192 CultureShock! China
to spend three days. You depart from Chongqing on a five-
star cruiser just before nightfall, so by the time you wake up
the next day, there is no city in sight. Highlights of the trip
include the hanging tombs, taking a side trip up the dramatic
Little Three Gorges, and going through the dramatic drops
as you are moved from one portion of the dam to the next
through the rocks.Magic Mountains
Ancient monks were onto something when they designated
some of China’s most beautiful peaks as sacred mountains.
A number of mountains have been designated as sacred by
Buddhists and Daoists, some separately, some shared. The
Chinese make religious pilgrimages to these mountains, withThere are many beautiful mountains in China and some of them are
designated as sacred mountains.