The Three Gorges, A Journey on the Yangtze

Version 1.0 21 Nov 2011. Jerry Tse. London. All rights reserved. Rights belong to their respective owners. Available free for non-commercial and personal use.

The Three GorgesA journey on the Yangtze, the longest river in China

Wu Gorge

三峽

Xiling Gorge 西陵

Xiling Gorge 西陵

Xiling Gorge 西陵 Hu Jintan 胡金灘

Xiling Gorge 西陵 Shibei well known for repelling the Japanese advance on Chongqing in WWII. 石牌

Xiling Gorge 西陵

Xiling Gorge 西陵

Xiling Gorge 西陵

Xiling Gorge 西陵

Liantuo 蓮沱

Liantuo 蓮沱

Sandouping 三斗坪

In the past, boats were pulled by naked trackers upstream. 縴伕

Three Gorge Dam 三峽大壩

Three Gorge Dam 三峽大壩 Control flood water





Three Gorge Dam 三峽大壩 Better navigations

Three Gorge Dam 三峽大壩 Clean electricity

Wu Gorge 巫峽

Wu Gorge 巫峽

Wu Gorge 巫峽

Wu Gorge 巫峽

Wu Gorge 巫峽

Wu Gorge 巫峽 Goddess Peak 神女峰

Wushan Cheng 巫山鎮

Lesser Three Gorges

小三峽 Daning River 大寧河

Daning River 大寧河Lesser Three Gorges

小三峽


小三峽


小三峽


小三峽


小三峽


小三峽


小三峽


小三峽


小三峽

Lesser Three Gorges

小三峽 Daning River 大寧河


小三峽

Madu River 馬渡河

Coffins in caves were ancient custom of the Bo people 僰人 , who dominated the areas for four centuries. The Bo people were massacred by the Ming army and were thought to be extinct.

Lesser Three Gorges

小三峽

New farmland

New farmland

Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽






Baidi city 白帝城

Shicheng 詩城

Ghost City鬼城

Fengdu 豐都

The People’s Great Hall, Chongqing.

Chongqing 重慶

Music – Voices composed by Vangelis (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou), from his album . Vooices.

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