成都黃龍九寨溝遊記 Part 3

11/5 九寨溝


九寨溝風景名勝區位於中國四川省北部。域跨東經103°46'~104°4'；北緯32°54'~33°19'。屬四川省阿壩藏族羌族自治州九寨溝縣（原南坪縣），因溝中有荷葉、盤亞、亞拉、尖盤、黑果、樹正、則查窪、熱西、郭都九個藏族寨子而得名。




日則溝 (Rize Gully)
The 18 km long Rize Gully is the south-western branch of Jiuzhaigou. It contains the largest variety of sites and is typically visited first.

鏡海 (Mirror Lake) - quiet lake casting beautiful reflections of the surroundings when the water is calm


箭竹海 (Arrow Bamboo Lake) - covering an area of 170,000 m², is a shallow lake with a depth of 6 m. It lies at an elevation of 2,618 m, and was a main feature site for the 2002 Chinese film Hero


五花海 (Five Flower Lake) - shallow multi-colored lake whose bottom is criss-crossed by ancient fallen tree trunks.


天鹅海 (Swan Lake) - a 2250 m long, 125 m wide picturesque lake named for its visiting swans and ducks.


熊猫海 (Panda Lake) - features curious color patterns of blue and green. It empties into the multi-stream, multi-level Panda Waterfalls, dropping 78m in 3 steps.


珍珠滩 (Pearl Shoal) - a wide, gently sloping area of active calcareous tufa deposition covered in a thin sheet of flowing water. It empties into the famous Pearl Waterfalls, where the shoal drops 28 m in a 310 m wide broad curtain of water. A scene of the television adaptation of Journey to the West was filmed there.


則查窪溝 (Zechawa Gully)
The Zechawa Gully is the south-eastern branch of Jiuzhaigou. It is approximately the same length as Rize gully (18 km ) but climbs to a higher altitude (3150 m at the Long Lake).

長海 (Long Lake) - the highest, largest and deepest lake in Jiuzhaigou, measuring 7.5 km in length and up to 103 m in depth. It reportedly has no outgoing waterways, getting its water from snowmelt and losing it from seepage. Local folklore features a monster in its depths.


五彩池 (Five Color Pond) - one of the smallest but most spectacular bodies of water in Jiuzhaigou lakes. Despite its very modest dimensions and depth, it has a richly colored underwater landscape with some of the brightest and clearest waters in the area.


季節海 (Seasonal Lakes) - a series of 3 lakes (Lower, Middle and Upper) along the main road, that change from empty to full during each year.


樹正溝 Shuzheng Gully
The Shuzheng Gully is the northern (main) branch of Jiuzhaigou. It ends after 14.5 km at the Y-shaped intersection of the three gullies.

諾日朗瀑布(Nuorilang Falls) - near the junction of the valleys, are 20 m high and 320 m wide. They are reportedly the widest highland waterfall in China, and one of the symbols of Jiuzhaigou.


樹正群海 (Shuzheng Lakes) - stepped series of respectively 18 and 19 ribbon lakes formed by the passage of glaciers, then naturally dammed. Some of them have their own folkloric names, such as the Rhinoceros (犀牛海), Bonsai (盆景灘), Tiger (老虎海), and Dragon (雙龍海) lakes.


蘆葦海 (Reed Lake) - a 1375m-long, reed-covered marsh with a clear turquoise brook zigzaging through it. The contrast is particularly striking in the autumn when the reeds turn yellow.