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As the time of damming the river secondly for the canal of
conducting water in Three Gorges project is approaching, the
development of tourism in the three Gorges have drawn various
attention from professional and non-professional people. The last
tour called " Bid Farewell To The Three Gorges" has been
aroused hotly in the tourism recently. Would the splendid scenery
of the Three Gorges in the Yangtze River really say goodbye to
human beings? In order to make professional people and tourists
know the effects of the water conservancy project in The Three
Gorges Dam on the tourism along the Three Gorges clearly, COTC,
which has run the touring affairs along the Yangtze River for the
longest time and the largest scale, is going to make further
introduction on the changes of tourism in The Three Gorges as
follows: |
The changes of the
water conservancy in four stages of The Three Gorges project.
The center buildings of The Three Gorges project are constituted
of three parts: dam, workshop and the building for navigation. In
order to make sure the golden channel will work smoothly in the
Yangtze River during the working period, it is very necessary to
conduct the water flowing away from the dam workshop and the
working areas. However, the arrangement of the conduct work must
consider not only on the economical and the practical use, but
also on the principle of convenience on the construction work of
the project. According to the construction plan fro the project,
there are three parts of the working period and the whole project
has to last for 17 years. And according to the process of
conducting water, the water conservancy has been divided into four
stages:
First: To build up the canal of conducting water by
using the ZhongBao Island. With the mark of damming the river in
November 1997, the water level of the Yangtze River is going to
rise 10 meters. The tour along the Yangtze River will not be
influenced basically.
Second: From October 2002 to June 2003, the dam is
going to store the water to a level of 135 meters step by step,
and the tail of the water will come to WanXian City along the
Yangtze River .In this period, ZhangFei Temple will be submerged.
The submerged reefs and the dangerous shoals will be diminished
tremendously and the surface will be mild, at that time, there
will be few differences between the upstream and downstream in the
Three Gorges Region. The permanent navigation project will be
erected and the first set in the left bank will begin.
Third: In September 2006, the dam is going to be rose
150 meters and the water surface will be gentler. At that time,
the scenery along Three Gorges will not have a great change.
Forth: The dam will store the water of 175 meters and the water
level will have a change ranging in 30 meters per year. After the
reservoir storing water, the water level will rise about 100
meters in the front of the dam, and the whole construction will be
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The
changes of the Three Gorges scenery when the store water level of
the Three Gorges rise to 135 meters in 2002.
After the regular water conservancy of the
reservoir, 39 of the 108 historical objects and historic sites
will be submerged. There are 16 spots in the first rank, 11 spots
in the second rank and twelve spots in the third rank. In order to
protect and save the historical objects and the historic sites
along the Three Gorges, the government have made up the plans and
have taken the corresponding measures.White Crane Ridge Stone Fish
Carving FuLing, which is called "The First Historical
Hydrometric station", is unique all over the world. It's also
the object that is protested by the government regarded as the key
relics along the Three Gorges Dam Region. In the dry season of
winter, it shows its appearance out of the surface of water, but
it is submerged under the water other time. It will be submerged
after the Three Gorges water conservancy storing the water. In
order to make the tourists can appreciate sleep -forever White
Cane Ridge under -water stone and the ruins of the carved stone, a
project called "making an imitative White Crane Ridge Carving
Stone Model" has been carried out immaculately.
The Ghost Town - FengDu will be submerged till
the foot of famous mountain, and most scenes above the "Door
of Hell " will remain their previous appearances, for example
" the Emperor Temple " will appear as it used to be.
ShiBao village in Zhong County is going to be submerged 1.5 meters
under water. The government has map out a plan for making the dike
to prevent the waves from destroying the gate. ZhangFei Temple in
YunYang is the only one of the historic building that is submerged
totally, and it will move to another place with YunYang County.
BaiDi City in FengJie will be submerged to its
waist, so there are effects on Baidi Temple. Mt. Bidishan will
change into an isolated island rounded by water in four directions
from its previous appearance that is rounded by water in three
directions. The landscape of it becomes more beautiful than it
used to be. The summits of Qutang Gorge are all above the sea
level for kilometers, so there is nothing to do with its scenic
spots, for example, KuiMen is still standing there showing its
beauty. However, only the scenic spots at the entrance, such as
"Historical cliff road", "MengLiang Ladder
"and "Pink Wall", etc, have been moved to the place
where is above 175 meters high. The great deal of carving stones
in Wu Gorge and XiLing Gorge, such as "Kong Ming stone stele
"in Wu Gorge, are going to be carved again in a new place by
imitating the old one.
