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	Zigui-Yangtze Cruise
		Xiangjiaping, 1.5km from Guizhou Town, the seat of Zigui County.In 820, the Qu Yuan Shrine was built at Quyuantuo, 2.5 km from the county seat.
		Because of the construction of the Gezhouba Water Control Project, the water level rose, the shrine was rebuilt at the eastern suburb of the county.
		Jiangdu Temple is one of the typical examples of the local architecture which merges the north official architecture pattern and the south delicate workmanship together.
	www.yangtzeriver.org /zigui.htm (613 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Zigui is a county in Hubei Province, situated on the north bank of the Yangtze, half a dozen kilometers upstream from the west entrance to Xiling Gorge, near which Xiangxi (Fragrant Stream) joints the Yangtze River.
		Zigui was first made a county in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.- 220 A.D.), and it became a prefecture in the Tang period (618-907) having under it several counties, a fact that shows its former importance along the Three Gorges.
		Around 400 B. C., Danyang within the boundary of Zigui served as the capital of the state of Chu, the hometown of the great patriotic poet and politician Qu Yuan (340-278 B. Born in Zigui in the later years of Chu, he occupies a unique place in the history of ancient Chinese thought and poetry.
	www.yangtzecruises.com /gallery/scenic_spots/zigui.html (750 words)

	Qu Yuan to Rise Again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Zigui, a small county in the western part of Central China's Hubei Province, is known to visitors as the hometown of Qu Yuan, a great poet and statesman of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC).
		Covering an area of about one square kilometre, Phoenix Hill is situated to the east of the newly established city proper and only 800 metres upstream from the water level of the Three Gorges Dam.
		Covering a floor space of about 600 square metres, the Jiangdu Temple, or Temple of the River God in Zigui County, is believed to be the largest and best-preserved of its kind in China, according to Luo Zhewen, a renowned expert in ancient architecture protection and preservation.
	www.chinataiwan.org /web/webportal/W5023242/A5194650.html (1282 words)

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		****Zigui County,situated in the west of Hubei Province on the bank of Xiling Gorge of Yangtze River,is not only the hometown Quyuan, thegreat prtriotic poct,it is also the birthplace of one of the ancient four beauties,Wang Zhaojun.It is quite famous for the first county in the damsite and reservoir area of the Three Gorges Project.
		Zigui is Beautiful in mountains and rivers and its landseape is as beautiful as painting.
		With the construction of Three-Gorge project, the new Zigui Town will become a farmous tourist scenic spot integrating the majestic apppearance of the great Dam,the scene of high gorges against smooth lake,the customs of Quyuan's hometown and the new Emigrants town in the reservoir area with all other features.
	www.zigui.com.cn /sxly/sxly.htm (193 words)

	History engulfed by China's hunger for power - theage.com.au
		The elderly group in Zigui says thousands have been short-changed of the Government compensation they were promised, including lump sums for their orange groves, rice paddies and vegetable plots.
		They say the Zigui police are trying to suppress their complaints.
		Whether the causes of the Zigui grievances are this sinister, or just lie in poor administration, officials and police seem anxious to keep the matter quiet.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/05/30/1054177725292.html (1772 words)

	Three Gorges Probe - Three Gorges Dam news service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Hubei Daily (Hubei Ribao) reported May 11 that five separate landslides and rock falls in Zigui county, about 40 kilometres upstream of the dam, are threatening the safety of 384 people.
		A large landslide in Xietan township in Zigui county developed into a flowing mass containing an estimated 400,000 cubic metres of mud and rock that has destroyed 1,200 metres of road, blocked two highways and threatened 19 households, the newspaper said.
		In Guizhou, the old county seat of Zigui, 41 families are at risk from a landslide that is 180 metres long and 270 metres wide.
	www.threegorgesprobe.org /tgp/print.cfm?ContentID=4174 (612 words)

	Three Gorges -- Page 1
		The docks serve as a kind of market for ships that pass along the river.
		Zigui City (秭归), the first stop along the Changjiang.
		Shortly before arriving in Zigui City, Deng Xiaoping/邓小平 died.
	www.trachtenberg.org /3gorges.htm (242 words)

