Get to know Beibei District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Chongqing
- Chinese name
- 北碚区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 1,093.20 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Setting and landscape
The district government sums up the landscape as "one river, seven tributaries, six mountains and five valleys": its natural assets include Jinyun Mountain, the Huaying Mountains (华蓥山), the Jialing and the Yulin River (御临河), Jindao Gorge (金刀峡) and the Beiwenquan (北温泉) and Tongjing (统景温泉) hot springs. Three of the ancient Twelve Views of Ba-Yu are here: the clouds over the Jinyun ridge, the gibbons of the Tongjing gorge and snow on Huaying. The climate is humid subtropical monsoon, with warm winters and early springs.
The 2025 boundary change moved Dawan (大湾镇), Tongjing (统景镇), Dasheng (大盛镇), Xinglong (兴隆镇) and Cizhu (茨竹镇) into Beibei from Yubei (渝北区), while Shuitu (水土街道), Fuxing (复兴街道), Caijiagang (蔡家岗街道), Shijialiang (施家梁镇) and Tongjiaxi (童家溪镇) went to Liangjiang New Area.
History
In 1923 a gorge defence office was set up for the Little Three Gorges of the Jialing, where Jiangbei, Ba, Bishan and Hechuan counties met. The entrepreneur Lu Zuofu (卢作孚), founder of the Minsheng shipping company, took charge of it in February 1927 and began a rural reconstruction movement in the gorges; in 1934 he completed the Beichuan Railway (北川铁路). The area became the Jialing Three Gorges Rural Reconstruction Experimental Zone in 1936 and, as the Beibei Administration Bureau, a full county-level unit in 1942.
During the war against Japan, Beibei served as a relocation area for the wartime capital, and many well-known figures moved here, among them Lin Yutang (林语堂) and Liang Shiqiu (梁实秋). Three groups of buildings are national protected sites: the former Western China Academy of Sciences (中国西部科学院旧址), the Jialing Three Gorges rural reconstruction sites including the old gorge defence office, and the former Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Institute (世界佛学苑汉藏教理院旧址).
What to see
The district government counts more than a hundred historic and wartime sites, among them the former Jinyun Mountain office of the Southwest Bureau of the Communist Party, the Wang Pu Martyrs' Cemetery (王朴烈士陵园), the Lu Zuofu Memorial Hall (卢作孚纪念馆) and the former National Fudan University (国立复旦大学旧址). Its nine A-level scenic areas include the Chongqing Natural History Museum (重庆自然博物馆) and the Tongjing hot-spring scenic area. Other historic sites include Yashe (雅舍), the former home of Liang Shiqiu, the former homes of Lao She (老舍) and Liang Shuming (梁漱溟), and the tomb of General Zhang Zizhong (张自忠).
Highlights
- Jinyun Mountain 缙云山: Mountain above Beibei; its clouds are one of the ancient Twelve Views of Ba-Yu
- Beiwenquan 北温泉: Hot springs named among the district's natural assets
- Tongjing Hot Springs 统景温泉: A-level scenic area, part of Beibei since the 2025 boundary change
- Chongqing Natural History Museum 重庆自然博物馆: One of the district's nine A-level scenic areas
- Jindao Gorge 金刀峡: Gorge named among the district's natural assets
Sources for this guide
北碚概况_重庆市北碚区人民政府 · Beibei District People's Government, Chongqing
自然资源_重庆市北碚区人民政府 · Beibei District People's Government, Chongqing
北碚区 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-25.
Explore Beibei District
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Beibei District
Exterior of the Chongqing Natural History Museum, Beibei District · 重庆自然博物馆外观，北碚区 Source-recorded photograph date: 2018-08-22 11:10:04.Chongqing Natural History Museum重庆自然博物馆
Chongqing Natural History Museum in Beibei explores the relationship between the Earth, life and the local landscape. Dinosaur skeletons give the fossil galleries a strong visual focus, while animal specimens and geological…
Read the place guide →Pagoda among trees on Jinyun Mountain, Chongqing · 重庆缙云山林间塔影 Photograph date recorded by the source: 22 May 2005, 11:52:19.Jinyun Mountain缙云山
Jinyun Mountain rises above Beibei in a protected landscape of subtropical evergreen forest. The visitor area combines wooded paths, peaks such as Shizi and Xianglu, and the long-established Jinyun Temple. A route beginning at…
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AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）North Hot Spring北温泉
Hot-spring park in the Jialing's Wentang Gorge, Beibei: a temple founded in 423 and the 1927 park Lu Zuofu built around it.
Read the place guide →AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Tongjing Hot Spring统景温泉
Tongjing Hot Spring is a hot-spring resort in the Wentang gorge zone on the Yulin River at Tongjing town, Beibei District, Chongqing, developed around 25 recorded natural spring outlets and known locally since the Qing dynasty for the macaques living on its gorge cliffs.
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An old village lane: a stone-paved path and a low bridge with a brick balustrade beside a stream that gives off steam, flanked by weathered timber buildings with balconies and stone walls; many visitors walk the paths and large green plants fill the foreground under bare trees.Jingangbei Old Village金刚碑古村
Jingangbei is a riverside village in Beiwenquan subdistrict, on the Jialing River below Jinyun Mountain about five kilometres outside the built-up part of Beibei District, Chongqing. It grew up as a coal wharf, and is now designated a Chongqing municipal historic and cultural block.
Read the place guide →Local life & food
Beibei District local specialties
北碚区特色美食 · 6 specialties to discover
Beibei Soft Tofu 北碚豆花AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Beibei Soft Tofu (北碚豆花) is the soft bean curd of Beibei District (北碚区), Chongqing, whose traditional making technique has a recognised inheritor, Zhang Zhengyuan (张正元), known locally as “张豆花” (Tofu Zhang).
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Chongqing xiaomian 重庆小面
The noodles carry a layered spicy, numbing and savory dressing, with crunchy or pickled additions providing contrast. Broth changes intensity but does not automatically make a bowl mild.
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Chongqing hotpot 重庆火锅
The experience combines chili heat, peppercorn tingle and rich aromatics, with texture determined by each ingredient and its cooking time.
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Beiquan Wet-Milled Soft Tofu 北泉水磨豆花AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Beiquan Wet-Milled Soft Tofu (北泉水磨豆花) is listed among the local specialties of Beibei District, Chongqing. The name includes 豆花 (soft bean curd).
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Smoked Cured Pork 腊肉AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Smoked Cured Pork (腊肉) is a Chinese cured meat, popular mainly in Sichuan, Hunan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Guangdong; in Chongqing the pork is salted, dried in wind and sun and then smoked.
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Jinyun Mountain Spring-Water Chicken 缙云山泉水鸡AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Jinyun Mountain Spring-Water Chicken (缙云山泉水鸡) is listed among the local specialties of Beibei District, Chongqing. The name includes 鸡 (chicken).
Read the dish guide →More dishes from across Chongqing are in the Chongqing food guide.
Plan your visit
Getting there
Beibei District is about 30 km in a straight line from central Chongqing. Search for 北碚区 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
Where to stay →Build your route
Chongqing Natural History Museum and Jinyun Mountain are about 4 km apart in a straight line. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
Continue with Chongqing →More in Chongqing
Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Official administrative update
Official administrative update
Official administrative update
Beibei District People’s Government: current profile and 2026 government work report
Some facts checked against 北碚区 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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