Longqing Gorge is located by Gucheng River in the northwest of Gucheng Village, which is 10 miles to the northeast of Yanqing County in Beijng and 85 miles away from Beijing unban area. In the ancient time, Longqing Gorge was called “Ancient City with Nine Curves”. The water ssource came from the eastern foot of Haituo Mountain, passing Yudu Mountain and flowing into the reservoir of ancient city. It earns the title of “Little Lijiang” of Beijing.
The towering dam of Longqing Gorge reservoir connects two mountains, which are forty or fifty meters wide. The dam, like a huge white lock, locks the dragon-like mountains. When you overlook the northern side from the top of dam, you can see the green water with the reflections of mountains and clouds. The two mountains on western and eastern sides are as high as dozens of Zhang (1 Zhang=3.3 meters), with erect cliffs as if they have been cut by knives.
When you visit it by boat, you can experience the feeling of the sentence in a poem “when you think you have reached the end of the road, but around the corner, a totally new view will come into your eyes.” The water is like a floating ribbon, which flows endlessly. Every time you pass a corner of a mountain, you will see different scenery. The mountains and stones are of great variety of forms and shapes, some are like the swords coming out of the scabbards, and some are like risen hammers and some are like tigers up-holding heads and some are like elephants with heads twisting… Therefore according to their shapes, people name them by “Buddha of the Mountain”, “Cockscomb Mountain”, “and Golden Jar Mountain” and so on.
This attraction is the combination of grace of the scenery of southern part of China and magnificence of the scenery of northern part of China. The gorges are twisted and the river is long and green. The cliffs on both sides are dangerously steep and the forests are dense. The lime rocks form into peculiar shapes, and especially the karst caves and the stalagmites, stacks and faultage stones are quite similar to those of Lijiang River. But when you look up at the mountains, you will find that the unique magnificence of the mountains in the northern part of China.
Longqing Gorge Attractions
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