Chongqing Yangtze River Cableway, March 4, 2013. [Photo by Liu Song/China Daily]

Built on the side of Xiaobashan Mountain with two rivers meeting at its foot, Chongqing is often called the mountain city of China. The integration of mountainous terrain and urban construction creates a special landscape here. Driving on the roads in Chongqing, you will see buildings above you on one side of the road and buildings below you on the other, as well a skyline of layer upon layer of buildings on mountains. With dazzling night scenes, majestic bridges across the river, complex urban traffic and magical overpasses, the city might cause the most sophisticated drivers to get lost in chimeras and illusions during the night.

Due to its unique landscape and humid climate, Chongqing has many other names, such as the "burning furnace", not only because of its scorching summers, but also of its signature foods: spicy hotpot that enjoys a reputation nationwide. Chongqing is also called the "foggy city", since it is covered with a thick layer of fog for an average of 68 days a year, usually in spring or autumn. The fog gives the city an air of mystery.