Qutang Gorge, China
Qutang Gorge (瞿塘峡), also known as Kui Gorge (夔峡), runs eight kilometers from Baidi city in Fengjie County in the west to Daxizhen in Wushan County, Chongqing Municipality. Although this is the shortest gorge among the three, it is nevertheless the most spectacular. As soon as the roaring Yangtze River rushes into the gorge, it meets head-on with the imposing Kuimen Gate. Mountains rise perpendicularly like walls on both sides of the river squeezing the broad surface into a narrow ribbon threading its way along the gorge. Here the width of the river is reduced less than 200 meters and the narrowest spots are no more than a few dozen meters across while the principal peaks on the banks rise up to 1,500 meters. The turbulent water flowing in the deep valley, which has a continuous line of peaks erected along make for a spectacular vision.
Kuimen, Qutang Gorge, China
There are many historical sites in Qutang Gorge. On a hilltop of the north bank sits the town of Baidi city, where boasts of many rare relics. On the south bank are the pink Whitewashed Wall covered with carved inscriptions, the legendary Meng Liang’s Ladder, the Upside Down Monk, Amour Cave and the sweet-tasting Phoenix-Drinking Fountain in a deep cave. Also on the south bank, not far from downstream, is a very strange-looking peak standing by the river; it is called the Rhinoceros Watching the Moon because it looks like a rhinoceros. Moreover, outside the Qutang Gorge, there is the site of Da Xi Culture Heritage, where archeologists will find interesting.
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