Three Gorges in Yangtze River History

Three Gorges in Yangtze River History - Introduction

In Yangtze River history, the Three Gorges is a large canyon on Yangtze River. With the magnificent scenery, Three Gorges is one of ten-top scenic spots of China. It originates from the White Emperor Town of Fengjie County of Chongqing Municipality in west. In east, it originates from the Nanjin Pass of Yichang City of Hubei Province.

Consists of Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge, Three Gorges is 191 kilometers long. There are many attractions long Yangtze River such as Daning River, Xiangxi Stream and Shennong Stream, besides many wonderful legends. In each season, Yangtze Cruise shipping along Yangtze River to enjoy the different sceneries.

Three Gorges in Yangtze River History – Folk Custom

Chongqing people and Sichuan people live along Three Gorges, mainly including Han people and Tujia minority. They have the distinctive folk customs. For example, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year, there will hold Dragon Boat Race to honor of Quyuan (a great poet in ancient Chinese history).

Three Gorges in Yangtze River History – Three Gorges Dam

For Chinese generations, we people have long dreamed of taming the Yangtze River for power generation and flood control. Yangtze River's endless floods have brought destruction and death for centuries. Nowadays, across the Yangtze River, the third longest river in the world, a great construction project, the Three Gorges Dam has been completed. Actually, Dr Sun Yat-sen (a great Chinese bourgeois pioneer) was the first person to propose a building dam on the Yangtze River in 1919 for power generation purpose, but the idea was deserted due to unfavorable political and economic conditions. Thus the suggestion didn't have mentioned until Mao Zedong (modern China's founding father). There was a simple poem written by him to express his conception of Three Gorges Dam. But because of the economic problems including the Great Leap Forward (1958-1960) and the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), the project was slowed progress. Anyway, it finally was adopted again during the 1980s by Chinese government for flood control.