Restoration of Chongqing 18 Steps Traditional Landscape Block sample display zone completed

Sample display zone of Chongqing 18 Steps Traditional Landscape Block [Photo by Zhang Yinyin]

Chongqing 18 Steps Traditional Landscape Block has been through two years' preservation and restoration. Recently, the restoration has been completed. In the display zone, the buildings scattered on both sides of the stairs have been built along the hillside. Various mountainous architectural techniques such as placement in layers have been adopted, which shows the images and characteristics of folk houses in Bayu Area.

Chongqing 18 Steps is an old street that connects the upper and lower side of the city. Many of the buildings alongside are stilted buildings and old Bayu folk houses, which show the unique landforms and architectural features of Chongqing as a mountain city.

The design sketch of Chongqing 18 Steps Traditional Landscape Block [Photo provided by the Commercial Management Department of 18 Steps Traditional Landscape Block]

Chongqing 18 Steps Traditional Landscape Block is located at the Jiaochangkou of Yuzhong District, covering an area of 180000 square meters. Based on Bayu culture and customs, the traditional landscape block is featured on old Chongqing architecture and local people’s daily life, and is being built into a cultural sightseeing tourist destination that combines movie filming, scene experience, recreation, leisure, holiday, and business conference function together. From now on, the construction side will implement cultural and creative design to the whole block, by integrating the old scenes and old stories into the design of identity-oriented system and culture walls, to exhibit the history and culture of 18 Steps. The whole block is planned to be open to the public in 2021.