Huangguoshu Waterfalls
Location: Sichuan Province
Transportation: Bus service
Culture/History Rating: 1.5/5
Scenery Rating: 4/5
Hotels: N/A
Summary: People, people and more people. This is a really famous attraction and definitely worth a visit. However, be aware that there will be thousands of people there too. The local people are pretty aggressive when trying to sell some stuff to you. Anyway, get some raincoats. I would strongly recommend getting at least 3 because you will need them!
Description:
| Located in southwest of An Shun City, the Huangguoshu Scenic Spot includes more than ten aboveground and underground falls of different features. Among them Huangguoshu Watefall is most famous.
Huangguoshu Waterfall, the biggest one in China and one of the famous ones in the world, is about two hundred and thirty feet long and two hundred and sixty six feet wide. Its water rushes down to a pond named Xiniu Pond (Xiniu Tan) with thunderous roars which can be heard in five kilometers away. During the flood season, the water rolls down to Xiniu Tan like ten thousand horses galloping and shakes the ground and the hill. The breakers send up a fountain of spray adding more mystiques to this place. All these will make you profoundly affected. |  |
 | The scene of Huangguoshu Waterfall changes while you are standing in different places. One place is Waterfall-Viewing Pavilion (Guan Bao Ting), from which you can see the whole fall in distance. Next one is Water-Viewing Pavilion (Guan Shui Ting), where you take a bird's-eye view of it. The third one is Waterfall-Viewing Stage (Guan Bao Tai) beside Xiniu Tan, in which you raise your head to see the splendid scene. The best place is Little Moon Stage (Xiao Yue Tai) behind Water-Curtain Cave (Shui Lian Dong) where you could see it, touch it and enjoy it. Between nine o'clock to eleven o'clock every morning in clear days, you may see a rainbow, sometimes you may see two. |
| Since there are too many places to go in Anshun, you may want to stay for one or two days, then you can stay in Huangguoshu Hotel near the waterfall.
Transportation: there are buses of special line sightseeing to Huangguoshu Waterfall and Dragon's Palace at Guiyang and Anshun railway stations. |  |
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Highest temperature on the average (centigrade) |
9.0 | 11.0 | 17.0 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 26.0 | 21.0 | 16.0 | 11.0 |
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Lowest temperature on the average (centigrade) |
2.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 |
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rainfall (mm) |
20.0 | 20.0 | 35.0 | 95.0 | 185.0 | 215.0 | 175.0 | 135.0 | 110.0 | 95.0 | 55.0 | 20.0 |