Hva som skjer i Chongqing, China gjennom året

Travelt — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Spring Festival

  15.–23. febKinesisk nyttårStengningerMye folkBestill tidlig

  The city empties as workers go home, half the hotpot rooms shut for a week, then it fills again with returning families and their relatives. Seats in and out are the hardest of the year to get in either direction. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Fog season (15. okt – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Spring Festival, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China

• Natur

  Rapeseed fields in flower

  20. feb – 5. apr · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  The terraces in the counties outside the city turn yellow for a few weeks before the mist sets in for good, and it is the one time of year the hill country photographs well from a road. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Spring Festival (15.–23. feb), Fog season (15. okt – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Travelt — Three Gorges cruise season, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Three Gorges cruise season

  15. mar – 15. nov · vanligvisMye folkBestill tidlig

  Chongqing is the upstream end of the Three Gorges boats and the season runs spring to late autumn. The reservoir sits low through the flood months and high in autumn, which changes what the gorges look like. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Spring Festival (15.–23. feb), Rapeseed fields in flower (20. feb – 5. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Three Gorges cruise season, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Rapeseed fields in flower (20. feb – 5. apr (vanligvis)), Three Gorges cruise season (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Three Gorges cruise season, Labour Day holiday

• Helligdag

  Labour Day holiday

  1.–5. maiNasjonaldagMye folk

  Hongya Dong and the Liziba monorail station draw domestic crowds all year and unmanageable ones over the May break; the queue for the cable car runs to hours. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Three Gorges cruise season (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Travelt — Three Gorges cruise season, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Yangtze flood season

  15. jun – 5. sep · vanligvisStengninger

  The summer rains upstream push the Yangtze and Jialing up their banks most years, and in a bad one the lower levels of Hongya Dong and the riverside walks go under for a week. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Three Gorges cruise season (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Three Gorges cruise season, Summer break i China

• Fare

  Furnace summer

  1. jul – 31. aug · vanligvisEkstrem varme

  One of the country's furnace cities: the mountains around the basin hold the heat in and it barely lets go after dark. Afternoons move underground into the metro, the malls and the cave restaurants. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Three Gorges cruise season (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Yangtze flood season (15. jun – 5. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Three Gorges cruise season, Summer break i China

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Three Gorges cruise season (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Yangtze flood season (15. jun – 5. sep (vanligvis)), Furnace summer (1. jul – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — Three Gorges cruise season, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Three Gorges cruise season (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Yangtze flood season (15. jun – 5. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Three Gorges cruise season

• Helligdag

  National Day Golden Week

  1.–7. oktMye folkBestill tidlig

  Seven days off and the whole country moving. Hongyadong and the Yangtze cable car queue for hours, the Three Gorges boats sell out weeks ahead, and hotel prices roughly double. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Fog season

  15. okt – 28. feb · vanligvis

  The basin traps low cloud against the two rivers for months and the towers across the Jialing disappear for days at a time. It is why the place is called the fog capital, and why the night views are a gamble.

Fortsatt på gang: Three Gorges cruise season (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Rolig — reisende beskriver det som rolig, Three Gorges cruise season

• Natur

  Wushan red leaves

  10. nov – 10. des · vanligvisHøstfarger

  The slopes above the Wu Gorge downriver turn red through late November and the county runs a festival around it, with extra boats from the city. It is the stretch of the Three Gorges that repays the deck time. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Three Gorges cruise season (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Fog season (15. okt – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Fog season (15. okt – 28. feb (vanligvis)), Wushan red leaves (10. nov – 10. des (vanligvis))