Nine-Village Valley

    Nine-Village Valley, with an area of 720 square km, is a scenic spot located in Nanping County, Sichuan Province. Edowed with beautiful lakes, waterfalls, shallows, streams, snow-cupped peaks, forest, and Tibetan culture, the area possesses the feature of highland-valley carbonate barrier lake landform, which is of great value for science and aesthetics research. There are 2,576 species of photophyte, 3O,000 hectares of primeval forest growing in the valley. The blue lakes, dozens of metres deep, are as clear as crystal.