JIUZHAIGOU SCENERY HAS TADEN SHAPE DUE TO THE GEOGRAPHIC MOVEMENT IN GLACIATIONS, EARTHQUAKES AND CALCIFICATION. HOWEVER, THERE IS SOME FOLKLORE THAT VIVIDLY DESCRIBES THE FORMATION OF JIUZHAIGOU. HERE IS A STORY. A LONG TOME AGO, A MALE AND FEMALE HILLY DEITIES FELL IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER. THE MAN IS CALLED DAGE AND WOMAN WONUOSEMO, WHO DECIDED TO RESIDE IN JIUZHAIGOU BECAUSE THEY DEEPLY LOVED JIUZHAIGOU’S BIRDS AND ANIMALS, AND FORESTS AND MOUNTAINS. UNEXPECTEDLY A DEVIL CALLED SHEMOZHA FOUND OUT THAT THE FEMALE DEITY WAS SO BEAUTIFUL THAT HO FOOL IN LOVE WITH HER, TOO. TWO DEVIL DIDN’T LIKE THE MALE DEITY TO LIVE HERE IN JIUZHAIGOU. THEREFORE THE DEVIL WAGED A WAR IN ORSER TO DRIVE THE MALE DEITY OUT AND MARRY THE FEMALE DEITY. A FIERE BATTLE OCCURRED BETWEEN THE DEITY AND THE DEVIL. DURING THE BATTLE, THE FEMALE DEITY WAS SNATCHED AWAY BY THE DEVIL. BEWILDERED, THE FEMALE DEITY UDRPUPED DOWN TO THE GROUND HER PRECIOUS MIRROR GIVEN BY THE MALE DEITY. THE MIRROR WAS BROKEN INTO OVER A HUNDRED PIECES, WHICH IMMEDIATELY TURNED INTO OVER HUNDRED HIGH MOUNTAINS AND BEAUTIFUL LAKES. THE BATTLE CONTINUED, AND THE MALE DEITY AND THE DEVIL FOUGHT ALL THE WAY FROM INNER JIUZHAIGOU TO THE ENTRANCE. DESPITE THAT, THERE WAS NO SIGN INDICATING WHO WOULD WIN THE BATTLE. AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT, ZHAYIZHAGA, THE KING OF MULTI-MOUNTAINS ARRIVED TO JOIN THE FIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE MALE DEITY. THE KING FIRST PUT A HUGE SCREEN-SHAPED CLIFF BEHIND THE DEVIL AND THEN CRASHED THE DEVIL BENEATH THE CLIFF. THE DEVIL WAS BURIED THERE, EITH HIS HEAD OFF THE CLIFF. AFTERWARDS LICAL PEOPLE CALLED THE CLIFF THE DEVIL CLIFF. NOW OT OS CALLED THE PRECIOUS MIRROR CLIFF. SINCE THEN JIUZHAIGOU RETURNED TO PEACE AND LOOKED MORE BEAUTIFUL DUE TO THE NEWLY ADDED OVER A HUNDRED COLORFUL LAKES AND MOUNTAINS. THE MAN AND WOMAND LIVED TOGETHER IN JIUZHAIGOU FOREVER AS THE IMPORTANT DEITIES TO SAFEGUARD JIUZHAIGOU.

JIUZHAIGOU IS 47 KM LONG FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH, 29 KM WIDE FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST, COVERING AN AREA OF 720SQ. KM. IN 1990 JIUZHAIGOU BECAME ONE OF 40 BEST SCENIC SPOTS IN THE COUNTRY; IN 2000 JIUZHAIGOU WAS EVALUATED AS ONE OF THE FIRST ATATE 4A-LEVEL SCENERIES IN CHINA; IN 1992 JIUZHAIGOU WAS LISTED ON THE WORLD BIO-SPHERE RESERVE.

IN JIUZHAIGOU SCENIC AREA THERE ARE THREE GULLIES THAT SEEM TO BE IN THE SHAPE OF Y. THERE DISTRIBUTED 108 LAKES, 47 SPLASHED WATERFALLS, 12 TIRBI;EMT SCREA,S. 5 SHOALS AND 3 TIBETAN VILLAGES. ALL THESE SCENIC SITES UCRTU A UNIQUE LANDSCAPE OF JIUZHAIGOU, TO CHINA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.

