Jiuzhaigou is located in Zhangzha Town, Jiuzhaigou County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in the southern section of the Minshan Mountains in northwestern Sichuan Province.
Jiuzhaigou County, belongs to Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. Jiuzhaigou county, in order to have nine Tibetan villages (also known as he medicine nine villages) and named, there are historical records of human activity as early as Yin Shang Jiuzhaigou for a long time that is the Tibetan settlement. Jiuzhaigou has the title of one of the first 5A level scenic spots in the country.
Jiuzhaigou is located on the northeastern side of the Bowkeng Ridge in the southern section of the Minshan Mountains. Jiuzhaigou is more than 400 kilometers away from Chengdu City, and is a large branch ditch at the source of the Baishui River in the upper reaches of the Jialing River of the Yangtze River system. The terrain of Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve is high in the south and low in the north, with deep valleys and wide differences in elevation. The northern edge of Jiuzhaigou mouth elevation of only 2000 meters, the central peaks and ridges are above 4000 meters, the southern edge of 4500 meters above, the main ditch is more than 30 kilometers long.
Jiuzhaigou is a World Natural Heritage Site, a National Key Scenic Spot, a National AAAAA Grade Tourist Attraction, a National Nature Reserve, a National Geopark, and a World Network of Biosphere Reserves, and the first nature reserve in China whose main purpose is to protect natural scenery.
Jiuzhaigou tour program:
1, roasted sheep party
Some of the local Tibetan families who receive tourists to visit, will hold "Tibetan music" song and dance dinner. Jiuzhaigou roast goat party set Tibetan and Qiang dance, mountain song, religious ceremony performance, national costume, ethnic musical instruments, Tibetan wedding, pot Zhuang and other ethnic folklore as a whole, very characteristic. If you have time to attend one is also a good experience, very lively, by the way you can taste the Tibetan food.
2, Songpan horseback riding tours
Usually the horse guides and guests between the one-on-one service, the guide for tourists to provide a horse, their own riding a horse, the horse back carrying food and tents, felt and other camping equipment, in order to prevent the cold but also for the guests to prepare the Tibetan robe and raincoat. Visitors only need to ride the horse to view the scenery, camping, cooking, feeding the horse and other work is done by the guide.
3. Mazhi Festival
The first month of the lunar calendar is the Tibetan annual festival. Jiuzhaigou's grandest festival is the "Mazi Festival" on the 15th day of the 3rd month of the lunar calendar. On this day, men and women of all ages go to Zaru Temple in full costume to participate in the temple fair, burn incense to honor the gods, go towards the Buddha to turn to the mountain, and offer hatha to the teachers, relatives and friends, monks and lamas to express their good wishes. Temple fair also have singing and dancing, Tibetan opera and other celebrations. Young men and women also often in this day to find a soulmate, make friends.
4, Tibetan and Qiang songs and dances
Large-scale Tibetan and Qiang songs and dances similar to the "Spring Festival Gala" have become very popular in Jiuzhaigou. In Jiuzhaigou, there are "Tibetan fans", "plateau red", "Jiuzhai paradise" and other song and dance performances to choose from. Among them, the stage show "Tibetan Enchantment" is the most famous.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia - Jiuzhaigou (China's 5A-class tourist attraction)