	China's massive dam will fill, drowning floods of complaints - smh.com.au
		For China's communist leaders, the huge Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtse River that starts filling up tomorrow means a huge stride towards national security and prosperity, an epic feat on a par with the Great Wall built by the country's ancient emperors.
		The group of old people in Zigui says thousands have been badly shortchanged of the compensation they were promised in a written regulation, No. 35, issued by the county government in 1993.
		About 8000 of them have put their names and thumbprints to a petition they have been trying in vain to lodge with courts and official ombudsmen as high as the the supreme court and the State Council complaints bureau in Beijing.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/05/30/1054177724217.html (524 words)

	Asiaweek.com
		Moving two cities, 114 towns and 1,711 villages (by official count) is almost as breathtaking a task as building the 185-meter colossus.
		And while new towns such as Zigui are a testament to the government's determination, locals will be paying for a long time.
		In old Zigui, Li Jiaying, 60, smokes a Three Gorges brand cigarette and watches her son Chen Bujiang and a group of workers pull down the house her family has called home for 100 years.
	www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/97/1121/nat9.html (776 words)

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		It is one of the most important sources of soil degradation on cultivated land.
		Zigui County is situated in the Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River in the southwest mountainous region of Hubei Province.
		Purple soil is the leading cultivated soil in the county, which is concentrated in the Zigui Basin and purple sandy shale zones of the adjacent areas (Editorial Committee, 1991).
	www.cpatsa.embrapa.br /servicos/catalogo/doc/runoff/10_2_Qiangguo_Cai.doc (2619 words)

	tour destinations yichang Zigui Gong and Drum Music
		Zigui, a county in western Yichang City, is famous for its folk instrumental music 'Zigui gong and drum', which is a traditional ensemble of percussion instruments performances prevailing among the local people.
		The third type, 'Baishiluogu' (funeral music), appears only on funerals as the background music of the obsequial dancing and marching.
		Zigui gong and drum music is regarded as 'the gem of the profound Chinese folk culture'.
	www.cntravel.biz /china_tour_destinations/yichang/Zigui-Gong-and-Drum-Music.shtml (305 words)

	Resettlement Problems of the Three Gorges Dam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In Badong and Zigui counties in Hubei Province, I met six rural families who were enjoying a comfortable life after resettlement.
		In Zigui, the rates are 480 yuan, 200 yuan and 150 yuan.
		The new office building of the Zigui County government, for example, easily rivals in terms of size and quality those of the Beijing and Shanghai municipal governments.
	www.irn.org /programs/threeg/resettle.html (4738 words)

	Discover Yangtze Tour-Discover Yangtze-Zigui-Yangtze river cruise,Yangtze river,Yangtze Cruises,Discount Yangtze River ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		East of Zigui is a bay named after him.lt is said that when he died, a huge fish swallowed him up and swam all the way from Dongting Lake past Zigui to Yufu
		A small stream just below Zigui and above the entrance to Xiling Gorge is well known to all Chinese as the home of the beautiful Han-dynasty (206 BC--AD220) heroine Wang Zhao jun. Her story is the quintessence of virtuous patriotism.
		Zhao jun, a maid of honour to the emperor, refused to bribe the painter from whose portraits of court ladies the emperor traditionally chose his concubines.
	www.discoveryangtze.com /Yangtzediscovery/zigui.htm (600 words)

	I was born in Zigui of Hubei province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I was born in Zigui of Hubei province
		was born in Zigui of Hubei province, P.R.China.
		University and expect to graduate in December 2004.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/g/x/gxc168/yemei/aboutme.htm (69 words)

	Rejuvenation campaign for Chinese poetry launched
		Chinese poetry and develop the traditional culture of the Chinese nation kicked off in early July in Zigui, the hometown of Chinese ancient poet laureate
		In the ensuing 2,000 years, Qu Yuan had been revered as one of the representatives of Chinese poetry.
		With a population of 400,000, Zigui, adjacent to the reservoir of China's massive
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_newupdate/2004-07/08/content_56504.htm (226 words)

	Li Yan (Zhengfang) - Sanguozhi (Records of the Three Kingdoms) Biography - English Translation
		When Cao Cao entered Jing Zhou, Li Yan governed Zigui.
		He was forced out of Zigui and went to Shu.
		Li Yan was made commandant in Cheng Du by Liu Zhang, and retained a high reputation for his ability.
	www.kongming.net /novel/sgz/liyan.php (1144 words)

	Three Gorges Probe - Probe International's Three Gorges Dam Campaign - Earthquake hits Three Gorges area
		It was centred on a tributary of the Yangtze - the Xiangxi - and was felt across 20 square kilometres of the river valley.
		No injuries were reported in the affected counties of Xingshan and Zigui.
		However, in one village alone - Jiajiadian village in Zigui county - the quake caused structural damage to 26 houses.
	www.threegorgesprobe.org /tgp/index.cfm?DSP=content&ContentID=2997 (308 words)

	GENERAL ZHANG FEI'S TEMPLE/THE SHENLONG RIVER/ZIGUI/THE YANGTZE THREE-GORGE DAM PROJECT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		With its crystal-clear flow of water, it is an ideal place to go rafting.
		Zigui is situated on the northern bank of the Changjiang River and is the hometown of QuYuan, the great patriotic poet of the period of Warring States.
		They gave the place the name of Zigui, which in Chinese means ‘Sister Returning Home’”.
	www.netour.net /english/focus/attraction/chongqing/cqsx/9_12 (1010 words)

	Organizations Community organizations Town & Village Committees Hubei Yichang Zigui County China Yellow Pages
		Zigui Wrongyuan Jiulingtou Forest Farm Gaofeng Villager Committee
		Zigui Wrongyuan Jiulingtou Forest Farm Jiulongcun Resident Committee
		Zigui Wrongyuan Jiulingtou Forest Farm Shuanglongcun Resident Committee
	www.yellowpageschina.com /38982/6.html (131 words)

	Probe International - Rodent influx raises fear of epidemics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		As officials Zigui county near dam site prepare use almost 22 tonnes rat poison cleanup campaign, have been alarmed see hungry rodents are migrating droves abandoned settlements new ones search food.
		People who have been resettled reservoir area are distressed discover large rodents have followed them their new homes, newspaper said its Aug. 9 report.
		Mei Changqing, director Zigui’s epidemic-prevention bureau, said serious leptospirosis outbreak followed construction dam on Yangtze tributary two decades ago holds an important lesson builders Three Gorges project.
	www.probeinternational.org /pi/index.cfm?DSP=content&ContentID=5137 (553 words)

	China Trip 2000 - Early Edition - ver. 3.6 - pg. 8
		And the explosions (at least here) are blasting for the new road being built high on the north shore west of town.
		5:45 pm on 17 March, still not to Zigui (due there at 6:30 pm).
		The red/grey fine clastics have picked up thick (~10-20 m) massive light tan sandstone layers that make long protrusions into the river from the north bank, and climb precipitously up the south bank as cockscomb ridges readily evident even in the dense vegetation.
	wc.pima.edu /~geology/chinatrip/chinareport08.html (913 words)

	Sunlight Travel - China Tour 19 Days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		After the long flight relax in five star luxury as we check in to the Sheraton Hotel.
		Upon returning to the ship we continue pass the Wu Gorge and arrive at Zigui.
		The Zigui Folk Performance is available dockside to all passengers who wish to attend.
	www.sunlighttravel.com /southeastasia/china21days.html (1040 words)

	China Picture 87 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		After the Lesser Gorges and Wu Gorge we stopped at Zigui for the night.
		Zigui is where the sport of Dragon Boating was started to commenorate the death of a famous poet.
		Here we see some real dragon boats at the dock in Zigui.
	www.bornontuesday.com /china/ch87.html (44 words)