IF YOU GET CLOSER TO VIEW THE CLIFF THAT IS OVER A THOUSAND-REN CLIFF, YOU MAY SEE A BIZARRE FIGURE IMAGE ON THE CLIFF. WHAT DOES IT LOOK ALIKE? IT IS A DEVIL’S FACE, AND IT IS NOW CALLED THE PRECILOUS MIRROR CLIFF. DOWN THE CLIFF IS A GULLY CALLED ZHARUGOU, WHERE STANDS ZHARU MONASTERY. IN SICHUAN TIBETAN AREAS LOCAL TIBETAN PEOPLE BELIEVE IN WHAT CAN BE PROPERLYU DESCRIBED AS “LAMAISM”, AN ANCIENT STRAIN OF TANTRIC INDIAN BUDDHISM, COUPLED WITH TIBETAN SHAMANISM. IT FLOURISHES IN REGIONS INHABITED BY THE TIBETAN AND MONGOLIAN PEOPLE. DURING THE REIGN OF SONGZAN GAPU IN THE 7TH TO 9TH CENTURY, MONKS FROM INDIA CROSSED THE HIMALAYAS THROUGH NEPAL AND ARRIVED AT TIBET TO SPREAD TANTRISM. TANTRISM, MAHAYANA AND BON, THE INDIGENOUS RELIGION OF TIBET, INTERMINGLED AND DEVELOPED INTO LAMAISM THAT STRONGLY BELIEVES IN REINCARNATION. LAMA MEANS “TEACHER” OR “SUPERIORBEING”. A LAMA MUST BE A MONK, BUT NOT ALL MONKS CAN BECOME LAMAS. LAMAISM HAS SEVERAL SECTS: THE YELLOW, THE RED, THE BLACK AND OTHERS. THE YELLOWSECT, FOUNDED BY TSONG KHA PA IN THE EARLY 15TH CENTURY, AND RAPIDLY GREW INTO THE DOMINANT SECT THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE QING GOVERNMENT. THE YELLOW SECT PERFECTED THE TIBETAN BUDDHISM AND GREATLY PROMOTED THE EVOLUTION OF THE MERGENCE OF GOVETNMENT ADMINISTRATION WITH RELIGION THE TIHETAN A BUDDHA IN YOUR PRESENT LIFETIME. THE MONKS IN ZHARU MONASTERY BELIEVE IN THE BLACK SECT BUDDHISMTHAT IS ALSO CALLED BON. THE RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY OF THE BLACK SECT, MUCH MORE INFLUENCED BY THE INDIGENOUS RELIGILON, HAS CENTERED ON THE PRIMCIPLKES THAT EVERYTHING HAS SPIRIT; THE BLACK SECT FOLLOWERS PRAY TO GAIN HAPPINESS AND DRIVE OUT DISASTERS.

YOY MAY BE AWARE OF THE DENSE FOREST GROWING ALONG THE SIDES OF THE ROAD. IT MIRRORS TOGETHER THESCENIC SITES OF MAIN PLANTS IN JIUZHAIGOU. THE EVERGREEN PLANTS CONSISTS OF CHINESE PINE, HEMLOCK, FIR AND DRAGON SPRUCE; THE RED-LEAF PLANTS ARE MAPLE, LITTLE TILLER, SMOKE TREE AND OTHERS; THE YELLOW-LEAF PLANTS ARE BIRCHM, GOLDEN-RAIN TREE, ELM, LARCH, POPLAR MIX TOGETHER IN HARMONY, OFFERING A RAINBOW OF NATURAL PICTURES THAT EASILY PLEASE TO OUR EYES, IT IS COMMONLY BELIEVE THAT THE COLERFUL PLANT SCENERY IS ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES MANIFESTED IN JIUZHAIGOU. AS AUTUMN ARRIVES, THE PLANTS KEEP CHANGING THEIR COLORS. AS COLORFUL LEAVES AND FORESTS ARE MIRRORED ON THE LAKES AROUND, THE STUNNING COLOR IMAGES SEEM TO ALLURE VIEWERS INTO A DREAMLIKE WORLD BECAUSE IT IS TOO BEAUTIFUL TO ABSORB ALL OF THEM DURING A TIME-LIMITED TOUR.

AS YOU ENTER INTO SHUZHENG SCENIC SITE, AND START WALKING THROUGH IT, THE GARDEN-PATTERNED LANDSCAPE MIGHT INSPIRE YOUR PASSION TO WRITE POEMS OR PAINT PICTURES. HERE IS THE REED SEA. IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, YOU MAY FEEL AS IF YOU WERE IN THE REGION OF RIVERS AND LAKES IN SOUTHERN CHINA. ACTUALLY THE SEA IS A KIND OF MOISTURE LAND THAT SUITS THE GROWTH OF VARIED WATER PLANTS. SOME FIAH SWIMS IN THE SHALLOW SEA, AND THEY HAVE A STRANGE NAME, CALLED”NAKED CARP”OR THEY HAS NO SCALES, BUT BELONG TO THE FAMILY OF THE CARP.

THE WATER IN JIUZHAIGOU IS A BIG ATTRACTION, AND IS COMMONLY CONSIDERED THE SOUL OF JIUZHAIGOU BECAUSE OT REMAONS MUCH LESS TOUCHED BY HUMAN BEINGS. GINERALLY THE WATER IS SO CLEAN THAT YOUY CAN SEE TO THE BOTTIM EVEN AT 30M IN DEPTH. NOW WE WRRIVE AT THE FIRST LAKE IN JIUZHAIGOU CALLED SHUANGLONGHAI. YOU CAN DIMLY SEE TWO CALCIFIED LOWER BANKS IN THE SHAPE OF TIBBON. ONCE WAVES IN THE LAKE SURGES, THE TWO BANKS SEEM TO WRIGGLE. THE LOCAL DLEGEND SAYS THAT THEY ARE TWO SWIMMING DRAGONS. IT IS SAID THAT THERE ARE FOUR DRAGONS IN JIUZHAIGOU. THE DRAGONS IN THE LAKS HERE ARE TWO OF THE FOUR, WHO TAKE CHARGE OF RAINING AND HAIL. MAYBE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO STRONG SENSE OF THEIR DUTY RESPONSIBILITY, THEY OFTEN MAKE MISTAKES, AND THEREFORE THERE IS NO RAIN WHEN IT SHOULD RAIN; THERE IS NO HAIL WHEN OT SHOULD HAIL. THEREFORE GESHAER, THE TIBETAN HERO HAS SUBDUED THE TWO EVIL DRAGONS AND IMPRISONED THEM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE.

