Heilongjiang - Jingpo Lake

    Jingpo Lake is situated at the boundless range of mountains to the southwest of Ningan County of Heilongjiang Province, 80 km from Mudanjiang City, which is a famous high mountain clogged up lake of China. There is water in the mountains and mountains in the water with charming and gentle scenery. The lake water is so clear that you can see bottom through it and fish swimming around. There exists the tranquility in the environment.
    Situated at the outlet to the north of the Lake basin lies the cataract of the Water Dropping Tower, ceaselessly flowing all the year round. During the overflow period in autumn, the fall is 25 meters with 40 meters in width, flying down from the precipice, which gives rise to clouds upon clouds of water vapor forming one rainbow after another like the Milky Way standing upside down and thunder rolling. It can be heard miles away. The scenery is simply magnificent. There is a deep pool below known as Heilong (Black Dragon) Pool in the form of slightly round shape, the diameter of which is 70 meters with a depth of 60 meters.
    The Dagu Hill is an isle in the lake. It looks like the back of a water buffalo, which is formed with weathered rocks. Green and luxuriant are the trees on hilltop. Wild flowers are vying with each other among the trees. All this combines to create the cream of the picturesque beauty in the lake.
    The underground lava cave is otherwise known as Lava Tunnel. At the place, 30 km to the northwest of Jingpo Lake, there is a stretch of the cave extending as far as several km in the form of zigzag way. Its height is about 3 meters, width over 5 meters, the greatest diameter of which is 10 meters. The basalt spilled over from the crater flowed along the lower valley and the lava at the upper reaches became solid as it cooled down whereas the lava at the lower reaches with high temperature continued to flow and became underground lava river. The lava cooled down and the underground forest and the Jingpo Lake were thus created. A marvelous deep and quiet Jingpo scenery appeared. "The Underground Forest" is located at about 50 km to the northwest of Jingpo Lake, distributed with green and luxuriant posture in the 7 caves big and small and deep and shallow. In these 7 rarely seen ever green palace, it is extremely rich in a great variety of plants, such as the purple pine, the dragon spruce, the fir etc, fresh and green. There are also many precious birds and beasts, such as the northeast tiger, horse tiger, black bear and leopard etc. The caves are distributed in over a hundred km among the Mountain Forest.