长江三峡的英文介绍(完整)(20210408070130)

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. Meanwhile, it also enjoys the reputation for one of the best 35 China s king scenic spots and 16 special touring routes. Your st

2、eps 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 th

3、e 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 the

4、marvelous and attractive tour through Three GorgesThe Three Gorges consist of the Xiling Gorge, the WuGorge and the Qutang Gorge And they extend over 193 km from Daidi Castie in the west, Fengjie county of Chongqing municipality, to Nanjin Guan of Yichang city inthe east, Hubei province. Its theprim

5、e 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 Three GorgesXiling GorgeThe ele

6、gant 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 ” , standing for “West Mountai

7、ns ” , came from its specific situation as it s situated in the west of Yichang, and especially, it s the west border of the ancient Chu State. These gorges become famousfor dangerous andspectacular location. In Xiling Gorge, there are 3 shoals (Xie Shoal, Qing Shoal and Kongling Shoal) and 4 gorges

8、 (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 Dvnasty praised“the mountains andwater of Xiling are the finest under heaven ” . Marshal Chen Yi of PRC also praised

9、 “Xiling is the finest 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 ts hard to sail in Xi ling,

10、even ghos ts are afraid of reefs ”is the vivid description. After the completion of the Gezhouba Hydropower Station, a big reservoir came into being in the upstream, which raised the water line and submerged those dangerous shoals Additionally, after the foundation of the People，s Republic of China,

11、 the government dredged up the river way several times and destroyed many dangerous reefs. Thanks to allthese actions, we can enjoy our safeand 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

12、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 Three Gorges.Dengyi

13、ng Gorge (the Shadowgraph Gorge)12 km west to Nanjin Guan, we will reach the Dengving Gorge (the ShadowgraphGorge), which is also called “Mingyue Gorge (the Bright Moon Gorge) ” It s a short but extraordinarv gorge The walls of the gorge are smooth and clean, just like having been polished carefully

14、 by Nature s engineering Being mirrored 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 a dreamland beyond words description. That s the origin of another name, “the Bright Moon Gorgev The Dengv

15、ing Gorge, which means “the Shadowgraph Gorge ” ，got its name from the figure of the mountains In the south bank, four peculiar stones look like four characters in the famous Chinese legend uRecord of a journey to the west ” . In sunset, when we look at them from the gorge, they are vivid like telli

16、ng 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 the geological section formed in the Cambrian period In the Three Gorges, you can find kinds of matur

17、e stratum formed in every geological age from 2.5 billion years ago to 1 million years ago. The world renowned Li Siguang s Tectonic Formation (thetectonic formation was found by the Chinese geologist, Mr. Li Siguang) was found here in the Xiling Gorge, which attracted strong interest from the world

18、 geology field. The formation was recognized asthe natural geological museum ” , and “the living fossil ” of the geological mechanical formation. You would obviously feel that time has brought great changes to the world when you visit the Geology Park and the Li Siguang s Tectonic Formation.Xianren

19、Bridge (the Sage s Bridge)A few min utes while the ship goes west, in the nor th bank, we will see the Xianren Bridge (the Sage s Bridge), a natural stone Hmeter-wide bridge spanning 15 meters on the mountain, where is the best place for enjoying the beauties of the Xiling Gorge When you stand there

20、, everything in miles of the Xiling Gorge will be taken in a glance. It s said legendaril5 that once upon a time, a fairy fell in love with a woodchopper But, it ，s impossible for the woodchopper to reach the paradise to meet the fairy. Then, the fairy threw down her band of the skirt and made the b

21、ridge to lead her lover. Apoet of the Song Dynasty, Tian Jun wrote a poem for the bridge“Clouds mist on it; river roars under it; Boat stop here and ask; why can t see fairies, but the empty bridge ” The statue of flying fairy was built to memory this lovely fair y.Huangniu Gorge (the Bull ，s Gorge)

22、Sailing 10 km upstream to the west, we will see a row of mountain crest in the south bank 9 strips of green ridges droop downward sinuously, just liking 9 dragons rushing down to the river. The mountain crest is the Huangniu Cliff (the Bull s Cliff), the valley under is the Huangniu Gorge (the Bull，

23、s Gorge).The watercourse though the Huangniu Gorge zigzags like the intestine, and is full of interlaced submerged reefs. The river water swirls like the boiling water to make the sailing dangerous. Morning set off in Huangniu, night anchor in Huangniu, 3 days and 3 nights are not enough for passing

24、 through Huangniu, days and nights, endless sailing drives hair grizzle. ” An ancient ballad is the best description about the hard shipping condition in this part.Whythe gorge here was name uHuangniu (the Bull) ” ? It came from an ancient story about Xia Yu，s contribution to flood controlling It s

25、said that the God sent Xia Yu to the human world to dredge the river and prevent the flood Whenhe 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 sent water and food to workers. When she reached the river, she happened to s

26、ee 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 The Chinese ancient strategist, Mr. Zhuge Liang had a sentence of descriptio

27、n in his “Travel Notes in Huangling Temple ” ：“when I pored over the mountain walls across the river, I found magic head portrait image with vivid hair and eyebrows, remarkably t rue to life A flag in the fro nt, and a bull on the right side, just like someone painted it here ” Of course, the story

28、was the people s beautiful imagination about conquering the nature. And, the“Bull ” is the 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 to fete it.As a matter of fact, the giant painting is

29、 the wall is the particular in Three Gorges About 400 million years ago, here is still ocean. And 200 million years ago, the granite magmafrom earth interior movement formed the now Huangniu Mountain and Zhongbao Island The granite here contains kinds of pigments, showing different colors. White is

