Wushan

Wushan stands beside the Yangtze at the western approach to Wu Gorge. Steep peaks rise above the river, their clouds and changing light inspiring stories and poems for centuries. Among them is the Goddess Peak, whose slender rock was likened to a woman watching over the gorge. The tale of the goddess and the king of Chu, recorded in the ancient Gaotang rhapsody, gave the mountains a lasting place in Chinese literature.