Meaning of Hsi-ling | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“Hsi-ling Gorge Hsi-ling, the third and longest of the gorges (almost thirty miles), is impressive enough in its own⟳ right but scenically it is overshadowed by its companions. Traditionally it was the most feared of all. While each gorge had its peculiar perils, Hsi-ling was notorious for its shoals and rapids, formed by periodic landslides as the river cut⟳ through the shaly and unstable layers of the Huang-ling anticline. Not far into Hsi-ling, one encountered Hsin-t'an, or "New Rapids," which took its name⟳ from slides in the sixteenth century that created this hazard.”

“As Wang Li-ch'i (8.202n.) points out, the place⟳ normally called Hsi-ling is located in modern Hupei near Yi-ch'ang 宜昌, about 170 miles south of Tan-shui.”

“The river enters the third and final gorge some 25 miles (40 km) downstream, near the city of Hsin Tan (Xintan). Known as the Hsi-ling (Xiling), this gorge is the longest and traditionally the most feared of the Three Gorges.”

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