

Introduction to Huangguoshu National Park of China
Located in west Guizhou, Huangguoshu National Park of China is 128 km
from Guiyang and 45 km from Anshun, a tourist destination in West
China. The park istraversed with Yunnan-Guizhou railway, Zhuzhou-Liupanshui
II Track Railway, National Road #320, and Guiyang-Huangguoshu High
Grade Road, etc and encompasses the Huangguoshu Airport and the newly-built
Qingzhen-Huangguoshu Freeway. The park centers at Huangguoshu Waterfall
(height: 77.8m, width: 101.0m) and is scatted with 18 waterfalls
of varied sizes, some precipitous and majestic, others picturesque and
fantastic. All the waterfalls form a great “family”, which is ranked
as the largest in the world in the Guinness Book of World Records. The
giant Huangguoshu Waterfall is the most magnificent member in the family
and the only waterfall that can be viewed from above, below, front, back,
left and right in the world. It is also with a water curtain cave in
the back through which tourists can hear, view, and touch the waterfall.
The great Ming traveler Xu Xiake, when investigating the waterfall, remarked,
“the sprays burst apart like pearls and jades and the foams rise like
a mist. The waterfall is with such a momentum that even the couplet ‘a
screen of pearl released from hooks/or silk that hangs on faraway peaks’
cannot describe to the full its majesty. I have seen waterfalls that
are much higher and more precipitous, but never a waterfall with such
a width and magnificent.”
Centering at Huangguoshu Waterfall Resort, the Huangguoshu National
Park of China encompasses such resorts as Stone Village, Tianxing Bridge,
Dripping Shoal, Balinghe River Valley with the site of the ancient post
path, Doupotang, and langgong, etc. It is among the first batch of national
key scenic spots and of AAAA resorts ranked by the government. The resort
has been successively designated as the national popular science education
base, “National ”, and “Most Charming Tourist Resort in West China”.
In 2005, it was ranked as the “most beautiful place in China” by Chinese
National Geography, “10 Tourist Resorts of Customer Satisfaction
in China” by People’s Daily, and “10 European Tourists’ Favorite Resorts
in China”, etc.
Huangguoshu Tourist Resort features beautiful natural environment, refreshing
air (with over 28,000 negative oxygen ions per cubic centimeter according
to the statistics of the 多特蒙德provincial environmental protection department),
a pleasant climate (with the annual average temperature at 16oC), long
historical and cultural tradition, and complete supporting facilities.
It is an ideal resort for amusement, rehabilitation, sightseeing, and
“lung-washing”.