Chongqing's Bus to the Eighth Floor Takes Off!

In Chongqing, a city already renowned for its extraordinary urban designs, a "suspended" bus has emerged as the latest viral sensation. This No. 2 bus appears to have crashed into the eighth floor of a building, hovering 30 meters above the ground. This striking installation, which has garnered millions of views online, is a physical homage to a lyric from Dao Lang's 2004 song, "The First Snow of 2002," which describes a bus "parked on the eighth floor."

The developers of Meixin Wine Town, Chongqing Meixin Group, created the art piece to literally interpret the decade-old lyrical mystery. Previously, listeners debated the meaning of the "eighth floor" mentioned in the song, which actually referred to a hotel in Urumqi. The Chongqing installation offers a tangible representation of this abstract concept.

The suspended bus is the newest attraction at Meixin Wine Town, which features other unique facilities like a bridge town with dual Chinese and European designs and a towering Ferris wheel. Chongqing itself is famous for its challenging mountainous terrain, which has inspired architectural solutions that have become tourist hotspots.

Notable examples include the Liziba Station monorail that passes through an apartment building and the Kuixing Building's sky bridge. The city also boasts the Hongya Cave cliffside complex and the Hongyancun Station, China's deepest metro station, which has spurred local "vertical marathon" events. This suspended bus installation further solidifies Chongqing's identity as a city of astonishing and gravity-defying structures.