A Gorge Along The Yanxi River

The Mini Gorges

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March 20th 2012
Hey everybody. Today we went on a gorge tour. We went to see the mini gorges. The sight was beautiful. We saw monkeys on the rocks playing around too. There was also holes in the walls. In thoes holes were coffins. They were called hanging coffins. It was really cool to see. The reason why they hung the coffins or placed them on the cliff is because the people beleived that the higher they are ... read more

Asia » China

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more