The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River starts from Baidicheng, fengjie county, Chongqing in the west and ends at Nanjinguan, Yichang, Hubei in the east, with a total length of193km. Along the way, there are steep peaks and cliffs on both sides, followed by Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge from west to east.
In Wushan County, Chongqing, there are Daning River Small Three Gorges and Maduhe Small Three Gorges. In the areas along the Yangtze River in Chongqing, there are Baiheliang, the hometown of Oriental Divine Comedy, Fengdu Ghost Town with unique architectural style, Shi Baozhai, Zhangfei Temple, Liubei Tugu Hall in Shuhan, and Wushan Cultural Site in Longgupo.
The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is one of the top ten cultural symbols in Chongqing, and "Three Gorges of the Yangtze River-Kuimen" is the landscape pattern on the back of the fifth set of RMB 10 banknotes.
Biological resources
There are more than 4,500 species of resource plants in the Three Gorges reservoir area. Among them, there are more than 3,500 species of medicinal plants, 6 species of edible plants, 566 species of oil plants, 500 species of ornamental plants, 250 species of fiber plants, 300 species of timber trees, 36 species of shelter forest and green manure plants, 50 species of dye plants and 4 species of rubber plants.
The tracking and monitoring results of ancient trees in the reservoir area show that the overall situation of ancient trees is basically stable. Only 1 Pinus thunbergii (33.5m high, DBH1.6m) was found in Huang Linchang, Badong Iron Works. Due to lightning and insect pests, there are/kloc-0 trees in Damotan River, Ma Xie Town, Beibei District, Chongqing, which are on the verge of death due to environmental pollution.
0/9 species of rare plants in the reservoir area, such as Cephalotaxus fortunei, Fokienia hodginsii, Cryptomeria fortunei, Taxodium distichum, Castanopsis fargesii, etc., are well protected. Acacia microphylla, a rare and endangered national second-class tree species that has been extinct for nearly a hundred years, was found in Longmenhe Forest Farm of Xingshan County. A new distribution point of wild rare plant Taxus chinensis community was found in Liwupo Forest Farm of Wushan County.