Chungking Mansions is a building located at 36–44 Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Though the building was supposed to be residential, it is made up of many independent low-budget hotels, shops and other services. As well as selling to the public, the stalls in the building cater to wholesalers shipping goods to Africa and South Asia. The unusual atmosphere of the building is sometimes compared to that of the former Kowloon Walled City.
The front of Chungking Mansions in August 2013
Aerial view of Chungking Mansions in August 2013. Roof colours added: A—red, B—green, C—purple, D—blue, E—yellow. Nathan Road is on the far right side.
Main entrance (right) and Cke Shopping Mall entrance (left) in December 2008. The entrance of the Wood House shopping mall is located further left.
Nightscape of Main entrance in Chungking Mansions in August 2018
Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong, aligned south–north from Tsim Sha Tsui to Sham Shui Po. It is lined with shops and restaurants and throngs with visitors, and was known in the post–World War II years as the Golden Mile, a name that is now rarely used. It starts on the southern part of Kowloon at its junction with Salisbury Road, a few metres north of Victoria Harbour, and ends at its intersection with Boundary Street in the north. Portions of the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines run underneath Nathan Road. The total length of Nathan Road is about 3.6 km (2.2 mi).
Jordan section of Nathan Road, at its intersection with Austin Road
Nathan Road in the 1920s (Cameron Road on right)
Saint Andrew's Church
Chungking Mansions