6:00 am from Nanchang County car, 35-seat bus lasted 10 hours, at 4:00 pm to reach the destination of the city of Yichang, a flat highway, dazzling scenery along the way is always exciting.
All the way to the car, Mr. Zhou is a happy car, he is not tall, especially talkative, the road jokes constantly, active long-distance ride in the dull atmosphere, became the center of the car. Sitting next to me in the last row of the Yang old man, the Hubei Xianning City highway side of a large area of barren grassland is very confused, that these fields to produce how much food ah?
"There must be a traitor, throwing away the land, hiding the truth, not reported." Yang Lao said.
"You know shit! This is wetland protection, is the need to restore the ecology, not any land can be used to grow food." Mr. Zhou retorted.
"Maybe this large grassland is the floodplain, can't grow anything." I said.
Generations of farmers, the feelings of the land is very deep, Yang Lao is heartbroken by the loss of these tens of thousands of acres of wasteland, after all, the people to food for the day. Although eating is a farmer's meal, but he is the governor of the heart, as the saying goes, the world's rise and fall, the responsibility of the people ah.
Before the trip, the itinerary has to visit the Jingzhou Three Kingdoms ancient city and museum arrangements, but in the passing Jingzhou, the bus did not stop the intention, has been in the front of the open, until after the Jingzhou I asked how it is, and then said that the trip has changed, Jingzhou this side of the scenic area in the refurbishment, the change of the attractions, so that people a little bit of a surprise.
Into the city of Yichang, up a brightly dressed light green jacket, not tall, the age of about thirty-year-old boy, the leader introduced that this is the tour guide. The tour guide was introduced in a grand local accent: "My name is Xiang, everyone calls me guide or small Xiang can, the next three days by me to provide you with guided tours, welcome to the Three Gorges sightseeing." The guide spoke word for word, volume is not big, slow and methodical, I sat in the last row, if not side ear listening, really do not know what he said. Compared with my impression of the tour guide, the tour guide should be clear and eloquent, Mandarin standard fluent, lively young beautiful girl, and now the guide subverted the three senses, do not feel like a tour guide, more like a leading cadres.
"Now you look to the left, this is the Yangtze River, this cruise terminal the day after tomorrow we will come here to take the boat. Yichang City is a prefecture-level city in Hubei, with 13 districts and counties under its jurisdiction, covering an area of 21,000 square kilometers, with a population of 4 million people and a gross regional output value of more than 420 billion." Before the guide finished slowly, the car has been a cacophony of voices, some said they saw the bridge, some said they saw the big ship, some in the aisle to the neighboring seat to pass snacks, it feels like a farmer's market.
"Please be quiet and respect me, OK?!" Wizard was anxious. The loud-talking passenger seemed to be ignoring it. "We can't speak in small voices." Whoever among the passengers answered. The wizard froze without speaking or moving, and the passenger in front of him loudly reminded, "Be quiet, listen to the guide!" This is only a little quieter. The guide saw did not achieve his expected quiet, face showed unhappy color, simply sit on the guide position no longer say anything.
The bus arrived at Gezhouba Park, looking for a place to stop, the guide said, everyone along the river to take a look at the riverbank scenery, the day after tomorrow will bring you to experience the water rise over the lock and dam, half an hour and then gather, the guide said they disappeared.
Along the river, the opposite bank is an area of a few square kilometers of the island, there are a number of high-rise buildings, which is more prominent is the Gezhouba Municipal Building. This river is a bifurcated tributary of the Yangtze River and was built with the Gezhouba Dam project. The dam was opened in May 1971, all completed in December 1988, the dam height of 47 meters, with a capacity of 1.58 billion cubic meters, generating an average of 14 billion degrees per year.
