Chongqing wonderful place names

The wonderful place names named after topography include waste ditches and mud pits. Exotic place names named after animals include Goose Neck, Maoershi, Yemaozixi, Jigongzui, Duerdang and Niushitan. Exotic place names named after plants include Caiyuanba, Huangjueya, Liu Yang Street and Pipa Mountain.

Place names in Chongqing can be roughly divided into six categories: topography, history, animals, plants, numbers and confusion.

Named after the terrain: Huanggou, Xiaozibei, Tongluo Gorge, fork in the road, mud pit, Tongguan Gang, etc.

There are historical factors: Tianguanfu, Daomenkou, Jiaochangkou, Consular Lane, Gunpowder Bureau, Xueyuan Street, Old Yamen and so on.

Named after animals: E Ling, E Xiang Jing, Goose, Maoershi, Yuleichi, Yemaoxi, white elephant street, Yangziba, Jigongzui, Yaerdang, Baimadang, Niushitan, etc.

Named after plants: Caiyuanba, Pipa Mountain, Meizipo, Huangjueya, Bajiaoyuan Street, Lianhuachi, Gui Huayuan, Liu Yang Street, etc.

Named after numbers: a bowl of water, two intersections, triangle field, four lanes, Wulidian, Liudianzi, four kilometers, five kilometers, six kilometers, seven kilometers, eight kilometers, nine kilometers and ten kilometers. Anyway, I was trapped when I first came to Chongqing.

It sounds very chaotic: Fish Cave, Xiahuigou, Maoxian Gully, Beach Skull, Gun Tower, Berlin Village, Wumagui Trough, Shangsanba Street, Xiasanba Street, Shanganle Cave, Xiaanle Cave and so on.