There is a little change of the Mini-Three
Gorges in Mt. Wu. The feature scenery of Longmen Gorge and BaWu
Gorge will be diminished but there is no effect on Dicui Gorge.
The twelve ridges and peaks in Wu Mountain are above 900 waters
compared with the sea level, for that sack when the water level
rises, the feature of the Gorges will not be destroyed. Just like
the poem said, " If the Goddess is still standing here she
will be startled by the great change of the whole world" .The
Museum for displaying the ancients in Mt. Wu, which is supplied by
the government is on the pipe of designing.
There is no effect on the QuYuan Memorial Temple in
Zigui. However, because of the moving of Wan County, Mr. Quyuan
has to be a "immigrant" for another time. Binshubaojian
Gorge and Nuganmafei Gorge in Xiling Gorge have low peaks, so
there is no effect on the distant view in winter when the
conservancy time is coming, but the close view of the Gorges
feature will be diminished. For other spots there is no effect on
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The arrangement
for the cruise from 2002 to 2005
From November 2002 when the canal of conducting water has been
dammed to April l0th when the temporary ship lock stop using, the
water flows through the bottom of the canal and the cruise ships
go through the temporary ship lock. The upper reaches of the river
begins to conserve water from 70 meters to 135 meters, since it is
the off -season for tourism in the year there is no effect on the
cruise. Until the June in 2003, the permanent ship lock will be
full of water and be used as the navigation road. The region of
the Three Gorges Dam Project will cut the navigation road during
two months of that time. At that period the cruise ships will
berth at the Maoping Harbor or the Peace Brook that are in the
upper reaches of the Dam. In the "Time of Transform",
tourists mainly rely on the highway of the Three Gorges Dam
project that is for a special purpose to transfer them in front of
the Dam. At this time the channel of the Three Gorges Region will
be controlled by the Department of Transportation that is in
charge of the live direction for the shipping in the Three Gorges
project. To guarantee the boats coming from the upper reaches of
the Yangtze River have their priority and regularly shipping
course, the department has adopted various measures such as
correcting the rapids, accelerating the pushing power and other
methods.
After the forming of the Dam Region there is a
permanent third rank ship lock. Calculating according to the time
that the boats take for going through the Gezhou Dam recently, it
will take 2 hours or so to do it in the future, and there is no
need for the united transportations by boats and buses in the
regular condition. When water level raises to 135 meters in front
of the dam, the channel has been broadened, the sight of the
curves has been more obvious, the speed of the water have been
reduced and the conditions of the dangerous shoals have been
changed a lot. Now at the end of the Dam, 24 controlling regions
of the river will be decreased to three, and the signal platform
will be decreased to seven, as a result the rate of the boats
waiting for the entrance has been diminished and it has gone
forever that all the boats must stop at Wan County for a night. A
signal boat upstream will accelerate by 4km / hour; and will slow
down by 2 km / hour if downstream. So the forming of the Dam
Region plays a very positive role to the speed of the boats and
the sailing time of the current schedule.
In order to make tourists visit both the original
scene and the new scene along the Three Gorges, the arrangements
of the sailing and lines will be designed as follows (2002-2006)
Yuyi line: Depart from Chongqing at 09:00 or
Fengdu at 16:00. Excursion to Baidi city, Mini-Three Gorges (or
Shenlong Brook), The Three Gorges. Arrive in the Maoping harbor.
Yiyu Line: Depart from the Maoding harbor at
11:00am after tourists from upstream visiting the Three Gorges
Dam. Excursion to Mini -Three Gorges (or Shenlong Brook) and
Fengdu. Arrive in Fengdu (take buses to Chongqing from Fengdu)/
Chongqing.
