长江三峡的英文介绍(完整)

1、精品- 可编辑 -the yangtze three gorgess kingthe yangtze three gorges, one of the ten most famous tour sites of china, proudly stands at the top of the best 40 in china s hottest scenic spots.meanwhile, it also enjoys the reputation for one of the best 35 chinascenicspots and 16 special touring routes. yo

2、ur steps into yichang will take you to the greatest paintings of the elegant three gorges gallery. though the three gorges project reservoir began reserve water, the three gorges stand still with their elegance and verve. the xiling gorge is still deep and serene; the wu gorge is still beautiful; wh

3、ile the qutang gorge is still steep and magnificent. at the same time, the new three gorges bring you infinite new views. new sceneries created by the reservoir will add extra mysteries to you and make your trip rich and colorful.yichang, as the door of the three gorges, is the optimal start place f

4、or the marvelous and attractive tour through three gorges.the three gorges consist of the xiling gorge, the wu gorge and the qutang gorge. and they extend over 193 km from daidi castle in the west, fengjie county of chongqing municipality, to nanjin guan of yichang city in the east, hubei province.

5、its the prime landscape along the yangtze river, as well as the treasure of the china mountains and rivers. through ages, the charming gorges have admired thousands of foreign and chinese tourists whole heartedly.now, distinguished friends, lets start the amazing trip through the threegorges.xiling

6、gorgethe elegant xiling gorge starts from guandu kou of the zigui county in thewest, and ends to nanjin guan of yichang in the east. its total length of 114 kmranks the longest in the three gorges, among which 66 km is for gorges (31 kmabove dam, 35km below dam). the name“ xiling ” , standing for“ w

7、estmountains ” , came from its specific situation as it s situated in the west ofyichang, and especially, it s the west border of the ancient chu state. thesegorges become famous for dangerous and spectacular location. in xiling gorge,there are 3 shoals (xie shoal, qing shoal and kongling shoal) and

8、 4 gorges(dengying gorge, huangniu gorge, niugan mafei gorge, and bingshu baojiangorge). series of gorges and shoals make the water flow speedy and complex here.ouyang xiu of the north son g dynasty praised“ the mountains and water of xilingare the finest under heaven” . marshal chen yi of p.r.c als

9、o praised“ xiling isfinest in the three gorges, and everyone will forget to return for thick delightfrom the ancient times, the boat trackers kept their living here for generations,dragging the boats upstream and fighting against the riptide. an ancient idiomsaying “ boats hard to sail in xiling, ev

10、en ghosts are afraid of reefs” is thedescription. after the completion of the gezhouba hydropower station, a bigreservoir came into being in the upstream, which raised the water line andsubmerged those dangerous shoals. additionally, after the foundation of thepeople s republic of china, the governm

11、ent dredged up the river way several times and destroyed many dangerous reefs. thanks to all these actions, we can enjoy our safe and leisure touring through these beautiful gorges today.nanjin guan (the nanjin col)nanjin guan is the start point of the yangtze three gorges, as well as the boundary s

12、eparating of the upstream and midstream of the yangtze river. after the ship sailing upstream through the nanjin guan, the width of the yangtze river becomes sudden narrow from 2000 m to 300 m. it tells the beginning of your colorful tour in the beautiful painting of the three gorges.dengying gorge

13、(the shadowgraph gorge)12 km west to nanjin guan, we will reach the dengying gorge (theshadowgraph gorge), which is also called“ mingyue gorge (the bright moongorge) ” . it s a short but extraordinary g orge. the walls of the gorge are smoothand clean, just like having been polished carefully by nat

14、ure s engineering. beingmirrored by the sky, the walls look like a lifelike traditional chinese landscapepainting. if you get here at night, the landscape in the moon light will show you adreamland beyond words description. that s the origin of another name,“ thebright moon gorge ” . the dengying go

