Where And What is Tiger Leaping Gorge?

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Tiger Leaping Gorge is a canyon on the Yangtze River – locally called the Golden Sands River (金沙江; Jīnshā Jiāng . upside of the Yangtze river.Yangtze river fountainhead water system succeed to be Tongtian river, from qinghai province yushu county to enter crossing to the mountain area, Jīnshā Jiāng name started. on the way via Northwest ward Yunnan, Southwest side Sichuan untill to Yibing county's Naming river, among 2,316kilometres,drainage area 34thousand  sq.km) – located 60km north of Lijiang City ( Lijiang is a World Heritage protected city (1997)first introduced to the world at large by the BBC documentary series, THE LAND BEYOND THE CLOUDS. by the after 1996 earthquake and World Heritage listed. by now Lijiang is too crowded and very commercialism city , is not interesting any more, one night there maybe okey, but definitely not for three days ). Yunnan in southwestern China. Around 15 km in length, the gorge is located where the river passes between 5,596 metre Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山; Yùlóng Shān) Face to 5,396 metre Haba Xue shan Face (哈巴雪山; Hābā xue Shān) in a series of rapids under steep 2000 metre cliffs, you could see and link for this google map. Legend says that in order to escape from a hunter, a tiger jumped across the river at the narrowest point (still 25 metres wide), hence the name. Tiger Leaping Gorge is a contender for the world's deepest river canyon, depending on the exact definition used. The inhabitants of the gorge are primarily the indigenous Naxi people, who live in a handful of small hamlets. Their primary subsistence comes from grain production and foreign hikers. The gorge is not considered navigable. In the early 1980s, four rafters attempted to go down the gorge and were never seen again. In 1986, the first known successful attempt to sail through the gorge was made by the first expedition to float down the entire length of the Yangtze, starting at the river's high source at the Geladandong glacier lake.

          Hiking the length of the gorge is possible. The hiking path ("the high Trail") is well-maintained and is used by the Local as part of everyday life in before 1958. It features a surprising variety of micro ecosystems, waterfalls and a fair number of Sean's "copy cat" guesthouses for trekkers in after the 1996 of the Gorge earthquake.

In the raining season hike the Tiger Leaping Gorge only the way Join with local Guide trekking on the high trail is safe and happy (special place Join trekking with special people) !!

 The lower road before the 1996 of the Gorge earthquake was the trail connect  village by each other From Sanba village to Qiaotou town( by that moment Qiaotou is the shop and market center) people going to the market have to pass by Walnut Garden, before earthquake people come to the Gorge ether from Qiaotou or other way from Daju, Sean's place is only the place people could make stop for the night, no any other people mention to reception foreigner ....! the road second time build only used one year (1996 October to 1997 October) untill 2003 is the rough road ! a fter 2005 paved  the tar for most 6meter wide road all the way from Shangri-la mine city around via white water terrace, Haba , Gorge to Qiaotou. 

Where the high trail descends to meet the lower road, you can go close by to see the Tiger Leaping terrace, the point at which the tiger is said to have leaped. Natural crystals are mined from areas in and surrounding the Tiger Leaping Gorge. If you look on a map of China, you will notice, sandwiched between Thailand and Tibet, a Chinese province called Yunnan. Zoom in more closely and let your eye follow the line of the Yangtze River as it curves in a distinctive hook marking the great First Bend of China's longest river. As China's Mother River turns sharply northwards at the First Bend, its waters flow placidly a further 30 kilometers until confronted by a narrow gorge, Tiger Leaping Gorge.

As it enters the gorge, the previously placid river writhes and roars for 17 kilometers through a series of rapids too dangerous for rafting (ask Richard Bangs!). On the eastern bank above the surging river rise the imposing granite peaks of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountains (YuLongXueShan).On the western bank tiny hamlets are scattered amidst a mix of pine forest and terraced fields on the gentler slopes of the Haba Mountains. "The Yangtze flows at 6,000 feet elevation where it enters the gorge, and as the peaks of the range which it pierces as with a giant's sword are more than 19,000 feet in height, the gorge is approximately 13,000 feet in depth. (Joseph Rock: NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC, August, 1926) The Yangtze enters the Gorge at a town called Qiaotou (Bridge head ).Two hiking trails from Qiaotou follow the Yangze through the Gorge to Walnut Garden .

Lijiang is a World Heritage protected city (1997)first introduced to the world at large by the BBC documentary series, THE LAND BEYOND THE CLOUDS. by the after 1996 earthquake and World Heritage listed, Lijiang is too crowded and very commercialism city, is not interesting any more, one night there maybe okey, but definitely not for three days !

　

　

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