2016 - China - Yangtze River - Jiangshangmingzhu Memorial Gateway
Access to the Red Pagoda and Shiaozhai Temple is via this entrance gate and wavy floor bridge. The temple at the top is a Taoist Temple dedicated to the god Mansjuri.
After building the Three Gorges Dam and closing its gates, the Yangtze River water backed up all the way to Chongqing. It would also have placed the bottom levels of the Red Pagoda underwater in the middle of the river. So, the Chinese Government authorized construction of a coffer dam around the site. Shibaozhai is now an island in the Yangtze River.
2016 - China - Yangtze River - Jiangshangmingzhu Memorial Gateway
Access to the Red Pagoda and Shiaozhai Temple is via this entrance gate and wavy floor bridge. The temple at the top is a Taoist Temple dedicated to the god Mansjuri.
After building the Three Gorges Dam and closing its gates, the Yangtze River water backed up all the way to Chongqing. It would also have placed the bottom levels of the Red Pagoda underwater in the middle of the river. So, the Chinese Government authorized construction of a coffer dam around the site. Shibaozhai is now an island in the Yangtze River.