15、rge, which means“ the shadowgraphgorge ” , got its name from the figure of the mountains. in the south bank, fourpeculiar stones look like four characters in the famous chinese legend“ reca journey to the west” . in sunset, when we look at them from the gorge, they arevivid like telling the story by

16、 the shadowgraph. so, the gorge here is also called“ the shadowgraph gorge ”.li siguang s tectonic formationget to liantuo in the north bank of the xiling gorge by ship, you will find thegeological section formed in the cambrian period. in the three gorges, you canfind kinds of mature stratum formed

17、 in every geological age from 2.5 billion yearsago to 1 million years ago. the world renowned li siguang s tectonic formation(the tectonic formation was found by the chinese geologist, mr. li siguang) wasfound here in the xiling gorge, which attracted strong interest from the worldgeology field. the

18、 formation was recognized as“ the natural geological museumand “ the living fossil” of the geological mechanical formation. you wouldobviously feel that time has brought great changes to the world when you visit thegeo logy park and the li siguang s tectonic formation.xianren bridge (the sage s brid

19、ge)a few minutes while the ship goes west, in the north bank, we will see thexianren bridge (the sage s bridge), a natural ston-me e1ter-wide bridge spanning15 meters on the mountain, where is the best place for enjoying the beauties of thexiling gorge. when you stand there, everything in miles of t

20、he xiling gorge will betaken in a glance. it s said legendarily that once upon a time, a fairy fell in lovewith a woodchoppe r. but, it s impossible for the woodchopper to reach theparadise to meet the fairy. then, the fairy threw down her band of the skirt andmade the bridge to lead her lover. a po

21、et of the song dynasty, tian jun wrote apoem for the bridge“ clouds mist o; nriviter roars under it; boat stop here and ask;why can t see fairies, but the empty bridge.” the statue of flying fairy was built tomemory this lovely fairy.huangniu gorge (the bull s gorge)sailing 10 km upstream to the wes

22、t, we will see a row of mountain crest in thesouth bank. 9 strips of green ridges droop downward sinuously, just liking 9dragons rushing down to the river. the mountain crest is the huangniu cliff (thebull s cliff), the valley under is the huangniu gorge (the bull s gorge).the watercourse though the

23、 huangniu gorge zigzags like the intestine, and isfull of interlaced submerged reefs. the river water swirls like the boiling water tomake the sailing dangerous.“ morning set off in huangniu, night anchor inhuangniu, 3 days and 3 nights are not enough for passing through huangniu, daysand nights, en

24、dless sailing drives hair grizzle.” an ancient ballad is the bestdescription about the hard shipping condition in this part.why the gorge here was name“ huangniu (the bull)” ? itacname fromancient story about xia yu s contribution to flood controlling. it s said thatgod sent xia yu to the human worl

25、d to dredge the river and prevent the flood.when he led people to excavate the river and reach here, the god sent a magic bullto help him. one day morning, a woman came here to sent water and food toworkers. when she reached the river, she happened to see a giant and strong bullcolliding the mountai

26、ns. the mountain collapsed and the earth quaked like thunderstorm. her screaming stampeded the bull and made it jump off the mountain, butleft its image in the mountain walls. the chinese ancient strategist, mr. zhuge lianghad a sentence of description in his“ travel notes in huangling temple” :i po

27、red over the mountain walls across the river, i found magic head portrait imagewith vivid hair and eyebrows, remarkably true to life. a flag in the front, and a bullon the right side, just like someone painted it here.” of course, the story was thepeople s beautiful imagination about conquering the

28、nature. and, the“ bullthe best indication standing for human s greatest power in conquering the world.in order to memory the bull s contribution, ancient people built a temple here tofete it.as a matter of fact, the giant painting is the wall is the particular in threegorges. about 400 million years

29、 ago, here is still ocean. and 200 million years ago,the granite magma from earth interior movement formed the now huangniumountain and zhongbao island. the granite here contains kinds of pigments,showing different colors. white is the main color for huangniu mountain, anddecorating with some black,