30、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 like a man lowing a bull, back man and yellow bull ” This vivid natural image has attracted countless

31、tourists of all ages, and fingered out of the world most particularZhongbao Island-the Site of the Three Gorges DamAfter ship passes theXilingYangtze Bridge, wewill reachthedamsiteoftheThreeGorges Project Years ago,it wasa rectangle shapedisland calleduZhongbaoIsland ” , with an area ofabout 0.15 km

32、2. Former premier, Mr.ZhouEnlaichoseitfromseveral schemes and set itas thedam site.As a magic island, it has never been submerged in histories, no matter how heavy the floods wereAccording to the records, the heaviest flood happened in 1870 didnot cover this island even the Huangling Temple in a hig

33、her place was submerged Up till now, there is not any convincible explanation on the phenomenonof “the island goes up along the rising river”However, the island is disappeared since the Project was under construetion.We are now going through the “Open Channel of Headrace ” It s about 3410 m in leng

34、th, with the wid th of 350 m, sharing 1/3 of the to tai wid th of the Yang tze River here It s one of the main cons true tions of the firs t phase of the Three Gorges Projec t. Since June of 2003, ships began to pass the dam through the double-line 5stage ship locks (for ships over 10 thousand ton).

35、 The huge construction at the right side is the Three Gorges Dam. It sthe concrete gravity dam, 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

36、total annual capacity will be more than 84. 7 billion kWh Ladies and gentlemen, at our left side, we can see the “first city of Three Gorges Immigrants ” , the new town site of Zigui County.High Gorge Mountains and the Reservoir LakeThe high gorge mountains and the reservoir lake are the new imposin

37、g scenic spots brought to the Yangtze Three Gorges by the construetion 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

38、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 cubic meters.At that time, the Three Gorges went on to initial operation period from the cofferdam peri

39、od, 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 will be the right place to bring you the best view of the reservoir and the mountains The reservoir will

40、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 increase to about 3000 mfrom 1000 m before the water reserve The Yangtze River will offer you a new face

41、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, watercourses, and water-eroded caves will combine with the previous gorge views to form new contents for yo

42、ur trip to new Three Gorges. According to the incompletestatistics, 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. Va

43、st and immensurable, nature abounds in changes, the beautiful lakes and mountains will paint a new magnificent scene in the new Three GorgesRecently, more sightseeing platforms have been built around the Three Gorges Project damarea, such as the Tanzi Ling (Peak Crock), the Extreme Top on the Huangn

44、iu Rock (the Bull s Rock), the first mountain top at the head of the reservoir-the Phoenix Mountain, the Nv er Ling (the Daughter s Mountain Top) and etc. All theseviewing points provide you the all time, multi view, different height, and omnidirectional sightseeing experience of the dam, the reserv

45、oir lake and the high mountains.Kongling GorgeWhen leaving the Three Gorges dam 10 km behind, we 11 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 called“the Kongleng Gorge (empty and cold gorge) ” ,“the Ton

46、gling Gorge (Through Mountains Gorge) ” It s about 2.5 km in length According to records in ancient books, ships had to be emptied to ensure its safe sailing in the torrent here. In the middle of this narrow watercourse, there sa shoal fullof many dangerous submerged reefs, called “the Kongling Shoa

47、l ” . Ancient people said“the Qing Shoal and the Xie Shoal are not the real shoal, only the Kongling is the gate to the hell” . Many years ago, there was a big rock in the middle of the water,showing the warning words uCometowards me . Whengetting here, ships must go straight ahead towards the Rock;

48、 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 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 cap

49、tain 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 launch of Gezhouba Hydropower Project raised the water and deeply merged those dangerousshoals. Although we lose the experience of the nervou

50、s and excite sailing here, we obtain the safe transportation.Niugan 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

51、 Yangtze River, there were several brown rocks overlapped in the cliff on the mountain in the north bank They looked like the Bull s lever Besidethem, there was another lung shaped big stone called “the Horse s Lungn Because these funny rocks, the gorge was named as Gorge of Bull s Lever & Horse s L

52、ung (the Niugan Mafei Gorge). Actually, these rocks were made of calcium 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

53、 still telling the crimes done by the old British imperialism.However, the Mafei rock has been submerged by the raised water. And theNiuganrock 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,

54、 there still are other sceneries as the sameBingshu Baojian Gorge (Gorge of the Tactics Book & Sword)Whenour ship passes the Xin Tan (New Shoal), we will reach Bingshu Baojian Gorge In the rock gaps of the mountain cliff in the north bank, there s something looking like a roll of bamboo book It was

55、said it sthe tactics book of Mr Zhuge Liang (anancient Chinese famous strategist) Under the tactics book, there outshoot 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, theu

56、tactics book ”is actually the remains of the ancient hanging coffin, while theusword ” is anoutshoot limestoneThere 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 m订itary experience of his whole life One day, when he got a ser

57、ious disease, he found there was nobody standing around him could inherit 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 happene

58、d when the Chuhan Campaign broke out at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Zhang Liang, a smart advisor of the King Liubang, defeated the elite troops of the KingXiangyu, and took over the Chu. After Zhang Liang s death, his tactics book and sword were hidden hereBefore the water raise in the reservoir, the Tourism Bureau of Zigui County organized a special force to save the legendary atactics book ” Actually, there were remains of hanging coffin and many national secured relics Now, all these things have been preserved on the Phoenix Mountain for tourists visitingCelebriti