Wu Gorge

With a total length of 46 kilometers, Wuxia starts from Daning River in the east of Wushan County and ends at Guandukou in Badong County. It is known as Daxia and is known as Junxiu. The most famous scenery of wuxia gorge is the twelve peaks of Wushan mountain on both sides of the north and the south, among which the Goddess Peak is the most beautiful. There are many streams along the wuxia river. After the impoundment of the Three Gorges project, the river surface rises. Streams can be transported by boat. Shennu stream, shamutan stream, bianyu stream, Xiaoxi River and Lianzi stream are the most interesting stream attractions in Wuxia. In addition, there are many historic sites, such as Luyou ancient cave, Dayu Shutai, shennu Temple site, and Kongming stone tablet. However, after the Three Gorges Project impounded 139 meters, many historic sites, such as kuiwutan Road on precipices and cliffs and inscription of "Chu Shu gap" on the border of Sichuan and Hubei, all or part of them sank into the river, which is a pity.

Wu Gorge

Wuxia starts from Daning River in the east of Wushan County and ends at Guandu estuary in Badong County, with a total length of 46 kilometers, known as Daxia.

Wuxia gorge is beautiful and deep, famous for its beauty. It has a long gorge and deep valley, abrupt peaks, overlapping peaks, clouds and fog, winding rivers and twists and turns. It is like entering a picturesque Gallery, full of poetic charm. "Ten thousand peaks are majestic, one river is connected, key is locked, Jingxiang is powerful" is a true portrayal of it. On both sides of the Xiajiang River, there are many green mountains, many peaks like a screen, and boats are sailing in the gorge. Sometimes, there is no way for the mountains. Suddenly, there are many peaks and turns, and the clouds are open, just like a circuitous gallery. The peaks on both sides of wuxia gorge have their own characteristics. A poem said: Badong Three Gorges Wuxia long, ape Song three tears stained clothes.

Basic introduction

Wuxia, also known as Daxia, is famous for its deep beauty. The whole gorge area is the most considerable section of the Three Gorges, with abrupt peaks, jagged rocks, and continuous cliffs. It is like a winding Gallery, full of poetic and calligraphic flavor. Wuxia gorge is long and deep, with twists and turns, steep peaks and dense clouds. The scenery is as beautiful as a gallery.

The peaks are like screens, and the boats are sailing in the gorge. Sometimes the mountains are at present, and there is no way for the stone fortress. Suddenly, the road turns around, and the clouds open in a different sky. The wuxia gorge is like a winding passage. The peaks on both sides of wuxia gorge have their own characteristics. "Let the boat go down the wuxia gorge, and your heart is at the twelve peaks." The twelve peaks of Wushan mountain on the north and south sides of wuxia gorge are very spectacular, among which the Goddess Peak is the most beautiful. Visitors from all ages have been attracted and intoxicated by the charming scenery here.

Wushan twelve peaks

Located on both sides of the Yangtze River in the east of Wushan County, there are 6 peaks in the South and north of the Yangtze River, 10-30 km away from the county. The six peaks in the north of the Yangtze River are: Denglong, Shengquan, Chaoyun, Wangxia (goddess), songluan and Jixian, all of which can be seen; the Jingtan, Qiyun and rising of the six peaks in the south of the Yangtze River are hidden behind the mountains on the bank, only feifeng, Cuiping and Juhe can be seen. The twelve peaks are picturesque, with thousands of postures, which have existed since ancient times. He is good at marveling in the world. "Let the boat go down the wuxia gorge, and your heart is at the twelve peaks." these two ancient poems express people's admiration for the twelve peaks.

Overview of scenic spots

Wuxia "Xiufeng not only 12, more sporadic million peaks.". In addition to the twelve peaks, there are also many dangerous peaks and valleys, which make people dizzying.

Cang gorge with rosy clouds, out of the gorge and back into the gorge. Wu Gorge is the most coherent and orderly gorge in the Three Gorges, which is divided into East and West sections. The west section is composed of Jinkui Yinjia gorge and Jianchuan gorge, and the east section is composed of Tiejiang gorge and menfan gorge.

There are many places of interest in Wuxia. Besides the twelve peaks, there are Luyou ancient cave, Dayu Shutai, shennu Temple site, Kongming stone tablet, kuiwu stack Road on the precipice, border stream on the border of Sichuan and Hubei, inscription of "Chu Shu chasm", and numerous fiber marks on the rocks on the Bank of the river. It has moistened the vivid writing of the poets of the past dynasties and left a brilliant poem.

Gorge Reservoir

Wuxia Valley is deep and narrow with short sunshine duration. The moisture in the valley is steaming and stagnant. It is easy to form clouds and fog. There are various forms of clouds and fog. Some are like flying horses walking dragons, some are creeping on the ground, some are like waterfalls hanging on cliffs, and sometimes they gather into surging cloud gauze. Under the sunshine, the Buddha light of wuxia is formed. Therefore, the ancients left behind the eternal masterpiece that "Wushan is not a cloud except Wushan" . After the Three Gorges reservoir reaches 175 meters, the water level of Wu Gorge only increases by 80 meters, which has no great impact on the deep and beautiful scenery of the gorge. On the contrary, deeper gorge landscapes such as Cunninghamia lanceolata loam stream and shennu stream can be developed, adding more exotic and wild fun to the tour of Wu Gorge, which is very beautiful.

