What's the best way to visit the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River?

Of course, the best way to visit the gorge of the Yangtze River is by boat, just as Li Bai said in a poem, "The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, but the canoe has crossed Chung Shan Man.".

description of scenic spots:

1 Qutang Gorge

also known as Kuixia. It starts from Baidicheng in fengjie county, Chongqing in the west and reaches Daxi Town in Wushan County in the east, with a total length of about 8 kilometers. Among the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, although it is the shortest, it is the most majestic and steep. The scenic spots and historical sites in Qutang Gorge are numerous and concentrated, which is convenient for visitors. There are Fengjie Ancient City, Eight Arrays Map and Fish Tower in the upper reaches of Xiakou. On the top of the north bank of the gorge, there are many cultural relics, such as Baidi City, breathtaking ancient plank road and mysterious Fengxiang Gorge. On the south bank, there are carved powder walls, legendary Mengliang ladders, upside-down monks, armor caves, and phoenix drinking fountains with quiet springs. On the south bank not far from the downstream of Fengxiangxia, there is a grotesque mountain peak protruding from the river, which is called "rhinoceros looking at the moon". The ruins of Du Fu Caotang, which is only a few kilometers away from Baidicheng, are a place where poets linger.

2 Shi Baozhai

is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Zhongxian County, Chongqing, 4 kilometers west of the county seat and 52 kilometers east of Wanxian County. Here, there is a huge stone on the river, which is more than ten feet high and pulled up by a steep wall and a lonely peak. According to legend, it is a statue of colorful stone left by The goddess patching the sky, so it is called "Shi Bao". This stone is shaped like a jade seal, also known as "Jade Seal Mountain". Tan Hong Uprising at the end of Ming Dynasty, hence the name "Shi Baozhai". Yuyin Mountain is a lonely peak that rises from the ground and its walls are as thin as a razor. In the early years of Qing Qianlong, a temple named "Lanruo Hall" was built on the top of the mountain with the help of iron cables on the stone wall. During the Jiaqing period, skilled craftsmen were hired to study how to replace the iron chain to go up the mountain, so they built this pavilion according to the mountain. Shi Baozhai Tower, leaning against the mountain, spreads its wings with eaves, and the tower floors are reduced from bottom to top. There are twists and turns between the flying pavilions on each floor, which is very strange in shape. The whole building consists of a gate, a body and an attic, with 12 floors and a height of 56 meters, all of which are made of wood. It was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and was completed in the Kangxi and Qianlong periods. Originally built on nine floors, it implied the meaning of "nine heavens". The top three floors were built in 1956 when the building was repaired. There are three groups of sculptures in the village, one is the story of Bamanzi's first city, the other is the story of Zhang Feiyi's release of Yan Yan's Three Kingdoms, and the third is the story of Qin Liangyu, a female hero. This exquisite and gorgeous Zhai Lou was originally used for people to climb from the riverbank to the top of the mountain to burn incense and worship Buddha, but today it is a "little Penglai" for people to lean against the fence and overlook the Yangtze River. After the completion of the Three Gorges Project, when the water level of the river rises, Shi Baozhai will be the pearl in the river and the fairy pavilion on the water.

3 Wuxia

Wuxia, also known as Daxia, is famous for its deep beauty. The whole gorge area is the most impressive section of the Three Gorges with abrupt peaks, rugged rocks and continuous cliffs, just like a winding gallery full of poems and love letters. Twelve peaks in Wushan are located on the north and south banks of Wuxia, which is the most famous scenic spot in Wuxia. All kinds of beautiful myths and legends that have been passed down to this day have added strange and romantic poetry. There are many places of interest in Wuxia Gorge, including the Twelve Peaks, the Luyou Ancient Cave, the Dayu Book Platform, the Goddess Temple Site, the Kongming Stone Tablet, the Kuiwu plank road on the precipice, the inscriptions on the border of Sichuan and Hubei, and the "Chu-Shu Gap", as well as the numerous fiber marks carved on the rocks along the river bank, all of which are full of poetic and picturesque meanings. Moistened the wonderful flowers of the poets who moved to other places in the past dynasties, and left a poem that was like a star. Wuxia Valley is deep and narrow, with short sunshine time. The moisture in the gorge is steaming and stagnant, and it is easy to form clouds and fog, and the clouds and fog are in various shapes, forming the Buddha's light in Wuxia. Therefore, the ancients left the eternal quatrain "Once the sea was difficult for water, forever amber".

