Highlights in Three Gorges Tour – Inscription, Ghost City

In Three Gorges tour, there are many wonderful sight spots which are worthy to have a look, like the White Crane Ridge Inscription and Fengdu Ghost City. They are famous sight spots in Three Gorges area. If you have Three Gorges tour by Yangtze Cruise, you can take a shore excursion to them, to enjoy the wonderful works of ancient people.

Highlights in Three Gorges Tour –White Crane Ridge Inscription

In Guangde Period of Tang Dynasty, the Yangtze River experience disastrous drought. There appeared river rocks on the river surface at the outside of Huling County town, which hardly can be seen in common time. Someone carved two stone carps on the rock near to the bank.

With the increase and decrease of water level, the stone carps experienced 1200 years high water period and low water period, it comes to other prosperous period from one prosperous period. It is telling us the regular pattern of Yangtze River hydrology, telling us the conditions on the both banks of the Yangtze River and the close relationship of water, fish and the fields on the banks. The latitude of fish's eyes is almost as high as the zero point on modern water gauge. On the stone fishes and White Crane Ridge, there carved unique Yangtze River underwater calligraphy tablets forest.

With the construction of Three Gorges Project, State Cultural Relics Bureau spent ten years to proof it for several times. At last, the State Cultural Relics Bureau decided to take the "non- pressure vessel" technique to protect it. And the construction project started in February 3rd, 2003. It was reopened to visitors in 2007.

Highlights in Three Gorges Tour – Fengdu Ghost City

In ancient time, the nationalities in south area advocated witchcraft, believe in ghost religion. Hence, there formed special ghost culture. People show their respect to sky and earth through restricting social order and ethical behavior, to reach the communication and harmonious of people and people, people and nature, people and ghosts. The Fengdu Ghost city deposited large amount of imagination of human beings in early period. In legends, the Fengdu Ghost City is the final resting place of human soul. This idea has lasted for 2000 years since Han Dynasty to now. In Fengdu Ghost City, the horrific and charnel scenes, mysterious atmosphere, odd lights from hell make there colorful, but weird.