fu-to-kuan

Updated: May 27, 2025

My two coolies sublet their contracts, and had their loads borne for a fraction of a farthing per mile by coolies returning empty-handed to Suifu. Fu-to-kuan four miles from Chungking is a powerful hill-fort that guards the isthmus where the Yangtse and the Little River come nearly together before encircling Chungking. Set in the face of the cliff is a gigantic image of Buddha.

George Ernest Morrison - An Australian in China: Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma