Magnificent Three Gorges Project (Japanese Version)

Author: Li Jinlong, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: In the world, no river can compare to the Yangtze Three Gorges in possessing a 200-kilometer-long landscape gallery and a 7,000-year cultural heritage. Before the Three Gorges Dam project was constructed, when people mentioned the Three Gorges, they would think of Li Bai's timeless verse: "Leaving Baidi at dawn amid colorful clouds, a thousand miles to Jiangling can be reached in a day. Monkeys' cries on both banks sound incessantly as a light boat glides past ten thousand mountains." Today, when people speak of the Yangtze Three Gorges, they recall Mao Zedong's famous lines: "Build stone walls along the West River, cut off the misty rain of Wu Mountain, and create a level lake in the high gorges. The goddess should remain unharmed, yet she would be amazed at the world's transformation." The construction of the magnificent Three Gorges Dam, the transformation of the natural river channel, the development of hydroelectric resources along the Yangtze Three Gorges, and the blessings for the Chinese people were the dreams of several generations of leaders and water conservancy experts. With the completion of the Three Gorges Dam, the dream has become reality. At the critical point where the Three Gorges undergo a monumental transformation from river to lake, we enter, we record, and we witness. What is about to vanish, we preserve in their images; what is unfolding, we document in its process; what is yet to come, we anticipate with all readers and offer our deepest blessings. This book, in a vivid and illustrated form, presents our records, takes you into the grand Three Gorges Dam project, and introduces the impact of the project on the natural scenery and cultural relics of the Three Gorges.