A light is on in the dusk-----Chongqing Bookstore

Some people say that the best place in a place or a city to retain time is a bookstore. Bookstores are the eyes of a city, shining with warmth and tenderness. Some people also say that no matter where you go, you should visit the local bookstore. Whether you buy a book or not, you should feel the mood and atmosphere there, because that is the local cultural landscape.

1. Sisyphus Bookstore

There are currently 8 stores in Chongqing, located in Sanxia Plaza, Yangjiaping Xicheng Tianjie, Guanyinqiao Beicheng Tianjie, Daping Times Tianjie, Jiefangbei Yingli International, Guanyinqiao Darong City, China Resources Vientiane City and Dashiba.

Sisyphus Bookstore mainly sells books, but also sells coffee, creative products, cultural and artistic works, and organizes various cultural exchange activities from time to time. It is a living space with a sense of cultural experience.

2. Classic Bookstore

Some people say that if you love her, take her to Classic Bookstore. This bookstore, considered a "veteran" in the mountain city, is located on the B1 floor of the New York Building, No. 108 Bayi Road, Yuzhong District. It specializes in humanities books and often holds various reading activities. It takes leading the city's reading life and creating a city cultural landmark as its mission. It is a gathering place for book lovers and book writers.

3. Fangsuo Bookstore

This high-end and unique bookstore integrating literature, art and "style" is located on the LG floor of Guanyinqiao Sunshine Century Shopping Center in Jiangbei District.

Fangsuo aims to create a multicultural space, providing books, clothing, aesthetic lifestyle products, plants, coffee, children's reading services, etc. New books from Hong Kong and Taiwan and foreign language books are its advantages. (It is said that the quality is too high and I dare not go there)

4. Chongqing Book Buying Center

Open 24 hours a day! The Chongqing Book Purchasing Center has fulfilled the "eslite" dream of many literary and artistic young people. There are currently two stores in Chongqing, one is located on the first floor of Guanyinqiao Maoye Department Store and the other is Daping Times Street. The bookstore is a comprehensive bookstore covering books, magazines, audio and video, aesthetic daily necessities, coffee and exhibition space. Its Daping Times Street The flagship store is the first bookstore open 24 hours a day in Chongqing.

5. Himalaya Art Bookstore

Located at No. 122, Huangjueping Main Street, Jiulongpo District, influenced by the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts and Huangjueping Graffiti Street, it developed the "Ximalaya Art Bookstore" The unique artistic temperament of "Laya" bookstore. There are many books on art, sculpture, photography, architecture, literature and other arts, and art exhibitions are often held here.

6. Chongqing Geography Map Bookstore

The Chongqing Geography Map Bookstore located at No. 2 and No. 3, No. 70, Zhongshan 4th Road, Yuzhong District is undoubtedly quiet and graceful. A professional bookstore featuring geographical maps. It often holds geography lectures and provides map customization services. It is a physical communication platform for geography enthusiasts in the city.

In addition to these, if you like reading, you can also read quietly on the plain sofa here for an afternoon. The guys in the store are very nice, and there is no such thing as a "consumption area".

7. Bolaiju Book Bar

This bookstore located at No. 1-1-5, Jingli Hall, No. 160 Xinnan Road, Yubei District, adheres to the principle of "reading, creativity, bridge "The concept provides the latest original English and Chinese books and freshly roasted coffee, etc., and regularly holds a variety of cultural exchange activities with a full literary and artistic tone.

8. Xinbabu Book Bar

In the D106 store of Chongqing Tiandi, No. 128 Ruitian Road, Yuzhong District, this book bar is quite unique - the theme of "Photography? Travel" The book bar has a large number of exquisite travel and photography books.

9. Time Art Book Bar

This book bar is located in Gate 2 of the Chongqing Grand Theater in Jiangbeizui, Jiangbei District, covering books, cultural salons, cultural toys, tea art and coffee , cultural and creative gifts, art exhibitions, etc., committed to promoting a more artistic lifestyle and aesthetic style, and specially tailored for people who advocate literature, fashion, art, and intellectuality.

Used book market:

In addition to the above-mentioned specialty bookstores, you can also go to the used book market to satisfy your nostalgia and find good things you like.

1. Zhongxing Road Used Book Market

Address: Collectibles Trading Market, No. 73-75, Zhongxing Road, Yuzhong District.

Features: Various old books and comics from the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China to the present, etc. It is the largest second-hand book trading market in Chongqing.

2. Shiqiaopu Secondhand Book Market

Address: Yuzhou Trading City, Shiqiaopu District, Jiulongpo District.

Features: There are more than ten used books stalls, open all year round, with a wide variety of books, mainly books published after liberation and in recent years.

3. Yanggongqiao Secondhand Book Market

Address: The underground passage under the Yanggongqiao overpass, Banyuelou, Shapingba District.

Features: The used books are mainly college textbooks, and there are also a small number of other types of used books.

4. Linjiang Road Secondhand Bookstore

Address: On the sidewalk above the roadside in the North District opposite Kuixing Building, Linjiangmen, Yuzhong District.

Features: A large-scale used bookstore with a wide variety of books, mainly post-liberation books.