长江三峡的英文介绍(完整)

1、The Yangtze Three GorgesThe 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.s kingMeanwhile, it also enjoys the reputation for one of the best 35 Chinascenicspots and 16 special touring routes. Your s

2、teps 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; while

3、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 for t

4、he 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. It&#

5、39;s 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, let's start the amazing trip through the Three Gorges.

6、Xiling GorgeThe elegant Xiling Gorge starts from Guandu Kou of the Zigui County in the west, and ends to Nanjin Guan of Yichang in the east. Its total length of 114 km ranks the longest in the three gorges, among which 66 km is for gorges (31 km above dam, 35km below dam). The name“ Xiling ” , stand

7、ing for “ WestMountains ” , 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 a

8、nd Kongling Shoal) and 4 gorges (Dengying Gorge, Huangniu Gorge, Niugan Mafei Gorge, and Bingshu Baojian Gorge). Series of gorges and shoals make the water flow speedy and complex here.Ouyang Xiu of the North Song Dynasty praised“ the mountains and water of XilingXiling isis theare the finest under

9、heaven” . Marshal Chen Yi of P.R.C also praisedfinest in the Three Gorges, and everyone will forget to return for thick delight From the ancient times, the boat trackers kept their living here for generations, dragging the boats upstream and fighting against the riptide. An ancient idiom saying“ Boa

10、ts hard to sail in Xiling, even ghosts are afraid of reefsdescription. After the completion of the Gezhouba Hydropower Station, a big reservoir came into being in the upstream, which raised the water line andsubmerged those dangerous shoals. Additionally, after the foundation of the People ' s R

11、epublic of China, the government 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 Gorg

12、es, as well as the boundary separating 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

13、 Three Gorges.Dengying Gorge (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 h

14、aving been polished carefully by Nature' s engineering. Beingmirrored by the sky, the walls look like a lifelike traditional Chinese landscape painting. 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

15、name,“ theBright Moon Gorge” . The Dengying Gorge, 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“ Recoa journey to the west” . In sunset, when we look at them from the

16、 gorge, they arevivid like telling the story by 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 Thr

17、ee Gorges, you canfind kinds of mature stratum formed 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

18、attracted strong interest from the worldgeology field. The 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 Si

19、guang' s Tectonic Formation.Xianren Bridge (the Sage' s Bridge)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 be

20、auties of theXiling Gorge. When you stand there, everything in miles of the 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, t

21、he fairy threw down her band of the skirt andmade the bridge to lead her lover. A poet 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 tom

22、emory this lovely fairy.Huangniu Gorge (the Bull ' s Gorge)Sailing 10 km upstream to the west, 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 (theBul

23、l ' s Cliff), the valley under is the Huangniu Gorge (the Bull' s Gorge).The watercourse though the 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, n

24、ight anchor inHuangniu, 3 days and 3 nights are not enough for passing through Huangniu, daysand nights, endless 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 fromanci

25、ent story about Xia Yu' s contribution to flood controlling. It' s said that tGod sent Xia Yu to the human world to dredge the river and prevent the flood. When he led people to excavate the river and reach here, the God sent a magic bull to help him. One day morning, a woman came here to se

26、nt water and food to workers. When she reached the river, she happened to see a giant and strong bull colliding the mountains. The mountain collapsed and the earth quaked like thunder storm. Her screaming stampeded the bull and made it jump off the mountain, but left its image in the mountain walls.

27、 The Chinese ancient strategist, Mr. Zhuge Liang had a sentence of description in his“ Travel Notes in Huangling Temple” :I pored over the mountain walls across the river, I found magic head portrait image with vivid hair and eyebrows, remarkably true to life. A flag in the front, and a bull on the

28、right side, just like someone painted it here.” Of course, the story was thepeople ' s beautiful imagination about conquering the 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 pe

29、ople built a temple here tofete it.As a matter of fact, the giant painting is the wall is the particular in Three Gorges. About 400 million years ago, here is still ocean. And 200 million years ago, the granite magma from earth interior movement formed the now Huangniu Mountain and Zhongbao Island.

