As a part of Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, Baofeng Lake, or Baofeng Hu, is distinguished for its beautiful water scenery. It is about 3.5 km away from the Wulingyuan Sign Gate of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. As one of the few relaxing attractions of Wulingyuan scenic area, it will be a best place for you to relax in the lap of nature after a long hiking.
The water of the lake is sublimely clean as it's an alpine lake. The green water of the lake gives the feeling of a jade surrounded by mountains on all its sides. It used to be a peaceful gorge, and then locals built a reservoir to store water for irrigation. Now its beauty reach far more than they expected. Taking a boat ride to appreciate those strange-shaped stone hills could be an interesting way for pleasure. On the way, you will not only see so many vivid stones as they named after, but also have the chance to enjoy the melodious folk song sung by local youth. You could also sing with them and see who's the best singer here. Furthermore, you could appreciate the Water Curtain Cave owned by Monkey King in 'Journey to the West' or explore the village where robbers used to live in.
Baofeng Lake is waiting for your visit!
Bao Feng lake features with beautiful water scenery and stone hills with various shapes. It has more than 20 scenic spots and the highlights are as following.
With 2.5 km's length and 72 m's depth, Baofeng lake is the biggest highlight of this part of scenic area. It is a calm lake surrounded by mountains with green trees. The water of the lake is super clean as it’s an alpine lake. Its water is produced by rainfall, mountain springs and underground streams, and stays emerald all year around, so it is reputed as the Dream-like Jasper Lake Fairyland.
This is a waterfall once appeared in the ancient legends. You must know the Four Great Classical Novels in China. Among them, “Journey to the West” is a widely-known novel. The main character of this novel - Monkey Sun, has a fascinating hometown - Huaguo Mountain. There is a water curtain cave of him named “Shuilian Cave” which is the same as Baofeng Waterfall.
As a lake surrounded by mountains, Baofeng Lake is also distinguished for these stone hills. They have various strange shapes and are just like that they are named after. There is one named “Goddess”, and it really looks like a beautiful girl making up in front of the lake. One named “A Golden Toad with the Moon in its Mouth” looks just like its name when moon rises. Also 3 small islands on the lake called “Mandarin Duck Islands”, because there are many Mandarin Ducks every year.
Located at the Baofeng Lake scenic area, Yingwo Village can be reached along the road on the right of the gate. After stepping for hundreds of stairs, and walking through narrow road, you will see the wall of the village. At the end of the village, there are ancient temple with many pilgrims. It is said that there were scary robbers in Yingwo Village in the past.
Recommended Route: Entrance/Exit - Baofeng Bridge - Yixian Tian Valley - Xuankong Road - Yingwo Village - Guanyin Temple - Baofeng Temple - Duoguan Bridge - Qingliangting Port - (taking the boat to cruise) - Wanggui Port - Shanyue Pavilion - Gushi Spring - Entrance/Exit
Visiting Time: About 1 ~ 2 Hours (About 30 min's cruise)
Many travellers would choose to visit the lake by cruising, then they could enjoy both the beauty of lake and the beautiful voice of locals. You could also walk to explore the Yingwo Village if you have enough time.
