Chongqing is located at transitional area between the Qinghai and Tibet plateau and the flat area from middle and lower reaches on the Yangtze River. The land under Chongqing's jurisdiction is 470 km from east to west and 450 km from north to south. It borders on Hubei and Hunan provinces in the east, Guizhou in the south, Sichuan in the west and north and Shaanxi Province as its northeast corner.
Chongqing was known as Jiangzhou in ancient times, and later was called Ba Prefecture, Chu Prefecture, Yu Prefecture and Gong Prefecture at different times. Chongqing as the center administrative as state Ba covered a large area include Sichuan province, southern Shaanxi province, western Hubei province, northwestern Hunan province, and northern Guizhou province. Human activities can be dated back to the end of the Old Stone Age about 20,000 to 30,000 years ago. In the 11th century B.C. when the Zhou Dynasty replaced the Shang Dynasty, the ba people established the state of Ba with present day Chongqing as its capital.
Chongqing is particularly rich in human landscape as well as in culture relics and historic sites. There are now 49 national, provincial and municipal preservation places of treasured historical in relics. In 1999, the UNESCO listed The Dazu Stone Sculptures on World Register of Culture Heritage. In its 12 museums and memorial halls displays and exhibitions are held every year. (The Shanghai Daily - Eastday)
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