Abstract: The visible and invisible cities are the two dimensions of urban research.As the spiritual core of the city,the invisible city still needs to be excavated.Urban consciousness,values and social order can be the three dimensions in studyingthe invisible cities.As a wartime capital,Chongqing should not only have a modern urban landscape,but also generate a complete capital culture.However,due to the lack of cultural identity of the capital and the unstable social order,the capital culture of Chongqing has always been in a state of immaturity.Therefore,Chongqing is a gray social space in wartime,which is full of intermediateness.By excavating the psychological and spiritual dimensions contained in literary imagination,the wartime capital,as a conceptual construction,will show its richness and complexity.

Key words: Chongqing, literary imagination, capital culture, urban literature