4 Xiling Gorge

Xiling Gorge starts from Guandukou in Badong County in the west and reaches Nanjinguan in Yichang City in the east, with a total length of 126 kilometers. It is named after Xiling Mountain in Yichang City and is the longest gorge in the Three Gorges. From top to bottom, * * * is divided into four sections: Xiangxi Wide Valley, Xiling Gorge Upper Wide Valley, Miaonan Wide Valley and Xiling Gorge Lower Gorge. There are three cities along the river: Badong, Zigui and Yichang. Xiling Gorge is famous for its "danger", with many beaches and urgent waters, such as the famous Xintan Beach and Kongling Beach. At the dangerous place of the beach, the water is boiling, bubbling and tumbling, turbulent and thrilling. The whole gorge area consists of alpine gorge and shoal reef. There are gorges in the gorge, and the big gorge is covered with small gorges, such as Dashui Gorge, Bingshu Baojian Gorge, Baigou Gorge, Zhenshan Gorge, Micang Gorge, Niuganmafei Gorge, Dengying Gorge and so on. There are many famous streams, springs, rocks and caves on both sides of Xiling Gorge. Qu Yuan, Zhaojun, Lu Yu, Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Kou Zhun, Lu You, Feng Yuxiang and many other historical celebrities have left famous poems here. Zigui in the north of Xiaxia is the hometown of Qu Yuan, adjacent to the hometown of Wang Zhaojun of Han Dynasty.

5 Dachang Ancient Town

Dachang Ancient Town is located 1 kilometers north of Dicui Xiakou, a small Three Gorges scenic spot (National 5A scenic spot) in Wushan County, Chongqing. The ancient town, founded in Jin, has a history of more than 1,7 years and is the only well-preserved ancient city in the Three Gorges area. The ancient town covers an area of about 1 hectares, with the east-west main street about 35 meters long and the north-south main street about 2 meters long. It is a "pocket-sized ancient city" with "four doors to talk, and Yi Deng taking care of the whole city". As the largest town along the Ninghe River, it was ruled by counties and counties in all previous dynasties, and was once an important dock, medicinal materials and mountain products distribution center of Ninghe River. Dachang was called Taichang in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, which was a territory of Pakistan. In the last week, it was changed to Dachang, and the abandoned county was merged into Wushan County during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. The terrain in Dachang is complex, the mountains are as steep as city walls, and the canyons are as narrow as corridors. "Bashu is on the top and Jingxiang is under control." From the battle between Chu, Kuiba and Bashu in the Spring and Autumn Period to the battle of Yiling in the Three Kingdoms Period, from Zhang Xianzhong's Three Rebels to Dachang in the late Ming Dynasty to the "thirteen Kuidong Rebels" to resist the Qing Dynasty in the early Qing Dynasty, Dachang could not escape the war and disputes. Despite several wars in modern times, the ancient town miraculously preserved its original features.

6 Longqiao River

Longqiao River, a world-class underground river, is located in the southeast of Tiankeng Ground Fissure Scenic Area in fengjie county, Chongqing, among the mountains in Longqiao Tujia Township, fengjie county, with an altitude of more than 1,5 meters. The total length of Longqiao River is 3.3 kilometers, the source of which is under the hanging rock of Suolongzhu, and the Yinhe River gushes out from the ground, forming a crystal clear river, such as a light green and narrow ribbon. Clear crystal water slides quietly on the uneven small stones, and the four seasons are long, winding and winding, winding around the stones, passing through the beauty waterfall and the girl waterfall, crossing the Dragon Bridge and entering the Yunlong Cave? Also known as the water hole? , and finally into the underground river, I don't know its whereabouts. It comes from the Yinhe River and goes to the Yinhe River. Although it is only so long on the ground, it turns nine times and eighteen times, and the scenery is beautiful and charming. The most peculiar is the Dragon Bridge, which is more than 6 meters high. It was originally a stone peak like a wall, and was washed away by water, also known as Tiansheng Bridge. A road was built on the bridge, and a Yunlong Temple was built, which is very majestic. The wonderful Yunlong Cave, where cold air blows in spring and hot air blows in winter, often contains clouds, forming a very beautiful and magical landscape. In Longqiao village, people also found a strange cave called Chaotian Cave, which has 7 exits and 3 floors. The first floor is an ancient primitive cave with stalactites and dripping springs, and the terrain is extremely complicated. The second floor is a middle-aged cave, which is a hall-style, extremely spacious and can accommodate thousands of people. The third layer is a circular pipe with holes connected. According to the proven data, Longqiao River is a part of underground river. The river is named after the bridge, and the bridge has a beautiful legend: I don't know in which year and generation, a dragon locked in a deep mountain wanted to go to the sea and was blocked by mountains. In a hurry, it knocked down the door; Not far ahead, there is another higher mountain across the front. The dragon bumped into it again, and the mountain was knocked into a big cave. However, I never saw the dragon coming out of the mountain again. Since 1995, the exploration of the underground river in Longqiao has been listed as a major cave research topic in China and France. The Sino-French joint expedition team tried to find the exit of the underground river in Longqiao four times, but all failed. After many days' investigation in 24, the Sino-French joint expedition team finally found the outlet of the underground river, thus accurately measuring its length of 5 kilometers, successfully finding its outlet in ban qiao, Enshi, and accurately measuring the length of the underground river system. The results show that the length of Longqiao underground river reaches 5 kilometers, which is the longest underground river system found in the world so far. It is more than 1 kilometers longer than the -Suzhou underground river system, which was recognized as the longest underground river in China. And it has become the longest underground river found on the earth so far. When Yunlong Cave entered the cave for more than 5, meters, they found an underground lake with a width of 1 meters and a length of 3 meters. The lake was deep and fish swam. What is particularly strange is a kind of small fish similar to tadpoles and silver carp. It is eight or nine centimeters long and three or four centimeters in diameter. Its head is flat and extremely large. There are two sesame-sized black spots on its forehead, which may be degenerated eyes.

