北碚 (Běibèi): Beibei District (Chongqing)

Meanings

1 Beibei District (Chongqing)

Characters

北

place name character (rocky bank)

Examples

北碚是重庆西北部的一个区。

Běibèi shì Chóngqìng xīběi bù de yí ge qū.

Beibei is a district in northwestern Chongqing.

西南大学的老校区在北碚。

Xīnán Dàxué de lǎo xiàoqū zài Běibèi.

Southwest University's old campus is in Beibei.

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history

During WWII Beibei was one of the 'rear capital' (陪都) refuges — many universities, museums and intellectuals (Lao She, Liang Shuming, Tao Xingzhi) relocated here from the coast, making the small town a temporary cultural center of wartime China.