Booming! Second Day of the Double Holiday: Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area Welcomes Over 20,000 Visitors!

On the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day mini-holiday, the tourism heat at Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area continued to recover, welcoming its first post-earthquake tourism peak. By 2:00 PM, the scenic area had received 22,860 visitors, approaching the daily maximum capacity of 23,000.

As of 3:00 PM on October 2, according to the official ticket booking platform of Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, tickets for October 3 were sold out. Visitors can book tickets for the remaining holiday days; attractions such as Nuoen Sangcuo and Love Sea are still available for reservation.

During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, visitors who have not booked successfully for Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area on the day should arrange their itinerary accordingly and can visit the surrounding scenic areas of Jiuzhaigou County.

Nearby recommendations: Love Sea (Ganhaizi) Scenic Area in Jiuzhaigou County, Nuoen Sangcuo (Shenxian Chi) Scenic Area in Jiuzhaigou County, Jiuzhai Tianzhu, and Chaimenguan (Qinchuan Suoyue) Scenic Area, etc.

There are ample remaining tickets for Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area during the holiday. Visitors can book tickets in advance on the 'Zhiyou Tianfu' platform or the official website of the scenic area.

Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area strictly implements a full online real-name reservation and purchase system. During the National Day Golden Week, the maximum daily visitor capacity for Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area is 23,000. If you haven't purchased a ticket, please do not blindly go to Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area!!! You can choose to visit during off-peak times or go to other attractions.

Love Sea Scenic Area, a national 3A-level scenic area, also known as Ganhaizi Scenic Area, has an average altitude of about 2,200 meters. It is a rare natural wetland in the mountainous region of western Sichuan. It is not only a national forest park and scenic area but also an important eco-tourism and cultural tourism destination.

With rich tourism resources and good ecological environmental protection, the area's landscape features are characterized by 'danger, beauty, majesty, and wonder,' with a strong primitive wildness. It has over 1,500 acres of alpine wetland, more than 1,200 plant species, 255 wildlife species, and an ancient, rich Tibetan culture. Known as the northern gateway of Jiuzhaigou County, it is a great place to experience ecology, nature, and culture.

Love Sea has different scenery in spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The surrounding distant mountains are layered, forests are dense, and streams wind through the lakes with lush grass like a velvet carpet covering the ground. In summer and autumn, wildflowers dot the landscape, and herds of cattle, sheep, mules, and horses gather. In winter and spring, the area turns deep yellow, contrasting with the surrounding snowy mountains and red leaves, creating a picturesque landscape. Therefore, Ganhaizi is also one of the top 10 wedding photography locations in China.

Nuoen Sangcuo Scenic Area

Nuoen Sangcuo, also known as 'Shenxian Chi' (Fairy Pool), means 'the place where fairies bathe.' It combines the landscapes of both Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong, like a sparkling, exquisite pearl inlaid in the grand Jiuzhai tourism circle.

Located in Dongbeicun Village, Dalu Township, Jiuzhaigou County, the scenic area is a national forest park with a core area of 46,000 hectares and a valley length of about 5 kilometers. Due to severe erosion and cutting of the terrain, the drop between streams is large, forming 1,700 colorful pools and lakes of different sizes with bright water colors, which are called 'haizi' and 'calcified terraces.' This is a typical surface karst landform, where large slopes are covered with yellow and milky-white calcium deposits, forming a peculiar basin-like calcified pool and slope.

The most special feature of Nuoen Sangcuo is that it is one of the few scenic areas in the world where you can see both alpine lakes and calcified colorful pools at the same time. Moreover, these two geological forms are interlayered. Under sunlight, the lakes look like green gems locked in rugged branches, and the calcified pools look like jade cups with skirts. The two landscapes complement and intertwine, creating a fairy-tale world of interlaced waterscapes and a miniature, exquisite paradise.

Chaimenguan is located at the border between Sichuan and Gansu, close to National Highway 247, and is the eastern gateway to Jiuzhaigou. Its altitude is only 1,080 meters, the lowest in Jiuzhaigou County.

Since the Three Kingdoms period, Chaimenguan has been a border military fortress. Its rich historical and cultural heritage has left many historical and cultural relics: there are two county-level cultural relic protection units, Qing Dynasty stone inscriptions ('Qin-Shu Border' and 'Qinchuan Suoyue'), the classic folk song 'Ten Praises of Chaimenguan,' the Qin-Shu Earth Temple honoring 'Two Gods,' an ancient thousand-year-old tree (winged elm), and an ancient plank road.

