We had a lovely outing on a sanpan, visited the mini Three gorges, one of the tributaries of the Yangzi. While on that trip we passed hanging coffins. Placed in caves along the river by Chinese some 3,000 years ago. The coffin in the photo has got a small bush in front of it. The cave is about 80 meters above the water level but imagine how high it was before they raised the water. The speculation is that the folks who put the coffins in these caves lowered them down from above.
Jim also informed me that over 10,000 relics will be flooded then the river reaches it's final resting point.We also went to FuLang ghost city. It is a temple to honor the place were all ghosts go, with many trails to go through to prove this and that. Also with lots of nice visual representations of what hell will look like if you don't behave well etc... The temple was built over 1,000 years ago, and had a large village next to it. Because of the flood waters the village has been moved, to the other side of the river above the 175 water mark. Now this was a large village of over 75,000 people. It was completely rebuilt (it took 10 years). Every person was given a new apartment, bigger and more deluxe. In addition 25,000 more people moved to the new city from the to be flooded country side.
Never-the-less the temple is to be saved. A huge dike was being constructed to preserve the temple. It was allot of fun. We had to go over the marriage bridge, the wealth bridge and the longevity bridge. August picked wealth, and has been spending his money ever since, Jim and I went over the marriage bridge so that we would be married in the after life and we sent Evita over the Longevity bridge. Jim also went up the long life stairs with out taking a breath (and carrying Evita). All the children had to spank the spoiled child statue so that they could learn what it is like to punish children so that they in turn would be better behaved. We have been enjoying the benefits of that ever since!
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