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The world natural heritage Jiuzhaigou

is called fairyland

and wonderland in the world.

In early times people called it

yangdong heyao nine-village and green lake.

Panxin rize yala panya

zechawa heijiao shuzheng heye

and zharu the nine ancient İibetan villages

contribute to the name of Jiuzhaigou

which is also called Nine-village paradise.

Mountains of colorful woods

and the crystal-clear and rushing Min river

constitute the

cozy wonderland Jiuzhaigou.

When Min river meets

the rivers in the valley

two rivers with different colors are created.

This is also a fantastic scenery.

When autumn comes

all trees at the valley are

wrapped with new clothes.

This also contributes to

the Jiuzhalgou's world natural heritage status.

Looking down over here

the whole village is like a huge İotus leaf

so since ancient times

people have called it heye village.

The stockade village behind us

is the first Tibetan village

we see iİn the scenic spot

it is called Lotus Leaf

the name comes from the layout of

the overlook from the sky

the shape is very similar to a lotus leaf

thus comes the name

there are over 200 people in this village

all of them are Amdo Tibetan

that is why the architectures

we see are all typical Amdo Tibetan style

the houses are built with solil and wood which

of course is for environmental protection

nowadays we use İless wood

so the first floor is built with brick and stone

while the second still solil and wood

in order to keep the national style

the carve patterns in front or at the behind of the house

are the religious signs in Bonism which is very popular in the Tibetan region.

This village is the most sacred

and holy one inside the scenic spot

the Lotus Leaf village symbolizing

the lotus which makes it so holy

When you step in the valley you'll first see heye village

also the largest Tibetan village in the valley

Tibetan houses are scattered all over the village.

All the Tibetans here believe in

Bon-po the most ancient Tibetan Buddhism.

This gorgeous colorful house

is decorated with Tibetan paintings.

The main themes of a İlibetan painting contain magic umbrella symbol of victory

golden wheel pisces aguarius whelk

lucky flowers and lucky knot

forming a painting with Eight Precious.

Besides

other paintings can possess different themes.

This painting-decorated room

functions as the living room of Tibetans

in which place

they receive important friends

and hold parties.

What we see now

are the vivid paintings

drawn by the residence here

or by the painters invited from Tibet.

These paintings' raw materials

are made from nature world.

For example

some are made from certain plants or natural ores.

Now you can see

the prayer flags swinging in the wind

as called "geda" by local Tibetans

meaning the flag at the door.

Reed Lake

This is the reed lake in early winter.

The vast golden reed lake

holds every traveler's step

and makes them reluctant to leave.

As the altitude is up to

2140m the reeds here

grow not so high as those

in the lower places.

And this forms a special scenery.

What makes it most extraordinary is

a river belt in the middle of the reed lake

winding its way among the reeds

and dividing the sea into two parts.

This river belt

shining like fabulous jade

is called jade-belt river.

The spot we are now at is called the Sea of Reed

it is 2140 meters above the sea level

however reed grows at such a height

this reed is supposed to grow

below the altitude of 800 meters

yet we see İt here over 2000 meters

its appearance in Jiuzhai Valley

makes İt a unigue sight here

as we see

the sea of reed features in

its coloriXgold especially at this time of the year

among the reed there is a strip of blue water

it is said that this strip İs

the dress strip of a beautiful Tibetan girl

that is where the light tracery come from

also for the color of this river

diamond blue

it is also called Jade Belt River.

In this mountain lake

the velvet-like reed blossoms float above the lake with tides up and down.

In the lake reeds are flourishing

and a lush green

and crystal brook

flows through patches of reeds.

Making up the most romantic mountain lake

the reed Lake.

Shuzheng Lake

Overlooking from high above Shuzheng lake

you'll see the most spectaculars scenery:

the lake stretches for miles

with nearly hundred meters'up-and-downs.

19 mountain lakes in different sizes

assemble like terrace thus creating Shuzheng lake.

