One of the main points of interest in Huangjueping, Graffiti Street not only beautifies the whole environment but also shares several deep messages with everyone who sees it.
,Tony Liao,CC0
Getting to the place
For those who spend their holidays at Chongqing apart ‘hotels the likes of Ascott Nanbin Chongqing, it’s very easy to visit this street starting from the Huangjueping Hospital. The street ends at the 501 Art Gallery.
It’s a project by the Sichuan Fine Art Institute
This is a wonderful concept by the president of the Sichuan Fine Art Institute. Over 800 painters (that also included students of the institute) contributed to this project and they took 150 days to finish this beautiful task.
The graffiti street covers a huge area
This is so far the largest graffiti wall-art in the world. The total length is 1.25 km and that converts to an area of about 12 acres.
Other graffiti works available
In China itself, you find many other graffiti streets in the cities of Beijing, Fuzhou, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. In a global context, you find such graffiti works in Germany (Berlin Wall) and Australia (the Graffiti Bridge) which have already become popular tourist attractions.
