Local Tibetans put on
traditional performances at the opening ceremony of the 4th
Jiuzhaigou Ice Waterfall Tourism Festival at the foot of iced Pearl
Shoals Waterfalls in Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area on Wednesday, January
9. Jiuzhaigou in the winter becomes a fairyland of glittering and
translucent ice waterfalls, snow-caped mountains and sapphirine
lakes covered in white. This festival will last until March 31 this
year. Located in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Region in
southwestern China's Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou is reputed in
China as the Heaven on earth and was listed as a UNESCO World
Heritage Site in 1992. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]
(CRI January 10, 2008)