Throughout the whole visiting the tourists will
enjoy their tour because of the convenient transportation united
by the water and highway and will not only visit the splendid
scenery of the Yangtze River as it used to be, but also see its
future appearance when the Dam Region has been built up. During
this period of time the attractive point of the tour along the
Three Gorges are as follows: the primeval scenery of the Three
Gorges, the recent changes of the original sceneries, the new
villages for the immigrants from the Dam Region and the
conservation for the historical relics. "Trace back to the
water flowing from the high Mountain and taste the changes of the
Three Gorges of the Three Gorges ", that is to say visiting
the Three Gorges will give you a brand -new experience and
enlighten your immeasurable imaginative space. |
Forecast for the
Three Gorges after 2009
After the completion of the Dam in 2009 there are a few changes of
the natural tributaries condition in the Yangtze River, but the
Three Gorges Reservoir only conserve 393 hundred million cubic
meters of water, which is only the 8.7% of the water from the
natural sources in a year, for that sack after the Dam conserving
water, the amount of water flowing in the tributaries will still
remain its previous condition. When the water level reaches the
height of 175 meters in front of the Dam in 2009 there will be a
Gorges -Shaped Dam that is of the size of 1100 square kilometers
above the water surface and of the length of 650 kilometers from
Yichang Sangdou Ping to Chongqing .In that Reservoir the average
depth of it will be increased by 10-100 meters. Compared with the
cliffs that are several hundred and oven several thousand meters
high, the primitive features of the Three Gorges will still show
its splendid appearance to the tourists. There is no effect on its
inherent characteristics such as magnificent, precipitous,
fantastic and peaceful.
Although there are many historical sites
submerged under water, the structure of the natural spots such as
"No change of the Goddess", "magnificent Qutang
Gorge, peaceful Wu Gorge, beautiful Xiling Gorge " Will not
change .The tourists will be so enchanted by the splendid scenery
of the Three Gorges Dam, such as Shenlong Brook in Badong, Fengjie,
Wu Brook and the golden triangle in Mt. Wu Tour Region. What's
more, the high Mountain Grassland of Red pool Dam in The deep
Dangning River, Shuangxi Valley and Xiaping Valley, Furong River
in Fuling and Furong valley, Tianhang and Difeng in Fengjie will
show their new appearances before the visitors. According to the
experts forecasting there will be 37 Gorges and drifting current,
15 valleys, 11 lakes and 14 islands after the water conservancy in
the Three Gorges Reservoir. The water will go to the waist of the
Mt. Baidisan, so the Bidi city and the Shibao village will turn
into Baidi Island and Shibao Island in the Lake of Baidi and
Shibao. The Ghost Town Fengdu will become a semi-island in the
water from three directions and there will be a grand dike with
the width of 25 meters and the height of 30 meters at the foot of
the Mt. Mingshan. The feature of the mini three Gorges will be
obviously seen by tourists after the water level rose. Moreover
the tourists will see more scenic spots inside the mini -Three
Gorges all year long. In the future the size of the cruise ship
will be much larger than now, therefore the ship will be more
comfortable and smooth for tourists to enjoy themselves. At that
time the center part of the tourism along the Yangtze River will
have some changes tines. Maybe tourists will not worry about the
good and bad aspects upstream and downstream, and cruise companies
will not apply two prices for it. The golden tour region centered
by the Three Gorges Dam will become a splendid and beautiful pearl
in the Yangtze River Tourism.
The establishment of the Three Gorges Dam has
nothing to do with the scenery along this region and builds up the
new splendid and beautiful scenery for people to visit .The
natural gallery with handsome mountains and beautiful peaks,
peaceful gorges, magnificent cliffs and the colorful picture
scroll with high gorges, and mild lakes, green waves and fresh
plants make the famous Three Gorges tour show its attractive
appearance to the tourists all over the wold forever and more
charming as the time goes by. We have seen the scenery along the
Three Gorges today as beautiful as a picture and we will see a
much more beautiful picture in the Three Gorges Region after the
Dam have been built up in the future.
"Enjoy the beauty of the Three Gorges in the vacation tour of
CCOTC". As the earliest one to manage the touring affairs in
the Yangtze River we are the largest and earliest corporation in
this region. Our company makes every effort to arrange the most
lines and to serve in every aspect. We promised you to give you an
unforgettable impression visiting all life long. |
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