7 hanging coffins of the Three Gorges

Hanging coffins are in the Three Gorges area, and some of them are also called boat coffins and rock coffins because of different regions. There are hanging coffins in the coffin gorge and wind chamber gorge of Qutang Gorge, Bawu Gorge and Cuidi Gorge of Daning River, Jingzhuba in Wuxi County in the upper reaches of Daning River, Baojian Gorge in Xiling Gorge, Jiuwan Creek and other places. "Boat coffin burial" is a unique custom of Ba nationality. There are several explanations for the hanging coffin burial of the ancients: one is to borrow the sound of "high coffin" (high official) to bless future generations with wealth; Second, it is to protect the bodies of ancestors from human beings and animals; There is also a saying that in order to fulfill filial piety, the descendants of Pu people (after their parents died) "gave birth to coffins, chiseled niches in the middle of Linjiang mountain for burial, and hung the coffin from the mountain, and the tallest person thought it was the most filial piety."

8 Changlongshan

Changlongshan is located in Gongping Town, fengjie county, Chongqing, one of the four municipalities directly under the Central Government of China. There are beautiful scenery, surrounded by mountains, strewn at random from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and there are many layers of green in the mountains. In the early morning, Changlong Mountain is covered with a layer of mist, which is particularly beautiful. Beside Fengjie trunk line of Chongqing-Ba Highway outside Changlongshan, the traffic is convenient, and it takes only 1 hour to reach the county seat and 6 hours to reach the urban area of Chongqing. Changlongshan is the source of Meixi River. The long Meixi River arouses a bit of homesickness and many literati. Changlongshan is a prosperous place of Taoism, and its temples are full of incense. It is a famous Taoist base in China, and there are people from far away who burn incense and worship Buddha. Like wandering outside, surrounded by mountains and waters on both sides; Air structure, eight manpower and two days. This is a couplet written by the ancients in the fairy view of Changlongshan, which is very magical from topography to architectural style. The fairy view of Changlongshan is indeed a fairy wonderland with fairy mountain and Qiongge. Changlongshan, which originates from Qinling Mountains, is a remnant vein of Daba Mountain, located 3 kilometers northwest of fengjie county. According to folklore, Changlong Mountain was driven by Qin Shihuang from Qinling Mountain to drive the mountain into the sea for one night, and the Qutang Gorge mouth of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River was blocked, and Guanyin Bodhisattva was a universal being, so as to avoid disaster and crow like a rooster. When the first emperor heard the cock crow, he lashed the mountain in anger, and the mountain stopped walking, leaving the remains of "Zhanlongya" and "Jimingdian". Long Longshan stretches for dozens of miles, and the mountain is long and narrow, steep and amazing, just like Youlong, where the cliff is headed by a dragon. Standing at the dragon's head, two streams surround the dragon, and the surrounding peaks are arched, with green pines and pines, and there are faint images of four mountains arching. In case of rain and clouds, it's like a dragon churning and puffing, and it's a great scenic spot in eastern Chongqing. In 1997, it was approved by fengjie county Municipal People's Government as "Changlongshan Scenic Area". The Temple of Immortals in Changlongshan has a long history and is well-known in the world. It is a Taoist shrine with tens of thousands of square kilometers in Fiona Fang at the junction of eastern Chongqing, southern Shaanxi and western Hubei, and enjoys the reputation of "Wudang Mountain in Sichuan". According to folklore, Princess Pingyang, the daughter of Emperor Ping of Han Dynasty, fled here to avoid the war. When she met bandits, Princess Pingyang conquered them by force. Seeing that the terrain here is victorious, you will stay in the trace and practice, and you will become immortal. Later, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty chased her as a fairy princess. In order to commemorate the fairy princess, the world donated money to repair the fairy view and sacrifice it for many years, which lasted for a long time.

