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Xiling Gorge
Xiling Gorge is the longest part of the Three Gorges system with dangerous rapids like Xietan, Qintan and Kongling, known as the Three Rapids of Xiling.

Three "Little" Gorges
To take a day trip up the crystal-clear Daning River is to experience the excitement and awe of bygone days of river travel in China.

Chinese Sturgeon Museum
The Chinese Sturgeon is a protected animal species with a history of 140 million years, almost as old as the dinosaurs.

Shennongjia Scenic Area
The wildest scenery in the province completes with the legend of the Bigfoot.

The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River has been a dream for generations and will be one of the largest construction projects ever undertaken by mankind. This great dam, the largest of its kind in the world, will provide China with tremendous power generation and flood control services. The Gezhouba Dam, another great dam project on the Yangtze River, will be a conveyance system for the "Three Gorges Project" in the future.

[Ctrip Destinations] Yichang	[Hot] Hong Kong Disneyland
[Outside China] Finland	[Photo Gallery] Sanya

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Located in the east mouth of the Three Gorges, Yichang serves as the gateway to the upper Yangtse River.	Locale of the Three Gorges Project, Yichang is equipped with a pretty advanced transportation system.	Hubei Cuisine consists of Wuhan, Jingnan, and Xiangyun cuisine styles, plus ethnic minority dishes.
Yichang has a subtropical monsoonal climate with abundant rainfall in spring and summer.	Both 4-star luxurious hotel rooms and cheap but not cheesy beds can be found in the city of Yichang.	Elegant Xiling Painted Pottery, amongst the most famous ceramics in China, is a popular purchase.