THE WATER HERE IS CLOSELY RELATED WITH CALCIFICATION. THE WATER FROM THE RIZEGOU GULLY HAS RICH CONTENT IN THE ION OF CALCIUM AND MAGNESIU,. DUE TO THE SUITABLE TEMPERATURE IN THE WATER HEE, THE FLOWING ION EASILY TURNS INTO PARTICULATE MATTERS, WHICH STICK TO PLANKTON OR TINY SEDIMENTS, AND DEPISIT ON THE LOWER EARTH BANK. NARROW MOUNDS, TRUNKS AND TREE BRANCHES IN THE BOTTOM. GRADUALLY CALCIFIED SEGMENTS HAVE FULLY COVERED THE OBJECTS, FORMING UNIQUE NATURAL PHENOMENON.

SHUZHENG WATERFALL, ONE OF THE MAIN SCENIC SITES, IS 11M IN HEIGHT AND 62M IN WIDTH. IT IS AN UNSEEN STREAM FROM THE HIGH TERRACE MEANDERING AMONG THE FORESTS DOWN TO THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF. AS IT APPROACHES THE EDGE, TREES, BUSHES AND ROCKS THERE DEVERT THE UNSEEN STREAM INTO MAY SUB-ONES. THE SUB-STREAMS FALL DOWNWARDS, PRESENTING A SPLENDID HUGE WATERFALL AND HANGING OFF THE CLIFF. DOWN BELOW THE CLIFF GROW RICH TREES AND BUSHES AND PROTRUDING ROCKS, AND THE WATER KEEP SPLASHING OFF THESE OBJECTS IN VARIED SHAPE.

BEYOND THE WATERFALL IS A SMOOTH TERRAIN. NEAR THE ROAD IS THE XINIU LAKE THAT IS 2KM LONG AND 18M DEEP, THE LARGEST ONE IN JIUZHAIGOU. TOWARD THE SOUTHERN END OF THE LAKE IS A FOREST WHERE THERE IS A SIMPLE BRIDGE SPANNING ACROSS THE LAKE. NEARBY IS A STREAM, AND THE WATER FROM THE STREAMOFFERSW SWEET AND REFRESHING TASTES. THE LOCAL TIBETAN RESIDENTS THINK THAT IT IS A STPERNATURAL STREAM, FOR IT IS SAID THAT THE WATER FROM THE STREAM CAN STOP DIARRHEA AND QUENCH A THIRST. THE LEGEND HAD IT THAT A LONG TIME AGO, JA LAMA FROM TIBET ARRIVED HERE ON A RHINOCEROS. HE WAS SO SICK THAT HE COULDN’T WALK FURTHER. SO HE DRANK THE WATER FROM THE STREAM. UNEXPECTEDLY HE WAS FULLY RECOVERED AND FELT REJUVENATED. AFTERWARDS THE LAMA DROVE THE RHINOCEROS DOWN INTO THE LAKE, AND HE HIMSELF RESIDED NEARBY.

NUORILANG WATERFALL, LOCATED BETWEEN THE RIZEGOU AND SHUZHENG GULLIES, IS 30M IN HEIGHT AND 270M IN WIDTH. NUORILANG LITERALLY MEANS MAGNIFICENCE. THE WATER COMES FROM RIZGOU GULLY. DURING THE HIGH-WATER SEASON, THE CASCADING WATERFALL LPRODUCES A TREMENDOUS NOISE THAT REVETBERATES IN THE GULLY. AS THE WATER HITS THE GROUND, THE SPLASHED LIQUIK IMMEDIATELY MOVES HIGH UP INTO THE AIR IN THE FORM OF FINE UDRPUS, WHICH HAVE BEEN THROWN, BLOWN OR PROJECTED, FORMING A SPLENDID WATER CURTAIN. VISITORS OFTEN VIEW A RAINBOW THAT APPEARS IN THE CURTAIN WHILE THE SUN SHINES UPON IT. IN AUTUMN, THE WATER GETS MUCH LESS. HOWEVER, THE WATERFALL PRESENTS ANOTHER WONDER. IT SEEMS AS IF THE CLIFF HANGS A COLORFUL SILK CLOTH MATCHED WUTH MULTI-COLORED BUSHED AROUND.

AS YOU ENTER THE NUORILANG SCENIC SITE, JINGHAI LAKE APPEARS AT YPUR SIGHT. THE LAKE, 925M IN LINGHT AND 262M IN WIDTH, IS ENCIRCLED BY PRECIPITOUS HILLS AT THREE SIDES, AND THE OLTHER SIDE IS OPEN RATHER LIKE AN ENTRANCE GATE. THE HILLS BY THE LAKE LOOK GREEN AND VERDANT, IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THERE IS NO WIDE, THE LAKE IS AS SMOOTH AS A MIRROR. AT THIS TIME THE BLUE SKYU, WHITE CLOUDS, HILLS AND TREES ARE ALL REFLECTED IN THE WATER. THE SCENERY IN AND OUTSIDE THE WATER IS CLOSELY JOINED, AND IT IS HARD TO TELL WHICH IS TEAL ONE OR WHICH IS A REFLECTION. THE SCENERY HAS INSPIRED THE PASSION OF MANY ARTISTS AND POETS. A FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED HERE JUST RIGHT TO DESCRIBE THE SITUATION. IT SAYS, “INSIDE THE WATER BIRDS FLY, AND UP IN THE SKY FISH SWIMS.”THE DEPTH OF THE LAKE IS BETWEEN 10 AND 20M, BIT TJE WATER SO CLEAN THAT YOU CAN SEE SOF GREEN ALGAE MOVE AND FISH SWIM AT THE BOTTOM, AND TRUNKS IN THE WATER FULLY HAVE BEEN COVERED BY CALCIFIED SEDIMENTS THAT LOOK RATHER LIKE HUGE CORALS IN PRETTY SHAPE.

