Cultural Scenery of Shennu Stream

The scenic area of Shennu Stream is a newly-developed scenic area with the construction of Three Gorges Project. It is on the south bank of Wuxia Gorge. The mountain is steep and valley is deep with turbulent stream water flowing rapidly. The Shennu Stream scenic area is rarely visited and the sceneries in it are still in a pristine state, thus worth visiting.

Feifeng Peak of Shennu Stream

Feifeng Peak is 740 meters in height, locating on the west bank of Shennu Stream. It stretches from the west to the east like a Feifeng (phoenix) flying in the sky and is about to drink the water in the stream. It is said that Shennu (the Goddess of the stream) changed a golden phoenix into a peak and left it in the Wuxia Gorge which became a beautiful scenery.

Shangsheng Peak of Shennu Stream

Shangsheng Peak is 780 meters in height, standing on the east bank of Shennu Stream. "Shangsheng" means rising and flying upwards. Shangsheng Peak is steep and towering with one corner leaning upward just like a bird flying to the cloud, thus obtaining its name. Besides, the peak looks like an eagle flying to the sky and the local people also call it Eagle Peak.

Jingtan Peak of Shennu Stream

Jingtan Peak is 1020 meters in height, lying on the south bank of Shennu Stream. Among many mountains towers the Jingtan Peak, which is like one camel standing among a flock of sheep.The shape of the peak is similar to a celestial being sitting on the altar and reading Buddhist sutras. Under the peak is a pond with clear water and slight ripples. On the peak lies a big flat just like an altar on the dragon palace. That is how it gets its name.

Jiaoding Peak of Shennu Stream

Jiaoding Peak lies opposite to the Jingtan Peak. "Jiao" means a sedan. The Jiaoding Peak looks like a sedan in the ancient times, thus obtaining its name.

Shouzhang Peak of Shennu Stream

"Shouzhang" represents a palm. Shouzhang Peak gets its name because it is similar to the palm of Buddha Sakyamuni.

Sleeping Beauty of Shennu Stream

The Sleeping Beauty is a stone standing at the mouth of the Shennu Stream. It is like a sleeping beauty lying on her side with her head facing the right. It is very vivid and amazing.

Wushanyun of Shennu Stream

Wushanyun is a view found in recent years. Looking up at the steep precipice on the southeast of Shangsheng Peak, you can see three characters, "Wushanyun". These "handwriting" is not written by human's hand. Instead, it is in fact the masterpiece of nature. There characters are in brown yellow color on the caesious precipice. What is more magnificent is that the three characters can be read the same-Wushanyun, no matter you read them from the left to the right or from the right to the left. This is really astonishing.

Weiren Peak of Shennu Stream

Weiren means great men. The Weiren Peak of Shennu Stream is also discovered in recent years. It stands in the scenic area of Jingtan Peak. Weiren Peak looks like Mao Zedong-the founder and the first chairman of People's Republic of China. The peak faces the north, just like Mao Zedong is gazing at the gorges, lakes and Shennu (Goddess of Shennu Stream) in the distance.