About this place

Since ancient times the gathering point for medicinal trade in Chongqing — in the old days, rare tributes from across the southwest passed through here before being transported to the imperial capital. Today it remains a large wholesale district for traditional Chinese herbs, roots and exotic dried goods.

Drifter says

"The intense hit of ginseng and star anise reaches you before you're even inside. Massive sacks of dried herbs stacked into mountains create a visual texture unlike anything else in the city — worth photographing. For anyone interested in traditional Chinese medicine and its histo..."

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