Chongqing - 重慶
Posted On Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at at 2:28 AM by AlvinChongqing - China's Fog City (重慶 - 霧都)
After saying a few prayers for those who perished in the Sichuan earthquake, we packed our bags and hit the road again. Our first destination was Chongqing (重慶) - one of four municipalities in China, located to the East of Sichuan province (四川省). Chongqing is the meeting point of the two great rivers of China - Yangtze River (長江) and Jialing River (嘉陵江). CQ is famed as the City of Fog and we ventured across the Yangtze River in a cable car on exactly such a day ! We also had the famous Chongqing hot pot which was red hot chlli peppers with everything !
Dazu Rock Carvings (大足石刻 - 宝顶山)
About 2 hours bus journey West of CQ lie the Dazu Rock Carvings which are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings, dating back as far as the 7th Century A.D. The site is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was a fun day out before we boarded the boat to cruise down the Yangtze Three Gorges (長江三峡).
Dazu Rock Carvings (大足石刻 - 宝顶山)About 2 hours bus journey West of CQ lie the Dazu Rock Carvings which are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings, dating back as far as the 7th Century A.D. The site is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was a fun day out before we boarded the boat to cruise down the Yangtze Three Gorges (長江三峡).
