22. Falling Waters And Rotating Wheels of Jiuzhaigou
That second night in Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟) was capped off with a Tibetan song and dance show at the hotel where we stayed - the Sheraton. While the show was colorful and entertaining, the artistry were somewhat less than what we saw in Chengdu...
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None the less, I think this is a nice photo of the colorful costumes on the performers. The locale and other photos can be found at the hotel website:Sheraton Theater
Instead, we were rewarded by the a natural water show when we went up the western gully the next morning. The thousand-meter rise in elevation took us to the mountain top where the primeval forest still remains. Supposedly, all the trees in lower levels were cut down in the late sixties for fuel. That's why the trees are still small in this photo. We only got to see the primeval forest at the peak.
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There are 5 major waterfalls along the gully, Jungle Fall, Panda Fall, Pearl Fall, and the spectacular ShuZheng Fall. (We already saw the Nuorilang Fall yesterday.)Just before the water drops like pearls into the Pearl Waterfall, a walkway has been built over the precipice allowing the feat of walking on water. Pearl Fall is massive but delicate as the majority of the water rushes down at the ends.
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Interestingly, the roaring water emptied into the calmest lake in the whole area - Mirror Sea, i.e., Jing Hai. The lake's water is so clean and sheltered from wind that you won't see any ripples at the surface; instead, what you see is the bottom.
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Finally, our group ended up at a Zhang/Jiang cultural village, the Shuzheng Stockade. Under the color flags are a complete set of Tibetan prayer wheels mounted all around the platform. If you are a Buddhist, you would then walk past each wheel shown here and turn them once. Though I'm not, I did turn the wheels and ended up at this last wheel. I guess that is what life is all about, going around in circles and keeping the wheels turning!
(Note: As my Shuzheng Fall photos were left in a compact flash card that I left in Hong Kong, I'll post them later here.)
click to enlarge.None the less, I think this is a nice photo of the colorful costumes on the performers. The locale and other photos can be found at the hotel website:
Instead, we were rewarded by the a natural water show when we went up the western gully the next morning. The thousand-meter rise in elevation took us to the mountain top where the primeval forest still remains. Supposedly, all the trees in lower levels were cut down in the late sixties for fuel. That's why the trees are still small in this photo. We only got to see the primeval forest at the peak.
click to enlarge.There are 5 major waterfalls along the gully, Jungle Fall, Panda Fall, Pearl Fall, and the spectacular ShuZheng Fall. (We already saw the Nuorilang Fall yesterday.)Just before the water drops like pearls into the Pearl Waterfall, a walkway has been built over the precipice allowing the feat of walking on water. Pearl Fall is massive but delicate as the majority of the water rushes down at the ends.
click to enlarge.Interestingly, the roaring water emptied into the calmest lake in the whole area - Mirror Sea, i.e., Jing Hai. The lake's water is so clean and sheltered from wind that you won't see any ripples at the surface; instead, what you see is the bottom.
click to enlarge.Finally, our group ended up at a Zhang/Jiang cultural village, the Shuzheng Stockade. Under the color flags are a complete set of Tibetan prayer wheels mounted all around the platform. If you are a Buddhist, you would then walk past each wheel shown here and turn them once. Though I'm not, I did turn the wheels and ended up at this last wheel. I guess that is what life is all about, going around in circles and keeping the wheels turning!
(Note: As my Shuzheng Fall photos were left in a compact flash card that I left in Hong Kong, I'll post them later here.)
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