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  China China Landscape - Three Gorges Tour
Baidicheng (white King City) lies on the north bank of the Yangtze River and to the east of Fengjie County, guarding the entrance to Qutang Gorge.
Qutang Gorge extends from Baidicheng in the west to the town of Daxizhen in the east.
In addition to Baidicheng, there are many other scenic spots and places of historical interest in the gorge, such as the peculiar rock called the Monk Hanging by the Feet, the legendary Meng Liang Staircase, the Fengxiang (Bellows) Gorge, an ancient plank road built on the face of a cliff, and the Phoenix Spring, etc.
www.asia-planet.net /china/three-gorges-tour.htm   (1835 words)

  
 Historic site well protected in Three Gorges reservoir area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The construction of a 45-m-high concrete wall belt is underway around the historic Baidicheng, an islet at the mid reaches of the Yangtze and the starting point of the Three Gorges, China's most noted scenic and cultural site.
Wu Kangjun, who is in charge of the wall construction, said that after the Three Gorges Reservoir was filled, Baidicheng with a height of just 230-meter water level would be threatened by the rising water.
Baidicheng, one of the most valuable historical sites along thetowering Three Gorges, namely Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Ximen Gorge, has been renowned through generations as the subject of hundreds of thousands of ancient poems depicting its magnificent scenery.
www.chinatravelnews.com /news/apr-03/4-14a-03.htm   (213 words)

  
 Mountain Songs
Baidicheng", "Baidi City" or "White Emperor City" is not a real city, but a jumble of temples on top of Baidi Hill.
During the Three Kingdoms period, at the end of the Han Dynasty, Baidicheng was part of the Shu Kingdom, and it was here that Liu Bei, the king of Shu, before he died in the year 220, entrusted his kingdom and his sons the the care of his loyal Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.
His plan failed but he is revered until today, for his creativity and his loyalty, in temples around Sichuan, the most famous being the one in Chengdu.
www.mountainsongs.net /other_.php?id=208   (221 words)

  
 Your Guide to Yangzi River Cruises   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The three Gorges refer to the Qutang Gorge, the Wu Gorge and the Xiling Gorge of the Yangzi River.
It starts at Baidicheng (White Emperor Town) of Sichuan Province in the west and ends at Nanjingguan of Hubei Province in the east.
The Chinese government is constructing the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River near the city of Yichang.
www.yangzicruises.com /yangzi.html   (461 words)

  
 Baidicheng (Baidi Temple), entertainment on cruise
Baidicheng Town (White King Town) is located at the entrance of the Qutang Gorge on the north bank of the river, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Fengjie county seat.
Baidicheng Town (White King Town) is also the place where Liu Bei entrusted his son to Zhuge Liang.
Defeated, he withdrew to Baidicheng Town (White King Town) and entrusted both the state affairs and his private affairs to the care of Zhuge Liang, his prime minister.
www.carlos.or.tv /2002ef/gallery-e4.html   (342 words)

  
 Baidi City, Baidicheng, White Emperor City -- A Peninsular at the entrance of the Qutang Gorge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Baidi City, Baidicheng, White Emperor City -- A Peninsular at the entrance of the Qutang Gorge
"Baidicheng", "Baidi City" or "White Emperor City" is not a real city, but a mini peninsular town with some temples and gates on top of Baidi Hill in Fengjie County, located at the entrance of the Qutang Gorge and 8 km from Fengjie County seat.
Climbing over 500 steps, you can reach the top.
www.treasureisle.cc /gallery/scenery/baidi/baidi.html   (381 words)

  
 Yangtze River (Sanxia) (Three Gorges) China - China tourist & travel guide for Yangtze River (Sanxia) (Three Gorges), ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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.
www.orientaltravel.com /province/city/area/Yangzi_River.htm   (367 words)

  
 PandaHoliday: Your Best Guide to Sichuan, China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Tour fengdu ghost city from 8:00 to 12:00, sightseeing zhongxian at 15:00, zhangfei temple from 18:00 to 19:30.
Lodge in baidicheng and you can tour baidicheng at night.
Sightsee three gorges of Changjiang river, pass through qutang gorge, touring little three gorges of daling river from 8:00 to 11:00.Start again at 14:00, pass through the dam of water conservancy project of three gorges, ship'gate of guozhouba, reaching yichang about 22:00.
www.pandaholiday.com /english/line/4.htm   (234 words)

