The area has been a major center of civilization in China, and was the birthplace of renowned patriot-poet Qu Yuan and the statesman Zhuge Liang, among many others. Above all, it has been the home of countless generations of ordinary Chinese who have made their living around the river.
而這一切，不管是屈原還是王大寶，無論是張飛廟還是李家莊，都隨著三峽大壩的動工而將永沉江中！