China Travel Guide about Huangguoshu Waterfall in China
Article by Isebella Wei
Huangguoshu Waterfall is honored as the "the largest waterfall group in the world" for its magnificence, which mesmerizes numerous tourists home and abroad to pay a visit every year.
Being located in the Anshun City of Guizhou Province in China, Huangguoshu Waterfall is credited as the "first waterfall in China", with 77.8 meters in height and 101 meters in width., which is honored as the "the largest waterfall group in the world" by Grand World Guinness for its magnificence of 18 waterfalls with unique features. It is the only waterfall that could be viewed from front, back, left, right, up and down and can be heard, watched and touched in waterfall cave.
The Huangguoshu Waterfall scenic area is gifted with chains of caves, perilous peaks, unique vegetation, numerous karst caves, stone forest and huge valleys, which offers a breathtaking scenery of karst landscape. The fall of the waterfall is 74 meters where the roaring river dashes down from the cliffs, creating a noise as if a thousand people were beating drums or tens of thousands of horses were galloping. The thundering noise reaches as far as several kilometers away and strikes the tourists' hearts. The scenery of the Huangguoshu Waterfall changes with seasons. In winter, water pours down lightly, graceful and elegant. In summer and autumn, the water cascades down crazily, striking and overwhelming. Sometimes, the surging waterfall sends up foams and smokes hundreds of meters high, often making the surrounding areas in the drizzle. The Waterfall Cave behind Huangguoshu Waterfall is quite fantastic, which is 134 meters in length, where the cascading down waterfall could be viewed.
Above the Xiniutan Pool under the waterfall usually hangs the rainbow on the droplets of water thrown up by the descending water, which is ever-changing. 6 kilometers far from the lower reaches of the waterfall stands a Tianxingqiao scenic spot, which mesmerizes numerous tourists to pay a visit. Beside the Tianxingqiao scenic spot lie the Tian! xingpen. Tianxingdong and stone forest above water, where the stalagmite clusters, vegetation scatters and water lingers, which is just like a perfect picture created by nature. Apart from the large waterfall in the Huangguoshu Waterfall group, there are other waterfalls could feast your eyes. For example, the luositan Waterfall with the widest span, the Dishuitan Waterfall with the greatest drop, the Yinlianzhuitan Waterfall with the most beautiful shapes.
Travel Guide: Star Cruises Part1
Ancient China (Time Travel Guides)
This title uncovers the mysteries of the ancient Chinese. Discover how the Great Wall was originally built, where to find a road that is 45 lanes wide, and find out why the ancient Chinese wont tell you the secret to making silk.
Orchid drawing (Chinese Painting)
In the Realm of the Flower Phoenix
The Flower Phoenix is an ancient handscroll which has been created through generations of women artists. The original page of the handscroll was created by China's Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai. The Tang Dynasty is considered by many to be the height of Chinese artistic culture, and Li Bai is China's most renowned ancient poet. Li Bai was inspired by the beauty of Yang Mei. Yang Mei inspires the master painter Wu Daozi. Wu Daozi creates the second page of the Flower Phoenix handscroll. Legends say that Wu Daozi was a mystical painter, who at the end of his life painted a doorway in the side of a mountain, opened the door and disappeared forever.Each generation creates panels in the book. By telling the story, the storyteller creates a portal into the Realm of the Flower Phoenix. The "storybearer" reads the story and summons the power of the energy of all the generations.
The story opens with Mable "Peach Blossom" Yang's one hundredth birthday celebration. She is going to pass the book on to the next generation. Mable is the most potent storybearer in the family line.
Hand scroll paintings were rolled from one side to the other and as each painted section was revealed, the story of the imagery was viewed and discussed. The book unfolds over many generations and the lives of the long line of women artists who created the Flower Phoenix are brought to life by the telling.The Flower Phoenix is an ancient handscroll which has been created through generations of women artists. The original page of the handscroll was created by China's Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai. The Tang Dynasty is considered by many to be the height of Chinese artistic culture, and Li Bai is China's most renowned ancient poet. Li Bai was inspired by the beauty of Yang Mei. Yang Mei inspires the master painter Wu Daozi. Wu Daozi creates the second page of the Flower Phoenix handscroll. Legends say that Wu Daozi was a mystical painter, who at the end of his life painted a doorway in the side of a mountain, opened the door and disappe! ared for ever.
Each generation creates panels in the book. By telling the story, the storyteller creates a portal into the Realm of the Flower Phoenix. The "storybearer" reads the story and summons the power of the energy of all the generations.
The story opens with Mable "Peach Blossom" Yang's one hundredth birthday celebration. She is going to pass the book on to the next generation. Mable is the most potent storybearer in the family line.
Hand scroll paintings were rolled from one side to the other and as each painted section was revealed, the story of the imagery was viewed and discussed. The book unfolds over many generations and the lives of the long line of women artists who created the Flower Phoenix are brought to life by the telling.
Chinese Antique Doors
BK0271Y-Chinese Painted Fancy Basket , Vintage, China, Wood (Mu), Antique Asian Decor: Chinese Paint
- Vintage
- China
- Red / Gold
- 13" wide x 13" deep x 16.5" high
Myspace -Chinese Painting - Peter Suk-Sin Chan 畫家陳叔善doing a Chinese paintng
Chinese calligraphy writing and brush painting / sumi set
- Great starter set
- 5 brushes, ink well / stone, ink stick, signing ink, stone chop, brush rest, & water well
- Nicely presented in chinese brocade gift box
- Size: 8.5" x 6"
- Made in China
Comments
Post a Comment