One of the subsidised vacations that was organized by Shanxi province way back in 1994 was a voyage by riverboat along the section of the Yangtze that included the three gorges. Sadly, they are now submerged due to the river having been dammed. While talking about the river, it's worth mentioning that tragically the Yangtze dolphin and the Yangtze porpoise are most probably extinct species by now, and that the Yangtze sturgeon is endangered due to water pollution and damming of the river.