AFTER YOU LEAVE JINGHAI PARKM YOU CONTINUE TO WALK FOR A WHILE BEFORE ARRIVING AT ANOTHER SCENIC SITE BY THE NAME OF ZHENZHUTAN. THE SLOPE-SHAPED SHOAL IS CALCIFIED, 160M IN WIDTH AND 200M IN LENGTH. THE WATER FLOWS FREELY DOWNWARDS ON THE STRFACE OF THE SHOAL THAT APPEARS QUITE UNEVEN DUE TO THE CALCIFICATION. AS THE WATER UNROLLS, IT SPLASHES NUMEROUS TINY UDRPUS TATHER LIKE ROLLS AND STRINGS OF SNOW-WHITE PEARLS SPRAYING OVER THE WHOLE SHOAL. MOREOVER, POPLARS, WILLIWS AND AZALEA GROE ALL OVER THE UPPER PART OF THE SHOAL. IN MAY IT IS AMAZING TO VIEW THE SCENIC BEAUTY AS YOU WALK UNDERFOOT THE ROLLING WATER SPRAY, PASSING THROUGH THE PATCHES OF AZALEA IN BLOSSOM AND LISTENING TO THE CEADELESS GENTLE SOUND FROM SWAYING WILLOWS.

WUHUAIHAI LAKE IS INE OF THE MAIN SCENIC SITES, WHERE IT IS AN IDEAL PLACE FOR PHOTOGRAPHS. THE ALGAE AND BRYOPHYTE GROWS VERY WELL IN THE LAKE. SEDIMENTS ACT ON THE SENSE OF THESE PLANTS AND GIVE RISE TO THE CLUSTERS OF MULTI-COLORFUL RIBBONS IN THE STRFACE OF THE LAKE. WHEN MAPLE AND SMOKE TREES AROUND TURN RED IN AUTUMN, THEIR REFLECTION ON THE WATER RESEMBLES RAGING FLAMES. ENCIRCLING THE RIBBONS IN MULTI-COLORS.

THE ROAD NEAR WUHUAIHAI LAKE SPIRALS UP THE STEEP MOUNTAIN. AS IT TURNS TO A CURVE OF THE MOUNTAIN, TWO LAKES EMERGE IN SIGHT. ONE IS CALLED XIONGMAOHAI AND THE OTHER JIANZHUHAI. THE PANDA AND BAMBOO LAKES JOIN TOGETHER, WHICH INDICATES THAT PANDAS USED TO EAT ARROW BAMBOO PLANTS AND DRIND WATER HERE.AS YOU KNOW, THE PLANT IS THE PANDAS’CHIEF FOOD SOURCE, IN WINTER THE PANDA LAKE IS FROZEN, BUT THE ARROW LAKE REMAINS WHAT IT IS LIKE BEFORE. AT THE LOWER END OF THE LAKE IS A WATERFALL, THE HIGHEST ONE IN JIUZHAIGOU. IT IS CALLED THE PANDA’S WATERFALL THAT RESEMBLES A FLIGHT OF THREE STAGES. THE FIRST STAHGE IS 19M IN HEIGHT AND 5M IN WIDTH; THE SECOND ONE IS 24M IN HEIGHT AND 4M IN WIDTH; THE THIRD ONE IS 19M IN HEIGHT AND 14M IN WIDTH. WATER FALLS DOWN REBOUNDING STAGES ONE AFTER ANOTHER BEFORE CASCADING INTO THE DEEP VALLEY. IN MIDWINTER THE THREE STAGES HANG ICE-FORMED DRIPPING WATER, WHICH FORMS VARIED-PATTERNS ND LOOKS MAGNIFICENT AS IF YOU FOUND YOURSELVES IN THE ICE-CARVING WORLD.

NOT FAR FROM RIZEGOU GUESTHOUSE IS THE SWAN LAKE. IT IS SAID THAT SWANS USED TO RESIDE HERE. AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE LAKE REMAINS SEMI-MARSH LAND EITH WATERWEEDS FULLY COVERED ON THE SURFACE. IN SPRING THE LAKE RESEMBLES A CARPET OF GREEN GRASS; IN SUMMER THE LAKE IS SPLENDIDLY DECORATED WITH BLOSSOMED FLOWERS; IN AUTUMN THE YELLIWNESS IN THE LAKE MEETS THE EYE IN EVERY SIDE; IN WINTER THE LAKE REMAINS A WORLD OF ICE AND SNOW. NEAR THE UPPER END OF THE LAKE IS AN ANOTHER LAKE CALLED FANGCHAOHAI. THE LAKE LEADS TO HILLS WHERE THE HILL PEAKS RAISE ONE HIGHER THAN ANOTHER. HOWEVER, AMONG THE HILLS THERE IS A PEALK THAT OBVIOUSLY TOWERS. IT IS NAMED THE SWORD ROCK BECAUSE IT LOOKS SHARP ON THE TOP AND WIDE AT LOWER PART. PASSING THE FOOT OF THE TOWERING PEAK, YOU START TO WALK INTO A DENSE PRIMEVAL FORWST, WHERE YOU FIND YOURSELVES DEEP IN THE BOUNDLESS EXPANSE OF TRDDS AND PLANTS, FEELING AS LIGHT AS IF YOU HAD LEFT THE WORLD OF MEN AND BECAME IMMORTAL BEINGS. THERE ARE AN ABUNDANCE OF TREES THAT LOOKING UP YOU HARDLY SEE THE SUNSHINE. SOME OF THE TREES CURVES DOWN LIKE AWNINGS; SOME LOOM UP LIKE OBELISKS; SOME STAND ERECT LIKE MEN; SOME RECLINE LIKE DRAGONS. BENEATH YOUR FEET ARE SOFT MOSSES THAT GROW IN A THICK FURRY MASS ON WET SOIL. WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE FOREST, COOL GREENERY RESTS YOUR EYES, GENTLE BREEZE SOOTHS YOUR EARS AND THE UTTER QUIETNESS REFRESHES YOUR HEART.