It may be the reason for the cloudy day, the afternoon is only more than 4 o'clock, the feeling that the sky is about to darken, some of the village girls beautiful ladies grabbed the time to shoot the jitterbugs, and the other is all the way to quickly forward to find the toilet to go. In a strange place are so open, but not a little strange feeling, it seems to be some people have seen the world. Along the bank there are a lot of local residents in the walk, chess, badminton, and a group of people singing songs to meet the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party, the river bank is very lively.
This is a free attraction, grab a photo and get in the car, half an hour to reach the small tourist hotel with dinner. The cost of this trip is 600 yuan, providing two breakfasts, two meals, two nights standard room accommodation, other meals on their own. The dinner arrangement is basically quite sumptuous, not as bad as I thought.
To the travel agency just put down the backpack, there are plum (wife)'s best friend called to go downstairs to walk, this time the evening sun also came out, the sky beautiful clouds colorful, can not miss. I and Plum hurriedly take the folding umbrella downstairs, the line to go how to see the city scenery, a line of seven people some confusion. I opened my cell phone and quickly viewed the Baidu map, the heart already have a number, which is my strength ah, there is no need to kill the chicken with a bull knife to enable the outdoor assistant. Along the Huangbai River, Dingjiaba Bridge, Jijin Bridge, while taking pictures while enjoying the scenery, I also climbed a hill on the riverside with Mr. Zhou, called Shanshui Yumian - Yongshu Pavilion, a circle down nearly 5 kilometers to 8:00 p.m. before returning to the hostel, the feet also walked tired.
The next morning at 7:00 am to start with breakfast, the hostel does not have a restaurant, is bought from the outside, one person, two vegetable buns, an egg, a cup of soybean milk. After breakfast, we set off, the sky is drizzling, the wind is also cool, but everyone's enthusiasm in the cool wind more high. There were five attractions on today's trip, the first being the Rayon Temple. After arriving at the attraction, the guide handed us over to the temple guide (later referred to as the temple guide), at this time it was already pouring rain, many people rushed to buy 10 yuan a pair of plastic shoe covers, Plum also bought a pair.
Legend has it that Rayon 5,000 years ago was born in Xiling country, that is, now Yichang Yiling, is a beautiful, smart, kind girl, one day she found a kind of mulberry fruit, the girl saw the silk toughness is very light, they weave clothes for parents to wear, and gradually mastered the skills of sericulture and weaving, the news spread, the Yellow Emperor came to the country of Xiling, the two people at first sight, Rayon and the Yellow Emperor marriage, assisted in the construction of the Yellow Emperor! After the marriage of Rayon and Huangdi, she assisted Huangdi to build a great nation, and became a great historical giant who started the civilization from the flood.
Rain also has so many tourists, buses in front of the temple parked full, people had to enter in batches. Temple guide said loudly: "into the temple, do not take pictures, do not make a lot of noise, the foot must not step on the door, to lift the foot over, step over is the door, step over is the can." The temple guide to start as the tongue began to promote Rayon.
Past the can, a huge Rayon Buddha statue in front of us, she sat on the Buddha platform, her face kind, calm, fully concentrated, as if to perform magic, universal access to all beings, to save the people in the water and fire. Temple guide said, when building the Gezhouba Dam died a lot of people, since the construction of the Rayon Temple, built the Three Gorges Dam did not die a person, Rayon is very spiritual, there is a sincere second floor to go to the second floor to ask for Rayon blessing, as long as the 20 yuan can be divined to dissolve the risk.
At this point, I gently pulled the plum's clothes, signaling that she does not get into the trap, plum ignored, and convinced that a dozen people followed the temple guide on the second floor, and then closed the door, within a 50-year-old female "master" reading, asked the plum's phases, look at the facial features, and said that the plum has the phase of the prosperous husband, is in the house! Said the number of people, and the husband's honor, but from the eyebrows, there seems to be a lot of trouble, if you can then divulge a divination 2999 yuan or 1999 yuan, the son will be more successful in graduate school, but also to dissolve the family may be in trouble.
