Popular Attractions Around Jiuzhaigou
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Dagu Glacier National Park
For thousands of years, Dagu Glacier wasn't known to people until Japanese scientists through satellite found it hiding in mountains in 1992. After a week's investigation, scientists discovered that Dagu Glacier is the lowest, largest and youngest glacier in the world. And it is the nearest glacier from city and the most beautiful scenery in glacier region so far. "Da Gu" literally means glacier in Tibetan....
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Mount Siguniang
Mount Siguniang, aka "Four Girls Mountain" or "Four Sisters Mountain", named Skubla in Tibetan language, literally means "the mountains of the four girls". It is located in the bordering area of Xiaojin County and Wenchuan County in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, about 220 km from Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province. It is the highest peak of the Qionglai Mountain...
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Mounigou Valley
Mounigou Valley is situated in Mouni Town southwest to Songpan Ancient City of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, far from Chengdu 336 kilometer away. It is vital to Jiuzhaigou Valley National Park and Huanglong National Par main tour routes. It integrates the calcified waterfalls, ring-type poolside waterfalls, plateau corrosion lake, stalactite karst cave, virgin forest, alpine meadow, rare and valuable animal...
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Hongyuan Grassland
Hongyuan Grassland (literally red prairie or red plain), located in the middle of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture at the north of Sichuan, is known as "Gold Sands and Silver Sands" of plateau for its unique natural landscape and abundant natural resources. A plateau at over 4,000m (13,123 feet) above sea level (the highest point being 5,000m or 16,404 feet), stretching for over 8,400 sq...
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Aba County
Aba County (Ngawa County) is located in the remote northwestern part of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous prefecture, Sichuan Province, on the border with Qinghai and Gansu, the eastern end of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The capital is Ngawa City.Aba County is a resort and religious center, including the famous Tibetan temples, wildlife refuge scenic area, mysterious and miraculous Tibetan Buddhist culture, and platea...
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Mount Xuebaoding
Mount Xuebaoding, literally "Snowy Treasure Peak", is situated in Songpan County, Aba (Ngawa) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of central Sichuan Province. With an elevation of 5,588 meters, it is the highest peak of the Min Mountain Range, known to the local Tibetans as Shar Dung Ri. Mount Xuebaoding is covered by snow all the year round, with 108 alpine lakes in craggy rocks and crisscross valleys....
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Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area covers an area of some 620 square meters. It is a deep valley more than 40 km long in which there are nine Tibetan villages. Secluded and uninhabited, it has a variety of natural attractions: Lakes, waterfalls, mountains and forest.In the valley, there are one hundred lakes in various sizes and shapes. The water in Wuhua Hai (Five Flower Sea) appears in five colors, and people...
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Songpan Ancient City
Songpan Ancient City, or Songpan Ancient Town, known as Songzhou Town in ancient times, was the famous military base on the cutting edge of the frontier from the time of the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907) in history due to its advantageous situation geographically, which was considered the "west portal of Sichuan". It is the closest big town to the Huanglong National Park and the Jiu-Huang Airport, which also servic...