WUCAICHI, 100.8M IN LENGTH AND 56M IN WIDTH, IS THE SMALLEST LAKE IN JIUZHAIGOU. HOWEVER, IT IS COMMONLY BELIEVED THAT IT IS RICHEST IN COLOR. SOMEONE SAYS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE AN EMERALD INLAID INSIDE THE HILLS. MANY VISITORS USUALLY STOP TO SIT BY THE LAKE AND SEEM TO FEEL EASE AT HEART. THE WATER IS RUFFLED, AND ITS AZURE TRANSLUCENCE BELOW THE WATER STRETCHES TO THE BOTTOM BEFORE YOUR EYES. YOU MAY LOOK IN AMAZIMENT AT MULTI-COLORED CLUSTERS DISPLAYED AT THE BOTTOW LIKE INEXHAUSTIBLE TREASURES SUPPLIED BY THE GREATOR. SOME VISITORS EVEN DOUBT WHETHER IT IS PAINTED BY THE LOCAL PEOPLW. THE WATER FROM WUCAICHI NEITHER INCREASES NOR DIMINISHES. IT SOAKS INTO THE LAKE FROM CHANGHAI LAKE. AS THE SUN XASTS LIGHTS ON THE WATER, SEKIMENTS AT THE BOTTOM ACT ON THE SENSE OF ALGAE AND BRYOPHYTE PLANTS AND GIVE RISE TO THE MULTI-COLORFUL CLUSTERS AS IT OCCURS IN WUHUAIHAI LAKE.

AFTER PASSING A COL FROM WUCAICHI LAKE, YOU ARRIVE AT CHANGHAI LAKE WHICH IS LICATED AT THE TOP OF ZECHAWA GULLY AT 3, 100M ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THERE ARE SEVERAL QUESTEINS RELATED TO THE LAKE. HOE DID THE LAKE TAKE SHAPE? WHY SOES THE LAKE HAVE NO EXIT? IS ANY FISH IN THE LAKE? HOW LONG IS THE LAKE? HOE DEEP IS IT?

THE FIRST QUESTION STILL REMAINS A MYSTERY. IT IS UNCERTAIN IF IT TOOK SHAPE DUE TO ESRTHQUAKES, LANDSLIDES OR MUD-ROCK FLOW. THE SOURCE OF THE WATER COMES FROM SPRINGS FROM THE FORESTS AND SNOW ON THE MOUNTAINS AROUND. THE WAY OF DRAINING OFF WATER IN THE LAKE IS TO EVAPORATE AND PERMEATE INTO THE GROUND. IN THE LAKE THE WATER NEVER OVERFLOWS IN SUMMER, AND IT NEVER DRIED UP IN WINTER. THE LAKE HAS NO FISH PROBABLY BECAUSE IT IS TOO COLD IN THE LAKE. A LEGEND SAYS THAT A MONSTER HAD EATEN YP ALL THE FISH A LONG TIME AGO. THE LAKE IS 7.5KM IN AENGTH, AND IN SOME PARTS IT IS 103M I9N DEPTH.

THE LAKE,TYHE LARGEST ONE IN JIUZHAIGOU, GLIMMERS LIKE JADE, NIBBLING AT THE DISTANT HILLS COVERED WITH SNOW. GREEN FORESTS AROUND GROW VERDANT, CASTING SHADOWS ON THE LAKE ,FROM HERE YOU HAVE A VIEW OF THE UNRUFFLED LAKE, FLOATING CLOUDS, WATER BIRDS FROLIC BELOW ACROSS THE LAKE, DISPLAYING THEM MERRILY. AS YOU SIT HERE, SUCH NATURAL BEAUTY STRIKES YOU AS VAST AND IMAGINATION. WHETHER OR NOT A CREATOR EXISTS, THIS SIGHT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL THAT THERE MUST SURELY BE ONE. IT SEEMS STRANGE THAT SUCH WONDWRS ARE SET IN THE REMOTE AREAS LIKE THIS, WHERE HUNDREDS OF YEARS MAY HAVE PASSED BEFORE YOU COME ALONG TO APPRECIATE THEM.

THE DAILY TOUR TO JIUZHAIGOU IS STEADILY AND SERENELY APPROACHING TO THE END. ANTICIPATION, CURIOSITY, DELIGHT ARE ALL HELD IN DELICATE BALANCE. RELUCTANTLY YOU ARE PREPARED TO RETURN TO THE REALITY OF OUR OWN EVERYDAY WORLD AFTER YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE BRIEF GLIMPSES OF JIUXHAIGOU WHERE COOL GREENERY RESTS YOUR EYES, RUNNING WATER SOOTHES YOUR EARS, THE GREAT VOID REVIVES YOUR SPIRIT AND THE UTTER QUIETNESS REFRESHES YOUR HEARTS.

