Zhangjiajie Baofeng Lake

    The core scenic area of Baofeng Lake covers the whole lake surface which is 2.5 kilometers in length, 200m to 1000m in width, and an average depth of 72m. It is the only scenic area with the water as its scene in Wulingyuan World Natural Heritage. Baofeng Lake is located among the mountains, receiving natural waters all over the mountains, far from the pollution, thus it is awarded as “Holy Lake”. Around the lake stands dozens of cliff and steep sandstone mountains. It is especially famous for Baofeng Waterfall, which falls from a height of over one hundred meters and hangs down the mountain as a white curtain with loudly thunders. It is used to be location for shooting Pilgrimage to the West and taken as the natural performance set of Zhangjiajie International Festival of Forest Protection and appeared for several times on CCTV and Hunan TV.