One of China’s most breathtaking scenic reserves, Jiuzhaigou (means Nine Village Valley), sprawls over 620 square kilometres of the northern part of Sichuan, was home for nine Tibetan villages, in which seven of them still exist today. With the high of more than 2000m, the valley floors are strung with nearly hundreds of peculiar blue lakes and waterfalls. This place of natural beauty seems to attract the rare mandarin duck to set foot in. The Jiuzhaigou valley is named as a natural heritage together with Huanglong nearby in 1992.























