The Yangtze River, the No.1 River in China and the third longest river in the world, which only is only less than Amazon in South America and Nile in Africa, rising in a snow mountain southwest of the Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Zigzags its way through Qinghai. Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and Shanghai, and empties into the East China Sea at Chongming Island, covering a distance of 6,380 kilometers. Upstream from Yichang in Hubei Province is the upper reaches of the river, and the world famous Three Gorges makes a gold tourist route with a splendid and magnificent view. The water recourse is the sum of that in America, Canada and Japan. It was also listed the No. 3 in the world. The watershed area of the Yangtze River is about 1,800,000 square miles, Approximately 20% of China's total land area, and 25% of its total farming land area. Almost all of the boating traffic in China is on the Yangtze River.

   The Three Gorges of Yangtze River extend 193 kilometers from the western Baidicheng in Sichan Province, to Nanjinguan of Yichang city in Hubei Province in the east. They differ from each other in sceneries: Qutang Gorge is straight and craggy; Wu Gorge, deep, serene and exquisite; while Xiling Gorge perilous for its shoals and rapid currents.

    Qutang Gorge: From east to west, it measures 8 kilometers, starting from Baidicheng and ending at Daixi township. With vertical cliffs of some thousand meters high as its two flanks, the Qutang Gorge is only a few dozens of meters wide just like a narrow gateway. With swash and rumble, the surging Yangtze River pours into the gateway with great momentum. Looking up towards the tops of towering precipitous mountains along the Gorge, one sees from a boat only a narrow strip of clouds and sky, but under foot the River tears on violently.