| Huanglong | ||||||
| The Yellow Dragon Scenic Area | ||||||
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Huanglong, situated in Sichuan Province, was established as a Chinese national scenic
area in 1982. Huanglong literally means Yellow Dragon. It was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1992.
Here is the brief description from World Heritage:
The Huanglong Scenic Area is famous for its colored ponds, snow mountains, and fascinating canyons and forests. The Yellow Dragon Valley is in a glaciated alpine valley at an elevation of above 3,000 meters (about 10,000 feet), which is the heart of the scenic area, best known for its limestone formation landscape. Water is the soul of Huanglong. The melting snow water from the mountain enriched with the limestone water from underground flows down the valley. The over 3,000 colored ponds in the valley are not only formed by deposition of the calcium carbonate of the limestone water on the rocks and branches, but also brought into life by the live sparkling streams. Huanglong is one of the most beautiful places I have visited. It is a wonderland. Next page > More pictures of Huanglong |
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