Plum quickly shook his head and said: "My husband is still outside the door, I have to discuss with him." The master said, "Aren't you in charge at home? Then you go to discuss it and then come back to me ah." Plum drew back and left.
Seeing her come out, I was full of displeasure and asked, "You stupid, they brainwashed successfully? How much have they fooled?" Plum replied, "Do not talk nonsense, will offend the gods, the second floor only spent 20 yuan, the first floor burning incense randomly, donated 10 yuan." Oh, I confirmed that basically did not hit. Subsequently out of the fellow travelers, some were persuaded to donate 899 yuan, 699 yuan, 299 yuan, but no one cared about her. Alas, want to borrow the old ancestors get rich, really a little difficult oh.
Walking out of the Rayon Temple, the next stop is the Qu Yuan Temple. Along the way, the guide told us an interesting story about the Three Gorges area. Said there is a big leader, the level of brush writing is not good, but like inscription, in the Yiling Yangtze River Bridge, Xiling Yangtze River Bridge inscription, even wrote "Yiling Yangtze River hot pot", "Xiling Yangtze River hot pot", Yichang Sanxiaan Airport written as Yichang Three Gorges Airport was written as "Yichang Three Gorges Machine Soup", which caused ridicule from the local people and had to be corrected later. I also laughed out loud after hearing this story.
Come to the Qu Yuan hometown scenic area, before entering the temperature measurement to wear a mask, and then take less than ten minutes of battery car to the destination. Qu Yuan hometown scenic area is located in zigui new county, covers an area of 500 acres, and the three gorges dam straight line distance is only 600 meters, the scenic area to carry forward the spirit of patriotism of qu yuan and Chinese traditional culture as the theme, to create a series of connotation of tourism products. This is a piece of open land near the Yangtze River, opposite the rolling peaks, the mountains are steep and steep, lush forests, white clouds hovering in the waist of the mountains motionless, the majestic back of the Three Gorges (downstream) is presented in front of us, like a heaven on earth.
Situated at the foot of the mountain shrine door plate, engraved dragons and phoenixes, "Lone Zhong Liufang", "light to fight for the sun and moon," the card title is particularly eye-catching, ancillary buildings like a group of white clouds around the shrine, if a large attraction, only we have a tourist group. The guide introduced the Qu Yuan Shrine slowly with his unique volume: "This majestic Qu Yuan Shrine complex is copied from Qu Yuan's hometown, because of the construction of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the original has been submerged. Qu Yuan is a great patriotic poet, in the famous lyrical poem "Li Sao", there are ancient famous lines 'the road is long, I will go up and down to seek'." The guide's "Suo" word has not yet settled, there was a commotion in the crowd, tourists talking volume far more than the guide, people according to their own preferences to take pictures, talk and laugh, seemingly free and loose and completely ignored the guide.
"Are you listening or not? You like to take pictures, right? Then take pictures, I'm not talking!" The guide was furious, turned around and luffed his sleeve, a large group of people do not enter the Qu Yuan Shrine, the opposite direction towards the river, to take pictures of landscape paintings to go, only I and Mr. Zhou and a few other people continue to ascend the steps into the ancestral hall to visit. Without the introduction of the guide, had to take a lot of pictures, especially with text information, in order to bring back to their own slowly appreciate.
Look at the time almost eleven o'clock, a few of us hurried down the hill, out of the ancestral hall to the square, to see the guide alone, lonely and impatient head down sitting on the square steps. "Young man, how old is this year?" I asked. "Thirty-six years old," the guide said. "Oh, I can't tell, I thought you were only about 28, good feng shui in the Three Gorges." The guide smiled, it was the first time I had ever seen him smile. I went on to say, "In the future, ah, you speak your mind, don't be disturbed by them, some people are willing to listen, some people don't want to listen, that's normal, because there are those who are interested and those who are not interested, right? You can't ask everyone to march in unison." Wizard nodded slightly, agreeing with great reluctance. Looking at the tourists who were having a blast playing Jitterbug on the far side of the river, I added, "Their interest is in Jitterbug, and if you don't tell them to get on the bus, they'll keep doing it, and there's not a lot of time left, so why don't you just go?" So I called and waved to the distance, signaling to go quickly, at this moment it is almost 11:30, the sun has shot from the clouds to the earth, feeling still a little hot, and the stomach is a little hungry.
