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1、Scenic spots HuBei provinceThe Three Gorges Dam project is one of the most controversial international river issues. The dam would cross the Yangtze River, which is the third largest river in the world, at a point where the river is a mile wide. The 610 foot dam would create a 39 billion cubic meter

2、 reservoir that would stretch for 400 miles. Three Gorges Dam is not only the largest dam ever built, it is the largest construction undertaking.Yellow Crane Tower located on Snake Hill in Wuchang, the Yellow Crane Tower is one of the three most famous towers on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

3、(the other two are Yueyang Tower in Hunan and Tengwang Tower in Jiangxi)The Legend of Yellow Crane Tower Legend has it that in Wuchang, there used to be a wine shop opened by a young man named Xin. One day, a Taoist priest, in gratitude for free wine, drew a magic crane on the wall of the shop and i

4、nstructed it to dance whenever it heard clapping. Thousands of people came to see the spectacle and the wine shop was always full of guests. After 10 years, the Taoist priest revisited the wine shop. He played the flute and then rode on the crane to the sky. In memory of the supernatural encounter a

5、nd the priest, the Xins built a tower and named it Yellow Crane Tower. According to records, the tower was first built in 223 A.D during the Three Kingdoms period (220-280). At first it was only used for warfairs. After completion, the tower served as a gathering place for celebrities and poets to p

6、arty and compose poetry. It was estimated that up to the Tongzhi Reign of the Qing dynasty, as many as 300 poems about the tower had been found in historical literature. 昔人已乘黄鹤去，此地空余黄鹤楼。 黄鹤一去不复返，白云千载空悠悠。 晴川历历汉阳树，芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲。 日暮乡关何处是？烟波江上使人愁。 崔颢黄鹤楼 Yellow crane tower is one of the most famous places of i

7、nterest in China, and also one of the best ancient architectures. It is located on the She mountain of Wuchang in Hubei province. It was built 1600 years ago and was rebuilt by the government during the year 1981 to 1985. Where the old tower was only 15 meters wide, the ground floor of the new struc

8、ture was increased to 20 meters wide. The tower, 51.4 meters high, is five-storied with yellow tiles and red pillars, overlapping ridges and interlocking eaves, more magnificent than the old one.upturned eaves 飞檐night scene 夜景Close-range 近景aerial perspective俯瞰图Wudang Mountain is located to the south

9、west of Danjiangkou(丹江口), a city on the northwest of Hubei province ,occupying 400 squares. Wudang Mountain has 72 peaks with steep valleys and beautiful scenery. The main peak, Tianzhu peak (天柱峰),is 1,612 meters above sea level. Throughout history, federal emperors of every dynasty paid increasingl

10、y attention to the creation of buildings on Wudang. The ancient buildings in Wudang Mountain, great in size and beautiful in artistic design, built on the steep hill or in sharp cliffs to achieve a hamonious unity between buildings and nature, has been praised as the ultimate showcase of Chinas anci

11、ent buildings and approved world cultural legacy. In the 15th century ,the Ming court sent 300,000 soldiers and workers there to build 33 groups of buildings including monasteries, temples, pavilions and other structures. It took them more than 10 years to complete the construction. in the Ming Dyna

12、sty, Wudang mountain was the center of China Taosim. Zixiao（紫霄大殿）Palace, located on Tianzhou Peak of the Wudang Mountain ,was built in the year of 1413. It is the best-preserved existing palace in the mountain . The main attractions in the palace include the Dragon and Tiger Hall, the Purple Sky Hal

13、l, the East Hall （东宫）,the West Hall（西宫） and the Prince Cliff(太子坡).The mountain are also linked with martial arts. It is said that Taiji boxing was invented there by Zhang sanfeng（张三丰）, a Taoist priest. the central China ridge the green pearl It was said that Shen Yan Emperor once framed wood for the

14、 ladder, tasted lots of grass and taught people farming, so here is called shennongjia.shennong altar华中屋脊华中屋脊神农顶神农顶二、流水地貌二、流水地貌 神农架国家级自然保护区内的流水地貌神农架国家级自然保护区内的流水地貌按其地表水流方式可分为坡面流水地貌、按其地表水流方式可分为坡面流水地貌、沟谷流水地貌及河谷流水地貌。沟谷流水地貌及河谷流水地貌。 Shennongjia is also a big natural medicinal herbs library. It has more th

15、an two thousand kinds of Chinese herbal medicine, including musk（麝香）, wait for rare JinChai（金钗）， bear gallbladders(熊胆), drugs and head a bead（头顶一颗珠）, the king a pen（文王一支笔）, reaches the river a bowl of water （江边一碗水）and the rare herbs.金钗金钗文王一支笔文王一支笔麝香麝香江边一碗水江边一碗水头顶一颗珠头顶一颗珠The Former site of the Wuchan

16、g Uprising Military Government Guiyuan Temple This four-hundred-year-old Buddhist temple stands in a wooded area of the Hanyang district. The picturesque compound of the temple includes a huge hall that houses five hundred skillfully scrlptured arhat statues, each different from the other in bodily posture and facial expression - sitting, sleeping, laughing, angry. The temple also boasts of a rich collection of stone carvings, paintings, and Buddhist scriptures. East Lake73 square kilometers;Chinas biggest downtown lake ;Build in 1957, and is listed as one of the first national key sc