Baidicheng, China
Baidicheng or Baidi Fortress is an ancient temple complex on the northern shore of the Yangtze River, overlooking the Kuimen and Qutang Gorges. The settlement is now an island from the construction of the Three Groges Dam.
About this community
- River
- Yangtze River
- Established
- 206 BCE
- Inundated
- 2006
Sources
- Deirdre Chetham, Before the Deluge: The Vanishing World of the Yangtze’s Three Gorges (2002)
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/20250523_Baidi_Miao.jpg