About 100kms Northwest of Lijiang city, Yunnan Province, is the deepest river gorge in the world, th "THE TIGER LEAPING GORGE".
Here the Yangtzé, the 3rd longest river in the world, is flanked by high snow mountains. At the narowest spot is only 30 meters wide. The gorge is 17kms long and has a drop of 213 meters. Legend says that once a big tiger crossed the river, leaving the east bank, stepping a huge rock, jumped , over the torrential currents, arriving safely on the west bank.