Shennong Stream, originating from the main peak of Shennongjia, flowing through the territory of Badong County, Hubei, from north to south through the deep canyons, to the mouth of the Witch's Gorge east into the Yangtze River. Shennong Creek is a typical canyon stream, both sides of the mountain peaks tightly bound, cliffs towering, the stream in the knife-like gorge walls between the collision, the waterway twists and turns, turbulent stream there are dangerous beaches, long beaches, curved beaches, shallows more than 60 places. Although the waterway is narrow but shallow, rafting is very exciting and safe.
Shennong Stream flows through three canyons with different sceneries - Cotton Bamboo Gorge, Parrot Gorge and Longchangdong Gorge. Both sides of the scenery is beautiful, few open spaces in the canyon, the narrowest part of the two banks are only 7 meters apart. Boats traveling through the gorges, such as through the secret alleys and heavy doors. A mountain peaks up to several hundred meters high split face pressure, almost can not see the front of the waterway.
In the dangerous Cotton Bamboo Gorge, difficult to climb the cliffs are full of caves, huge stalactites hanging in the air, the riverbed is narrow and large drop, 4 kilometers of channel on the size of more than 30 dangerous beaches. The river is narrow and has a big drop, 4 kilometers of channel, there are more than 30 dangerous beaches of different sizes.
Parrot Gorge is one of the three gorges with the most beautiful scenery, vegetation on both sides of the river such as tassel hanging, evergreen in all seasons, rock water droplets seepage, waterfalls and springs, the wonders appear repeatedly. There is a section of the canyon, regardless of winter and summer, you can see the flowers in full bloom, so the name of the "annual flower beach"; there is a "nine strands of water" of the place, the streamside springs gushing out more than one strand of spring water, divided into clear, cloudy, mixed three colors, known as the "three-color springs "
Shennong Creek, the last canyon is the Longchangdong Gorge, this gorge confrontation are less than 20 meters wide, both sides of the wall in the water, continuous, twisting and turning up to more than 5,000 meters, hale and hearty Kui Men of Kui Men Gorge. Along the way can be seen humanistic landscape - rock coffin group and ancient palisades. The east bank of the gorge from the water 150 meters high on the wall, there are many small caves, different depths placed rock coffins, clearly visible to the naked eye.
Shennong Stream can be called a natural stream without pollution, the water is clear, a clear to the end, in addition to the "three-color spring", almost do not see a wisp of mixed water. The bottom of the stream is covered with five-color stone, such as flowers like brocade. Turbulence in the water like snow like fog, the boat line as flying; water slow at the formation of a quiet flat lake, green and unpredictable, flat boat rippling; shallow water less than knee-deep, the bottom of the boat and the pebbles in the river and Mo, Gege sound, all rely on pulling the fiber.
Stream Shennong River boat, shaped like half a split pod, locally known as the "Pea Corner", small and lightweight, made of hard-wearing oak wood, buoyant and shallow draught, can be less than knee-deep in the water at the shallow end of the drive. "Pea Corner" is all manually operated, each boat needs six boatmen, boatmen boat is Shennong River landscape "the most". Shennong Creek, the water is fast and dangerous, the boatmen have no place to stand, all need to wade in the water to pull the fiber, walk in the forefront of the "head of the fiber" and the stern of the "driving long" take the lead to roar up the horn, the sound of the canyon, the boatmen call out in front of the back to respond to the sound of the force with the sound out of the force in a burst of breath, pulling up to the beach to go. When the boat in the water in the "zigzag" shape of the waterway rushed, "driving long" in the hands of a scull and a penny to control the direction of the boat, the boat in the turbulent water speed, the boat passengers heartbeat like a drum. Shennong Stream passes through two small villages of the Tujia ethnic group. The villages are covered with phoenix-tailed bamboos, banana leaves, tangerine forests, and sapium trees, making them seem like a paradise beyond the world. Here the stream is quiet and flat, colorful stones full of beach, visitors can rest in the Tujia footstools, or swimming, or pick up stones, or go to the village to visit the old primitive water mill, stone mill, watch the Tujia people rough Bashan dance, mountain song, taste, bud wine and Tujia meals.
