Sanyou Cave

Sanyou Cave that is in the sheer cliff at the northern side of Xiling Gorge that is about 10 kilometers or about 6 miles away from Yichang City offers possibly the best cave scenery in the Three Gorges area. For centuries since the Tang Dynasty, poets have come here to see the scenery and leave poetic inscriptions. Through natural erosion and human destruction, a lot the the inscriptions in the cave and around it have been destroyed. But it is still a highlight to see in the Three Gorges area for the scenery and the ancient inscriptions that are still left. Highlights at the sight are seeing the cave itself, seeing the scenery, walking up the path from the cave to the Zhixin Pavilion, and the ancient inscriptions.