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Date: Nov 17, 2004 - 13:31
After returning from Shennong Stream to our ship, we entered the Wu Gorge at about 1:00 PM. This gorge is the heartland of the Three Gorges and is considered home to the most beautiful natural scenery of the area. It runs a total of approximately 25 miles. The Wu Gorge is one of China’s well-known thunder-stricken and stormy areas. Often shrouded in mist and a veil of drizzle are the twelve peaks of the gorge, the most famous of which is the “Goddess Peak”. As legend has it, Yaoji, the little daughter if the Jade Emperor, the supreme Chinese God, chose to descend to the world to help Emperor Yu dredge the rivers, and, afterward stayed on the top of Mount Wu to serve as a guide for boatmen. After thousands of years she was transformed into a stone statue on the top of the mountain.
The Goddess Peak
Wu Gorge Light House
Approaching sunset on the Wu Gorge
Sunset on the Wu Gorge
The Qutang Gorge is the last gorge going up the Yangtze River. It is only approximately 5 miles long but has some of the most spectacular scenery of all three gorges.
Entering the Qutang Gorge
More than a thousand meters wide and scores of meters high, the Whitewashed Wall is an expanse of white cliff on the side of Mt. White Salt on the south bank of Kuimen. It is covered with inscriptions from the Song Dynasty onward. The inscriptions display a variety of calligraphic styles with some characters as small as two or three centimeters and some others more than a meter.
Whitewashed Wall
Sample of wall calligraphy
Additional samples of wall calligraphy
On the south bank of the gorge, we passed Daxi Village-site of some 74 tombs containing 5000-6000 year old archaeological finds. Western China's earliest known civilization derives its name from this single village and is collectively known as the Daxi Culture.
Daxi Culture excavation
Daxi Culture neolithic tools and pottery
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