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and of gorges and reefs made water flow speedy and plex gorge was famous for a lot of rapids and dangerous we built Gezhouba dam and Three Gorges dam, the water level rose up and the reefs and shoals were three Gorges include: the Qutang Gorge which features magnificence, the Wu Gorge which features serenity and beauty, and the Xiling Gorge which features numerous shoals and The mysterious and splendid Yangtze Three Gorges are the exclusive ones that can provide tourists a whole long gorge tour in the Yangtze Three Gorges start from Nanjin Guan of Yichang in the east, and end to Baidi Castle of Fengjie County, Chongqing in the whole length about 192 kilometers consists of the Xiling Gorge, Wu Gorge and Qutang ’s the best scenic part of the Yangtze River, as well as the best in China’s all ages, its shining beauties keep attracting the eyesight from every corner of the Xilang Gorge starts from the bayou of Xiangxi River in Zigui County, Yichang, Hubei Province in the west and ends to Nanjin Guan of total length of 66 kilometers ranks the longest in the three the construction of the Three Gorges Project dam, more sightseeing platforms and scenic spots have been built around the this area, there are rich tourism resources and series of scenic spots that have been Three Gorges are just like a large museum of Chinese history.(船工號子表演)We are now watching a boatman the past, there were many reefs and shoals in the gorges and boat sailing was very down the wind, the boat can move easily and arrive at the destination quickly and the idiom “plain sailing” es into against the stream, the sail will be lowered down and the boat will be hauled forward by boat trackers with punter will propel the boat in tracking was a bright view in the Three Gorges now, the tracking age has gone and it is difficult to see boat tracking in the Three Gorges area.(龍進溪)Dragon StreamThe stream in front of us is Dragon on the bridge and looking at the mountainside on the other bank opposite the mouth of Dragon Stream, we can see a dark blue rock that stands out from the zigzags downwards from the mountain’s top to the Yangtze it reaches the river, its head suddenly rises, just like a giant dancing dragon flying into the the stream is named after the rock and the bridge that we are now on is called Dragon Stream Bridge.(喊高腔)Now the song we are hearing is a folk song in the mountain was very difficult for people to municate with each other in the was a special way of songs are always about love, everyday life and labouring.(ladies and gentlemen, watch your step please.)(烏篷船)Please look at the fishermen over the past days, people lived in the small fishing boats with dark tarpaulin boats were their important living facility and residence in the fishing boat consists of two lower cabin is a sleeping room and the upper one at the end of the boat is an operation people fought against wind and wave in the fishing witnessed the changes of the life of the people in the Three Gorges area.(扳罾)Now, on the other side of the bank, we can see a fishing boat in the thick rod supports a big fishing net is fisherman uses this big net to catch Chinese it is called “BanZeng”.It is difficult to cast so big a net that fishermen use a fishing rod to cast and collect the net easily.(水車)The waterwheels don’t have any practice uses but they are a bright view in the scenic waterwheel is an ancient device that uses flowing or falling water to create power by means of a set of paddles mounted around a force of the water moves the paddles, and the consequent rotation of the wheel is transmitted to machinery via the shaft of the the past, they were used for crop irrigation, grinding grains, supply drinking water to villages and later to drive sawmills, pumps, and so on.(吊腳樓)Please look at houses over kind of house is called suspended house and it is a mon building in Tujia nationality houses are built around has two first floor is for feeding domestic animals and storing second floor is for living and over the ground, the house is good for protecting against attack from beasts and snakes.(洗衣少女)Below the suspended houses, two girls are washing clothes by mallets on slab always sing songs when washing clothes.(猴山)Now please look up at the mountainside before is the Monkey Hill and it is a good place for monkeys to live are more than 200 wild monkeys in the scenic may have a look at the notice board here.(鵲橋)The bridge we are now on is called the Lover is a good place for lovers to meet your lover is with you right now, please go across the bridge hand in hand with him or her together.(黃龍瀑)The Huanglong WaterfallOutflowing from a cavern and spreading like a sector, the Huanglong Waterfall howls and pours into a deep is also called a Waterfall of Man.(哭嫁)Crying wedding performanceWe can see a crying wedding performance right is a custom of Tujia Tujia girl will cry when she gets married because she is very sad and unwilling to leave her host today will declare that there is a beautiful girl an she is going to throw a bouquet to one of us is so lucky that he can catch it or is hit by will be the soninlaw of Three Gorges Tribe Scenic then he will change to wear the local traditional costume.(Several of us will be chosen to carry the bridal sedan chair and send the bride to the bridal chamber.)Now a traditional Chinese wedding is expected to be host that is ing to us is the matchmaker of today39。 development, now they have bee a very popular means of decoration among country folk, especially main cutting tools are simple: paper and scissors or an engraving you look at items made in this method carefully, you will be amazed by the true to life expressions of the figure39。s named as Stone along the Yangtze stands at the mountain peak of the cliffs taking the form of weighs to more than 100 tons while the bottom is only 200 square square centimeter bears the weight of near