Since ancient times, Chaimenguan has been the gateway and barrier of Jiuzhaigou. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, when Emperor Wu pacified the rebellion of the Yi people, during the third year of Yongzheng (1725) when he suppressed the rebellion of King Pana, and during the Xianfeng period when he put down the Gengshen rebellion, the army all took the road from Wen County and entered through Chaimenguan. Once Chaimenguan was breached, Jiuzhaigou had no defenses. Chaimenguan is an important pass on the ancient Qin-Shu road, a strategic point for the defense of Western Shu and the throat of the entire Sichuan. The discovery of the Qin-Shu border site at Chaimenguan has high historical value and profound significance for studying the history of Jiuzhaigou County.

Warm Tips

Dear visitors:

At present, Jiuzhaigou County is in the period of epidemic prevention and post-disaster reconstruction. To ensure your safe, convenient, and orderly visit during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, please read the following tips carefully.

I. Scenic Area Visit Instructions

1. Book first, then travel. During the Golden Week, the maximum daily visitor capacity for Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area is 23,000. The scenic area strictly implements a full online real-name reservation and purchase system. International tourists are temporarily not accepted. There are no ticket counters on site. Visitors should use their second-generation ID cards and relevant documents to book electronic tickets online on the Aba Tourism Network platform (http://www.abatour.com) or its WeChat public account (abatourw). Visitors without advance reservations will not be allowed to enter. If you have not purchased a ticket, please do not blindly go; choose off-peak visits or other attractions.

2. Epidemic prevention and control. Before entering the scenic area, visitors should prepare their 'Health Code' and valid ID cards, wear masks correctly throughout, and cooperate with the scenic area for temperature checks and ID verification. Visitors without ID cards or not wearing masks as required will be denied entry according to epidemic prevention regulations. Visitors must follow the scenic area's 'time-segmented, sectioned, distributed' operation mode, obey staff scheduling and management, maintain safe distance, avoid gatherings, and visit in an orderly manner.

II. Visitor Precautions

1. Civilized transportation. As Jiuzhaigou County is in post-disaster reconstruction, to prevent traffic congestion, it is recommended that visitors park their self-driving vehicles at their hotels and walk or take public transportation to the scenic area visitor center for ticket checking. Alternatively, follow the traffic police's unified command to park in nearby parking lots, then walk or take public transportation to the visitor center.

2. Civilized tourism. Pay attention to public hygiene. Do not spit or litter. Discard used masks in designated bins. Practice self-protection. Advocate taking food as needed and civilized dining, implementing the 'Clean Plate Campaign.'

3. Protect cultural relics. Do not carve or touch cultural relics and exhibits. Observe photography and videography restrictions. Enhance environmental awareness, do not chase or feed animals, do not trample vegetation, do not damage natural landscapes, vegetation, and landforms. Protect ecosystems and water bodies. Do not leave garbage in coastal areas. Avoid curiosity-driven behavior and do not enter nature reserves or non-open areas. Do not purchase wild animals or their products.

4. Safe travel. When taking tour buses, fasten your seatbelt, do not stick your head, hands, or feet out of the window, and do not carry prohibited items. For self-driving, avoid fatigue driving and drunk driving, control speed, and yield to others. Do not enter undeveloped or non-public canyons, lakes, or reservoirs. When visiting popular attractions, follow public order and laws, assess the environment comprehensively, do not act recklessly, and always put safety first. When outdoor traveling, be careful about fire and disaster prevention. Do not smoke, barbecue, or use open flames in areas with flammable materials like dense grass or fallen leaves, or in areas with fire prevention warnings. When staying in hotels, know the fire escape routes and avoid smoking while lying on sofas or beds.

There is only one Jiuzhaigou in the world, but Jiuzhaigou is more than just Jiuzhaigou. There is the world-famous Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, the Love Park Love Sea, the world's lowest altitude calcified pool Nuoen Sangcuo (Shenxian Chi), the 'Qinchuan Suoyue' Chaimenguan Scenic Area, and Jiuzhai Tianzhu, waiting for your arrival.

Celebrating three years of gratitude and progress, a new chapter of cultural tourism integration, Jiuzhaigou County has launched the '5G Tour Jiuzhai' tourism service WeChat mini-program, which can push information on weather, transportation, tickets, hotels, dining, shopping, parking, car rental, medical care, and complaints to provide you with one-stop service.

Welcome to Jiuzhaigou County, China!