Urban Scenic Spots

This Binjiang (Riverside) Park

It lies along the Yangtze riverside of Yichang.The Park was completed and opened on April,1983,It is also called a Jade Corridor. Some people call it "Yichang's Waitan (beach)".It is 3333 metres long and 60 metres wide.There are a famous pavilion called Zhenjiangge (Conquer the Yangtze) ,a statue of Qu Yuan,Double Pavilion Square, the Cedar Hill,Nanxie (Southern Waterside) Pavilion and Feiquan Pavilion in it. Zhenjiangge has been rebuilt and it includes models of the Three Gorges Dam and a giant fresco "Ancient Yichang". Every year a large-scale flower show of Chinese roses is held in Nanxie and it attracts large quantities of flow fans from all corners.There are more than 60,000 plants in it and the lawn is 50 thousand square metres.It's a quiet place for a good rest and exchanges of all hobbies.The long riverside is always a natural bathing beach for swimmers both in summer and winter.

Children's Park

Its original name is Xiling Park which lies in the center of Yichang City.It's the children's paradise and folks' recreation place with its hills and water.Three gates of the Park form a shape of a triangle leading to the center of the city,the coach station and railway station respectively.The main gate lies in the crossing place of Zhongshan Road and Peixin Road. In the Park, there are a sports relaxation room with a skating court,a zoo,a distorted mirrors hall,etc.There are also many proportional emulational well-known buildings, such as the Great Wall,the First Customs,and Tiananmen Sqaure.There is a lotus lake for sight-seeing and a lake for boating.

Martyrs' Mausoleum

It's also called Dongshan Park, close to Yichang Railway Station.On the top of the hill,there is a monument to the revolutionary martyrs.Behind it,there is a grave of revolutionary martyrs.Fifty thousand trees of pine,orange,China fir,and cypress grow here.Under the monument,there is a children's paradise,a man-made lake,a central lake pavilion,and the former plane of Song Meiling's.People can enjoy power-operated "plane", "train","boat",and "adventure in torrent".The martyrs' Mausoleum,the Riverside Park and the Children's Park form three garden districts in Yichang City.The martyrs' Mausoleum is located at the highest place where people can get a bird's view of the central city.

May Day Square

The May Day (Wuyi) Square lies in Wujiagang Disrict,the eastern gate of Yichang City.It was built in April,1987,and covers the area of about 20 thousand square metres.An aluminium-made tablet of "A Gate of the Three Gorges" has become a symbol of the new Yichang City.At the gate of the Square four Chinese characters "Wuyi Square" was written on the stele which was inscribed by Peng Zhen,former chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China.Two large frescos "Yichang Style and Features" and "Three Gorges Scenery" stand at the entrance of the square."A Pearl in the Gorge's Mouth" consists of a poll,a pearl and three pieces of aluminium.The pearl symbolizes Yichang's development,and the three pieces of aluminium symbolize the Three Gorges.Below the pearl,there are two storeys of waterfall and a hexagonal pool.There are 500 colorful light in the pool,650 water columns dance to the music.The square is surrounded by orange trees and lawns,it is an open street square.

Chinese Sturgeon

Chinese sturgeon is a kind of large and rare economic fish which is called a live fossil.It could have originated from ancient fish living in the dinosaur age.In 1981,when the Gezhouba Dam was built,the passage to the Jinshan River, the habitual breeding ground of the fish, was blocked.Scientists of Gezhouba Engineering Bureau and the aquatic products department of Yichang City worked together to build a base for China Sturgeon to breed.They succeeded.It's an efficient way of protecting and developing Chinese sturgeon and it has become a special tourist attraction.

Sanyou (Three-Visitor's) Cave

It lies between Xiling mountains on the outskirts of Yichang ,10 kilometres away from the city.It faces to Xialao Brook and its back is the Yangtze River.It is not only precious and strange,but also quiet and tastefully laid out.
A story says that,in 819 D.C.,Yuanhe 19th year of the Tang Dynasty,the great poet Bai Juyi and his younger brother came cross another great poet Yuan Zhen.The three visited the cave together and they played there for the whole night.They said again and again that there was no place better than this fairy cave.Then Bai Juyi wrote the "Preface" to the cave.Thus the cave gained the name after the three poet travelers.

This is the early three visitors.After that the Three-Visitor's Cave spread its beauty.In 1137 (the Song Dynasty), literary giants Su Xun,Su Shi,and Su Zhe visited the cave.Each of them wrote a poem carved on the stone walls.These three visitors are called the late three visitors.From then on,the cave had greater reputation.

Besides numerous writings by famous ancient scholars on the wall of the Three Visitors' Cave,there are some relics on the top of the mountain,such as Liu Feng City,Zhang Fei's battlefield platform.The Ancient Martial Rampart,Chucai Building,the Valley Pavilion and Zhixi Pavilion were rebuilt ones.Climbing up the building and looking to the west,one can take in the scenery of the Xiling Gorge at a glance.Looking to the east,one can get a bird's eye view of the gigantic Gezhouba Dam.Seeing the Yangtze river flow eastwards and water connect with sky,one may easily get the feeling of "pleasure".