In 1946, the Three Gorges under the lens of American reporters, the original scene of the Three Gorges was completely different from today's

Time flies, dreaming back to the old Three Gorges. More than 70 years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the young man of that year has now become an old man. The scenery of the Three Gorges in my childhood, do I still remember it now?

American photographer Dmitry Kessel's aerial photograph of the Xintan River

In 1946, the American photographer, Dmitry Kessel, came to China to photograph the scenery of the Three Gorges at that time.

At the wharf at the mouth of Yangjia Street, Wanxian County, a group of women are washing clothes by the river

He came on behalf of the famous "Life" magazine at that time, lived on the Yangtze River for 7 months, took pictures and aerial photography, and was busy for a while.

Aerial view of the Gorge River

It's a pity that I don't know why at the time, those photos of him were not published. It wasn't until 2007 that those old photos were turned over and put on the Internet.

Now, let's take a look at what the Three Gorges looked like back then.

The mountains on both sides of the Three Gorges

In the photo, the river is mighty, the mountains on both sides of the river are towering into the clouds, and there are sailboats dotted on the river, which is really a magnificent scene.

At that time, sailing ships on the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River

Looking at it, I remembered the old days, when the traffic was inconvenient, I relied on the boat to go out, the sails on the river were heavy, and the sound of the horn came and went, and it was very lively.

The slender man pulls the boat on the shore

This is the ancient plank road of Qutang Gorge, which depends on the path carved out by the ancients little by little

This is the ancient plank road of Qutang Gorge taken from the surface of the river

In the distance is the White Emperor City, which was originally called "Ziyang City".

At the intersection of Wan'an Road in Wanxian County, people come and go, and it is very lively

In the distance is the Wan'an Bridge, which was built in 1929 and cost a lot of money to facilitate the residents on both sides of the strait.

The shore is full of small merchants, mostly selling fruits

In the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, a sailor struggles to rock the oars

This is the torrent of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, and the boatman on the boat has to pay great risks in order to support his family

Now that the Three Gorges dam has been built and the high gorge comes out of Pinghu, our country is getting stronger and stronger, and the lives of the common people are becoming more and more prosperous.

This is an aerial map of the scenery in the area of Kuimen in Qutang Gorge of the modern Yangtze River

The scenery of the modern Yangtze River Qutang Gorge

The Wushan Yangtze River Bridge at the mouth of the modern Yangtze River Wuxia

Modern scenery of Xiling Gorge

Aerial view of the modern White Emperor City

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It's just that when I see the old photos of that year, I still feel a little emotional.

The stone steps on the edge of the ancient town of Chuanjiang

The slender man resting by the Chenjiaba River in Wanxian County chatted together

Riverside, a shipbuilding site

Under the Wanzhou Bridge, people are washing clothes

Those scenes of the past, those people and things that have passed away, like rivers, are gone forever.

The slender men of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River are all wearing clothes

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, two giant wooden sailboats, parked in the sunset, the people on the shore, look at you, you look at the people on the shore

Hey, as people often say, "Life is like a reverse journey, and I am also a pedestrian."

A lifetime is long or short, and anyone can only walk with you for a while. Let's still cherish the people in front of us and live every day well, don't you say?