About this place

A bookstore built inside a 45-meter WWII-era air-raid shelter tunnel in Huangjueping, housing 20,000 books organized by Chongqing's 38 districts and counties — run by a man called Brother Jun who has spent decades rescuing old street signs, maps and artifacts from demolished neighborhoods before they disappeared forever.

Drifter says

"Take Metro Line 18 to Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Station or Dianchang Station, then walk toward Huangjueping Railway Village No. 5. The entrance is off a graffiti-covered alley. Open roughly 1pm to 10pm. Walk into the tunnel: one half is floor-to-ceiling bookshelves organized by..."

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