Wu Gorge: Three Little Gorges
Last Update : 2006-10-20 16:11:33 - Emerging out of Qutang Gorge, visitors will be tempted by the Daning River originating in Daba Mountain as a large branch of the Yangtze River. The passage through Three Little Gorges is the essence of this river. It combines Dragon Gate Gorge, Iron Coffin Gorge and Emerald Green Gorge, and includes many attractive features - odd rocks, elegant mountains, whirling rapids, clean streams, serene dense forests.
- Last Update : 4/3/2008 5:03:43 AM
- The first scene, Dragon Gate Gorge (Longmen Xia), has towering precipitous mountains framing the three-kilometer-wide (1.86 miles) river. The Dragon Gate Spring and Nest of Silver Rapids have special charm. The second one, Iron Coffin Gorge (Tieguan Xia) is distinctive for craggy rocks which seem to be groups of statues created by nature. In a stone slot four or five meters above the water surface is a suspended black coffin of the Warring States Periods, the source of the gorge's name. The last gorge, the longest and most fascinating, is the Emerald Green Gorge. Extending about 20 km (12.4 miles), stalactites hang on the mountains; densely green forests and gentle streams appear to take you into a dreamland.