  
 Mountain Songs
白帝城 Baidicheng, White Emperor City sits high above the Changjiang at the modern city of Guizhou in the Three Gorges, Chongqing.
It is a city steeped in history, founded in the Han Dynasty by Shu Gongsun (died 36) who called himself the White Emperor.
Yu is the mythical founder of the Xia Dynasty 2205-1766 BC, the pioneer who harnesed the flow of the Changjiang by building the weir at Dujiang further upriver in Sichuan.
www.mountainsongs.net /poem_.php?id=335   (111 words)

  
 sites in three gorges & yangtse river
277 miles from Chongqing, Baidicheng located at the entrance to Qutang Gorge and features Ba coffin relics, precious stone tables and events of the Three Kingdoms.
In the Western Han Dynasty, a man named Gongsun Shu claimed himself to be white king and named the place White King Town according to a legend which goes "when a white dragon is seen flying out of a well in front of a hall, the white king is born."
In 1997, Chongqing became one of the four municipalities under the jurisdiction of the central government.
www.chinadam.com /site/site.htm   (2733 words)

  
 China SST unit -- Fall 2002 -- International Education at Goshen College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The river receives more than 700 tributaries along its 6,400 kilometer path across the country, making it the third largest flow in the world.
The river's most beautiful stretch was the 200 kilometers known as the Three Gorges, located between Baidicheng and Yichang in Hubei Province.
With the late October completion of a new portion of the Three Gorges Dam, we were one of the first groups to go through the dam project itself.
www.goshen.edu /sst/china02/ch16.shtml   (650 words)

  
 IRN Press Release of May 14, 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The stolen spirit tree possibly derives from Baidicheng (White Emperor City), in Fengjie County, a city to be flooded by the Three Gorges Dam.
This kind of guerilla-warfare tactic was common at places near Kui Men (the entrance to the Qutang Gorge, which is the first of the three major gorges of the Yangzi River) and at Baidicheng (White Emperor City, a major tourist site known for its two large halls filled with ancient steles).
According to incomplete statistics from 1992 to the present, Fengjie police investigators have solved five serious smuggling cases involving looted relics, stopped more than 200 illegal diggers before or in the middle of excavation, and detained five looters for having ravaged ancient tombs.
www.irn.org /programs/threeg/pr980511.html   (9172 words)

  
 Autumn Meditations (1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In Baidicheng above the evening's driven by beating on stones.
Note: Baidicheng (White Emperor City) was a fortress at Kuizhou, at the entrance to the three gorges.
It was named after the god of the west and autumn.
www.chinese-poems.com /d53.html   (117 words)

  
 Sichuan OTC - Travel to China Yangtze River for Yangtze Three Gorge Cruise Vacation & Sanxia Dam Tour
Day02, Excursion to Shennongxi Stream in the morning from 07:00 to 11:00, in the afternoon about 16:30 excursion to Baidicheng, overnight in Boat.(B/L/D) Day03, Back to Yichang at about 11:30.(B) Cost: 155USD/p.p.
Day01(Tur, Fri and Sun), Boarding boat at about 20:00 in Yichang, overnight in Boat.
Day02, Excursion to Shennongxi Stream in the morning from 07:00 to 11:00, in the afternoon about 16:30 excursion to Baidicheng, overnight in Boat.(B/L/D) Day03, Boat sails up along Xiangxi River (a small branch of Yangtze river).
www.tochinawest.com /yangtze/0500705.htm   (186 words)

  
 Bridgemeister - White Dragon (Baidicheng, Baïdicheng) - Qutang Gorge, China (Yangtze River)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Bridgemeister - White Dragon (Baidicheng, Baïdicheng) - Qutang Gorge, China (Yangtze River)
This is a single suspension bridge from my historical inventory of suspension bridges.
Do you have any information or photos about this bridge that you would like to share?
www.bridgemeister.com /bridge.php?bid=645   (69 words)

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