Jiuzhaigou is best known for its splendid multi-level waterfalls and the brilliantly coloured lakes. When the guide told us the Tibetans affectionately call the Jiuzhaigou lakes as “Hai zi”, we thought it was “孩子” or “children”. The correct one is “海子”, which means “sons of sea”. Nuorilang waterfall / 諾日朗瀑布 – reportedly the widest highland…
Jiuzhaigou Attractions
Jiuzhaigou National Park Earthquake Report
03 Sept 2008: Latest Update on Jiuzhaigou National Park Earthquake Report >> Click Here! Update: 10 July 2008. Kieran Fitzgerald, Sustainable Tourism and Marketing Adviser from Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China, has the following update: Hi Eunice, Just a quick update on Jiuzhaigou: Jiuzhaigou is open to tourists and never actually closed after the earthquake…
Fairyland Jiuzhaigou
I made my trip to Jiuzhaigou in the spring month of March in 2006 and the stunning beauty of the fairyland were photographed to leave fond memories here. Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟) is a valley, a nature reserve and is 330 km north of the provincial capital of Chengdu, Sichuan province of China . It is part…
The Jiuzhaigou Therapy I
The Jiuzhaigou Valley, with rich forest resources, has more than 10,000 negative oxygen ions per cubic metre of air and can be as high as 80,000. In Beijing, on the other hand, has only 1,000 negative oxygen ions per cubic metre of air on a good quality air day. We were told that it’s the…
The Jiuzhaigou Therapy III
You will often see colourful rectangular clothes strung along mountain ridges by the Tibetans. These are prayer flags and the Tibetans believe that when the wind blows the flags, it will spread the good will and bring benefit to all. This centre in Jiuzhaigou has rows of stalls selling nice and very cheap gem stones,…
The Tibetan Folk Arts Performance
The Tibetans presented us all with the traditional Tibetan welcome of a white scarf to put around our neck, as we entered the Tibetan concert & performance show. Just before it started, we went through a welcome ceremony with the Tibetans by drinking the bowl of wine in front of us at our seats. A…
