The writer found out form some experts and government departments that farewell to Three Gorges is quick early. According to director Peng Decheng, Planning Department of Natipnal Tourism Bureau said, in the future three gores travel.

Existing Three Gorges are wonderful as usual

There are three stages of storage of Three Gorges Dam. Now the dam storage arise altitude 135 meters. Shipping would keep this water level until 2007. on 2007, the water level in Three Gorges Reservoir would rise altitude 156 meters. This construction would be finished until 2009. so experts foresaid even the water level rise to altitude 175 meters, you won¡¯t say goodbye to the Three Gorges.

Yangtze River is the biggest river in China and the longest river in the world. World famous the Three Gorges is located the east of Sichan Basin. The Three Gorges on the Yangtze River, from Kuimen in Fengjie County, Chongqing, to Nanjin Pass in Yichang, Hebei Provice, consist of the Qutang Gorges in the west, the Wuxia Gorges in the middle and the Xiling Gorges in the east, extending 193 kilometers. The features of the Three Gorges are grand, particularity, steepness and beautifulness. After storage, all these features would be keep. For instance, there are altitule 1000 meters to 1500 meters high of the grand Wuxia Gorges. After reservoir storage, the water level only rises 30 to 80 meters. The famous Goddess peak still exists without change. The water only reaches its foot of mountain.

According to " The Comprehensive Utilization Planning of the Yangtze Basin" approved by the State Council, the Three Gorges Project is the key backbone project for rehabilitation and development of the Yangtze River. The main tasks of TGP are: regulating the floods from the upstream reaches in Sichuan Province to control the floods or relief the flood damage in middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze, especially in the Jinjiang reaches; developing the hydro-power resources in the Three Gorges reach to provide the central China, east China and the east Sichuan Province (now the city of Chongqing, the same as below) with huge amount of the electricity; improving the navigation condition of the reaches between Chongqing and Yichang.

May to October every year of the flood season, the water in Three Gorges Reservior would drop from 175 to 145 meters. It¡¯s the gold travel seasons. The peaks look higher. So tourist could receipt three gorges like before.

The new Three Gorges would be more attractive

Some people worried the 600-kilometer (370 mile) long reservoir would inundate some 1,300 archeological sites, destroy the legendary beauty of the Three Gorges and thereby substantially reduce the tourism revenue. Dam defenders said, however, that many cultural and historical relics are being moved to higher ground and that the rise in the water level would not affect the scenery as much as the critics claimed.

From November 2002 when the canal of conducting water has been dammed to April l0th when the temporary ship lock stop using, the water flows through the bottom of the canal and the cruise ships go through the temporary ship lock. The upper reaches of the river begins to conserve water from 70 meters to 135 meters, since it is the off -season for tourism in the year there is no effect on the cruise. Until the June in 2003, the permanent ship lock will be full of water and be used as the navigation road. The region of the Three Gorges Dam Project will cut the navigation road during two months of that time. At that period the cruise ships will berth at the Maoping Harbor or the Peace Brook that are in the upper reaches of the Dam. In the "Time of Transform", tourists mainly rely on the highway of the Three Gorges Dam project that is for a special purpose to transfer them in front of the Dam. At this time the channel of the Three Gorges Region will be controlled by the Department of Transportation that is in charge of the live direction for the shipping in the Three Gorges project. To guarantee the boats coming from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River have their priority and regularly shipping course, the department has adopted various measures such as correcting the rapids, accelerating the pushing power and other methods.

After the forming of the Dam Region there is a permanent third rank ship lock. Calculating according to the time that the boats take for going through the Gezhou Dam recently, it will take 2 hours or so to do it in the future, and there is no need for the united transportations by boats and buses in the regular condition. When water level raises to 135 meters in front of the dam, the channel has been broadened, the sight of the curves has been more obvious, the speed of the water have been reduced and the conditions of the dangerous shoals have been changed a lot. Now at the end of the Dam, 24 controlling regions of the river will be decreased to three, and the signal platform will be decreased to seven, as a result the rate of the boats waiting for the entrance has been diminished and it has gone forever that all the boats must stop at Wan County for a night. A signal boat upstream will accelerate by 4km / hour; and will slow down by 2 km / hour if downstream. So the forming of the Dam Region plays a very positive role to the speed of the boats and the sailing time of the current schedule.

Throughout the whole visiting the tourists will enjoy their tour because of the convenient transportation united by the water and highway and will not only visit the splendid scenery of the Yangtze River as it used to be, but also see its future appearance when the Dam Region has been built up. During this period of time the attractive point of the tour along the Three Gorges are as follows: the primeval scenery of the Three Gorges, the recent changes of the original sceneries, the new villages for the immigrants from the Dam Region and the conservation for the historical relics. "Trace back to the water flowing from the high Mountain and taste the changes of the Three Gorges of the Three Gorges ", that is to say visiting the Three Gorges will give you a brand -new experience and enlighten your immeasurable imaginative space.

Although there are many historical sites submerged under water, the structure of the natural spots such as "No change of the Goddess", "magnificent Qutang Gorge, peaceful Wu Gorge, beautiful Xiling Gorge " Will not change .The tourists will be so enchanted by the splendid scenery of the Three Gorges Dam, such as Shenlong Brook in Badong, Fengjie, Wu Brook and the golden triangle in Mt. Wu Tour Region. What's more, the high Mountain Grassland of Red pool Dam in The deep Dangning River, Shuangxi Valley and Xiaping Valley, Furong River in Fuling and Furong valley, Tianhang and Difeng in Fengjie will show their new appearances before the visitors. According to the experts forecasting there will be 37 Gorges and drifting current, 15 valleys, 11 lakes and 14 islands after the water conservancy in the Three Gorges Reservoir. The water will go to the waist of the Mt. Baidisan, so the Bidi city and the Shibao village will turn into Baidi Island and Shibao Island in the Lake of Baidi and Shibao. The Ghost Town Fengdu will become a semi-island in the water from three directions and there will be a grand dike with the width of 25 meters and the height of 30 meters at the foot of the Mt. Mingshan. The feature of the mini three Gorges will be obviously seen by tourists after the water level rose. Moreover the tourists will see more scenic spots inside the mini -Three Gorges all year long. In the future the size of the cruise ship will be much larger than now; therefore the ship will be more comfortable and smooth for tourists to enjoy themselves. At that time the center part of the tourism along the Yangtze River will have some changes tines. Maybe tourists will not worry about the good and bad aspects upstream and downstream, and cruise companies will not apply two prices for it. The golden tour region centered by the Three Gorges Dam will become a splendid and beautiful pearl in the Yangtze River Tourism.

The establishment of the Three Gorges Dam has nothing to do with the scenery along this region and builds up the new splendid and beautiful scenery for people to visit .The natural gallery with handsome mountains and beautiful peaks, peaceful gorges, magnificent cliffs and the colorful picture scroll with high gorges, and mild lakes, green waves and fresh plants make the famous Three Gorges tour show its attractive appearance to the tourists all over the world forever and more charming as the time goes by. We have seen the scenery along the Three Gorges today as beautiful as a picture and we will see a much more beautiful picture in the Three Gorges Region after the Dam has been built up in the future.

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