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重庆英文导游词 Evening Scenes of Chongqing The RedStar Pavilion in the Pipasha Park, the KanshengPavilion 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 modemChinese history. During the War of Resistance against Japan, it was the “provisional capital ” of China under the Kuomintang rule from November1937 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- shek ’s 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 station and prison of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics of the Military Council (a colossal secret service of the Kuomintang) at the foot of the Gele Mountain in Shapingba District have become the mausoleum for those who died a martyr ’s death there in China ’s dark days. In the dying years of World War 11, it was the site of the “Sino0US Institute for Cooperation in Special Technology ”. Dazu Grottoes The Dazu Grottoes in the county of the same name is best known for the stone carvings on the Baodingshan and Beishan mountains, which are fine example of grotto sculpture in the l