Chungking Mansions

Hong Kong Top 7 in Famous Film Locations

Travel to Hong Kong, live in Tsim Sha Tsui, pass by Chongqing Mansion, located at Nathan Road 36-44, Kowloon, completed in 1961, is a hybrid building, with many cheap hotels, shops, restaurants, foreign exchange and other services industries. The building, which is home to people of South Asian origin such as India and Pakistan, and many from different African countries, is a unique international landmark, compared by some to the Kowloon City Village of Hong Kong's ethnic minority. Chongqing Tower was built in 1961, and was a high-end building in its early days, often with British high-ranking officers and Hong Kong's local stars. In the late 1960s, the building became the main place for American officers and soldiers to find prostitutes, influenced by the Vietnam War. The original Chinese families in the 1970s moved out of the building and transferred to new immigrants from the mainland. Now the building is the "Little United Nations", where backpackers are the preferred destination for their stay in Hong Kong, where the film "Chongqing Forest" was filmed.

There are a lot of places where foreigners gather, there are various food items, many foreign currency exchanges, it feels a bit chaotic.

Chungking Mansion was built in 1961. It is a conjoined building of five 17-storey buildings. Public security is chaotic. It was once a red light district for the US military during the Vietnam War. There is a dense collection of cheap hotels, shops, etc., which gather businessmen, laborers and backpackers from all over the world, like a "small United Nations." The American "Time" magazine once commented that Chungking Mansions is the place that best reflects globalization and the multicultural characteristics of Hong Kong.

Friends in Hong Kong say that when traveling abroad for foreign exchange, they will go to Chongqing Mansion, where the exchange rate is better. I was scared when I heard it, said that I dare not go to Chongqing Building ~ but, this building is so famous, how to still go to see it, finally summoned up courage, but not to exchange foreign exchange, pure curiosity. In fact, the first and second floors of Chongqing Building are all Salsa, Watsons, Dajiale, Wanning, and the like, and ordinary building look no different; the vault is WK Square, many international sports brands, and the famous Lanfangyuan. Usually speaking of people color change of Chongqing building, mainly refers to the 2nd floor above, that is really a mix of dragon and snake, all kinds of skin color people have, nothing or not to go up.

Chongqing Mansion is famous for a movie. When you go to Hong Kong, you go to see it. It's quite ordinary. It's not very impressive in Tsim Sha Tsui. But if there's a movie plot, you'll start to see it. There's plenty of food nearby.

easy access in this location, hope I could get better prices for hotel

Just nice Samosas and South asian spices to buy, not much else to see or do

very interesting place, would highly recommend to visit. just a warning that theres a lot of sketchy people there thoigh

Great off beat adventure. Go to Block E for amazing Indian food.

A large building that is essentially a labyrinth of shops, hostels, restaurant stalls and everything in between. Think fake watches, food stalls and sketchy accommodations. This used to be the center of Hong Kong vice in the 90's but has cleaned up significantly since then. Worth a peak for the history and bustle of it.