Now you can see

among the various lakes

grow plenty of plants

like arbors willows poplars

pine trees fir trees

and a variety of shrubs.

The Shuzheng Lake is composed of 19 mountain lakes

like 19 lush green jJades

embedded in the in-depth of the remote and tranguil mountains.

The river flows across every bank from the above

through the abundance of trees

bringing about

a grand combination of trees and lakes

the magnificent landscape of Shuzheng lake.

Shuzheng Lake is not only dispersed with distinct heights

but also blessed with stunning colors.

Some lakes are dark blue

some are lush green

plus the waterfalls with spattering waters

shape a fascinating scenery

the epitome of Jiuzhaigou.

Shuzheng waterfall boasts a fabulous landscape.

It is characterized by the unigue shape of lotus petals.

Torrents flush down the waterfall immediately after piling at the cliff

and then emerges a graceful

and elegant curtain.

The upstream water flows leisurely along the shoal

and is divided into numerous currents among the trees

constituting a setting of an impression painting.

This is Shuzheng Waterfall

a dream-like charming landscape.

Shuzheng village

What we are watching now

are colorful woods.

When autumn comes İn particular

trees in different colors

interweave together

adding great beauty to

this Nine-village scenery.

Looking from Shuzheng waterfall

we can see Shuzheng village.

According to Tibetan Buddhism

there are two kinds of pagoda zigurrat and stupa.

And this is stupa.

The folk culture street in Shuzheng village

is the most important handicraft

trade center in the valley.

Wooden buildings in the village are showing off their great beauties;

and the prayer flags are swinging in the wind

which is also the Tibetan folk culture.

Wooden buildings the traditional Tibetan architecture

generally have three floors.

The first floor is used to keep livestock and store food

and the second floor is for the whole family and Buddha

to live together.

Among Shuzheng lake

a long trestle crosses the shoal.

When travelers saunter on the trestle

they can enjoy and appreciate

the torrents and lakes on the shoal with great ease.

At the trestle

there is a Tibetan prayer wheel

and some Tibetans' prayer flags.

The mountain lakes flowing here

are integrated in the landscapes around

framing a fabulous picture of

the unity of heaven and man

and this is also the greatness of Jiuzhaigou.

The broad rhinoceros lake

is the second largest lake in the valley

smaller than changhai lake

and it possesses one of

the most variable landscapes.

It tops among plenty lakes with its splendid reflections.

Every morning

flowing clouds and mists make their reflections in the lake

thus creating a wonderland

driving people lost in telling the sky from water.

Trees with red leaves are reflected in the lake together with the mountains around

and that is the shining scenery of the rhinoceros lake too.

This vast and enchanting lake

is one of the most charming place

in the valley.

A variety of flowers and trees

flourish around the rhinoceros lake.

When autumn wind blows a touching autumn picture appears at the bank.

The beauty of rhinoceros lake

refers not only to its surface or bank

but also to so many aguatic plants

the color of which is

integrated in the lake

bringing another visual relish.

Nuorilang waterfall is by far

the broadest calcified waterfall in China.

Nuorilang refers to "god "

and also has the meaning of "grandeur."

The massive water washes from the mountain lakes

crosses the trees and drops some meters' down over the cliff

like the galaxy dashing down

taking on a splendid picture.

The dashing water makes out a deafening sound in the valley

so the local Tibetans

name the waterfall "god."

The reflections in mirror lake are most splendid in the valley.

İt seems like a mirror

reproducing the sceneriles of land and sky

in the lake with complete accuracy.

When the sun begins to show its gleam

dying the oriental sky with its red color

the lake is as flat as a mirror.

The sky clouds forests

are completely reflected in the lake

taking on a fantastic landscape of fish shuttling among the clouds

and birds flying in the water.

The mirror lake shows its greatest beauty

in specific time a day.

