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Chongqing food is part of Sichuan cuisine. Chongqing is known for its spicy food. Its food is normally considered numbing because of the use of Sichuan pepper, also known as Sichuan peppercorn, containing hydroxy alpha sanshool. Chongqing's city center has many restaurants and food stalls where meals often cost less than RMB10.
Sichuan River. The Sichuan River or Chuan Jiang (Chinese: 川江; Sichuanese Pinyin: Cuan 1 jiang 1; pinyin: Chuānjiāng), is the upper portion of Yangtze River from Yibin to Yichang. It is named because the river flows through Sichuan & Chongqing, which was part of Sichuan, in this stretch. The total length of Sichuan River is 1,040km.
The Sichuan Basin was integrated into Imperial China under Qin dynasty for whom it was an important agricultural resource. [12] During the period of the Three Kingdoms, the Sichuan Basin was at the centre of another independent Shu State, until it was reunified with China in the 3rd century CE by the Jin dynasty. [13]
Chongqing was part of Sichuan Province until 1939 and 1954 to 1997. Xikang Province dissolved in 1955 and parts were incorporated into Sichuan Province. The majority of the province's population is Han Chinese (95% of the provincial population), who are found scattered throughout the region except for the far western areas.
The majority of the region is drained by the Yangtze River, which forms the Three Gorges in the northeast of the region. [3] The narrowest concept of Southwestern China consists of Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, and Guizhou, while wider definitions often include Guangxi and western portions of Hunan. [4]
The southern slope of the Daba Mountains drains into the Sichuan Basin or directly into the Yangtze via short streams that flow into the river in the Three Gorges area, such as the Shen Nong Stream. The northern side drains into the Han River , a major tributary of the Yangtze, which, however, does not join the Yangtze until some hundreds ...
Daning River (Chongqing) F. Furong River; J. Jialing River; Q. Qi River (tributary of Yangtze River) Qu River (Jialing River tributary) S. Sichuan River; W. Wu River ...
The river reaches the floor of the Sichuan Basin at Langzhong and continues in a sinuous route into Chongqing and its junction with the Yangtze River. Besides the Bailong River which forms a portion of the main stem, the largest tributaries of the Jialing River include the Xihan River , the Fu River (also known as Sui He), and the Qu River .