Situated on the bank of the Jialing River (jiā líng jiāng 嘉陵江), not far from its confluence with the mighty Yangtze River (yáng zǐ jiāng 扬子江), is the ancient village of Ciqikou (cí qì kǒu 磁器口), formerly known as Long Yin (lóng yǐn 龙隐). People always said "One flagtone road, and one thousand years' Ciqikou". It was named as it had supplied large sum of chinaware dating during Qing (qīng 清) and Ming (míng 明) dynasties. It was a busy dock before, which located at the lower reaches of Jialing River. After a thousand years, the town now remains as a symbol and miniature of past Chongqing. 

        Originally started in the first year of Emperor Yonghui (yǒng huī dì 永徽帝) of the Tang Dynasty (táng cháo 唐朝, 618-907), the Dazu Grottos (dài zú shí kè 大足石刻) had been enlarged and rebuilt up through the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). As one of ancient China's most valuable treasures,They were declared a National Key Cultural Relics Protected Unit in 1961, and in 1999 they were listed as a World Culture Heritage Site  by the UNESCO Heritage Committee.