the city. These include the Red Crag Village and 50 Zengjiayan, as well as Chiang Kai-sheks mansion, Guiyuan Garden, Linyuan Garden, and the mansion of C.C. Kong, the embassies of various countries to China, as well as former residences of important politicians, generals and cultural figures. Martyrs Mausoleum at Mount Gele The former headquarters, radio statio