Blue waters and red mountains are two major characteristics of the Golden Lake scenery. The magnificent mountains are balanced with the calm waters, forming complementaryscenery. It is really hard to see so many wonderful spectacles such as Danxia on Water, composed of blue and calm waters surrounded by red mountain ranges running for tens of miles, red peaks emerging from center of lake, water getting into mountain center, cliffs decorated with embedded caves, and waterfall formed from pouring-down streams, forming incredible scenery composed of water reflecting magnificent peaks and peaks setting off deep waters. The scenery is further enhanced by the various artificial heritages such as ancient temples inside caves, fishing villages and mountain fastnesses. In particular, some unique spectacles such as
Ganlu Temple (Sweet Dew Rock Temple), Dingle Maze, A-thread-of-sky on water, Natural Figure of Buddha and Glyph on Cliff Wall will let you acclaim them as the acme of perfection. Therefore, Mr. Cai Shangsi, a modern scholar, called it ¡°number one lake and mountain in the world¡±.
Tips: 8 kilometers from west Taining City. Tour fee: RMB 105 yuans per person, including 40 yuans for pleasure-boat fee and 5 yuans for guide¡¯s explanation. Tel: 0598-7791820
