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Fengjie · Qutang Gorge & Baidicheng

Kuimen draws the cliffs tight on both banks while Baidicheng looks back down on the river from above; here history and landform explain each other.

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Chongqing Mountain City

Stairways, monorail, bridges and riverbank interlock at different heights, and the city only makes sense once you walk it.

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Enshi Grand Canyon

Stone pillars, sheer walls and seas of cloud build a landscape of extraordinary depth; the real experience is the path shifting underfoot.

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Hefeng · Pingshan Gorge

A narrow boat carries you into a limpid valley where cliffs, stilt houses and Tujia villages scatter across a much larger mountain system.

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Shennongjia

Elevation turns the vegetation and the weather over several times in one day; the forest is not a backdrop here but the subject.

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Wushan · Wu Gorge & Goddess Peak

The river turns among the Wushan peaks, and mist makes familiar place names distant and specific again.

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Yichang · Xiling Gorge

From Nanjinguan to Xiangxikou, rapids, rock walls and the old shipping channel write the longest opening of the Three Gorges.

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Zhongxian · Shibaozhai

The red temple tower is built into the rock, and seen from the river it reads as a vertical marker of place.

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Three Gorges Dam

Between Tanziling and the ship locks, engineering, shipping and landform meet at a scale well beyond everyday experience.

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Zigui · Homeland of Qu Yuan

Between the new town and the old gorge, poetry, citrus and dragon boats still shape the local sense of season.

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Breakfast in Yichang, Enshi and Chongqing

A bowl of noodles, a pot of small potatoes and a cup of oil tea carry mountain produce and dock routines back into the morning.

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Chongqing Nightscape and Mountain-City Space

Light does not flatten the terrain; it enlarges the depth of the bridges, the ramps and the towers.

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How the Yangtze Shaped the Three Gorges

Rock strata, tributaries and monsoon together finished the gorges, and the river is still changing both banks today.

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Four Seasons in the Shennongjia Forest

Blossom, rain-mist, red leaves and snowline give one mountain road four completely different smells across a year.

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Tujia Stilt Houses and Mountain Settlements

Architecture grows along the slope, and timber frames, hearths and village lanes answer the specific life of a humid mountain.

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The Old Gorge Path and the Memory of the Trackers

Before mechanised shipping, paths cut into the rock, work chants and ropes together kept traffic moving upstream.

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Chongqing, Wulong, Fengjie and Wushan in Seven Days

From the mountain-city nightscape into the Wulong karst, then back to the Yangtze through Fengjie and Wushan, joining land and water in one journey.

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Enshi to Yichang: Six Days of Canyon and Riverbank

Descending from karst highland to the Yangtze, linking the Enshi canyons, the Tujia settlements and the Yichang waterways.

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Shennongjia, Xingshan and Zigui in Five Days

Following the drop in elevation from the Shennongjia forest through the Xiangxi valley to the riverbank and orange groves of Zigui.

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Yichang to Chongqing: Five Days on the Three Gorges Waterway

Taking the boat as the through-line, from Xiling Gorge into Wu Gorge and Qutang Gorge, reaching Chongqing after Fengjie.

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River Cuisine

From the first hot bowl at dawn to the boiling red oil after dark, read the everyday flavours of six cities along the Yangtze.

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Travel Guide

A comprehensive handbook covering seasonal timing, cruise ship selection, travel documents, health guidelines, packing essentials, and travel safety.

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The interior cabin, sea view windows, independent balconies, administrative suites, the difference is not only the price. Which one is worth the money, how to choose the ceiling, which side of the boat is better, here to clarify.

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Upstream vs. Downstream

The same canyon, the same view, different directions bring the difference in the number of days, ticket prices, the order of attractions and the light.

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