Three Gorges Dam water storage not to damage cultural relics

时间：2006-10-09 07:07:18

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Chinanews, Beijing, Oct. 8 – The People's Daily Overseas Edition reported that on September 20, workers began to fill more water into the Three Gorges1 Dam so that it could finally touch the 156-meter mark, a water level required by the dam to start operation. Previously2, the Three Gorges Dam was in cofferdam power generation phase when water kept in the dam reached only 135 meters. The water injection task is expected to be finished on October 20. By then, the water level will be raised by 21 meters and the injection will not cause much negative effect to the cultural relics4 near the dam area.

 

It is estimated that in the Three Gorges Dam area, there are 453 relic3 sites existing above ground (including those kept under water) and 376 relic sites under ground. The relics stored beneath the ground in the Three Gorges Dam area are scattered5 over a total area of 3 million square meters and cover the whole spectrum6 of the Chinese history, from Neolithic7 Age in remote antiquity8 to the Qing Dynasty in contemporary Chinese history.

 

In 1992 when the Three Gorges Dam construction project was kicked off, more than 1,000 archeologists from 72 cultural institutions nationwide started to investigate the relics in the dam area. During this period, they excavated9 200,000 square meters of earth every year, or ten times their usual workload10. So far, they have completed 90% of the work and according to a rough estimation, they have excavated more than 9,000 precious relics and 170,000 relics of the common run.

 

Through the preservation11 work, archeologists have made great achievement in the research of the Neolithic culture in northern and southern China, in the research about the history and culture of ancient people living in the southwest, and in the research about the ancient culture in central China.

 
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1 gorges 5cde0ae7c1a8aab9d4231408f62e6d4d     
n.山峡，峡谷( gorge的名词复数 )；咽喉v.（用食物把自己）塞饱，填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 )；作呕
参考例句：
  • The explorers were confronted with gorges(that were)almost impassable and rivers(that were)often unfordable. 探险人员面临着几乎是无路可通的峡谷和常常是无法渡过的河流。 来自辞典例句
  • We visited the Yangtse Gorges last summer. 去年夏天我们游历了长江三峡。 来自辞典例句
2 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
3 relic 4V2xd     
n.神圣的遗物，遗迹，纪念物
参考例句：
  • This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.这石斧是古代的遗物。
  • He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。
4 relics UkMzSr     
[pl.］n.遗物，遗迹，遗产；遗体，尸骸
参考例句：
  • The area is a treasure house of archaeological relics. 这个地区是古文物遗迹的宝库。
  • Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics. 西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。
5 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的
参考例句：
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。
6 spectrum Trhy6     
n.谱，光谱，频谱；范围，幅度，系列
参考例句：
  • This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
  • We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。
7 neolithic 9Gmx7     
adj.新石器时代的
参考例句：
  • Cattle were first domesticated in Neolithic times.新石器时代有人开始驯养牛。
  • The monument was Stone Age or Neolithic.该纪念碑是属于石器时代或新石器时代的。
8 antiquity SNuzc     
n.古老；高龄；古物，古迹
参考例句：
  • The museum contains the remains of Chinese antiquity.博物馆藏有中国古代的遗物。
  • There are many legends about the heroes of antiquity.有许多关于古代英雄的传说。
9 excavated 3cafdb6f7c26ffe41daf7aa353505858     
v.挖掘( excavate的过去式和过去分词 )；开凿；挖出；发掘
参考例句：
  • The site has been excavated by archaeologists. 这个遗址已被考古学家发掘出来。
  • The archaeologists excavated an ancient fortress. 考古学家们发掘出一个古堡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 workload fVCzw     
n.作业量，工作量
参考例句：
  • An assistant one day a week would ease my workload.每周有一天配一个助手就会减轻我的工作负担。
  • He's always grousing about the workload.他总是抱怨工作量大。
11 preservation glnzYU     
n.保护，维护，保存，保留，保持
参考例句：
  • The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
  • The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。

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