subject: The Fairyland in the World – Changbai Mountain in China [print this page] The Fairyland in the World Changbai Mountain in China
Famous for snows accumulated for thousands of years and pines grown for tens of thousands of years, Changbai Mountain is highly honored as "The First Peak on Earth" and became the first batch of National 5A-level Tourist Attraction in 2007. Changbai Mountain has 16 peaks and is named after its main peak Baiyun Peak with large number of white floatstones and accumulated snows. Changbai Mountain brings together charming tourist landscapes of waterfall, hot springs, canyon, underground forest, lava forest, alp great garden, underground rivers, virgin forest, clouds and ice-snow with the altitude of 2691 meters. Rich and unique resources given by the nature make the mountain become a great scenic spot, integrating with eco-tourism, scenery tourism, frontier tourism and custom tourism.
The famous Heavenly Pool of Changbai Mountain perched in the top position of volcano cone of the mountain's main peak in Antu county,Yanbian region, Jilin province, is the largest crater lake in China and honored as "The Highest Altitude of Volcano Lake" in the World Guinness Record. Surrounded by odd peaks with limpid water, Heavenly Pool is the origin of Songhua River, Tumen River and Yalu River in China. Changbai flying waterfall pouring down from the Heavenly Pool, is the largest drop of volcano lake waterfall in the world.
Heavenly Pool of Changbai Mountain
Located in the center of Changbai Mountain, the Heavenly Pool is oval in shape like a lotus just emerging from the water with the total area of 9.8 square meters. It is the deepest lake in China with 373 meters depth.
The Heavenly Pool features changeable climate, impetuous wind, torrential rain and much snow with winter lasting for 10 months and water-freezing for 6 months. The height of wave in the pool is over 1 meters when the wind force reaches grade 5, forming splendid scenery.
The Waterfall of Changbai Mountain
Everyone coming here will be shocked by the splendid and endlessly surging waterfall. The silver flow seems to fall down from the heaven and crashes with deafening thunder.
With huge mountain, steep slope and swift water, when looking from a distance, the waterfall is like an oblique-standing heaven ladder. There is a huge stone cutting the waterfall into 2 sections, like two jade dragons rushing toward the deep valley, then spattering high flying wave up, like fairies sprinkling flowers, and the steam fills the air, as if the snow falls down from the silver river. The roar can be heard from several kilometers away, like ten thousand horses galloping.
