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Wudalianchi Scenic Area
 Situated in Wudalianchi
City in northwestern Heilongjiang
Province , the Wudalianchi Scenic Area is a famous volcanic field and
tourist attraction with a unique and typical volcanic landscape. The scenery
here is spectacular, with wonderful volcanic lakes, grotesquely shaped peaks,
rocks, and caves, and the sites of 12 shield-shaped and 14 cone-shaped
volcanoes.
 Volcanic Wonders
Within the Wudalianchi Scenic Area stand 14 old and new volcanoes, covering a
life span of more than two million years. A famous circum-Pacific volcano group,
the area boasts the world's best preserved and most concentrated, complete, and
typical volcanic landforms, hence its reputation of a "Natural Volcanic Museum"
and an "Open Textbook on Volcanoes."
 As a result of the eruptions of two young volcanoes -- Mt.
Heilong and Mt. Huoshao from 1719-1721 --, huge amounts of lava blocked the
original watercourses of the Bai River, a branch of the Nemor River, giving rise
to five connected lakes, with one wave reflecting the other, one lake linking
the other. People call them Wudalianchi, which literally means "Five Large
Connected Lakes." Named from one to five, the five lakes, with different colors,
shapes, and sizes, look like five pure and magnificent pearls inlaid among the
14 lofty volcanoes -- a really spectacular sight.
Among the five lakes, the first one is the smallest and the only one with
water lilies growing, which is a unique sight in summer. It also has another two
characteristic sights: the raging water overflow in winter and the Stone Dragon
Water Stockade in its south. The second lake, with well-known natural breed
aquatics, is the deepest, with a depth of over 9 meters. It boasts three typical
features: First, it is an ideal place to view sunrise s; second, the wreathing mirage in summer and
autumn mornings make it like a hot spring with an average temperature of 30¡æ;
and third, it contains a concentration of bighead fishes.
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