[See pictures of the scenery that isn't underwater]
Qutang Gorge is the shorted of the gorges at only eight kilometers and is also said to be the most beautiful. I tend to disagree, that may well have been true pre-2003, but as is much of the grandeur of the gorge has been reduced in proportion with the amelioration of the danger of the travel.
Originally it was highly unsafe and only allowed one boat through at a time. One tenth of all boats going through were supposedly lost with another tenth damaged. There were signal houses to control traffic in addition to forts that were there to defend the gorge, most recently against the potential threat of further Japanese incursion. There used to be a hanging timber pathway that’s now underwater and famous writing on the wall that has been reproduced well above the water. The gorge ends in a ‘gateway’ with tall cliffs on both sides. That gateway is pictured on the back of the 10 yuan note.
The city afterwards was interesting and had a few more historical buildings including an old elevated elaborate path that would soon be at river-level. That night there were a few other shots of interest on the river and a fairly lame party in the evening that only had a single CD of dance songs.
[Sidenote, the entry was posted before accidentally appended to the Meeting the Goddess entry. No picture with the first post and I added the bit about the 10 yuan. I also backdated it to get the order right.]
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