Shennong River, also known as the Yandu River, is located in the north bank of the new county town of Badong, the Yangtze River out of the Witch's Gorge into the Xiangxi Valley after the first tributary, originating in China's famous "first peak in Central China," known as the south slope of the main peak of the primitive forest of the Shennongjia in Hubei Province, a total length of 60 kilometers. For thousands of years, Shennong River, like a dragon, perched on a thousand major mountains and ten thousand abysses, and finally in Badong County, Hubei, the territory of the West Yankou, quietly embraced into the embrace of the vast Yangtze River.
Before the storage of the Three Gorges project, tourists visiting Shennongxi to take the primitive, simple Tujia "pea corner" wooden flatboat floating, tourists along the way can enjoy the beautiful and touching Tujia Bashan Dance, as well as the high-pitched and impassioned fiberglass bugle, it is a heartbeat away.
After the Three Gorges Project water storage, tourists visiting Shennong River to take a large environmental cruise, this environmental cruise in the water storage before the Shennong River is not into the Shennong Creek, Shennong Creek canyon is not due to the water surface elevation of the canyon sense of weakening, the two sides of the distance of only fifty to sixty meters, the mountain peaks are still towering, the boat rippling, through the canyon, and suddenly to the left to reveal a bay of the Valley, and then suddenly to the right to turn out of a new world.
The boat will be traveling through the canyon.
Today's Shennongxi is a green world, the water is green, the mountain is green, and is a reachable green. It has become a deep canyon, tree-lined, water-clear reflection, picturesque tourist attraction in the New Three Gorges.
With the Daning River Small Three Gorges, Shennongxi is also divided into three gorges, the Three Gorges project water storage, Longchangdong Gorge and Parrot Gorge changes, Cotton Bamboo Gorge is still relatively primitive, the tourism sector has developed a new project of boatmen naked pulling a fiber in this area to make up for the regrets of the disappearance of Shennongxi's original style. From the mouth of these boatmen to sing the horn sound, sticking to the stone wall, sticking to the stream, sticking to the pebble beach, in the canyon sound, Shennongxi scenery is very beautiful, people are more beautiful, and the beauty of this is eternal ......
Shennongxi originated in the Shennongjia primitive forest of the Jigong Mountain. Shennongjia stretches across the Yangtze River and Han River north of the Three Gorges. The highest peak in the 3,250-mile radius is 3,052 meters above sea level, which is called the "First Peak in Central China".
Streams on both sides of the wall, the narrow place is less than 5 meters, the mountain rock more than 80 to 90 degrees of the wall moat, the relative height difference of 300 to 800 meters average daily flow of 20 cubic meters / second, the steepest monkey hole of the drop of 3 meters, in the mouth of the Witch's Gorge, east of the 2000 meters at the mouth of the West to join the Yangtze River. More than 20 kilometers upstream from the mouth of the stream, can always travel 2.5 tons of "pea corner" flatboat. Upstream of the stream is the mysterious Little Shennongjia Nature Reserve. Shennong River Rafting Scenic Area is 20 kilometers, unique, set the Yangtze River Three Gorges in one of the majestic, beautiful, dangerous. There are three distinctive natural gorges, Mianzhu Gorge, Parrot Gorge and Longchang Gorge, covering an area of 57.5 square kilometers.
The reason why Shennong River can be rafted in all seasons, all depends on the "Shennong Spring" provides enough water. "Shennong Spring", the source of the main peak of Shennongjia west of the Jigong Mountain, the spring is not affected by rain and drought. It does not give up day and night from the Jigongshan abdomen gushing out, take the road and go, "flying straight down three thousand feet, suspected that the Milky Way fell nine days", its magnificent magic world without two.
