Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong - 九寨溝, 黃龍

First created Mar 2007. Version 3.0. 31 July 2011. Jerry Tse. London.

Jiuzhaigou 九寨溝

Nuorilang waterfall 諾日朗

Nuorilang waterfall 諾日朗

Changhai (Long Lake) 長海

Changhai (Long Lake) 長海

Five-Colour Pool 五彩池

Mirror Lake 鏡海

Mirror Lake 鏡海

Mirror Lake 鏡海

Mirror Lake 鏡海

Mirror Lake 鏡海

Pearl Beach 珍珠灘

Pearl Beach 珍珠灘

Pearl Beach 珍珠灘

Pearl Beach 珍珠灘

Pearl Beach 珍珠瀑

Huanglong 黃龍

Flying Fall 飛瀑流輝

Carpet of the Golden Sands 金沙鋪地

Clear Reflection Mirror Pool 明鏡倒影池

The EndJiuzhaigou and Huanglong is situated at the edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in the northwest corner of the province of Sichuan in central China. It is about 30-40 minutes from the provincial capital of Chengdu by plane. The airport is the third highest in the world at 3400m.

Jiuzhaigou in Chinese means the ‘Gully of the Nine Mountain Villages’. Huanglong means ‘Yellow Dragon’. The name is given to the cascading valley, which looks like a winding yellow dragon amongst the high Alpine forest.

The music was written in 1890 by the Italian Pietro Mascagni (1863 – 1945) for the opera Cavalleria Rusticana. It is known as the Intermezzo from ‘Cavelleria Rusticana’. It is one of the most beautiful piece of music ever written.