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Yesterday, Zigong, Sichuan Province, Panzhihua, Luzhou, Suining, Neijiang, Leshan City, 13, and other tourism market began to gradually restored, in addition to Chengdu Dujiangyan City, Pengzhou City, Chong City, Xiling Snow Mountain in Dayi County, in addition to Pakistan Fog-Taoyuan area outside the part of the tourism market yesterday launched resume. At the same time, the Bi Fengxia Ya’an, in the ancient town, the Duke of Zhou Shan Hot Springs Park, Meng Dingshan, and other scenic areas, the Chengdu Ganzi Prefecture - Luding - Hai Luogou and Chengdu - Danba two tourist routes have been re-greet tourists Shadow. But most of the visitors Jiuzhaigou, Huanglong scenic spots, the Sichuan Provincial Government announced the lifting of the ban yet.

Some travel agencies in Beijing official said, according to Sichuan is the reality on the ground, will resume tourist routes, and can be restored in the original lines on the basis of the design and introduction of new lines. Reporters yesterday that there are already 34 lines “ready”, such as Emei, Leshan on the 4th Tour, Chengdu, Yu Hai Luogou on the 5th and Siguniangshan, Aden, Daocheng the forefront of a variety of combinations.

This reporter has learned that after the resumption of the Sichuan Tourism cheaper than the same period last year, fell in the space may be 20 to 30 percent. In order to restore the local tourism industry, Sichuan Tourism Bureau has promised tourist attractions will only price cuts, price hikes will not, at the same time, some local hotel and is expected to coach such as access to resources should also be a certain margin of preference.

Many travel agencies in Beijing said that the tourists out of security considerations, Sichuan Tour after the restart, the route will travel agent to do more thoughtful arrangements, will avoid some of the landslide risk areas. At the same time in a hotel choices, travel insurance, are more thoughtful and cautious.

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Guangdong TV reporter Wulin Lin: You know the resumption of Sichuan, the news, many travel agents are the most conspicuous place in Sichuan You put the resumption of the guidelines, the resumption of Sichuan outbound travel agencies said they would not for profit .

Guangzhou citizens group had happened to travel agencies to travel advisory line, I heard that the resumption of Sichuan Tour, she said that the application will be considered as soon as possible to look at the Sichuan.

Guangzhou citizens Miss Zeng: Jiuzhaigou those places are not to read the original, originally wanted to work during this period of time not to take a look at the.

It is understood that the resumption of pre-visit in Sichuan, scenic areas, aviation, tickets will have greater concessions, want to promote local tourism, disaster areas to help reconstruction. The area also said that travel agencies will step up security investigation, in order to protect the safety of passengers.

As the traditional peak season when tourism in Sichuan, Shanghai travel agencies immediately the first time and then contact the local clubs and airlines, new routes to market as early as possible. It is estimated that Shanghai 4-5 days Sichuan travel routes will be 2,200 yuan to 2,500 yuan around, and basically the same price before the earthquake.

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Tokyo at 8:43 on the 14th, Japan’s northeast region, 7.2, the biggest shock of the (Japanese standards) of 6 strong vertical inland earthquakes, the earthquake was named as the “Heisei 20 Iwate, Palace City inland earthquake. ” The earthquake patterns and causes of tectonic earthquake with China similar to Wenchuan, the release of energy and caused more than 6,000 deaths in 1995 Kobe earthquake is. As the evening of 15 8:00, the earthquake has caused nine deaths and 11 missing, nearly 200 people were injured.

After the Kobe earthquake, but because of the slow action by the Japanese government accused the various departments to review and improve the disaster response mechanism. The quake occurred after one minute, Japanese police will set up a “disaster Guard headquarters.” Quake occurred seven minutes after the Prime Minister’s official residence in the crisis management center set up countermeasures room, and sent the letter-chuen, also headed by the Minister for Disaster Management, Government-finding mission to the affected places.

Chun-speed before the emergency system was activated effective

Last October, the Japan Meteorological Agency set up a “quick report earthquake emergency system”, which is the world’s first earthquake early warning systems, seismic instrument measured in a faster spread of the underground earthquake early microseismicity “P wave” (5 to 7 per second. Km), will be automatically projected sharp shock “S-wave” (3 to 4 kilometers per second) the size. If the forecast earthquake of more than five degrees, the Meteorological Agency through television, radio, mobile phones and instant alert system, such as terminal facilities to meet earthquake in four areas over the emergency release.

In April this year, the Miyako Island in Okinawa earthquake and the May earthquake in Ibaraki Prefecture, at this speed system performance, scheduled for late in the earthquake, which suffered critical. But in the earthquake, emergency-speed system to play at a certain effect. Further away from the epicenter of the region, speed was a few seconds earlier than the shock to Shiji Miao. According to reports, Miyagi an electronic equipment in the factory are seismic waves reach the 12 seconds before the emergency forecasting, which promptly closed the use of toxic substances and gas production lines. Chun-area schools is also a quick report received in a timely manner after the emergency evacuation of students to stay away from school safety zone.

But “emergency earthquake quick report system” for the area around the epicenter hard to play a role in early warning. It is reported that the earthquake epicenter from 30 to 50 km within the framework of emergency quick report does not work. Meteorological Agency detected the initial shock wave is 8:43:51, 4 seconds later issued an emergency forecast, but was near the epicenter have started intense shaking.

