Dazu

Within the regional setting of Chongqing, the spatial identity of Dazu is first captured by this local fact: “Forest resources and cold-climate life give Dazu a recognizable regional character.” It points to an observable local combination in which the setting of Dazu is shaped by both environment and lived practice. Historical development brought natural conditions and human activity into repeated negotiation, leaving traces in settlement, routes, and memory. Specific places and continuing lives turn a broad regional relationship into experience that can be observed and checked. The meaning of Dazu rests in specific places and continuing life, not only in its name or formal classification.