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| Xiling Gorge |
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Xiling Gorge begins at the Xiangxi stream in the west and ends at
Nanjinguan Pass in the east. It is known for its numerous hidden rocks,
dangerous shoals and rocks, dangerous shoals and turbulent rapids.
Xiling Gorge consists of 4 small gorges and several dangerous shoals:
the Gorge of the Sword and Book on the Gorge of the Shadow Play; the
Blue Shoal; the Kongling Shoal and the Yaocha River.
It is said that the Gorge of the Sword and Book on the Art of War
was the place where Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu State of
the Three Kingdoms Period, had stored his grain and a book on the
art of war. The Gorge of the Cow's Liver and the Horse's Lung is
on the north bank of the Changjiang River. On the cliff there are
4 or 5 yellow stone slabs shaped like cow's livers. Above them one
can see half of a rock there in the form of a horse's lung. The
Kongling Gorge used to be full of hidden rocks which results in
rapids. On the river bank of Kongling Gorge stands a set of rocks
which looks like a person leading an cow. This small section is
called the Cow Gorge with the person coloured black and the cow
coloured yellow. The Shadow Play Gorge is situated on the south
bank of the Changjiang River, the four rocks jutting up into the
sky resemble four characters in the Chinese mythological novel "Pilgrimage
to the West." When viewed from a distance Monkey, Piggy, Sandy
and the Buddhist Monk silhouetted against the setting sun are really
in a natural shadow play. Therefore, the gorge is named the Shadow
Play Gorge. |
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