Chongqing evening scenes is the ferly not only in domestic but also in overseas.

It comes from her special geography. There are Mountains around and two rivers surrounded the city. Riffle Jialin River receives the scream of Fujang River and Qujiang River, and then meets Yangtze River at Chao Tian Men Port. The city zones are on the Xiaobashan Mountain which the two big rivers meet at the foot of it. So the city is on the mountains and the mountains are among the city. There are two parts of the city. One we call up city and another one we call down city. So there are two rivers and four river banks. On the top of the mountain, you can not only enjoy the charming view, but also enjoy the wonderful evening light scenes.

You can enjoy evening scenes in different places. But the best ways are standing on the high mountain or cruising on the two rivers in summer night.

Chongqing at night presents a wonderful scene. Taking a bird' s eye view from a high place on the southern bank, you may find the peninsula a sea of lights, while the rivers a dragon palace: if you watch the city on the Kanshenglou Tower, you can see lights all around you; or you may take a boat trip around the town, and find yourself drowned in the sea of lights.The Red Star Pavilion in the Pipasha Park, the Kansheng Pavilion in the Eling Park, and a place called Yikeshu on the Nanshan Mountain are vintage points for observing the nocturnal scenes of the mountain city of Chongqing. At night the entire city is inundated in an ocean of lights, which form a colorful three-dimensional painting, with waves of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers glistening against the moonlit, star spangled sky.

During summer flood season, you could enjoy another wonderful view with cruise on the two rivers. You could watch the lights ocean. The lights spread along the river. The light on the high buildings seen joined with starts. You can' t differentiate the starts on the sky and lights on the ground. The lights shadow in the water. When the cruise ships cross, the surface of the river becomes the colorful belts. So though you are on the ships, you may feel roaming in the wild sky or wandering in the unbounded light ocean.

Chongqing's nightlife is limited but quite good, with several clubs and bars in the Jiangfangbei area. JJ's House Disco, on Bayi Lu, is the pick of the moment, crowded, sweaty and pulsating with a young Chinese crowd after 9pm; the Silver Rock and Rainbow are adjacent alternatives. Imported beers are pretty expensive, but you can get cheaper Chinese booze by the pitcherful.

Nightlife includes the bar and disco at the some Holiday Inn, a popular expat hangout, while the Reunion Bar just round from the Harbour Plaza Hotel (same building as McDonalds, take the lift to the eighth floor) has a large bar with pretty local girls waiting to serve you possibly more than just a beer on the left, and a loud house disco on the right. It is a weekend expat dive hangout and gets packed with locals too. There is a 24 hour " Coffee and Bar " two minutes walk away as you exit the building, turn right, straight ahead, tucked in on the left, which advertises itself as welcoming foreigners. It is pretty cool, a guitarist and percussionist do a decent enough job of old Eagles numbers, although we managed to drink them out of Jack Daniels they're pretty well stocked, and the local Chongqing beer is decent enough brew.