Hǔtiào Xiá shì Jīnshā Jiāng shàng zuì yǒumíng de xiágǔ.
Tiger Leaping Gorge is the most famous gorge on the Jinsha.
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memory
The name means 'golden sands', from the gold once panned along its banks.
culture
Mao Zedong's (毛泽东) poem 《七律·长征》 recalls the Red Army's crossing of the river in May 1935: 金沙水拍云崖暖, 'warm are the cloud-high cliffs the Golden Sands beat against'.
