Have you seen the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River 70 years ago? How beautiful! But something has disappeared.

It is said that the Three Gorges is picturesque, but do you know what the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River was like 76 years ago? After reading a group of photos of the Three Gorges taken by this foreign photographer 70 years ago, you will see: God, the Three Gorges in the past were so beautiful!

1946, American photographer Dmitry? Kessel came to China. He set out from Shanghai and went upstream to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. He was immediately shocked by the magnificent scenery of the Three Gorges: I didn't expect China to have such beautiful scenery! He lived by the Yangtze River for seven months and took many documentary photos about the Three Gorges.

However, these precious photos are doomed: for some reason, they have been kept in secret for more than 60 years and have never been made public during this period. It was not until 2007 that these photos were allowed to be published online.

The famous Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is located on the main stream of the Yangtze River in Chongqing and Hubei provinces. It starts from Baidicheng, fengjie county, Chongqing in the west and ends at Nanjinguan, Yichang, Hubei in the east, with a total length of 193km, and consists of Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge.

The Three Gorges, one of the scenic spots in China 10, is world-famous. Mountains on both sides of the strait are like knives and axes, and there are many cliffs. Between the two mountains, the river is narrow and tortuous, and the water is fast. When the boat is driving in the gorge, it really feels like "the peaks are even in the sky, and the boat is out of the hole".

A poem by Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said, "A thousand miles a day goes to Jiangling. The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the canoe has passed Chung Shan Man ",which describes the beautiful scenery of the Three Gorges.

The "Bai Di City" mentioned in the poem is located on the Bai Di Mountain on the north bank of the Yangtze River at the mouth of Qutang Gorge in fengjie county, Chongqing. Throughout the ages, it has always been a place that literati yearn for, and now it is a famous tourist attraction on the Three Gorges.

Wuxia gorge in the Three Gorges is 46 kilometers long. The peaks on both sides of the strait are abrupt, the mountains are overlapping and the clouds are lingering, just like a fairyland. Photographer Kaiser crossed the boat and praised the scenery here. He also took aerial photos by plane.

If you sit on a moving boat, you will suddenly find a mountain in front of you blocking the way. However, when the ship reached the front of the mountain, the river turned here again. Only in this way can we truly appreciate the artistic conception of "there is no way for mountains and rivers to be suspicious, and there is another village in the dark."

Here is the south bank of Zigui New Beach, and dozens of robust trackers are bending down to pull the rope. One end of the rope is tied to a big ship. Because the river is fast, it is not easy for big ships to dock, so it will save a lot of effort to use the tracker.

These trackers pull optical fibers all the year round on the edge of the Three Gorges. It is not easy to work as a coolie and get hard money. Photographer kessel recorded the moment of their efforts with the lens.

This is a ferry in the ancient town of Chuanjiang. Many ships dock at the ferry, and people on the shore can take the ferry to the other side. These ships function like ferries today.

There are many houses, some restaurants and some hotels on the hillside behind the ferry. Due to its special geographical location, Chuanjiang ancient town has a large flow of people and supports many people.

This is a pier in Yichang. Now is the dry season, the river recedes a lot, and the channel narrows. Many ships docked at the dock. However, the warehouse dock on the shore is full of goods. Some are unloaded from the ship, and some are ready to be loaded on board. Just look at this mountain of goods and busy people, and you will know how important it is here.

This is the pier at Yangjia Street in Wanxian County. A group of women are washing clothes by the river. Behind them, there are 100 steps. When you reach the top of the steps, you will find the river bank. On both sides of the steps, there are also many houses.

Although this pier is not big or prosperous, it is an indispensable place for ordinary people's lives, and some people are still playing on the shore. Seeing the photographer kessel taking pictures of them, the laundry girls all looked up to this side.

Small sailboats sailing on the Three Gorges River still paddle with wooden paddles, and there are some patches on the sails, which shows that these ships have been around for some years.

Now, such a ship is out of sight. Driving in the Three Gorges are steamboats several stories high. Whistle echoed in the Three Gorges, with the vast river spreading to the distance.

This is the upper reaches of Qutang Gorge on the Three Gorges, which is famous for its precipitous and spectacular scenery. Qutang Gorge is about 8 kilometers long, with steep cliffs on both sides, towering peaks and turbulent rivers. What a magnificent picture of the Three Gorges!

After visiting Qutang Gorge, Guo Moruo couldn't help but sigh: "If the scenery is different, the Three Gorges is the best!"

The ship on the new beach in Zigui is ready to connect with optical fiber, and the bow is hung with a long cable. The tracker stood on the shore, ready to pick up the rope. In the photo, the river is rushing with white waves. It is dangerous to sail in this section.

This is a Wu Peng ship, quietly moored on the river. Level as a mirror, the reflection on the water is beautiful. In the distance, it is misty and illusory, like a China ink painting.

This is a dock by the Chuanjiang River, and several ships are docked on the shore. There are many houses built on the river bank, which should be commercial streets. The existence of docks has promoted the prosperity of commercial streets to a certain extent.

In the Three Gorges, photographer kessel took many photos, including hundreds of thousands. Here are some representative photos to share with you. Of course, these photos are colored with black and white film, but in this way, they have a different flavor. Have you ever been to the Three Gorges? Compared with the Three Gorges 70 years ago, which do you think attracts you more?