The best time

is from Zam to 9Sam in the morning

and after bpm in the afternoon

when there is no wind.

This gentle shoal is called pearl shoal.

On the shoal flourish various kinds of shrubs.

The torrents flow

on the uneven

calcified cream surface

making enormous spattering tiny beads

which in the sun

seem like the pearls in huge scallops

with stunning luster.

And this is the pearl shoal.

Pearl shoal is located at the altitude of 2433m.

With a broadness of 160m and a coverage of 9bm2

it is the largest calcified shoal in the valley.

Because it is rich in negative oxide ion

and is hundred times higher than the plain

people name it "the natural oxygen bar".

The pearl shoal waterfall

takes on a broad crescent shape.

The waters dash straight down to the valley

with deafening sound

and present a turbulent current

washing swiftly with splashing tiny beads.

These turbulent currents

possess the greatest beauty

with the most torrential waters and most deafening sound in the valley.

It is the best waterfall

Five-flower

youi;ve ever seen.

Now we come tothe most fabulous lake

five-flower lake in the morning.

As calcified materials accumulated in the deep lake

together with various kinds of bright algae

and different distributions of water plants

the splendid colorful patches

in the lake are formed.

In the sun at dawn

the five-flower lake takes on sapphire blue

adding another color to the lake in autumn.

So it is also called variable lake.

In the golden autumn

colorful woods at the bank

are reproduced on the lake

combining with beautiful colors in the bottom lake

taking on a spectacular colorful world.

Such variety of colors

even exceed painters' imagination.

Many dead trees fall in the lake.

On these woods

grow many deep water plants

mainly including stonewort isoetes and water tapestry.

Most plants are green

in the early stage.

And then turn orange when they are thriving.

Looking through the pellucid water

the water plants

are gulte agreeable to the eye

like patches of

soft fabulous velvet.

At the bottom of five-flower lake

accumulate many cream calcium carbonate deposits

together with other water plants and algae

and the reflections of color woods around

showing sapphire blue lush green orange

light red and other splendid colors

like a huge jewelry

with numerous gems

shining and glowing with spectacular elegance and grace.

When we are obsessed

with those water plants

we will also find many cute eidolon-like fish.

They are gymnocypris potanini herzensten

a unigue kind of plateau fish.

They dominate

the whole lakes of the valley

and grow very slowly.

They seem gulte small

but actualily have lived for a long time.

Growing slowly is their unigue feature;

and in the valley

they are even able to İlive in such chilly calcified water

which bring to the tranduil valley

much more vigor.

In the magnificent five-flower lake

also grow some emerged plants.

The swinging plants

growing in the crystal-clear water take on a spectacular landscape.

The dreaming place for every photographer.

Panda Lake

Panda lake possesses pellucid water with clear reflections.

When it is sunny

the sky and clouds above the lake the abundance of trees around

all together with the grand towering mountains are reproduced in the lake

showing a tranduil picture.

At the bank of panda lake rocks with their unigue skins

are reproduced in the lake

coupled with white stones at the bottom lake

which are embedded with several black streaks

and seem like pandas.

A splendid picture.

What we see now İs called the panda sea

the name comes from a story:

long long ago pandas lived in this area

In early spring the water level

decrease about over ten meters

leaving the calcification beach

There are pandas around in this area

and a İlot of lakes in Jiuzhai Valley

making it very unigue

what is interesting is that the pandas

only drink in this lake

When they drink enough

they fall backwards with hands and legs in the air

Iying back on the beach sleeping

When the Tibetans discovered this secret

they name this lake

as the pandas' favorite place to drink

drinking bar for the pandas

thus comes the name panda lakes

A long trestle winds along panda lake.

Travelers on the serene trestle

enjoying the agreeable scenery

will feel as if sauntering in a picture.

People said that pandas in Jiuzhaigou

prefer to stroll here to drink and look for food.

So this lake

is called panda lake.

Now this is

a kind of plateau fish

gymnocypris potanini herzensten.

