Magnificent Three Gorges Project (English 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 was constructed, when people mentioned the Three Gorges, they would think of Li Bai's immortal verse: "Leaving Baidi in the morning clouds, a thousand miles to Jiangling can be reached in a day. The monkeys' cries on both banks don't cease as the light boat sails past ten thousand mountains." Today, when people speak of the Yangtze Three Gorges, they recall Mao Zedong's famous lines: "Build stone walls on the western Yangtze, cut off the misty rain of Wu Mountain, and create a level lake in the high gorges. The goddess should remain unharmed, but 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 to the Chinese people have been the dream of generations of Chinese 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 richly illustrated format, presents our records, takes you into the grand Three Gorges Dam, and introduces the impact of the dam on the natural scenery and cultural relics of the Three Gorges.