We visited one of the 5 sacred peaks in China in Hwa Shan. When we arrived at the peaks there are two ways to get to the top, the gondola or a 3 hour walk up to where the gondola drops you off. We chose the gondola and then went up many steep steps to two different peaks. On several of the peaks there are Buddhist temples (I kept thinking while I was hiking why anyone would want to carry the supplies up these mountains to build the temples is beyond me) However they did and was great to spend a day hiking around these beautiful tree covered peaks with steps carved into the rock our built. We just never get that in Colorado. Maybe we need more Buddhists willing to do that kind of work. We did have to hike this with thousands of people though. One interesting thing is there are many locks with red ribbons along the trail. This is a symbol for couples to "lock" their love. It is also done on the great wall.