The battery car continues to the next stop attractions Qu Yuan hometown, a few minutes later arrived.
The guide said, legend has it that the name of zigui county by qu yuan. Qu Yuan has a sister, Qu Yuan was exiled before, she had specially rushed back to comfort her brother, its feelings and scenes, touching. Later generations to show respect for this virtuous sister, the county name was changed to "sister return", later evolved into today's "zigui". Qu Yuan was born in the beautiful scenery of Leping, is a visionary, outstanding politician, the first great poet in the history of Chinese literature, the three gorges in the "first-class talent". He was so worried about the country and the people that he finally threw himself into the Miluo River to die for his country. The people in order to prevent his remains were fish nibbles, rowing boat scramble to the river put zongzi, this is the Dragon Boat Dragon Boat eating zongzi origin.
"That Wang Zhaojun's tombstone is also here, they are husband and wife?" Someone asked.
The guide said, "No, they were from different dynasties, more than two hundred years apart. Wang Zhaojun is the daughter of a county official in Xingshan County, the family in the village of Bao Ping Wang Jiawan, in the Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, at the age of 16 was selected to enter the palace, the emperor at the time of the pleasure of the courtesans have a provision, the first by the painter portrait handed over to the emperor, the emperor looked at, and then personally summoned, due to the family of Wang Zhaojun did not pay a bribe to the artist, the painter intentionally in the face of the Wang Zhaojun painted an inauspicious mole, incurring the Emperor's cold shoulder. In 33 BC, the Xiongnu leader came to Beijing to negotiate peace, the emperor gave Wang Zhaojun to him, when he saw Wang Zhaojun's beauty, the emperor regretted, after investigating the reason, will be the painter to exterminate the nine clans in order to solve the hatred. After Zhaojun's departure from the border, the border ushered in a lasting peace."
I am listening to a few people with Mr. Zhou, see the battery car has been filled with a car, and kept urging us to go, the guide to disdainful eyes looked at the car people, this time the guide was not disturbed by the surrounding environment, speak seriously and carefully, feel that he is a belly have goods of people, which allows me to salvage some of the good sense of him.
Out of the scenic area, in a newly created Netflix attractions stop to take pictures, and then go to use Chinese food.
After Chinese food, the afternoon is the highlight of the tour, visiting the Three Gorges Dam. From the four sides of the eight tourists gathered here, lined up into a long, endless line, a rough estimate of tens of thousands of people, to the middle-aged people, especially the elderly majority, I also pay attention to the crowd of foreigners, the results of a did not see. The security check is particularly strict, ID card, epidemic prevention code, masks can not be missing, almost all of the barriers are armed military guards, the country's heavy equipment location let a person feel non-trivial.
I don't know how many times I've had to take a bus, turn a few elevators, and finally arrive at the Three Gorges Dam Observation Deck, standing at the top of this hill can be seen from all sides of the majestic Three Gorges Dam. Looking down, look at the Wushan clouds and rain was cut off, how many years of the Yangtze River water finally at the mercy of the children of China's command, which is not only the Chinese people's great project, but also demonstrates the great power of mankind. High gorges and flat lakes, for the benefit of the children of the Yellow Emperor, how many generations of Chinese leaders wish to be realized, at this moment, how much excitement, how much bravado overflowed.