	Zigui Scenic Spots-Three Gorges Yangtze Cruises
		The walled city, shaped like a gourd hence the name "Gourd City" features with traditional Chinese style architecture.
		It was said that Quyuan's sister once came back to console him before Quyuan was exiled.
		With respect for this affectionate sister,later the city was called "Zigui".
	www.yzcruises.com /english/scenes/Zigui.asp (355 words)

	Presses scientifiques du CNRC : Revue canadienne de géotechnique
		A large landslide in Zigui County, Three Gorges area
		occurred on the left bank of the Qinggan River, Zigui County, Hubei Province, China.
		s'est produit sur la rive gauche de la rivière Qinggan, dans le comté de Zigui de la province de Hubei.
	pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca /cgi-bin/rp/rp2_abst_f?cgj_t04-049_41_ns_nf_cgj6-04 (254 words)

	Enterprise Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Zigui county BSG phytochemistry Corporation is a professional producer of plant extraction as follows:Hesperidine and Synephrine.
		Yichang City locates at the middle reaches of Changjiang River,and possesses Customs House, Inspection Bureau of Export Commodities and China Ocean Shipping Agency.The declaration of exportation and Importation of the company`s products can be settled in Yichang City,and the products can reach business ports worldwide by multimodal through transportation.
		The senior staffs have rich experiences of plant extraction,and the company`s products have already had stable sales channel in international market, We sincerely invite business friends interested in international phytochemistry to join us and grasp this opportunity to make a reciprocal development.
	ucbn.ccpit.org /servlet/infosystem.tradelead.servlet.ServletGoToTradeleadJsp?actionType=enterpriseWeb&genId=39610 (152 words)

	Maoping-Yangtze Cruise
		Driving from the entrance of the exclusive highway of TGP in YichangCity, it takes around one hour to reach Maoping, by passing the TGP dam area, XilingBridge and newly relocated county seat of Zigui.
		Now it is the new county seat of Zigui.
		Same as many other towns along the Yangtze River, after the completion of the Three Gorges Project, the small town will be submerged under water.
	www.yangtzeriver.org /maoping.htm (291 words)

	My travel in South East Asia from Beijing to Ho Chi Minh City
		Xiling Gorge, described by ancient poet as "torrents from above falling upon, ten thousand snow drifts", stretches 76 km from the mouth of the Xiangxi River in Zigui county in the west to Nanjinguan pass out of Yichang City in the east.
		The landscapes of the Daning River, Xiangxi River and Shennong Rver provide a unique favour of primitveness with the green mountains and the blue water.
		In addition, located in the region of Wu Gorge are such famous walled cities as Wushan, Badong and Zigui, where there are a number of noted historical sites and the folkways are so unique and colorful that one can enjoy himself heartly.
	www.angelfire.com /wi/erikwieneseindex/Chongqing.html (5562 words)

	Zigui: Yangzi River Cruise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It said that Qu Yuan's sister once came back to console him before he was exiled.
		As a sign of respect for this affectionate sister, the city was later called "Zigui".
		Today, the dragon boat racing and zongzi eating have become a tradition for worldwide Chinese people, and people in South East Asia.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /river/yangtze_attraction/zigui.htm (758 words)

	Zigui Port on Upper Reach of Three Gorges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Zigui Port on Upper Reach of Three Gorges
		The Zigui Port on the upper reach of the Three Gorges in central China's Hubei Province is opened to traffic May 24, 2003.
		The port is an important one on the Yangtze River linking the east and the west.
	english.21dnn.com /7778/2003-5-25/208@860809.htm (65 words)

	dumbfoundry
		ZIGUI, Hubei, July 6 (Xinhuanet) -- A campaign aimed to rejuvenate Chinese poetry and develop the traditional culture of the Chinese nation kicked off in early July in Zigui, the hometown of Chinese ancient poet laureate Qu Yuan, in central China's Hubei Province.
		Qu Yuan lived in the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475 B.C. to 221 B.C.).
		With a population of 400,000, Zigui, adjacent to the reservoir of China's massive Three Gorges Water Conservancy program.
	dumbfoundry.blogspot.com /2004/07/campaign-launched-to-rejuvenate.html (298 words)

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