About this place

Once the heart of Chongqing's light textile industry, where the Second Cotton Mill and match factory workers' compounds still define the street grid — a neighborhood whose physical form has preserved the typical layout of 1970s and 80s state-enterprise residential communities.

Drifter says

"Right next to the polished Danzishi Old Street yet completely untouched by commercial development — the most authentic slice of old south bank urban life you'll find. Go deep into the blocks and look for the red-brick worker dormitory buildings. Study the exterior walls carefully..."

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