İt is specially preserved

in the valley.

When it is sunny

panda lake under the clear sky and floating clouds

combining with flourishing trees around and grand mountains reproduced

presents an enchanting landscape.

It is one of the attractions of panda lake.

Caohal

In more than a hundred mountain lakes

different plants grow in different seasons.

This Caohai

has an altitude of 2910m

and in it flourish

plenty of colorful plants.

The lake behind us is called the Fangcao Lake

which is a banto faro

the meaning of this name is various kind of

exotic flowers and rare herbs

especially Jiejie grass

and Monochoria vaginalis?

When spring comes flowers of all colors come out.

There are yellow white and pink

Flowers coming out

makes a great sight

In the deep valleys among high mountains

it's hard for the sunshine to reach.

So they always appear very mysterious.

In the early autumn grass is like the braid

decorated with colorful bog and water plants

swinging and smiling in the wind

always give travelers a big surprise.

In the morning the half-marsh Caohai

often attract many birds.

Some water birds swim among the flowers on the lake

and make several tuneful callings

adding more tranduility to the valley and lake.

Especially in autumn the golden grass

take on different colors.

Looking far away from them they seem like golden rings

thus making up a dreaming wonderland.

Zechawa village

Zechawa village is a Tibetan village

at Zechawa valley

so people give it the name "Zechawa".

All the Tibetans here

are sincere Bon-po believers.

They hang prayer flags at their doors

expressing their belief in this most ancient Tibetan religion.

This road leads to Colorful Pool

and Long Lake.

Colorful Pool.

This is lichen

typical for its unigue structures

in the plant world.

It has five genuses and twenty thousand specles.

According to different shapes it can be classified into four categories including crustose lichen

foliose lichen furticose lichen

and gelatinous lichen.

This is gelatinous lichen.

Colorful Pool Of mountain lakes in Jiuzhaigou

Colorful Pool is famous for

its refinement and stunning colors.

The pool is clear and pure.

UÜnder the water the gravels' edges and skins

and the color differences of water plants are all clear to see.

In the sun the green-and-blue pool

produces golden ripples in the wind and its delicacy and purity

help to hold its beauty forever.

İt is very simple to know how Colorful Pool is formed.

Calc sinter accumulates at the bottom

plus different depths in the pool

with coexistence of

many kinds of algae

and the reflections of

the trees in the lake

showing a picture with splendid colors.

Coupled with fallen woods

and water plants under the pool

Colorful Lake is formed.

Long Lake

has the altitude of 3060m.

It is 5km long 600mM broad

and covers aland of 930000m2.

The mountain beside Long Lake is covered with snow all year long

and forests around the lake are lush green.

Looking from here

the clear sky clouds and the glowing snow peaks are all in the sight.

It feels like the mountains have reached the sky

closely.

A magnificent landscape of the Long Lake.

The Long Lake is at the end of Zechawa valley.

It's more than 100m deep

with an "S" layout.

And it is the highest

and broadest lake in Jiuzhaigou.

Its surface is dark blue

and the water comes from the melt mountain snow.

To our surprise

the lake has no outlet

but the water never spills out in rain season

or dries up İn drought time.

So people here call it

precious cucurbit.

Every winter Long Lake

attracts many photographing İovers.

You can often take photo of

the Long Lake blanked with myth.

And in winter

there are always deafening sound under the icy surface

deep and mysterious.

People call this "the dragon calling".

İt is said that monsters sometimes appear around the lake.

In the 1980s some people saw

huge hydro animals here.

But surprisingly

there are even no fish in such a large lake.

These anecdotes

make Long Lake in winter

much more mysterious.

Long Lake is large and broad

so İit enjoys great sunshine.

But photos of the lake

are almost taken from the same angle

so İt is very hard to catch the mysterious atmosphere at dawn and night.

Most of the extraordinary pictures

are taken in winter.inary pictures