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[2025 Chongqing Attraction] Travel Guide for Kuixing Tower (Updated Apr)

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Kuixing Tower, also known as Kuixing Pavilion, was built for the god Kuixing who dominated the rise and fall of articles in the minds of Confucian scholars. Kuixing has the supreme status. This Kuixing holds a large brush in his right hand, called Zhubi, which means to use the pen to point out the name of the candidate, an ink fountain in his left hand, a golden rooster on his right foot, and a big squid (a kind of big turtle) in the sea under his feet. The head, which means "doing the best", the left foot is raised and kicked in order to echo the shape of the big hook on the lower right of the word "kui", and the Big Dipper is on the foot, as shown in the picture. In ancient times, there were Kuixinglou all over the place, and scholars worshiped Kuixing in Kuixinglou and prayed to be famous in the imperial examinations. Kuixing Building has a strong Chinese national style and local cultural characteristics, and is a part of the splendid Chinese cultural heritage. The Kuixing Tower was built at the beginning of Chongqing, starting in the third year of Emperor Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty when the wind of literary movement blew into Jiangzhou, next to the Confucian Temple near the Confucius Pond. Kuixing Building was demolished in 1953. Kuixing Building and Square are antique commercial buildings in the 1990s.
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Kuixing Tower Address:

Yuzhong, Chongqing, China

Kuixing Tower Recommended sightseeing time:

1-2 hours

Kuixing Tower Ticket Price

Free entry
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