The collapse of the housing and fewer casualties

The northeastern Japan earthquake shaking level comparable to the Kobe earthquake, but why Kobe earthquake damaged or semi-damaged 250,000 buildings, killed 6,000 people, and the magnitude of the earthquake is only one building collapsed completely destroyed, 11 Semi-damaged building » Japanese seismological experts and building construction is the answer: a small degree of damage to the building one of the main reasons is the result of seismic wave characteristics. According to analysis, the seismic waves sloshing cycle is very short, less than one second, and the general cause enormous damage to the building of the earthquake shaking for about 1.5 seconds about why the second is Japan’s northeastern region of the unique features of the building To. Japan’s northeastern region in order to meet the snow for more than monolithic roof made of the use of tile in the quality of the buildings to light many. In addition, to keep out the cold, the region’s room door, window openings are quite limited, which makes more room of the earthquake. Housing collapse less natural to reduce the personnel casualties. Also, the earthquake was Saturday morning, the attendance officers to work less, have reduced mud-rock flow and landslides caused by roads and bridges casualties. (Tokyo on June 15, / in Japan’s Jun-Ling Pei xinhuanet)

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– Ten we will be stronger

– Location: Tsung Tsin Secondary School City Huaiyuan

– Ten people: English teacher Wu Zhonghong

To return to the classroom for students, he never out

On the 12th afternoon, Chong City Huaiyuan secondary school buildings collapse because of the earthquake, in the face of unexpected disaster, the vast majority of the school more than 700 students and teachers successfully escape, but the school English teacher Wuzhong Hong has never left his love of students — He led the evacuation of children, heard a student Left Behind, duty-bound to return to the third floor from the fourth floor, the floor of a sudden meltdown at this time, Wuzhong Hong and several children were swallowed up……

Lihong Cheng, vice president of the school said, is empty four-story teaching building with 12 classes, 13:50 start school, class is going on in the first quarter at the end of a sudden the ground started shaking. Building shaking about one minute, split the middle of a long slit, the House of splitting in two. Most of the children in the teachers under the leadership of the stairs from the two evacuated to the ground.

At that time, Wuzhong Hong teachers is the beginning of January 5 to the fourth floor of her class in English. The class of male students Xiaobin (a pseudonym) describes the scene at that time: the classroom suddenly shaking up, he and his classmates did scream, “students, and Buyao Huang, anything not to take, go down with my teacher Miss 1 Waved hands, indicate the whole class ran out with him. Staircase I was crowded together, the first day of the five students with the vast majority of teachers in the Miss behind. Suddenly, the students shouted back of the out: “there are two classrooms, students …… “” Miss teacher was very nervous, they immediately turn Huishen, we have the stairs to the third floor of the mouth, and he Youwang run on the fourth floor, we went to the downstairs, the house to collapse, Miss teachers are gone…… ” Xiaobin choked with that.

Received a report, the principal leaders of Chongzhou city government led by the armed police, public security, fire, health and other departments rushed to the scene to begin the search. The search for a whole night, six o’clock yesterday morning, rescue workers only from the collapse of Wuzhong Hong Canzhuan found that he had never stopped breathing. According to Li Xiaochang said that after an inventory, in addition to Wu Zhonghong, there are four students died. This reporter has learned that Wu Zhonghong, 45-year-old teacher, in front of teaching for 28 years.

– Location: Mianzhu City primary school next door of the Ling Kindergarten

– Ten people: Xue teachers

To have 30 children, the house collapsed

“We said to a good education, their number has gone.” Mianzhu City Xue Ling of primary school teachers in tears all the way to the Han-Wang primary schools. He said that he came to a number of primary schools in the peer’s, and now do not know where to store the remains of colleagues, and his tears for the death of three young children and the peer down. Earthquake occurred on the 12th at the moment, he is preparing to go to class, students are still at the primary school Ling law outside playing, the earthquake did not enable them school students subject to any harm. Immediately, due to his wife in the kindergarten next door, substitute, he hurried Ganqu to visit his wife.

Arrived at the kindergarten door, the house is crumbling, children are lying in bed Yipaiyipai to sleep. Xue teacher and his wife simply played out notify, the child will quickly one after another to hold North Korea outside the room, the number of teachers rushed outside, the relay “with” taking child care. , “Children are very sleep very Shen Shen, I sometimes had to hold the two together.” No. 30, will have a child, the house completely collapsed down, inside another three sleeping children, never outside the room can be rescued.

Last night, Xue dreamed of the teachers could not rescue the three child care, child care help with the vision watching him and he woke up Jiuku.

Han Wang Zhen Mianzhu City Government while the entrance of the kindergarten more tragic, the reporters here that the number of young parents sitting next to the ruins of head cardboard shelter, sluggish eyes constantly watching tile gap. They said that at least 10 children remain in the body inside, they did not bear to walk away. Some parents used bed sheets that surround the stretch outside the bars, try to block one of their adhesion on the hard cement board opened, they could never pull fixed.

– Location: Chengdu Wenjiang district of jade rural primary schools

– Ten people: 12-year-old student Chen Hao

Does not save people, I will feel very ashamed

Yesterday, the 12-year-old Chen Hao lying on the Fifth People’s Hospital of Chengdu in bed, legs and right hand bear a thick layer of gypsum, chest full of electrocardiogram monitor the stickers. More than 20 hours before, he is always bustling with sixth-grade students. Zhendao earthquake on the 12th of the school flag-raising Taiwan after the wall, he was in the rubble of the pressure.

