Yichang Parent-Child In-Depth Tour: Explore the Three Gorges with Poetry, Let Kids Learn While Playing Without Any Pitfalls!​​

📍“The gorge ends as the sky opens with the morning sun, the mountains level and waters wide, a great city floats,” Yichang is not only home to the Three Gorges Dam but also the hometown of Qu Yuan and Wang Zhaojun! This guide focuses on combining “culture + scenery,” letting kids learn as they explore～

🖼️【Qingjiang Gallery — Ink Painting in Poetry】

✅Parent-child highlights: Reflections in the gorge resemble landscape paintings, climb Xianrenzhai to learn geography

🔹Find the artistic conception of “the mountain ends here and forms a ridge” with your kids, take photos of boats on the river to learn “a lone sail’s distant shadow”

🔹Talk about karst landforms while hiking, kids will have plenty of material for their travel journals!

🔹Tips: Buy boat tickets in advance, bring binoculars for clearer views of distant mountains～

⛰️【Qingjiang Fangshan — Natural Geology Classroom】

✅Parent-child highlights: Cliff plank roads to learn geological structures, glass corridor bridge to build courage

🔹Identify rock textures while walking, kids say “it looks like tree rings!”

🔹Encourage kids to bravely step on the glass plank road, the sense of achievement after success is huge!

🔹Tips: There’s a geological explanation map at the entrance, remember to take photos and explain as you go～

🛣️【G348 Three Gorges Highway — Mobile Chinese Classroom】

✅Parent-child highlights: Real scenes recreate Li Bai’s poetry, scenic spots for ancient poetry check-ins

🔹Recite “Setting off early from Baidi City” at Mingyue Terrace, kids instantly understand “a light boat passes ten thousand mountains”

🔹Explain Yangtze River shipping when cargo ships pass by, kids keep asking questions, very curious!

🔹Tips: Bring a collection of ancient poems in the car and read them to kids corresponding to the sights along the way～

🌉【Three Gorges Dam — Engineering Enlightenment Study Base】

✅Parent-child highlights: Learn water conservancy principles at Tanziling, see sand table models in the museum

🔹Use toy boats to demonstrate the principle of the five-level ship lock, kids quickly grasp “the boat rises with the water”

🔹Visit the diversion memorial park to see giant machinery, kids keep saying wow!

🔹Tips: Hire a guide or rent an audio guide for a more systematic knowledge experience～

📌4-Day Cultural Parent-Child Route:

Day 1: Qingjiang Gallery + Evening reading of Ouyang Xiu’s poetry

Day 2: Qingjiang Fangshan + Geology mini-class

Day 3: G348 self-driving + Poetry check-ins

Day 4: Three Gorges Dam study tour and return

✨Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, Yichang is truly a treasure trove for parent-child trips!

Post by FoodieFiesta | Oct 22, 2025