It is not as elegant and romantic as Gulangyu Island, nor as vast and distant as Inner Mongolia. They belong to the same country, but it is a city that is too suitable for life. Although ordinary, it is like a patchwork of many regions, and it is like a carefully decorated carved wood, which makes every part of itself durable and impressive.
I have fallen in love with the hillside of this mountain city. As a foreigner, I don't know whether walking on the edge of a full driveway violates traffic regulations, but I still go forward without fear. There are scenic spots to see along the way. You will wonder why there is a bar between the two buildings and a slope at the intersection of the two buildings. You will miss the fog and oncoming wind on bridges and rivers near or far away from you. When people walk on the winding mountain road behind the traffic lights and give pedestrians a unique beauty to stop and enjoy, you will hear the meaning of patience and concentration. When the rain is falling, but it is not disturbed, it will become synonymous with romance in this mountain city. Fortunately, people in this city didn't raze it to the ground because of the inconvenience of the slope, but learned to adapt to the rich gifts given to them by nature with their own changes, so that travelers gradually became familiar with the city and gradually stopped in it.
I have fallen in love with the local accent of this mountain city. Every time you ask for directions, taxi drivers or shopkeepers on the roadside will speak Chongqing dialect fluently, and you will never understand it. Although there is nothing I can do every time, I will still go back to the original point after "disturbing" and explore for myself, but I will also be seriously amused by them and appreciate their sincerity and love for their hometown dialect. They never give in to the contest of Putonghua with outsiders, and they never compare with others. This city gives people an unabashed sense of simplicity.
I have fallen in love with the beauty of this mountain city. It is also the first time for me to see the souvenir shop owner being sold at a low price in such a beautiful scenic spot as Hongyadong. People in this mountain city will not take advantage of petty gain, giving people a simple sense of trust. What is even more understandable is their unconscious goodwill, which makes people feel that they are in a real civilized era. Of course, the label of this city is delicious. I've heard a long time ago. They dare to say that every store in Chongqing will not be bad. Indeed, Dandan Noodles, which has fine oil permeability and elasticity, Longwonton, which is bigger and tougher than wonton, spicy hot pot strings and so on. Put you in a spicy paradise. You may be spicy by the mountain pepper in the ingredients, but you must want to continue to be tortured by it after taking a sip of spicy gas. Their supply will never treat you badly, and the price is affordable, so that when you get home, you will always think of those unknown and unspeakable spicy things that you can't stop.
No travel notes can really make people feel the unexpected feelings of local people, so learning to experience life is the true meaning of travel. Traveling is undoubtedly more meaningful than staying at home and suffering from air conditioning. In Chongqing, although it is hot, it is also willing to be hot, and you can't help but continue to walk on its complicated road. This mountain city makes me realize the affinity between a city and people living in it, the affinity between people living in this city and people coming in from outside the city, the combination of strangeness and kindness, and many others, which are memorable. Everything is fine because of Chongqing.