Three Gorges Dam by Chiang Kai-shek, began preliminary work on plans in the Three Gorges. In 1939, Japanese military forces occupied Yichang and surveyed the area. A design, the Otani plan, was completed for the dam in anticipation of a Japanese victory over China. In 1944, the United States Bureau of Reclamation head design engineer, John L. Savage, surveyed the area and drew up a dam proposal for the 'Yangtze River Project'. Some 54 Chinese engineers went to the U.S. for training. The original plans called for the dam to employ a unique method for moving ships; the ships would move into locks
Huangchuan Three Gorges of stone. It is said that have a stone which like a goat on the left side of the mountain. So here is called the Yangtiao Gorge. In the legend, one day seven fairy saw the scenery in Huangchuan Three Gorges is very beautiful, so they play down in July 7 day. All of a sudden, a strange wind blew and swept away six fairy, leave the smallest fairy to weep over in the river. The fairy Gorge river are the tears of the smallest fairy. "The Fairy Gorge" hence the name. Lengjia Gorge is famous for its craggy. The