The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is 193 kilometers long, from Fengjie County, Chongqing City, Baidi City in the west to Nanjin Pass, Yichang City, Hubei Province, along both sides of the steep peaks and crags, facing each other, from west to east for the Qutang Gorge, Wushu Gorge, Xiling Gorge, the first and the last are connected to each other. construction began in December 1994, the realization of the grid in August 2003 to generate electricity in 2020, the power generation capacity of 111.8 billion units, more than the second largest hydro power plant in the world, the Itaipu Hydropower Plant in South America. The power generation capacity of Itaipu Hydropower Station in South America is 10 billion degrees more. The guide said that the Three Gorges power station's daily income is 100 million yuan.
Not wanting to miss any of the scenery, we all scrambled to take pictures with the cornerstone of the dam site, posing with the dam as the backdrop for a variety of classic styling, as if to tell the world that the Chinese people who own the Three Gorges Dam have hardened their backs.
Along the top of the asphalt road down, after a period of driving to reach the Interceptor Memorial Park, there are intercepting the flow of conical boulders, there are wheels close to the height of two people's engineering machinery, there are more than 5-meter-high high-voltage ceramic insulating columns, there are three gorges dam miniature version and so on, all just to leave that period of the magnificent history.
The end of the walk is a close look at the Three Gorges Dam, high mountains and deep valleys, the waves are quiet and the wind is calm, the drop of 175 meters, the energy is huge, several pylons of high-voltage lines lead from the generator room. The guide said, the Three Gorges people can not use the Three Gorges electricity, because 500,000 volts of high voltage in the local can not be converted to civilian low voltage, there is no applicable transformer, only to Shanghai, East China and other remote power supply, the locals use is sent from the Dujiangyan power station side of the electricity.
The last day of the trip was from Yichang harbor, upstream along the Yangtze River, the end is the dam pier, the voyage is about 45 kilometers, time 4 hours. The turquoise and turbulent water of the Yangtze River flows down the canyon, moisturizing the Chinese land, the scenery on both sides of the river is beautiful and varied, as if walking in the charming landscape painting gallery, the fresh and humid air nourishes the people on both sides of the river.
This is a four-story luxury cruise ship that can carry more than 1,000 people, into the ship feels like a five-star hotel, brilliant, magnificent, the hall can accommodate hundreds of people, upstairs is VIP seating, the cheapest is the hall 268 yuan for a table, the private room 688 yuan or more expensive, the top of the boat the best viewing effect, but charge 40 yuan per person, the tour guide kindly reminded us not to go to the top, a waste of money is not interesting! The guide kindly reminded us not to go to the top, wasting money and no fun, and the effect is the same on the third and fourth floors. In order to view, I have been in the second and third floor of the front and rear decks to and fro to shoot the scenery on both sides of the river, it seems that there are not enough to shoot the smoke and clouds of the Wushan Mountain, can not see the river flow.
When crossing the Gezhouba Dam, I saw the locks slowly open, the cruise ship from the low water level into the channel, and then the huge gates slowly closed, the water level rose rapidly until it was raised to the level with the upper reaches of the river, and the cruise ship drove out of the channel to complete the crossing. I asked the tour guide of another group how big the water level drop was. He said it was 22 meters. There are constantly tourists who make exclamations of admiration, some say this way of crossing the ship is clever, and some say it is an eye-opener.
Near noon, the boat is about to reach the end of the female broadcaster's gentle voice came: "The people of the Three Gorges have been living on the hillside for generations, there is no field, by what life? There are three sources, the mountain planted a little, the tree to pick a little, the water to fish a little, generations of ancestors is this way over. This side of the governor with goods, the mayor with goods of agricultural products, now a limited time offer 15 minutes, 100 yuan for three pieces, there are roast duck, Tujia roast pork, tea, after 15 minutes to restore the original price, please go to the first, second and third floor of the service desk to buy respectively." Quite a few people actually went to make the purchase, which was a good deed for the people of Three Gorges. The cruise ship finally docked at 12:03 minutes, the successful conclusion of the Three Gorges trip.