巫山位于重庆市东大门 ,为渝、鄂界山 ,呈西北———东南走向 ,长江横切巫山山脉 ,形成著名的长江三峡。关于“巫山”一名的由来 ,旧时有两种说法 ,其一是清光绪《巫山县志·沿革》认为 ,巫山一名巫咸山 ,以巫咸葬此得名。其二是《中国古今地名大辞典》云 :“旧传形如巫字 ,遂 Wushan is located in Chongqing Municipality Dongdaemun, Chongqing, E sector of the mountain, was northwest --- southeast direction, the Wyeshan Mountains across the Yangtze River, the formation of the famous Three Gorges. On the “Wushan” a origin, there are two old saying, one is the Qing Emperor Guangxu “Wushan County History” that Wushan Wulishan, the name of the witch buried salty. The second is “Dictionary of ancient and modern Chinese place names,” said: "The old shape of a witch word, then