By Rui Hu, EDITOR

The 9^th China Yangtze River Three Gorges International Tourism Festival launched in Chongqing on July 26^th. The organizer released 16 selected routes to travel in the Three Gorges either by road or fairy. Till the end of November, a serie of activities will be held in Wanzhou District of Chongqing and counties along the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.

In October, the first live performance of Back to the Three Gorges, directed by Zhang Yimou, will be held at Kuimen in Fengjie, Chongqing. The whole performance will based on the poetry and poets of the Three Gorges.

On November 8^th, the World River Songs will be held in Wanzhou District, Chongqing. Excellent chorus groups at home and abroad will be invited to perform on the cruises parked on the bank of Ping Lake.

From November 7^thto November 10^th, Back to the Yangtze River and Three Gorges activity will be held along the Three Gorges in Chongqing and Hubei Province. 200 international tourists who visited the Three Gorges 20 years ago will be invited to revisit for free.

Attractions along the Three Gorges

Wanzhou: Wanzhou Grand Fall，the Chongqing Three Gorges Migration Memorial Hall, Ping Lake

Yunyang: the world’s largest karst-shaft in the Longgang, National Geological Park, Zhangfei Temple

Wushan: the Wu Gorge, the Mount Wu, the Little Three Gorges

Fengjie: the Qutang Gorge, the Xiaozhai Tiankeng, or the Heavenly Pit (the world’s deepest sinkhole), the Mount Changlong (a holy shrine of Taoism), the Cliff Inscription on Mount Baiyan

Shizhu: the Qianye Grass Field (a good place for camping), the Xituo Ancient Town, the Baitianchi Ski Resort

Liangping: the Yunlong Moulins (the remnants of the Quaternary glacier), the Baili Bamboo-sea, the Panlong Karst Cave

 16 Selected Routes As Below:

By Road

Routes around Wanzhou for 2 Days:

• Wanzhou → Yunyang
• Wanzhou → Liangping
• Wanzhou → Kaizhou
• Wanzhou → Lichuan

Routes around Wanzhou for 3 Days:

• Wanzhou → Yunyang → Kaizhou
• Wanzhou → Wushan → Fengjie
• Wanzhou → Lichuan → Shizhu
• Wanzhou → Liangping → Zhongzhou

By air

• Wanzhou → Yunyang → Wuxi → Wushan → Fengjie → Wanzhou
• Wanzhou → Enshi → Fengjie → Yunyang → Kaizhou → Wanzhou
• Wanzhou → Liangping → Dianjiang → Zhongzhou → Shizhu → Fengdu → Fuling → Changshou → Wanzhou/ Chongqing’s main urban district
• Wanzhou → Wuxi → Chengkou → Kaizhou → Wanzhou

By High-speed Rail

• Chongqing → Changshou → Fuling → Fengdu → Shizhu → Lichuan → Enshi → Badong → Yichang (→ Zigui/ Xingshan/Shennongjia)
• Chongqing → Changshou → Dianjiang → Liangping → Wanzhou(→counties around Wanzhou)

By Fairy

• For 4 days: Chaotianmen Harbor in Chongqing → Fengdu →Zhongzhou → Wanzhou → Yunyang → Fengjie → Wushan → Maoping, Yichang
• For 3 days: Wanzhou → Yunyang → Fengjie → Wushan → Maoping, Yichang

Source: People's Network