Wuxia/Wu Gorge

Below information is referred from "The Three Gorges on the Yangtze River"
published by Hubei Art Publishing House (ISBN 7-5394-1288-7).

Wuxia (Wu Gorge) is named after Mt. Wu, extends from the mouth of Daling River in Wushan County of Chongqing City in the west, and ends at Guandukou (Official Ferry) in Badong County of Hubei Province in the east, with length of 45 kilometers. Wuxia (Wu Gorge) strikes the people with its depth, serenity, remoteness and unique beauty. The Gorge is flanked with towering peaks and steep cliffs. Downstream you have to go through countless twists and turns. The river now seems to be blocked by the huge mountains, now breaks through and change its direction. The changing course of the roaring river makes it difficult for you to take your bearings.
"The Twelve Peaks" of Mt. Wu is towering and graceful and shrouded with varied and fantastic shaped clouds formed by mist. It is really a poetic picture. Closely connected with the Wuxia (Wu Gorge), Daling River and Shennong Stream are quieter, deeper, simpler and more primitive, in which the valley is narrower, the water is cleaner, the mountains are greener and the peaks are stranger.

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Wushan	Wuxia (Wu Gorge)
The Shennu Peak	The Shennu Peak

Qutangxia/Qutang Gorge

Qutangxia (Qutang Gorge) extends eastwards from Baidicheng Town (White King Town) to Daxi Town. Although it is no more than 8 kilometers long, it has a momentum of controlling the water from Sichuan Province on the west and dominating mountains of Hubei Province on the east.
The most spectacular sight of Qutangxia (Qutang Gorge) is Kuimen (Gate of Kui). Kuimen has been marveled as "the most dangerous pass of the world." From Kuimen forward, the river was flanked by steep cliffs and towering peaks, with 100 meters in width, even 50 meters in dry season, while the major peaks of the mountains facing each other on both sides measure 1,000 - 1,500 meters in height, of which Mt. Red Amour on the north bank and Mt. White Salt on the south, look just two doors of a huge gate.
When you travel through the gorge in a boat and look up the towering peaks, you see thousand of grotesque crags darkening the daylight with only a narrow opening overhead and the thundering river rolling by vigorously, just like thousands of horses galloping ahead irresistibly. In a word, the scenery is really beyond description.
Qutangxia (Qutang Gorge) boasts not only its splendid scenic spots but also its historical sites. There are most ancient Baidicheng Town (White King Town), the dangerous TieSuo Guan (Iron Chain Pass), the breathtaking Ancient Plank Roads and the mysterious Fengxiangxia (Bellow Crevices) on the north bank, and Fenbi Tang (Chalk Wall), the Phoenix-Drinking Spring, Meng Liang Ladder, and Daodiao Heshangshi (Hanging Monk Rock) on the south bank.

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The south bank of Qutangxia (Qutang Gorge)	Navigation Mark House
The south bank of Qutangxia (Qutang Gorge)	The south bank of Qutangxia (Qutang Gorge)
Fengxiangxia (Bellow Crevices)	Fenbi Tang (Chalk Wall)
Kuimen	the view of Qutangxia from Baidicheng