Wu Gorge

Wushan

Badong town

Wu Gorge on Yangtze

Wu Gorge

Traditional Chinese

巫峽

Simplified Chinese

巫峡

Postal

Wu Gorge

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wū Xiá
Wade–Giles	Wu¹ Hsia²

Wu Gorge (simplified Chinese: 巫峡; traditional Chinese: 巫峽; pinyin: Wū Xiá), sometimes called Great Gorge (Chinese: 大峡; pinyin: Dà Xiá), is the second gorge of the Three Gorges system on the Yangtze River, People's Republic of China. Formed by the Wu River, it stretches 45 km (28 mi) from Wushan to Guandukou, and is located downstream of Qutang Gorge and upstream of Xiling Gorge. The gorge straddles the boundary between Wushan County of Chongqing Municipality (formerly part of Sichuan Province) and Badong County, Hubei Province.

The Gorge has been known as the Wu Gorge since at least the Three Kingdoms Period, when it was recorded in the geographical treatise Shui Jing Zhu. In 589 AD, General Lü Zhongsu of the Chen Dynasty stationed troops in the Wu and Xiling Gorges in an attempt to stop the advancing Sui Dynasty armies. Tang Dynasty poet Yang Jiong wrote a classical poem entitled "Passing Wu Gorge" (Chinese: 過巫峽).

The mountains on both sides of the Yangtze, through which the river cuts the Wu Gorge, are known as the Wu Mountains (巫山, Wū Shān).

References

Zhongguo Gujin Diming Dacidian 中国古今地名大词典 (2005). Shanghai: Shanghai Cishu Chubanshe 上海辞书出版社. Page 1456.

Notable Canyons and gorges of China

Qutang Gorge Three Gorges Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas Tiger Leaping Gorge Wu Gorge Xiling Gorge Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon

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Geography	Cities Wudang Mountains Jingshan Mountains Daba Mountains Shennongjia Wu Mountains Dabie Mountains Mufu Mountains Yangtze River Han River Three Gorges

Education	Wuhan University Ω Huazhong University of Science and Technology Ω Wuhan University of Technology Ω China University of Geosciences Ω Central China Agricultural University Ω Central China Normal University Ω Zhongnan University of Economics and Law Ω South-Central University for Nationalities

Culture	Chu Culture Han opera Nine-headed Bird

Cuisine	Wuhan duck Soup dumpling Re gan mian

Visitor attractions	Jingzhou Xianling Tomb (in Zhongxiang) Three Gorges Yellow Crane Tower Hubei Provincial Museum Underground Project 131

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Coordinates: 31°01′30″N 110°05′00″E / 31.02500°N 110.08333°E / 31.02500; 110.08333

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