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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
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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:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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