Fengdu Ghost City
Fengdu, also called the "City of Ghosts", is 170 kilometers (105 miles) east of Chongqing situated on the northern bank of Yangtze River between Zhongxian and Fuling.
It was the legendary capital of The Ghost King whose gigantic sculptured statue has been carved onto the rock face of a mountain there. This is 138 meters (452 feet) high and 217 meters (711 feet) wide. Just the tongue is 81 meters (261 feet) long while the mouth is 70 meters (229 feet) wide. Visitors can climb the body of the king to the top of the mountain. Guinness World Records has listed it as the biggest sculpture carved on a rock Ghost State by Daoists.
The temples built on Ming Hill have been carved with a large assortment of ghosts and devils. These ugly and tortured looking creatures are meant to depict the after-life, where people who disobey ancient Chinese morals will be punished by every horrifying way imaginable. It was hoped that these terrifying statues would scare people into submission to the moral codes.
Many tourists arrive by boat and from the pier one can climb the winding cobblestone road or take a cable car to the top of the 288 meter (945 feet) high hill. Some ships arrange an early night visit to the ghost city to enhance the mystique and haunted feelings of the trip.
Lesser Three Gorges is situated along the Daning River, one of the main tributaries of Yangtze River, with a total length of about 250 kilometers (155 miles).
The Dazu Grottoes are made up of more than forty sites of stone carvings with over 50,000 statues of Buddha. The Grottoes were completed during the Tang and Song Dynasties.
