Xiling Gorge [ Related Itinerary ]

As the mother river of China, Yangtze River gains a high reputation in China and the Yangtze River cruise is very popular theme tour among domestic and foreign visitors. There are so many beautiful natural landscape and historical sites situated along Yangtze River and the Three Gorges is second to none.

Three Gorges is the most famous attraction along Yangtze River and Xiling Gorge is famous for its twists and turns waterway, rocks everywhere, many beaches and swift rivers and boats sailing adventure in ancient times. Xiling Gorge Scenic Area has a long history of civilization which is the birthplace of one of the Chu culture. Archaeological excavations have shown that 2.8 million years ago early humans have thrived in this area. Xiling Gorge named after the Xiling Mountain located in Nanjinguan of Yichang City, which is the longest gorge of the Three Gorges. East from the Nanjinguan in Yichang City, west to Ziguixiangxi estuary, it gains a high fame. Within the canyon, there is full of craggy rocks, insurance Cliff, difficult to climb. After the founding of the People's Republic, after many years on the Yangtze River waterway management and completion of the Gezhouba water conservancy, water potential has become flat but the beautiful natural landscape is still remained. With odd risk of a long cultural history and the beautiful landscape, tourists at home and abroad all lost in it during their tour to Yangtze River.

Xiling Gorge can be described as a large set of small gorges, there are many other gorges located on both sides, such as broken water gorge, sword art of war gorge, white dog gorge, the town of gorge, Yonekura gorge, Dengying gorge and so on. There are many well-known cross Xiling Gorge Creek, springs, rocks and holes. Qu Yuan, Zhaojun, Lu Yu, Bai, Yuan Zhen, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Kou Zhun, Lu You, Feng Yuxiang, and many other historical figures are left the lips of the famous Poetry through the ages.

After the construction of the Three Gorges Project, Xiling Gorge is a canyon of the Yangtze River Three Gorges only to maintain the original style. As one of “China's top ten scenic spots ", and rank the first in “four top ten Chinese tourist destination", during your Yangtze River vacation, you should not miss the rare scenery in Xiling Gorge.


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