![]() According to the legends, the Spruce Meadow is the place where the first pair of lovers of Naxi nationality died of love. From a distance, the Spruce Meadow looks like a jade green blanket in the ranges of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. During each period between spring and summer the grassland is delightfully green and the flowers are pleasantly beautiful. ![]() The vast Spruce Meadow is embraced by the virgin spruce forests. The mountain is precipitous, picturesque, and peculiar, charming with the scenery sites of Yunshan Ping (Spruce Meadow), Baishuihe (River of White Water), Heishuihe (River of Black Water), Ganhaizi (Dry Sea), Glacier Park (Serac Forest), and so on, to make the mountain a tourists' resort for sightseeing, exploration, mountaineering, skiing, scientific survey, or just holiday enjoyment. Fan Steep, its top peak, is 5,596 meters above sea level against the sky. It is snow clad year round, with grandeur and sublime. The mountain has 13 peaks extending for 35km from north to south, along side the deepest gorge in the world: Tiger Leaping Gorge. The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (Yu Long Xue Shan) is 15km north of Lijiang city, an oceanic glacier nearest to the equator in Northern Hemisphere, and a state-level tourist site in China. ![]()
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