På gång i Chongqing, China under året

Mycket folk — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Spring Festival

  15–23 febKinesiskt nyårStängningarTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Fog season (15 okt – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

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

• Natur

  Rapeseed fields in flower

  20 feb – 5 apr · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Spring Festival (15–23 feb), Fog season (15 okt – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Three Gorges cruise season, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Three Gorges cruise season

  15 mar – 15 nov · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Spring Festival (15–23 feb), Rapeseed fields in flower (20 feb – 5 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Three Gorges cruise season, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Rapeseed fields in flower (20 feb – 5 apr (vanligtvis)), Three Gorges cruise season (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Three Gorges cruise season, Labour Day holiday

• Helg

  Labour Day holiday

  1–5 majNationell helgdagTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Three Gorges cruise season (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Three Gorges cruise season, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Yangtze flood season

  15 jun – 5 sep · vanligtvisStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Three Gorges cruise season (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Three Gorges cruise season, Summer break i China

• Risk

  Furnace summer

  1 jul – 31 aug · vanligtvisExtrem värme

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Three Gorges cruise season (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Yangtze flood season (15 jun – 5 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Three Gorges cruise season, Summer break i China

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Three Gorges cruise season (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Yangtze flood season (15 jun – 5 sep (vanligtvis)), Furnace summer (1 jul – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Three Gorges cruise season, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Three Gorges cruise season (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Yangtze flood season (15 jun – 5 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Three Gorges cruise season

• Helg

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 oktTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Fog season

  15 okt – 28 feb · vanligtvis

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Three Gorges cruise season (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Three Gorges cruise season

• Natur

  Wushan red leaves

  10 nov – 10 dec · vanligtvisHöstfärger

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Three Gorges cruise season (15 mar – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Fog season (15 okt – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Fog season (15 okt – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Wushan red leaves (10 nov – 10 dec (vanligtvis))