Shuzheng Lakes
Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan Province, China
Your base for this attraction is the Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve. For travel information about Jiuzhaigou, go to Jiuzhaigou Travel Guide
Shuzheng Gully covers a length of 13.8 kilometers. With about 40 lakes of varying sizes, Shuzheng Gully occupies about 40% of Jiuzhaigou land area. Shuzheng Lakes (Shuzheng Qun Hai) extend for about 5 kilometers, consisting of interconnected big and small lakes and cascades. The difference in elevation between the top and bottom is over 100 meters. Bushes and shrubs grow among the fast-flowing water, which is blue and clear. The lakes themselves cascades down the gully over travertine dykes, creating lovely spray and white foam over weeping willows, pines, cypresses and China firs.
Shuzheng Lakes are a continuation of Rhinoceros Lake and Tiger Lake. A wooden platform is available along the roadside so that visitors can admire the water. From Tiger Lake, the water leaps down the Shuzheng Waterfall, a beautiful multi-tiered fall that empties into Shuzheng Lakes.
The whole lake group is clearly leveled with blue water and green trees, making visitors wonder whether they have stepped into a world of fairy tales. A short distance above the lakes is the Shuzheng stockaded village. This Tibetan village - now consumed by commercialism - has preserved two primitive Tibetan stone mills and one wooden bridge over the lakes; they added a rustic charm to the landscape.
Multi-coloured waters of Shuzheng Lake as it flows through clumps of shrubbery.
Above: View of Shuzheng Waterfall.
Left: Milky cascades of Shuzheng Waterfall.
Above: Gushing water of Shuzheng Lake flowing past a tree trunk. Left: The water of Shuzheng Lakes is so clear you can see the rocks at the bottom. Below: Crystal clear water of Shuzheng Lakes.
Above: A Tibetan mill at Shuzheng Lakes.
Right: Water rushing through the Tibetan mill.
Below: Tibetan prayers fluttering in the wind.
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