VERIFIED2026.09.16Shapingba and Jiulongpo: Ciqikou, Gele Mountain and Huangjueping · 29.579°N 106.428°E
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Two 1940s secret-police prisons on the wooded slope of Gele Mountain, the setting of the novel 'Red Crag'. Zhazidong was a coal pit turned detention centre; Baigongguan a villa turned prison a kilometre downhill; on 27 November 1949, three days before the People's Liberation Army entered Chongqing, most of the prisoners held in both were shot. Together with the martyrs' cemetery and the Red Crag Soul exhibition hall at the foot of the hill they form the Gele Mountain Revolutionary Memorial, the Shapingba half of the Hongyan museum system — free, open 9:00-17:00 with last entry 16:30, and since 1 October 2025 without the real-name booking that guides still describe: you scan an identity document at the gate.
Hours9:00-17:00, last entry 16:30 (museum guide)Verified · 2026-09Source ↗
ClosedNone published; open on public holidaysVerified · 2026-09Source ↗
IDPassport required; see details for entry handling.Verified · 2025-09Details ↓Source ↗
Address63 Zhengfa Sancun, Lieshimu, Shapingba District (沙坪坝区烈士墓政法三村 63 号) — the memorial's address is the cemetery and exhibition hall at the foot of the hill; Zhazidong and Baigongguan are separate gated sites up the slopeVerified · 2026-09Source ↗Navigate ↗
EntranceLine 1 'Lieshimu' (烈士墓) station: Red Crag Soul Square is 500 m north; Baigongguan about 1.6 km and Zhazidong about 2.4 km uphill on foot (bus 210 / 821 stop 'Baigongguan'); Zhazidong to Baigongguan is a 1 km downhill path
Last verified 2026-09-16
How to book
No booking since 1 October 2025 — 'scan your valid identity document at the entrance gate and enter directly' (museum notice, 30 September 2025); the 红岩博物馆 WeChat official account posts capacity warnings on busy daysVerified · 2025-09Source ↗
ID details
Passport required; see details for entry handling. The notice says 'valid identity document' (有效身份证件), not 'ID card'; passports are not named — carry it and use the staffed lane if the gate scanner refuses it
Beat the crowds
Come at 9:00 on a weekday and do Zhazidong first (the top of the hill, the crowded one), then walk down to Baigongguan. School groups and tour buses arrive from mid-morning; the two times of year to avoid are 27 November morning (the memorial ceremony closes the cemetery and hall 9:00-12:00) and the run-up to National Day.
Language
The museum advertised 'bilingual guide' (双语讲解) posts in its 2026 recruitment notices; the site's English page (hongyanmuseum.cn 'English') exists but the visitor guide is Chinese; hotline 023-65312300 for the Shapingba sites