Scenic area shrubs and vegetation lush. Mountain flowers fragrant, monkeys play, infestation, rock swallows fly. Both sides of the stream there are more than 60 caves, more than 30 dangerous beaches. It is said that "there are three bays in a mile, and there are beaches in the bay". Here the water is crystal clear, deep pools of turquoise, waterfalls all over, hanging coffins stacks, primitive boat, village style, become a unique tourist attractions of Shennong Creek.
Shennong Stream: a magical century of legends Simple Tujia style
"Long way out of the water away from the long snake, embracing the river village in the wild teeth. A leaf orchid boat dragon cave house, a few thatched cottages wild home. Winter is pure green pine and fir trees, spring to the red peach and plum flowers. Under the mountain green lotus legacy site, often white clouds cover."
This poem, titled "Xiyangxi", was written by Du Fu, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, when he lived in Xiyangkou of Shennongxi. It expresses the poet's infinite nostalgia for the natural beauty of Shennong Stream, which still gives people a sense of being there.
In the first month of the third year of the Tang Dynasty (768), Du Fu traveled eastward from Kui State in Sichuan Province to Jiangling, and when he arrived at Xiyangxi, he suddenly felt a little unwell, so he rented a grassy hall in this place, which was temporarily used as a place of rest and recuperation. In the Xiyangkou residence in this period of time, Du Fu to see the scenery of the Xiajiang River, swim in Shennong River, wrote a lot of popular famous lines.
Shennong Stream is a permanent stream on the north bank of Wushu Gorge in Badong County, with a total length of 60 kilometers, originating from the southern foot of the pristine forest of Shennongjia, and running from north to south, it injects into the Yangtze River at the mouth of Wushu Gorge in Badong County, Hubei Province. Shennong Stream is famous for its primitive, simple and pollution-free natural environment. With its beautiful natural scenery, fascinating humanistic landscape and rich folk customs, it is known as the "Emerald Waterway" in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.
In 1991, Shennongxi was opened as an international tourist attraction, becoming another hot spot of the Three Gorges tourism.
The primitive forest at the source of Shennong Stream is inhabited by rare and exotic animals and birds, such as flying squirrels, golden monkeys, Sumen antelopes, etc. In particular, there are many kinds of white animals, such as white pheasants, white snakes, white goats, white golden monkeys, etc. There are also many precious plants growing here. There are also many precious plants growing here, such as waxberry, fragrant chrysanthemum, heavenly onion, mother wood lily, fragrant fruit tree, rock cabbage and other dazzling.
Which is particularly striking is the dove tree, the trees are upright and magnificent, the flowers are white and flawless, full of flowers on the branches as if a dove with wings, so named "dove tree". According to relevant information, this tree in the quaternary glacier after all extinction, Shennongjia unique natural geography so that dove escape the fate of extinction, to be preserved. Now dove as a beautiful symbol of peace, has long been out of the country, to the world.
Shennong River is divided into three gorges, Mianzhu Gorge, Parrot Gorge, Longchangdong Gorge, etc., each of which has its own unique and fascinating natural scenery.
Mianzhu Gorge has a thousand stalactites, a steep and narrow line of sky, "python out of the mountain", "wild man stretching palms" and other strange peaks and rocks.
Parrot Gorge has a great three-color spring, nine streams of water from the rocky bush into the stream naturally divided into clear, muddy, turbid three colors, forming a flow of 100 meters of colorful springs. Swallow Cave, the cave door is eighty meters high and about thirty meters wide, named after the thousands of short-billed swallows flying in the cave. Fifty meters into the cave, is the "Thousand Qiu Tian", due to the accumulation of dissolved rock and the formation of layers of "terraces", arranged in a "Pin" up and down, between each piece there is also an obvious The "ridge" between each piece is also obvious.
Longchangdong Gorge also has a breathtaking . Scenery, according to the historical book "Yidi Jisheng" records: "This cave is not a stone cave, but a wonder of the landscape! A hole of ten miles, you can pontoon boat traffic.
