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Goodafternooneveryone,nowweareheadingforChaotianmensquareinYuzhongdistrict,whichisabout20minutesdrivefromourhotel,soIwouldliketointroducesomethingaboutit.ChaotianmenislocatedinthepointwhereYangtzeriverandJialingrivercometogether,anditoncewasanimportanttransportationpierandport.ThehistoryisthatinearlyMingdynasty,theoldChongqingcitywasdecidedtobeextendedwith17citygates,ofwhichthebiggestwasChaotianmen.Thisspecialcitygatefacedthecapitaloftheemperor,youknowinancienttime,theemperorwasbelievedthesonofthegod,whichinChinesecalled“tianzi”,,sopeoplenameditChaotianmen,whichmeansthecitygatefacingtheemperor,atthattimeitistherightplacewherelocalofficialincepttheemperordecreesconveyedbytheimperialofficials.Itwasin1891,whenChongqingwassetupasatreatyport,thatthegovernmentbegantosetacustomhouseatChaotianmen.Inordertobuildthewharf,theoldcitygatewaspulleddown,andafterthefiredisasteronSeptember2th,1949,theonlythingsurvivedwasthebasicsofthecitygate.OntheNewYear’sDayin1999,thesquareofChaotianmenwascompletedandopenedtothepublic,itcoversanareaof70,000squaremeters,whichwasdividedinto4floors,andthetopfloorwasusedasasquareforsightseeing,whichcoversanareaof17,000squaremeters.Theother3floorsareChongqingexhibitionmuseumofprojects.ThewholeChaotianmensquareisthecombinationofhills,riverviewandcitybeauty,it’sshapealsolikeahugesailingship.Itisaperfectplacetoenjoythelandscapeoftworiversconverge,andyoucanclearlyseetwocolorsofwaterinthesameriverway,ofwhichtheyellowisYangtzeriverandtheblueoneisJialingriver.What’smore,youcanseethebeautifulviewaroundtheriver.Chaotianmensquareisalsoagoodplaceforrelaxation,manylocalpeoplealwayscomehereafterworkoronweekends,togetherwiththeirchildren,enjoyingthebeautifulsceneryaroundthesquareandplayingwiththeirchildren.Ok,hereweare,wewillfirststayinthesquarefor15minutesforpicture,thenwewillhaveaguidedwalkthroughthesquarefor25minutes.