Changing Views from Different Angles
China, Here We Come (10)

18.11.2008

We visited Yandang Mountain after breakfast.
Yandang Mountain is located in Leqing City of Zhejiang. It is famous and has the names of "The Famous Mountain above the Sea", "The Excellent Scenery of the World" and "The First Mountain of the North-East".

There were eight major scenic spots. Amongst them, the three most excellent spots are LingFeng, Lingyan and Dalongqiu.

Jiandaofeng (The Scissors Peak) is wonderful. When we look at it at the different angles, we will see different views. Hence, it has various names for this mountain.

The waterfall, huge rock and clear pond are famous in the Dalongqiu (Big Dragon Waterfall) spot.

Xu Xiake (1587-1641) was a famous traveler of the Ming Dynasty. He visited Yandang Mountain three times to make investigations and wrote two travel notes. He described Yandang Mountain as "spiral and overlapped peaks, fantastic in shape, the real wonder in the world."

Dalongqiu, the Big Dragon Waterfall, its peak rises up the ground and water drops from the sky. The view looks like a dragon drinking water from the valley. Dropping from 197 meters, the waterfall is considered to be one of the Four Famous Waterfalls of China.

There is a reservoir on top of the Dalongqiu. It is overflow and forms the waterfall. The view will look different according to the season, the wind and the weather.

At the Lingyan Scenic Spot, we watched the Trapeze Acrobatics Performance. The spider man came down from the 270 meters high peak within a short time. He swayed in the air. It was very exciting!

Then, the Trapeze Acrobatics Performance started between the 200 meters of Tianzhu Peak and Zhanqi Peak. Everyone shouted now and then.

We then proceeded to the Wolong Valley.
It takes twenty minutes to travel the valley. A group of us who took the first lift up. We then walk one round to see the different scenes. Those who came later did not walk round. They might not know the route.


In the afternoon, we visited Lingfeng where we visited last night.
The views were totally different from the night scenes. Although the rocks were the same, but the views looked different in the day.

When we were at the foot of Hezhangfeng (Clasped Palm Peak), we had to climb about three hundred steps to go up to the cave. There was a temple in the cave and I stayed back at the foot of the peak.

After that, we proceeded to Jinhua.

We stayed in Shenhua Business Hotel, Jinhua.


18.04.2009