Shennongxi is the hometown of the Ba people, which has nurtured a distinctive Ba culture. In ancient times, the Ba people's ancestor, the Ba people's tribes led by the Ba people on the earth boat to migrate westward, and on the way to overcome the fierce shoals of evil water, and finally arrived at the city of Yi, the establishment of the country of Ba.
The ancient palisade ruins and hanging coffins on the rock walls on both sides of Shennong Stream are the wonders created by the ancestors of the Ba people with their own wisdom and hands. Today, the Tujia living on the banks of Shennong Stream are the descendants of the Ba people, who are bold and open-minded, and can sing and dance well, quite a legacy of the Ba people.
Salhao is the original ancient folk song and dance of the Tujia people, with its unique style, rugged dance, bright rhythm and high-pitched tunes, still prevalent today.
The Crying Marriage Song is another unique art form created by the Tujia people. As the name suggests, the Crying Marriage Song is the song sung by the bride when she gets married, and it is a special art form for Tujia girls to express their love and hatred for the world, life, morality, ideals, and so on by singing. It is a special art form for Tujia girls to express their love and hatred for the world by singing. With its artistic charm of crying but not sad, and singing and crying, it has lasted for a long time.
Tang Opera is popular in the Shennongxi area of the Ba people's theater, local and national colors, rich in content, diverse forms, singing a distinctive flavor, loved by the people.
The beautiful natural scenery and mysterious human characteristics, making Shennongxi become a popular tourist attractions at home and abroad enjoy a high reputation. 24 May 1987, the State Council Tourism Coordination Group organized a joint inspection team on the Shennongxi field inspection, agreed that the Shennongxi in the Yangtze River within the Three Gorges Tourist Route main scenic spots, unique landscape, with a very high value of tourism development. In July of the same year, the argument, the Shennong River as the Yangtze River Three Gorges Tourism Line, one of the eight key development zones.
One of the particularly attractive tourism projects is the Shennong River rafting. Tourists ride the pea-shooter boat, almost untransformed relics of the Ba people, according to legend, when the ancestors of the Ba people is to take such a pea-shooter boat westward and the establishment of the country of Ba. The purely natural way of sightseeing is pulled by slender men, and the slender men of Shennong Stream are like the scenery of Shennong Stream, which is majestic and picturesque, and their hearts are more like the stream water of Shennong Stream, which is clear and bright, and pure and flawless. For thousands of years, the Shennong River on both sides of the countryside of agricultural and local specialties, daily industrial products, as well as the people into the county to do business, all rely on the Shennong Creek Slender Man with the Shennong Creek flatboat transported into the transport out. As the Shennong Creek water is not too deep, are only about one foot, so the flatboat line on it, sometimes the bottom of the boat and the gravel friction and issued a "bang bang bang" sound, just like "land rowing". Downstream sometimes to fiberglass man backwards to limit the speed of the fiber, which is called "down the cattle", to pass the shallows, the fiberglass man competing in the water, back boat over the beach, especially on the water, rely on the fiberglass man pulling on the fiber and the sound of the horn, the valley echoes, showing the Shennong Creek fiberglass man to move mountains and seas of the formidable power. Not only can you see the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Shennong River, experience the fun of fighting with the wind and waves, and will not cause any pollution to the natural environment of the Shennong River, the formation of a good atmosphere of harmony between man and nature.
As the Shennong River Slender Man more in the water to push the boat, pulling the fiber, so they wear a shirt in addition to winter, the other time is almost entirely nude, because wearing pants in the water is easy to impede the operation, is to wear shorts, after being wet by the water will also soon bruise the skin, so only nude. Although the nude body is not elegant, but their hearts are very beautiful, whether it is a big girl, a small daughter-in-law, catching the boat is their naked back to pick up the boat, sent to shore, and no evil thoughts, the face does not change color heart does not jump, fully showing their purity and greatness.
Let us borrow Lu You's poem to once again enjoy the Shennong River has a different flavor of the charming scenery it!
"The temporary borrowing of the clear stream with fishing, the sand side of the rain wet canopy. From now on, the poem is in Badong County, not in the wind and snow of Baqiao".