Chen Wenjiang, Chengdu is the jade rural areas of the experimental primary school students. At about 2 pm on the 12th Wenchuan 7.8 earthquake occurred, and Wenjiang only 55 kilometers from the epicenter. “I and the students in her class is class.’s Two-story teaching building suddenly began violent shaking, we are immediately Wang Louxia run.” Chen said. Running under the stairs, across the floor, while Taiwan’s national flag is raised, he quickly to a secure location. Can Zhuantou the eye, he saw a girl is the flag of Taiwan before the wall, did not want to think he went Zhuantou, one of the girls pushed to the field. Unfortunately, things happened: the brick wall 34 meters Huala the inverted down, Chen Hao in the back and legs are buried in the rubble of. And that he did not recognize the female students are safely without incident.

After diagnosis, Chen Hao double leg fracture, multiple spinal fractures, back where almost no intact, pulmonary contusion and pulmonary hemorrhage. In the initial clean up the wound, because too many wounded, Chen Hao, local anesthetics can not be strong he did not Kuchu out.

“If re-encountered such a thing, I will, because to save rather than save, I will certainly feel ashamed.” Chen Hao’s tone is very calm.

– Location: Road Town, Mianzhu City compliance Huanhuan kindergarten

– Ten people: kindergarten teachers, clinic doctors, businessmen fabrics

She physically for the children of the cement-block

Wenchuan after the earthquake, Road Town, Mianzhu City compliance Huanhuan kindergarten in the overall meltdown, and now more than 80 children are napping, in addition to travel outside directors, five teachers in the park. The quake caused a total of more than 50 children and three teachers killed and two teachers are still in the hospital for emergency treatment, a child missing.

Kindergarten director Juan Li Rong recalled Qu million rescue team found the teacher was the case when broke down in tears, “At the time, Qu teachers flutter to the ground, with his back firmly blocked the collapse of the cement board, arms still firmly holding a Child. Children were rescued, but Qu teachers left us forever. ”

– He produced all its medicines

In compliance Road Town, Mianzhu City, reporters saw a 28-year-old Korean-first, is that he, in the earthquake, the first time in their private clinics where the drugs got out, for the successful treatment of the injured for more time .

As a service of private clinic doctors farmers, the first Korean-three years ago, the local township hospital doctors. After the earthquake, no one to mobilize, no one to ask, and South Korea to immediately rushed into the town government initiative Qingzhan.

In South Korea into first with the help of some injuries but managed to escape disaster light of the villagers do not get the initial treatment, wound been cleared, the fractures are packed. On the afternoon from 12 to noon on the 13th, South Korea has no first-Heyan. South Korea first-said: “Too many injured, more than 100, I have exhausted all the stock in a pharmacy where drugs, only a little cold medicine.”

– Location: Ying-town schools

– Ten people: President Kang Yulong

The death of his family, he adhere to rescue the first line

“One, two, three……” Ying-hua in the town of secondary rescue scene, a thin middle-aged man stick in the forefront, whenever a student was from the ruins, rescue personnel carried, no matter of life and death he To boost a careful watch, reading their names. He is the school principals Kang Yulong.

Of school every student, as a principal for eight years, he can Daobeiruliu. He told reporters that a total of 360 schools 000 students. The time of the incident, the school has just started the preparatory tone, the teacher has just begun teaching from the floor, go to the office building when the earthquake happened, the four-story teaching building to collapse in an instant. Judging from the current understanding of the situation, more than 200 people successfully escaped, a first grade class of 42 students in physical education lessons, but also lucky to escape, some more than 100 students buried in a teaching building in ruins. After the incident, their school teachers hand-planing rescued several students. After this, all aspects of the rescue team arrived after January 1, it launched a large-scale rescue.

“Watching them, I really……” says says Kang Xiaochang like crying like a child again. Teachers told reporters that in this earthquake, the president of the father-in-law were killed by the landslide. To hear this news, Kangxiao Zhang is busy in school students to participate in relief, he was only Dailiaoyixia, to wipe the tears, said, “know” and then still???watching the progress of students relief. He told reporters that “as long as there are not a student rescued, I will not leave the scene 1

– She gave Yikuaihongbu children’s dignity

When the rescue team will Huanhuan kindergarten on the ruins of a brick and tile cleaning up a block, when one of the children’s remains were excavated, we do not bear to see a more innocent and the smiling faces of those who have now become the like.

Local business operators in the fabric of Hesi-ping, was also relief at the scene, her relatives of a child trapped in the rubble. The child’s body was carried with one, but could not find time for children covered by the plastic sheeting, cotton cloth.

Aftershocks outstanding at this time, the building collapse at any time to the danger of Hesi-ping Erhuamoshui, risking their lives rushed into the second floor shops, as rescue teams moved the Nezi a red cloth. She was an extraordinary innocent children keep the final dignity.

– Consistently is life

May 13, in the north county earthquake, a secondary school students in the North-armed police officers and soldiers to help rescue was under pressure in the rubble pile of students.

4 Chuan Wenchuan after the earthquake, the north-county Beichuan secondary six to seven-story main teaching building collapse, at the time when the school hours, 21 classroom teachers and students about 1,000 people, in addition to the individual to escape, most were buried in the rubble pile In. At present, a large number of armed police officers and soldiers and local people are stepping up relief.

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