The Nuorilang Waterfall 24.5 meters high and 270 meters broad on top, is one of the huge calcsinter waterfalls in Jiuzhaigou. It locates at the core of the scenic spot, being the mark of Jiuzhaigou. Nuorilang means "majestic sublimity or male god" in Tibetan.
Zhenzhutan (Pearl Beach) Waterfall, 21 meters high and 162.5 meters broad on top, the waterfall looks like a crescent, whose broad water-screen falls down all in a sudden like pouring gold or silver, it becomes crystally clear when frozen in winter.
Shuzhen Waterfall, 25 meters high and 72 meters broad on top. Water is divided into numerous water currents by numerous thickets on the slopes and blocked by ring-shape calcsinter. Then the waterfall present tourists such a scene as so many lotus-shape small waterfalls go down the steps of a ladder. Seen afar, they are like sleeping lotus, shining and graceful in the sun but never withering.
(Guangzhou Morning Post March 5, 2003)
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