重慶魅力

文、圖/石劍豪 （英國(guó)籍，英國(guó)駐重慶總領(lǐng)事館雙邊事務(wù)部領(lǐng)事）

重慶魅力

文、圖/石劍豪 （英國(guó)籍，英國(guó)駐重慶總領(lǐng)事館雙邊事務(wù)部領(lǐng)事）

石劍豪喜歡用鏡頭記錄重慶的美景

巫山小山峽

即使在來到重慶前做了一番功課，在維基百科上和臺(tái)灣的旅游指南寂寞星球搜索、了解了一下這個(gè)城市，來到這里以后仍然還是感受到了視覺，聽覺，感覺上的超負(fù)荷。

老實(shí)說，來重慶的前幾周我都是處在迷失方向的狀態(tài)，尤其是在這高大的樓群和熙熙攘攘的人群之中。甚至當(dāng)我在重慶市中心開車閑逛的時(shí)候我的車載GPS也變得很迷茫。但是在這一切的背后正是重慶獨(dú)特的魅力所在。這里的人們很友好，辛辣的食物是一種情趣；新舊的沖突也是一個(gè)禮物，一幢建筑在一分鐘內(nèi)拆除，取而代之的是另一個(gè)全新的高樓。令人驚艷的夜景和獨(dú)一無二的山地將這座城市與中國(guó)的其他城市完全的區(qū)分開來。

與重慶相比，任何城市都變得讓人有點(diǎn)困乏。

我認(rèn)為要真正游覽享受重慶，最重要的一點(diǎn)是找機(jī)會(huì)在這座城市走走，特別是區(qū)縣和郊外，那里的一些景色讓人驚艷。幸運(yùn)的是我有一輛車，所以在周末，我和我太太便會(huì)拿著一張重慶地圖然后開始探索這座城市。我們剛來重慶6個(gè)月，已經(jīng)游覽了這個(gè)城市的很多地方，像大足石刻、戰(zhàn)時(shí)蔣介石的住所、萬盛石林和淶灘古鎮(zhèn)等。

最近，我參加了重慶市人民政府新聞辦公室組織的游巫山活動(dòng)，早就聽說巫山是中國(guó)很有名的游覽勝地，但來重慶前我從來沒有聽說過小三峽，不過似乎他們的“親戚”——三峽和在湖北省的三峽大壩在全世界更有名。但是巫山是真的很美麗。來巫山最好的時(shí)節(jié)應(yīng)該是秋季，因?yàn)檎菨M山楓葉變紅的時(shí)候；看著迷霧環(huán)繞山間，就像欣賞著一副中國(guó)山水畫。我大力推薦每個(gè)人都去小三峽。只是6個(gè)小時(shí)的車程有點(diǎn)遠(yuǎn)，不過等到巫山的鐵路通車后，就會(huì)方便很多了，我們也急切盼望這一天的到來。

作為一個(gè)熱心的業(yè)余攝影師，我已經(jīng)開始記錄下我在中國(guó)去過的每個(gè)地方，我也把自己在重慶的照片搜集到自己的Flic kr網(wǎng)站上，大家有興趣都可以去瀏覽一下。

大足石刻

巫山紅葉

古鎮(zhèn)風(fēng)情

洪崖洞夜景

夜幕下的重慶

Even a fte r doing m y W ikiped ia and Lone ly Plane t resea rch no thing quite p repa res you fo r the visua l and au ra l senso ry ove rload when first a rriving in Chongq ing.

Honestly m y first few weeks he re we re a d iso rien ta ting expe rience espec ia lly w ith the ta ll h igh-rises and the bustle o f peop le. Even to this day m y in-ca r GPS still ge ts con fused when d riving a round down town Chongq ing. Bu t the re is a ce rtain cha rm to this c ity behind o f a ll this. Peop le a re friend ly and the sp icy food is a de ligh t. The c lash o f o ld and new is eve r p resen t, w ith build ing s dem o lished one m inu te and a b rand new high rise rep lac ing it the next. The am azing nigh t view and un ique land scape sepa ra tes it from m ost o the r Chinese c ities.

Eve rywhe re e lse seem s s leep y in com pa rison!

I think one o f the keys to en joy Chongq ing is taking the op po rtunity to ge t a round the m unic ipa lity, p a rticu la rly the coun tryside. Som e o f the scene ry is p re tty am azing. I'm quite fo rtuna te (o r b rave) enough to own a ca r. O ften, a t the weekend s, m y w ife and I w ill ge t a m ap o f Chongq ing and dec ide a t the d rop o f a ha t whe re we shou ld go next. We have been in Chongq ing fo r just unde r 6 m on ths and have a lread y done a fa ir am oun t o f trave lling. Fo r exam p le we have visited the Dazu Rock Ca rvings, the o ld wa rtim e residence o f Chiang Ka i-shek, Wansheng Stone Fo rest and Laitan Anc ien t Town. l

La te ly I was in Wushan taking pa rt in trip o rganised by the Chongq ing Munic ipa l In fo rm a tion O ffice. I unde rstand tha t Wushan is we ll known in China bu t adm itted ly I had neve r hea rd o f Wushan and the Lesse r Th ree Go rges be fo re com ing to Chongq ing. Its la rge r and m o re fam ous b ro the r, the Th ree Go rges and the Dam in Hubei p rovince, ce rtain ly has a h ighe r p ro file ove rseas. Bu t tha t sa id Wushan is genu ine ly beau tifu l. The best tim e o f cou rse is au tum n, when the leaves a re tu rning red. Seeing the m ist c ling on to the m oun ta ins looks like som e thing ou t o f a Chinese pain ting. I'd recomm end anyone to go and see the Lesse r Th ree Go rges bu t the long coach jou rney (6 hou rs) to Wushan from down town Chongq ing is a d rawback. I unde rstand the re a re p lans to build a railway to reach Wushan. Le t's hope it is built soone r ra the r than la te r.

As a keen am a teu r p ho tog raphe r I have sta rted a little p ro jec t to reco rd the p laces we have been in China. I have a lread y bu ilt a sm a ll co llec tion o f Chongq ing p ic tu res on m y Flickr site. If anyone is in te rested fee l free to b row se.

The Secret Charm of Chongqing

W ritten by Kon rad Shek, cu rren tly w o rk at the British Consu late General in Chongq ing as the Consu l fo r Bilateral Affairs