宜昌市

Yíchāngshì
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Yichang (prefecture-level city in Hubei Province, home of the Three Gorges Dam)

Examples

Sānxiá Dàbà wèiyú Yíchāngshì.
The Three Gorges Dam is located in Yichang.
Cóng Yíchāng zuò chuán qù Chóngqìng kěyǐ kàn Sānxiá fēngguāng.
Sailing from Yichang to Chongqing lets you see the Three Gorges scenery.

Tips

culture
Yichang is the gateway to the Three Gorges (三峡) and home to the Three Gorges Dam — the world's largest hydroelectric power station. River cruises between Yichang and Chongqing are a classic Yangtze tourism route.
history
The ancient name for the area was (Yílíng) — the 222 CE Battle of Yiling here crushed Liu Bei's Shu forces and is dramatized in .

Stroke Order

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