9 Baidi Mountain

Next to Baidi Mountain is the exit of Caotang River on the north bank of the Yangtze River. The situation is particularly dangerous and it is a battleground for military strategists in past dynasties. Looking eastward from here, you can see two mountains, Chijia and Bailin, which are steep and towering on the north and south banks. Two-room confrontation is like two doors. When the river rushes to the mouth of Qutang Gorge, you will see the waves lapping on the shore, stir up the whirlpool, break down the door and pour down a thousand miles. Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a seven-character quatrain of admiration: "It takes a thousand miles to return to Jiangling in a day to say goodbye to the white emperor. The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the canoe has passed Chung Shan Man. "

1 Three Gorges Monkey Creek

The Three Gorges Monkey Creek Eco-tourism Zone consists of three parts: Fairy Cableway, Xianhe Cave and Xianren Creek. Fairy ropeway is 888 meters long, with a height drop of 123.8 meters and 68 double chairs. It is the only sightseeing ropeway in Yichang. Sitting on the ropeway, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Xianren Creek, which is refreshing. Xianhe Cave has a total length of 1,18 meters and a cave area of 3, square meters. It is warm in winter and cool in summer, with a constant temperature of 18 degrees all the year round. It is famous for its deep and secluded cave body, dense landscape, strange shape and exquisiteness. There are winding paths leading to a secluded place in the Cave House, and stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, Stonefur, stalactites, etc. Xianrenxi is 6.8 kilometers long. Xianrenxi is a valley in Xiling Gorge. According to legend, some people once saw fairies showering and dressing in a stream, so it was called Xianren Stream, also known as Xianren Stream. There are more than 2 kinds of trees and more than 18 kinds of animals in Xianren Creek, and the forest coverage rate is about 98%. Fenduojing in the air is particularly rich, which has bactericidal effect and good effect on treating diseases. It is a good place for "forest bath". There are three waterfalls (Yinhe Waterfall, Triassic Waterfall and Fairy Waterfall), four deep pools (Yu Nv Tan, She Shen Tan, Shuang Tan Ying Moon, Qian Fu Tan), Ba Ren Rock House, Ape Nature Reserve and many other scenic spots. Fairy Creek is characterized by peaks, strange rocks, caves, beautiful waterfalls, blue pools, foggy pools, and so on. Yi Shunding, a poet in the Qing Dynasty, once described it as: Listen to the apes' cries and look down at the scales. Floating blue and different colors, strange rocks and many images. The trees are green in winter and spring, and Zhu Hua looks at the strings. The vines are all upside down, and the waterfalls do not give way.

11 Toad Spring

Toad Spring is located at the foot of Fan Peak (also known as Mingyue Peak) on the south bank of Huangniu Gorge in Xiling Gorge of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in Yichang. Because there is a cave near the river, there is a big stone protruding from the hole, which looks like a toad with its mouth open, its tongue sticking out and its big eyes bulging, so it is named Toad, also known as Toad Bei. At the end of the toad stone at the mouth of the cave, a clear spring gushed out, which is the well-known toad spring. Toad Spring, with clear water and sweet taste, is most suitable for tasting tea. It was called by Lu Yu, the "tea god" in the Tang Dynasty: "There is a sudden stone at the foot of the fan mountain in Xiazhou, and the water is cold and lonely, like a turtle, and the common cloud toad drools, the fourth". At that time, it was listed as the fourth among the 2 products suitable for tea in China, so it was called "the fourth spring in the world" by tea people in previous dynasties, and it is still talked about today.

12 Kongling Gorge

Kongling Gorge, also known as Air Cooling Gorge, is 2.5 kilometers east of Niuganmafei Gorge in Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River. It is located between Miaohe River and Heiyanzi in Zigui County, with a total length of 2.5 kilometers. In the meantime, the peaks and peaks are even in the sceneries, jagged with each other, and there are strange stones on them. For example, two people are facing each other, and it is said that Du You, Yidu and Jianping counties, is different from this, hence the name Du You Stone. There is Kongling Beach in the gorge. Cliffs stand on both sides of the strait, and the turbulence is rapid, so it is very difficult to pull the boat. "You can empty the ridge and then cross it", so it is also called "empty ridge". The name of the gorge comes from this. On both sides of the Kongling Gorge, there are beautiful peaks and peaks, surrounded by green clouds, waterfalls and flowing springs, snow splashing and pearls splashing, citrus forests all over the mountain, green leaves and golden fruits, colorful scenery and infinite scenery. In the past, there were dangerous beaches and dense reefs here, and the famous ones were "Twenty-four Beads". Among them, "Big Beads" Liang Shi, which was about 22 meters long, 4 meters wide and 15 meters high, suddenly emerged from the water, like a tiger lying in the middle of the river, and joined with the neighboring "Two Beads" and "Three Beads", known as the Three Beads.