白帝城

The White Emperor City

        White Emperor City is located in the jaw of Qutang Gorge. Tuo-Gu-Tang in the Baidi temple was recurrence of the scene which Liu Bei intrusting his two sons to Zhuge Liang in A.D. 223.  There are many tablets, the most precious of then are Sanwang Tablet & Fenghuang tablet. It’s famous for “the city of poems” as many poems were written here.

     白帝城位于奉节移民新县城以东5公里，居长江三峡瞿塘峡口。西汉末年公孙述占据蜀在此修成，自称白帝，始为白帝城。白帝庙内大型彩绘塑像“托孤塔”，再现1700多年前刘备在白帝城永安宫向诸葛亮托孤的情景。庙内东、西碑林中以三王碑（又称凤凰碑）、竹叶碑最为珍贵。历代众多文人墨客在此留下大量诗篇，故有“诗城”之誉。这里是观“夔门天下雄”和“高峡平湖”的最佳处。