What scenic spots and residential areas were flooded after the implementation of the Three Gorges Project?

Influence on scenic spots and cultural relics

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is a famous scenic spot in China. It starts from Baidicheng, fengjie county, Chongqing, and winds about 200 kilometers to Nanjinguan, Yichang, Hubei. It consists of Qutang gorge, Wuxia gorge and Xiling gorge. Along the way, the terrain is steep, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and there are many historical sites. After the impoundment of the reservoir, the canyon feeling of the Three Gorges will be weakened to some extent, but the mountains on both sides of the Three Gorges are steep and steep, and the mountains like "Kuimen is the best in the world" are all over 1000 meters, so the visual perception will not be much different. At the same time, after water storage, some deep-water scenic spots will be more convenient for tourists to visit. However, due to the extensive publicity of "Farewell to the Three Gorges Tour" by tourism agencies in190' s, people generally think that the scenery of the Three Gorges is no longer beautiful after the impoundment, so the Three Gorges tourism has plummeted since 2003.

In ancient times, the Three Gorges area was the intersection of Ba culture and Chu culture. More than 200 cultural relics/kloc-0 have been found in the flooded area of the reservoir. Since 1992, the cultural relics department has started to carry out rescue excavation, and it is expected to complete rescue protection before water storage in 2009. In addition, the government has set up special projects and allocated special funds for the protection of national key cultural relics protection units and other important ancient architectural relics.

The inscription of Baiheliang is located on the Yangtze River in the north of Fuling District, Chongqing. It is a group of natural Liang Shi, about1.600m long, with inscription 1.65, and stone fish 1.8. It reveals the data of local low water in 72 years from Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, which is the earliest, longest and largest hydrological inscription found in the world. After the impoundment of the Three Gorges, Baiheliang will be submerged forever, and the cultural relics department has built a huge underwater pressure-free transparent container around it, which is convenient for tourists to watch and scholars to study, making it the first underwater museum in the world.

Zhanghuanhou Temple, located on the other side of Yunyang County, is a large temple complex built to commemorate the famous Zhang Fei during the Three Kingdoms period, with many ancient buildings and inscriptions. In front of the temple, there are four characters, "The wind on the river is clear", which is extremely magnificent when viewed from the Yangtze River. From 2002 to 2003, the cultural relics department carried out the overall relocation of Zhanghuan Houdian in accordance with the principle of "changing the old appearance into a new one". The new site is on the other side of the new Yunyang county, 32 kilometers east of the original site.

Shi Baozhai is located in Shibao Town, Zhongxian County, Chongqing. Its 35-meter-high stockade building is the only high-rise wooden structure with barrel structure in China, and it is known as one of the "eight strange buildings in the world". There is a mountain behind the village, which rises from the ground and is as steep as India. It is called the "Echo Mountain", and the mountain and the village are integrated. Due to its high terrain, Shi Baozhai will become an island surrounded by water after the impoundment of the Three Gorges. However, due to the rising water level, the rocks under it may soften and disintegrate, so the cultural relics department built a huge dam around it and surrounded the whole bungalow.

Dingfangque-Wumingque are both stone que in Han Dynasty, located in Zhongxian County, Chongqing. Fang Ding Que is a double que, located in Zhongxian County, which is a rare que in front of the temple. Wumingque is located beside the ancient post road outside Zhongxian County. It used to be a double que, but now there is only a right que. Now both groups of Han Que have moved to Baigong Temple in Zhongxian County.

In addition, the local government has relocated dachang town and Quyuan Temple, two ancient towns with a thousand years' history, and protected Baidi City, which was surrounded by water on three sides, making it an island in the river, while Kuizhou (fengjie county) ancient city, which cannot be relocated and protected, can only be buried underwater forever.