Fengdu Ghost City: A Real Chinese City of the Dead
I arrived before sunrise, when the Yangtze was still silver and the gates had not yet opened.
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The detail about the river arriving before the gates really stayed with me. It makes the place feel lived in, not staged.
That quiet hour was the whole reason I went early. Thank you for reading.
I have been to Fengdu once, but never understood the architecture this way. Saving this for my next visit.