The ship enters Wu Gorge, visitors always can t help overlooking in accordance with the column, appreciate 12 peaks of famous Wushan with enthusiasm. These 12 peaks are made up of limestone completely, is higher than about river surface kilometer, stand erect in the north and south of Xiajiang, if some rise in the sky, some such as phoenix spreads the wings, some are similar to the painted screen, if some peaks gather the celestial being, in different poses and with different expressions, fascinating.
Six peaks of Jiangbei are connected with the sleeve, it is the celestial peak (namely scissors peak) of collection of the north bank that heave in sight at first ,Under it can see six big characters indistinctly above the rock wall: Innumerable hills and peaks Wu Gorge . Have nearby by some small character, now small character is because of weathering rock, fuzzy to distinguish difficultly, let s write by Zhu Ge-liang according to legend in being grand to , ask Kong Ming tablet .
Other 5 peak the loose hill sequentially Namely cap box peak) , goddess( Namely look at the rosy clouds peak) , the cloud, holy spring of North Korea, stepping on the dragon.
South bank, in the six peak, can see at ship fly to phoenix only, green to reject, gather cranes 3 peaks, net jar, cloud up and rise three peak lock people know in boudoir in the past, now because the water level was raised, can see the elegance from the tributary goddess small stream of the Changjiang River when tracing back 15 kilometers by ship. So, poet Luyou had in Song Dynasty See nine peaks in 12 Wushan Verse.
The most tall and most straight and most beautiful in 12 peaks, wanted several goddesses a peak. The ship is to the peak, looks up at the peak, can see that there is a towering stone pillar, are similar to the vigorous young girl, Goddess peak So gain the name. Have imagined too in the ancient literary works there is Wushan Dynasty walk cloud, dusk competent rain Goddess.
One section spreads The goddess navigates Mythology. The ones that said are: In ancient times little the intersection of daughter and the intersection of precious jade and Ji of Hsi Wang Mu, rise cloud come the intersection of Wushan and sky, see one the intersection of evil and dragon affray in the sky, harass common people.
She stops, shoots the evil dragon dead, rids the people of an evil. And then send someone to help Da Yu to chisel Sanxia again, dredges the river, and stay and navigate in order to navigate by oneself, turn into goddess peak finally. She overlooks the river surface day and night, welcomes Chaoyang first, see the shine clouds off last.
In fact The goddess navigates This mythology, ones that have placed people and faced the beach of one of Sichuan Province in the past are dangerous and alike and looking forward to the safe good hope.