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    TodayIamverypleasedtoshowyouThreeGorgesofYangtzeRiver.
    AtfirstI’llhaveabriefintroductionofYangtzeRiver，theYangtzeRiver，thebiggestriverinChina，thethirdlongestintheWorld，startswiththeTuotuoRiverattheRoofoftheWorld-Qinghai-TibetPlateau，takesincountlessrivers，andflowseastwardacrosstheinteriorofChina.Withanoveralllengthofmorethan6，300kilometers，theYangtzeRiver，nextonlytotheAmazonandtheNile，isthethirdbiggestriverintheworldandisacradlethatbreedstheancientcivilizationoftheChinesenation.
    WhentheYangtzeRiverreachestheeasternSichuanBasininsouthwestChina，itcutsthroughtheWushanMountain.Heretherivercoursesuddenlynarrowsandthewatersbecometurbulent.Sheercliffsandsteepmountainsriseoneitherside，creatingoneofnature‘smostfantasticsights.TheThreeGorges---Qutang，wuxiaandxiling----startjustafterFengjieandendnearYichang，stretchabout200kilometers.TheGorgesvaryfrom300metresattheirwidesttolessthan100metersattheirnarrowest.
    QutangGorgeisthesmallestandshortestGorge，butgrandestofthethree.TheYangtzeRiver，mightyandrapidhereissuddenlycontainedlikeathousandseaspouredintoonecup，astheSongDynastypoetSUTungpodescribedthespectacle.Highonthebothbank，ataplacecalledBellowsGorge，areaseriesofcrevices.Thisareaissaidtohavebeenthehomeofanancienttribewhosecustomwastoplacethecoffinsoftheircrevices，somecontainingbronzeswords，armourandotherartifacts，butthecoffinsarebelievedtodatebackasfarastheWarringStatesPeriodWuGorgeextends40kilometersalongwhichtheriversnakesbetweenbasedstrange-shapedmountainpeaks，eachofwhichhasareputationbasedonabeautifullegend.Thestoryofthe12PeaksofWushangoeslikethis:12nymphsoncedescendedtoenjoythemselvesinthesecularworld.FindinghowperilousWushanGorgewas，theydecidedtostaytheretoprotectships.Astimewentby，theytransformedthemselvesinto12peaks.TheGoddessPeak，themostgracefulofthe12，issaidtohavebeenyaoji，theyoungestdaughteroftheQueenmotheroftheWesternHeaven.GoddessPeakstandsoutfromtheotherpeaksonthenorthernbanktobethefirsttogreetthemorningsunandthelasttobiditfarewell，henceitsanothername，ViewingtheglowPeak.Seenatadistance，itresemblesthesilhouetteofabeautifulyounglady.
    DownstreamfromthezigzaggingWuxiaGorgeisXilingGorgewhichstretches78kilometerseastwardandthecliffsoneithersiderisetojustover900meters.XilingGorgeisawesomewithitsdangerousrapids，shoals，reefs，sharpturns，billowywhirlpools.Thewateratonepointissoturbulentthatitseemstobeboilingduringthefloodseason.XilingGorgeintheeastconsistsofseveralsmallgorges.Onthetopofanotherisarockthatlookslikeasword.Onthecragofthenorthbankaretwopiecesofbrownrock，whicharenamedBull‘sLiverandHorse‘Lung，whoseshapetheytake.NextdoestheLanternShadowGorge，whichhasfourrocks，resembleMonkXuanZangandhisthreedisciples---Monkey，PiggyandSandyintheclassicChineseadventuresofthefourontheirwaytoIndiatoobtainBuddhistscriptures.
    AroundthelastbendofXilingGorgestretchesavastplain.Theriversuddenlybecomeswidehere.TravelersontheYangtzecruisemayalsovisitmanysitesofhistoricalandscenicinterestalongtheriverbanksincludingtheruinedofbaidiTownandPreciousStoneVillage.
    EveryoneknowsthattheYangtzeGorgesarechangingsincethewell-knownThreeGorgesDamProjectisbeingbuiltatSabdouping，Yichang，HubeiProvince.Thedamis181metersinheight.Itsconstructioninvestmentcomesupto203.9billionrmb，equalsto24.65billionU.S.dollars.Theinstalledpowergenerationcapacityisexpectedtobe18.2millionkilowatts.Withthedambuilt，thefloodintheYangtzeRivervalleywillbecontrolled，navigationimprovedbesidestheeconomicbenefits.Tourismwillbelittleaffected.Manyculturalandhistoricalrelicsarenowbeingremovedtoahighergroundbeforetheriseofthewaterlevelapproaches.
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