Chongqing & The Three GorgesKim Hunter Gordon, May 1, 2012 - 288 pages |
Contents
Prehistory and the Ba | 8 |
The Three Kingdoms | 14 |
An economic history of the region | 18 |
Sichuan opera | 26 |
The Local dialect | 28 |
Food | 30 |
| 35 | |
Introduction | 38 |
Practical information | 180 |
| 191 | |
Introduction | 193 |
Qutang Gorge | 195 |
Wushan | 204 |
Daning River | 205 |
Wuxi | 209 |
Ningchangzhen | 213 |
Lower city | 49 |
Upper city | 56 |
Outer city | 63 |
Nanshan mountain | 79 |
Northern Nanan | 90 |
Shapingba | 93 |
Jiulongpo | 97 |
Further afield | 100 |
City guide | 108 |
Accommodation | 116 |
Transport | 118 |
| 139 | |
Fulling | 141 |
Fengdu Ghost Town | 145 |
Xueyu Cave | 150 |
Zhongxian | 153 |
Shibaozhai Xituio | 156 |
Qinglong Waterfall | 157 |
Wanzhou | 161 |
Yunyang | 169 |
Fengjie | 172 |
Tiankeng | 173 |
Baidicheng | 175 |
Wu Gorge | 216 |
Shennong Stream | 218 |
Xiling Gorge | 222 |
Practical information | 229 |
| 237 | |
Introduction | 239 |
The conception of a great dam | 241 |
Floods on the Yangtze | 250 |
The issue of sediment | 252 |
The South to North Water Project | 256 |
| 259 | |
East Xiling Gorge | 261 |
Yichang City | 265 |
Chexi Tujia Village | 269 |
Practical information | 274 |
| 277 | |
Bibliography and recommended reading | 278 |
Tour operators | 282 |
Cruiselines | 283 |
Local festivals | 284 |
| 285 | |
Index of Chinese names | 288 |
Common terms and phrases
Baidicheng Beibei Beijing boat brine Buddhist building built Cao Cao Cave centre century Chengdu Chiang China Chinese Chongqing Chongqing's Chuanju city's cliff coffins communist construction cruise culture Dadao DAMMING THE YANGTZE Daning downstream EAST SICHUAN BASIN Emperor famous Fengdu Fengjie floods Fuling gate guan Hall Han Dynasty Hotel Hubei Japanese Jialing River Jiangbei Liu Bei Lord Lin million Ming modern mountain opera park peaks Peng popular province Qing Qinglong Qutang Gorge region reservoir restaurants road rock route salt Sanxia sediment Shanghai Shapingba ships SICHUAN BASIN Sichuanese Song Dynasty station stone Tang temple Three Gorges Dam Three Gorges Museum Three Gorges Project tion tombs towers town trackers Tujia upstream valley walls Wanzhou warlord Wushan Wuxi Yichang Yuan Yunyang Yuzhong District Zhang Fei zhen Zhiyi Zhong Zhongxian Zhou Enlai Zhuge Liang Zigui