Mountain Four Grils

Mountain Four Grils (Siguniang) lies in the boundary between Xiaojin County and Weichuan County Of Aba Tibet-qiang Minority Autonomous Prefecture, near Chengdu City, which is reputed as the Oriental Alps, and is famous for its grandness, straightness and forcefulness.

It belongs to the Qionglai Range, consists of four adjacent snow peaks. The fourth peak (the fourth girl), 6,250m high, is the tallest amomg the four. The other 3 peaks (known as the first, second and third girl) are respectively 5,335m, 5,454m, and 5,664m. Covered by snow all the year around, it likes four beautiful fairies in white standing among mountains, hence its name Siguniang (meaning four girls). Mountain Four Girls is beautiful, virgin and comely, so it is also called Shushan huanghou, the queen of mountains in Sichuan province.

Because Mountain Four Girls is in very good primitive condition, there are imposing mountains, virgin forests, coryphile, glacier, waterfalls and mountain lakes. Moreover, there are Tibetan, Qiang, Hui, Yi and Han nationalities living here for generations, whose folkways are primitively simple.

Mountain Four Girls Scenic Area, which covers an area of 450 square kilometers, consists of Moutain Siguniang, Shuangqiao (Double Bridge) Valley, Changping (Long Flats) Valley and Haizi Valley. Every valley has its own characteristic, it is definitely worth your visiting.

Publishes at : 07-08-11 13:25

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