Recommended tourist attractions around Yichang City

Recommended tourist attractions around Yichang

1. Three Gorges Dam

Located in Sandouping Town, Yichang County, 40 kilometers away from Gezhouba, the entire project consists of blocking the river It consists of a dam, a hydroelectric power plant and a navigation lock. The river dam is built on Zhongbao Island. The Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project is a key project in the comprehensive management and development of the Yangtze River. The Sandouping area has a wide riverbed and the granite foundations on both sides are hard and complete, so the Three Gorges Project of the Yangtze River was selected here. After the completion of the Yangtze Three Gorges Project, it will exert ten major benefits including flood control, power generation, shipping, breeding, tourism, ecological protection, environmental purification, developmental immigration, south-to-north water diversion, water supply and irrigation, among which the average annual power generation can reach 84.9 billion kilowatt-hours.

2. Yichang Three Gorges of the Yangtze River

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is one of the Yangtze River Grand Canyons. There are three national 5A-level tourist attractions in it, and there are many places of interest and historic sites. Attraction introduction: The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River starts from Baidi City in Chongqing in the west and ends at Nanjinguan in Yichang in the east. It is a grand canyon with magnificent mountains and rivers on a stretch of the Yangtze River thousands of miles away. It is one of the top ten scenic spots in China. As one of the birthplaces of ancient Chinese culture, there are many places of interest here, such as Baidi City, Huangling, Nanjinguan, etc. Among them, Qutang Gorge is the most precipitous, with cliffs standing on both sides, less than a hundred meters apart.

3. Qu Yuan’s Hometown Cultural Tourism Area

Qu Yuan’s Hometown Cultural Tourism Area is located in Fenghuang Mountain, Zigui County, Yichang City, with Gaoxia Pinghu in the north, Zigui New County in the west and south, and the Three Gorges in the east. The dam has a total scenic area of ??33.3 hectares and a total investment of 330 million yuan. In January 2013, it was approved as a national 4A-level tourist attraction by the National Tourist Attractions Quality Rating Committee. In 2013, it received 1.08 million visitors, including more than 60,000 foreign guests, and achieved tourism revenue of 15 million yuan. The original site of Qu Yuan Temple in Qu Yuan's hometown cultural tourism area is located at "Qu Yuan Tuo" five miles east of Guizhou City in Zigui. It was first built in the Tang Dynasty and was renamed "Qing Lie Gong Temple" in the third year of Yuanfeng (AD 1080).

4. Zhaojun’s hometown

Going to Jingmen with mountains and valleys, there grew up the village of Mingfei Shangyou. Once we go to Zitai and Shuo Desert, we will only leave the green tomb facing the dusk. Draw a picture to understand the spring breeze, wear a ring in the sky to return to the moonlit night soul. For thousands of years, the pipa has been playing nonsense. It is clear that resentment lies within the song. The hometown of Wang Zhaojun, one of the four beauties in ancient my country. Wang Zhaojun was a native of Zigui County in the Western Han Dynasty. In ancient times, Zigui was divided into Jigui County and Xingshan County. Her hometown, Baoping Village, is about six or seven kilometers northwest of Xingshan County. Baoping Village is a good place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. Xiangxiang Creek, a clear tributary of the Yangtze River, flows through the front of the village. Three and a half sides of the stream surround a green mountain. There is a flat land on the mountainside. The village on the flat land is named "Baoping". Zhaojun's hometown is located in Baoping Village, 5.5 kilometers west of Xingshan County in the upper reaches of Xiangxi River. It was originally named Yandunping, also known as Wangjiawan.