Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area

The view of Five-Flower Lake in Rize Valley is majestic. Looking down from the mountain, one can see the lake hemmed in on three sides by mountains. The lake looks like a big gourd pouring colorful water endlessly. At the bottom of the lake, there are small, dark-green plum-shaped spots, and in the middle of the gourd is a light-blue figure 10 meters long, shaped like the leg of a sika deer. It is said that when the Mountain God appeared in the mountain, a frightened sika seer lost a leg, which dropped into the lake.

The tranquility of the colorful mountain lakes is broken by the many roaring waterfalls downstream. The Nuorilang Waterfall at the end of the Shuzheng Qunhai Valley emerges from among willow trees, which seem to comb the 100-meter-wide falls into strands of crystal hair.
The most magnificent waterfall in Jiuzhaigou is the Pearl Beach Waterfall in the Rize Valley, roaring down from a sheer cliff, and flying about in all directions. The drops of water reflected in the sunlight glisten like colorful pearls.

At the end of the Zechawa Valley is Changhai (Long Lake), discovered in the 1970s by lumberjacks. It is the largest lake in Jiuzhaigou. With an elevation of 3,000 meters, the Changhai area is covered by snow all year round. Those who have visited the lake say that it is especially pleasant to boat on the lake in summer. In spring the lake mirrors the flowers on the snow-capped mountains. In autumn it mirrors the red and gold maple leaves. In winter, it is covered with ice.
Walking in Jiuzhaigou, the visitor feasts his eyes on beauty everywhere, and it is hard to resist an occasional sigh. “Walking in Jiuzhaigou,” said one visitor, “it seems as if one were walking in a picture.”