30、 therefore forms the big wall paintings. a chineseancient poet li daoyuan said:“ the image at the highest of the rock wall looks likea man lo wing a bull, back man and yellow bull” . this vivid natural image hasattracted countless tourists of all ages, and fingered out of the world most particular.z

31、hongbao island-the site of the three gorges damafter ship passes the xiling yangtze bridge, we will reach the dam site of thethree gorges project. years ago, it was a rectangle shaped island called“ zhongbao island ” , with an area of about 0.15 km2. former premier, mr. zhou enlai chose it from seve

32、ral schemes and set it as the dam site.as a magic island, it has never been submerged in histories, no matter howheavy the floods were. according to the records, the heaviest flood happened in1870 did not cover this island even the huangling temple in a higher place wassubmerged. up till now, there

33、is not any convincible explanation on thephenomenon of “ the island goes up along the rising river”however, the island is disappeared since the project was under construction.we are now going through the“ open channel of headrace” . it s about3410 m in length, with the width of 350 m, sharing 1/3 of

34、 the total width of theyangtze river here. it s one of the main constructions of the first phase of thethree gorges project. since june of 2003, ships began to pass the dam through thedouble-line 5-stage ship locks (for ships over 10 thousand ton). the hugeconstruction at the right side is the three

35、 gorges dam. it s the concrete gravitydam, with a height of 185 m. and the total length of the dam top is 2309 m. the normal water level of the reservoir will be 175 m. the total capacity of the generators installed is 18.20 million kw, while the total annual capacity will be more than 84.7 billion

36、kwh. ladies and gentlemen, at our left side, we can see the city of three gorges immigrants” , the new town szitigeuoi fcounty.high gorge mountains and the reservoir lakethe high gorge mountains and the reservoir lake are the new imposing scenic spots brought to the yangtze three gorges by the const

37、ruction of the three gorges project. from june 1 to 15, 2003, when the initial water reserve completed, the water level in the upstream of the dam increased to 135 m, much higher than the 98 m level before may 31. the reservoir capacity increased from 2.3 billion to 12.3 billion cubic meters. at 22:

38、00 of september 20, 2006, the reservoir began to raise water level from 135.5 m to 156 m, with extra reservoir capacity of 11 billion cubic meters. at that time, the three gorges went on to initial operation period from the cofferdam period, with comprehensive functions on flood control, electricity

39、 generation and ship traffic. here, yichang, will begin to show you the scenery of the reservoir lake in the high mountains. and here will be the right place to bring you the best view of the reservoir and the mountains. the reservoir will force water to flow back to the place where fengdu count loc

40、ated, forming a 436 km long reservoir in the watercourse in the upstream of the dam. the width of the river in many broad valleys will increase to about 3000 m from 1000 m before thewater reserve. the yangtze river will offer you a new face with the smooth reservoirlake instead of the former torrent

41、ial flow. lots of hidden scenic spots will show theircharms to the tourists. those new added sceneries like valleys, lakes, islands, watercourses, and water-eroded caves will combine with the previous gorge views to form new contents for your trip to new three gorges. according to the incomplete sta

42、tistics, after the initial water reserve, new lakes and islands will come into being, such as the zigui lake, the baidi lake, the baidi island, the shuangjiang island (the dual river island), and the hulu island (the calabash island) etc. vast and immensurable, nature abounds in changes, the beautif

43、ul lakes and mountains will paint a new magnificent scene in the new three gorges.recently, more sightseeing platforms have been built around the three gorgesproject dam area, such as the tanzi ling (peak crock), the extreme top on thehuangniu rock (the bull s rock), the first mountain top at the he

44、ad of thereservoir- the phoenix mountain, the nv er ling (the daughter s mountain top)and etc. all these viewing points provide you the all time, multi view, different height, and omnidirectional sightseeing experience of the dam, the reservoir lake and the high mountains.kongling gorgethe kongleng

