Yangtze River Three Gorges Tour

"Coursing over a distance of 6,380 kilometers, the mighty Yangtze is the longest river in China and the third longest in the world after the Amazon in South America and the Nile in Africa. It is also a cradle of ancient Chinese civilization.

The most impressive section of the river is the three Yangtze River gorges: the Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge, collectively known as the Sanxia, or Three Gorges.

The Yangtze, rising in the glaciers and snow-- covered mountains of the ""Roof of the World"", the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, and fed by hundreds of tributaries, wanders eastward across the mainland of china. It makes an incessant rush into the East China Sea. The enormous inexhaustible hydroelectric resources of the Yangtze, producing no waste gases, no waste water, or waste residues, is superior to oilfields and coalfields and therefore considered the ""King"" of all energies capable of generating huge profits with a minimum input.

From its source to its estuary, the Yangtze River meanders over 6,300 kilometers. Its annual runoff into the potential of up to 268 million km.

Zigui
Zigui is located at the exit of Xiling Gorge, near which Xiangxi (Fragrant stream) joins the Yangtze River. There erected a tomb and a memorial pavilion for Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet in ancient China. One may take a dragon boat in the Fragrant Stream and see the native town of Wang Zhaojun, a famous beauty in ancient Chinese history.

Lesser Three Gorges
The lesser Three Gorges, referring to the three separate valleys of the Daning River, are respectively called ""Dragon-Gate Gorge"", ""Misty Gorge"" and ""Emerald Gorge"". With clear water flowing fast through the gorges, and precipices and peaks towering to the sky, you can take a small junk to enjoy these extremely marvellous spectacles of nature.

Shibaozhai-- ""Pearl of the Yangtze River""
One of the Yangtze's spectacular sites, Shibaozhai, a 12-storey wooden pagoda built against the side of a sheer rectangular cliff, is truly a magnificent structure. Over 400 years old, it has appropriately been named the ""Pearl of the Yangtze""."