30、The granite here contains kinds of pigments, showing different colors. White is the main color for Huangniu Mountain, and decorating with some black, therefore forms the big wall paintings. A Chinese ancient poet Li Daoyuan said:“ the image at the highest of the rock wall looks likea man lo wing a b

31、ull, back man and yellow bull” . This vivid natural image hasattracted countless tourists of all ages, and fingered out of the world mostparticular.Zhongbao Island-the Site of the Three Gorges DamAfter ship passes the Xiling Yangtze Bridge, we will reach the dam site of theThree Gorges Project. Year

32、s ago, it was a rectangle shaped island called“ Zhongbao Island ” , with an area of about 0.15 km2. Former premier, Mr. ZhouEnlai chose it from several 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

33、 records, the heaviest flood happened in1870 did not cover this island even the Huangling Temple in a higher place wassubmerged. Up till now, there is not any convincible explanation on thephenomenon of“ the island goes up along the rising river”However, the island is disappeared since the Project w

34、as 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 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 20

35、03, 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 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

36、 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 kWh. Ladies and gentlemen, at our left side, we can see the city of Three Gorges Immigrants” , the new town sZitigeuoi fCounty.High Gorg

37、e 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 construction of the Three Gorges Project. From June 1 to 15, 2003, when the initial water reserve completed, the water level in the upstream

38、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 22:00 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 cu

39、bic meters. At that time, the Three Gorges went on to initial operation period from the cofferdam period, with comprehensive functions on flood control, electricity generation and ship traffic. Here, Yichang, will begin to show you the scenery of the reservoir lake in the high mountains. And here wi

40、ll 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 located, 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 i

41、ncrease to about 3000 m from 1000 m before thewater reserve. The Yangtze River will offer you a new face with the smooth reservoir lake instead of the former torrential flow. Lots of hidden scenic spots will show their charms to the tourists. Those new added sceneries like valleys, lakes, islands, w

42、atercourses, 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 statistics, after the initial water reserve, new lakes and islands will come into being, such as the Zigui Lake, the Baidi Lake, the Baid

43、i Island, the Shuangjiang Island (the Dual River Island), and the Hulu Island (the Calabash Island) etc. Vast and immensurable, nature abounds in changes, the beautiful lakes and mountains will paint a new magnificent scene in the new Three Gorges.Recently, more sightseeing platforms have been built

44、 around the Three Gorges Project dam area, such as the Tanzi Ling (Peak Crock), the Extreme Top on the Huangniu Rock (the Bull' s Rock), the first mountain top at the head of thereservoir- the Phoenix Mountain, the Nv' er Ling (the Daughter' s Mountain Top)and etc. All these viewing poin

45、ts provide you the all time, multi view, different height, and omnidirectional sightseeing experience of the dam, the reservoir lake and the high mountains.Kongling GorgeWhen leaving the Three Gorges dam10 km behind, we' ll reach a steep gorge,the Kongleng Gorge (empty and coldthe Kongling Gorge

46、. 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 length. According to records in ancient books, ships had to be emptied to ensure its safe sailing in the t

47、orrent 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 are not the realshoal, only the Kongling is the gate to the hell” . Many years ago, there was a bi

48、grock 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 of backstroke water bounced by the rock, ship would skim rock and pass through in safety. But, if you ignored the warning, and intended to steer

49、 away from the big rock, the water would certainly rush you to the rock causing accident. In 1900, a foreign ship crashed here because the captain had no sense on this warning, and even ignored the advice from the guide. After the liberation in 1949, the big rock was destroyed. Later, the successful

50、 launch of Gezhouba Hydropower Project raised the water and deeply merged those dangerous shoals. Although we lose the experience of the nervous and excite sailing here, we obtain the safe transportation.Niugan Mafei Gorge (Gorge of Bull ' s Lever & Horse ' s Lung)Out of the Kongling Gor

51、ge, 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 in the cliff on the mountain in the north bank. They looked like the Bull ' s le

52、ver.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 Lev& Horse ' s Lung (the Niugan M afei Gorge). Actually, these rocks were made of calcium carbonate by the groundwater.As years past

53、 by, the Niugan Rock is still intact, while the Mafei Rock has lost itsunder part. It was shot by British warship in 1900 when China was still governed bythe Qing Dynasty. Today, it is still telling the crimes done by the old British imperialism.However, the Mafei rock has been submerged by the rais

54、ed water. And theNiugan rock was cut and removed to the Phoenix Mountain in the new city of ZiguiCounty by local tourism bureau. Though we cannot see the two rocks anymore inthe gorge, there still are other sceneries as the same.Bingshu Baojian Gorge (Gorge of the Tactics Book & Sword)When our s

55、hip 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 somelooking like a roll of bamboo book. It was said it' s the tactics book of Mr ZhugeLiang (an ancient Chinese famous strategist). Under the tactics boo

56、k, 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, theis actually the remains of the ancient hanging coffin, while the“ sword ” is anoutshoot limestone.There

57、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 nobody standing around him could inherit the book. In order to avoid the doc

58、trinaires 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. Zhang Liang, a smart advisor of the King

59、Liubang, defeated the elitetroops of the King Xiangyu, and took over the Chu. After Zhang Liangtactics book and sword were hidden here.Before the water raise in the reservoir, the Tourism Bureau of Zigui Countyorganized a special force to save the legendary“ tactics bookwere remains of hanging coffin and many national secured relics. Now, all these things have been preserved on the Pho