geographical position

In Wushan County of Chongqing and Badong County of Hubei Province, it starts from Daning estuary in the east of Wushan County of Chongqing City in the West and ends at Guandukou in Badong County of Hubei Province in the East. It stretches for more than 40 kilometers, including Jinkui Yinjia gorge and tiebiexia gorge. The gorge is very deep and tortuous. It is formed by the Yangtze River crossing the anticline of Wushan main vein. Wuxia, the second gorge of the Three Gorges, is located between Wushan County in Chongqing and Badong County in Hubei Province, with a total length of 42 kilometers. The mountain is high enough to enter the clouds. There are twelve peaks of Wushan, which are good at wonders. The Badong section is 22 km. It starts from bianyuxi in the West and ends at Guandukou town in the East, also known as Baxia in ancient times. The twelve peaks of Wushan mountain are located on the north and south sides of wuxia gorge. They are the most famous scenic spots in Wuxia gorge. They are towering on the sky, standing on the wall, facing the unexpected, and heading straight to the bottom of the river; the clouds in the gorge are light, rolling, floating and unpredictable, which add to their graceful demeanor; and all kinds of beautiful myths and legends that have been handed down to the present add to their strange and romantic poetry.

There are many places of interest in Wuxia. Besides the twelve peaks, there are also Luyou ancient cave, Dayu Shutai, shennu Temple site, Kongming stone tablet, kuiwu stack Road on the cliff, border stream on the border of Sichuan and Hubei, and inscription of "Chu Shu chasm".

Wu Gorge Valley is deep and narrow with short sunshine duration. The moisture in the gorge is not dispersed, so it is easy to form clouds and fog.

Ancient site of wuxia

In general, there are many ancient sites in the area. What visitors can easily see is the monument of Kongming under Jixian peak. This peak looks like a gathering of immortals. It is divided into two branches, much like scissors cutting into the sky, so it is also called scissors peak. There is a rectangular white cliff at the foot of the peak, which is engraved with the six characters of "Wu Gorge on the cliff". It is said that it was written by Zhuge Liang. In addition, there are some inscriptions, which have been eroded by wind and rain, and the handwriting is blurred.

When you come to Badong, you have to visit Qiufeng Pavilion. Standing in the pavilion, you can see the scenery on all sides. It's refreshing to see the mountains, the rivers and the mountain breeze. Standing in the place where Kou Zhun once stood, it seems that you can appreciate the feelings of this virtuous minister, who is worried and happy about the world and helps the world and the people. In Badong, the most famous scenery should be Shennong river. If you have time, you can try Shennong river rafting. There is no time to continue to go up, to appreciate the deep beauty of Wushan.

Among the twelve peaks of shennv peak, shennv peak is the most famous. There is a tall and straight stone column on the peak, which looks like a graceful girl. Every day, she first ushered in the morning glow, and finally saw off the sunset, so it is also known as "Wangxia peak". According to Tang Guangcheng's collection of immortals in Yongcheng, yao ji, the youngest daughter of the queen mother of the west, traveled to the East China Sea with the gods of kuangzhang and Yuyu. When she passed Wushan, she saw the flood raging, so she "helped Yu to cut stones, dredge waves, overcome obstacles and guide misfortune to follow its flow.". When the flood was stable, yao ji prayed for a good harvest and a safe sailing for the people. After a long time, she turned into the Goddess Peak.

The main landscapes of wuxia gorge are three (Chu balcony of Wushan Goddess in dream meeting of King Huai of Chu, book teaching platform of Yao Ji, book cutting platform of Dayu, dragon cutting platform of Dayu), eight (spring dawn of Nanling at the top of Nanling Mountain, sunset at Yangliuping, late crossing of Ninghe River at the mouth of Daning River, fishing in Qingxi River, autumn moon of chengtan at the ferry of Ninghe River, and on Wufeng mountain)“ Xiufeng Buddhist temple, wuguanzhenshi, Wangfu in the west of the city, zhaoyunmuyu, gaotangguan, and twelve peaks (six peaks of Denglong, Shengquan, Chaoyun, shennu, songluan and Jixian on the North Bank of the river, six peaks of feifeng, Cuiping, Juhe, Jingtan, Qiyun and Shengsheng on the south bank).

Related verses

Liu Yuxi in Tang and Five Dynasties

There are many willows in Wushan gorge.

Because want to balcony infinite things, for you back to sing bamboo song.

In the poem "Wu Gorge" written by Xu Rulong of the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "let the boat go down Wu Gorge, and the heart is at the twelve peaks." Here, the peaks are competitive, the momentum is magnificent, the clouds are shrouded, and the posture is thousands of, which makes people relax. The six peaks on the north bank are Denglong, Shengquan, Chaoyun, Wangxia, songluan and Jixian in turn. There are also six peaks on the south bank, but the three peaks that can be seen in the river are feifeng, Cuiping and Juhe in turn. The rest of Jingtan, Qiyun and shengsanchi are not near the river. If you want to visit, you have to go upstream from Qingshi stream near feifeng peak to land at Lanchang to appreciate the majestic appearance of the three cases. Therefore, Lu You said in the song of the Three Gorges: "nine peaks can be seen in the twelve Wushan mountains, and the bow of the boat is full of color and green in the autumn sky."

The poems praising the twelve peaks of Wushan by poets in the Tang Dynasty are as follows: "all the twelve peaks of Wushan are in bixu", "Mount Wushan is high in the sky, and the twelve dangerous peaks are in purple smoke", "the twelve cases of Wushan are in harmony".

Yuan Zhen, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a poem: "once upon a time, it is difficult to be water, but Wushan is not cloud." It can be seen that the cloud and rain in Wushan is the highest in the world.

The reason why Badong is famous is not only the two verses of "Badong Three Gorges Wuxia long, ape cry three times, tears stained clothes", but also related to a celebrity. This celebrity is Kou Zhun, the famous Prime Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty. Kou Zhun, a native of Shanxi Province, was sent out at the age of 19

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