45、gorge (empty and coldwhen leaving the three gorges dam 10 km behind, we ll reach a steep gorge, the kongling gorge. the cloud-capped mountains in the gorge look like sharpened by knives and axes. this gorge is also calledgorge) ” ,“ the tongling gorge (through mountains gorge)” . it s about 2.5 kmin

46、 length. according to records in ancient books, ships had to be emptied to ensureits safe sailing in the torrent here. in the middle of this narrow watercourse,there s a shoal full of many dangerous submerged reefs, calledngling “ the koshoal ” . ancient people said“ the qing shoal and the xie shoal

47、 are not the realshoal, only the kongling is the gate to the hell” . many years ago, there was a bigrock in the middle of the water, showing the warning words“ come towards mewhen getting here, ships must go straight ahead towards the rock; with the help ofbackstroke water bounced by the rock, ship

48、would skim rock and pass through insafety. but, if you ignored the warning, and intended to steer away from the bigrock, the water would certainly rush you to the rock causing accident. in 1900, aforeign ship crashed here because the captain had no sense on this warning, andeven ignored the advice f

49、rom the guide. after the liberation in 1949, the big rockwas destroyed. later, the successful launch of gezhouba hydropower project raisedthe water and deeply merged those dangerous shoals. although we lose theexperience of the nervous and excite sailing here, we obtain the safetransportation.niugan

50、 mafei gorge (gorge of bull s lever & horse s lung)out of the kongling gorge, we will reach the niugan mafei gorge in a short while. the gorge is about 4.5 km in length. in the conflux of jiuwan river (explored for driftage) and the yangtze river, there were several brown rocks overlapped inthe clif

51、f on the mountain in the north bank. they looked like the bull s lever.beside them, there was another lung shaped big stone called“ the horse slung ” . because these funny rocks, the gorge was named as gorge of bull s le& horse s lung (the niugan m afei gorge). actually, these rocks were made of cal

52、cium carbonate by the groundwater.as years past by, the niugan rock is still intact, while the mafei rock has lost its under part. it was shot by british warship in 1900 when china was still governed by the qing dynasty. today, it is still telling the crimes done by the old british imperialism.howev

53、er, the mafei rock has been submerged by the raised water. and theniugan rock was cut and removed to the phoenix mountain in the new city of zigui county by local tourism bureau. though we cannot see the two rocks anymore in the gorge, there still are other sceneries as the same.bingshu baojian gorg

54、e (gorge of the tactics book & sword)when our ship passes the xin tan (new shoal), we will reach bingshu baojiangorge. in the rock gaps of the mountain cliff in the north bank, there s somlooking like a roll of bamboo book. it was said it s the tactics book of mr zhugeliang (an ancient chinese famou

55、s strategist). under the tactics book, thereoutshoot a sword shape rock which is thick on the top and sharp in the bottom,pointing to the river. that is the sword rock.according to the field research done by the archaeologists, the“ tactics boois actually the remains of the ancient hanging coffin, w

56、hile the“ sword ” is anoutshoot limestone.there are also two legends going along with this gorge. one is about mr.zhuge liang. it s said that zhuge liang wrote a book on military experience of hiswhole life. one day, when he got a serious disease, he found there was nobodystanding around him could i

57、nherit the book. in order to avoid the doctrinaires improper use of his theories, he chose the steep place to store it because he thought only those who can get it could take right and full advantage of his book.another legend happened when the chuhan campaign broke out at the end of theqin dynasty.

58、 zhang liang, a smart advisor of the king liubang, defeated the elitetroops of the king xiangyu, and took over the chu. after zhang liang s death, htactics book and sword were hidden here.before the water raise in the reservoir, the tourism bureau of zigui county organized a special force to save the legendary“ tactics book ” . actually, therewere remains of hanging coffin and many national secure