The Baillong Elevator China

Peoples always prefer elevators instead of stairs. However, if you face any situation of to go up to more than 1,000 feet cliff, what will you do? Obviously you’ll take prefer to hang on elevators instead of stairs.  The Baillong Elevator in China from 1,000 cliff ascension to a ride through a massive aquarium is the most jaw-dropping lifts in the world. The Bailong Elevator is a glass elevator built onto the side of a huge cliff in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangjiajie, China. The Bailong Elevators is not for the faint-hearted peoples. The formidable Bailong Elevator, also known as the 'hundred dragons sky lift'. The mega structure is composed of three separate glass elevators, each of which can carry up to 50 people at a time.

The lift is literally Hundred Dragons Elevator that is 1,070 feet high, claimed to be the highest and heaviest outdoor elevator in the world. The Bailong Elevator project is completed with a huge cost of approximately £13million (120million Yuan) project claims to be the highest and heaviest outdoor elevator in the world. Therefore, upto 1,400 sightseers get the rare experience of stomach-churning ride which offers a breathtaking views across Zhangjiajie's distinguished sandstone pillars, whispered by some to be the inspiration for the 'floating peaks' in the film, Avatar.

The Bailong Elevator is the most incredible and exhilarating lifts from around the world, where the ride to the top is as thrilling as the view. The incredible observation elevator, which is taller than The Shard, can transport guests to the top of a 1,070ft-tall cliff from its base in less than two minutes. The Bailong Elevator construction started in 1999, and completed in 2002. Hence, many times the journey is more unbelievable than the destination itself - as these jaw-dropping elevators prove.  

The lift was opened for public in 2002; however environmental effects of the elevator have been a big debate and controversy. Because Wulingyan area was officially declared World Heritage Sites in 2002. However, in 2002-2003 the operations were stopped for 10 months due to safety issues. Moreover, in 2015, The Bailong Elevator was officially recognized by Guinness World Records of World’s tallest outdoor lift, the world's tallest double-deck sightseeing elevator and the world's fastest passenger elevator with biggest carrying capacity. The Bailong Elevator project took three years to build and has fascinated a large number of tourists to the area

The White Water Terraces of Baishuitai

Baishuitai is a village (also known as White Water Terraces), between Lijiang and Shangri-La County in northwestern Yunnan province, China. It is famous for its natural minerals terraces and located foothills of north of Haba near the upper Yangtze River valley and southeast of the Shangri-la county. Baishuitai is 140 meters from its base to top and 160 meters in width. It is snugly carved into a mountain slope more than 2380 meters above sea level, making Baishuitai the biggest limestone terrace in China. The beautiful terraces, just like waving clouds and white snow, the silver terraces stretch for miles, as clear as crystal, the spring’s meander, which seem to be frozen on the terraces? The Baishuitai Terrace is a symbol for a growing flower, and the white color represents auspiciousness and sanctity. 

It is recognized as one of the most eye-catching destinations in mysterious Shangri-La and is an ancient Chinese landform with a history of 200,000 to 300,000 years. The spring water from the higher reaches of Haba Snow Mountain reaches down into the uppermost terraced basin then spills over to the basin below, which it fills up before spilling over to the next basin, and so on and so forth, until the water spills over the outer rim of the last of this set of terraced basins. Therefore, it is composed by the sediments of high calcium carbonate in the spring waters normally flow downwards from the mountain to every semicircular-shaped limestone steps. From the many centuries it has resulted into make natural terraces look as the white marbles. Moreover, the basins themselves have been hollowed out over time by the erosive action of the acidic water, which in earlier times, drew out certain minerals from the limestone, creating weak carbonic acid.

Furthermore, The Baishuitai is also the birthplace of Dongba culture & values of the Naxi Minority Group. The one of their saint of the Dongba Religion was attracted by the captivating scenery of this place on his way back from Tibet. He decided to stop there and in full swing spreading his beliefs. So fallacies prevail among peoples and they consider Baishui Water Terraces as a shrine. Since then every year, on the eighth day of the second lunar month (8^th February), the Naxi people will gather here to rejoice their traditional festival by dancing and singing all day and night. The people slaughter chickens to make the festival ends with smearing chicken blood on the branches around Baishuitai Water Terraces to show their affection & love. 

A difficult mountain road leads to the Baishuitai, almost three hour drive from Shangri-la. In-fact Baishuitai is a stunning, scenic, peaceful and worthwhile place. This is perfect place for photography, so all photographers can take some majestic clicks here. 

Floating Walkway in The Middle of River in China

The Shiziguan scenic area, in Xuan'en County of central China's Hubei Province, has unveiled a new floating walkway over a dazzlingly blue meandering river. The wooden walkway runs through the middle of the river, and spreads for 500 meters following the course of the river as it twists and turns through the scenic landscape. The wooden floating walkway lets visitors to view the part of a valley that was earlier accessible only by rowing boat. The walkway opened for public on Ist May 2016. These incredible aerial photographs show a spectacular route in the depth of a valley in Hubei, central China, giving visitors the sensation that they're walking on water. Therefore, all around them is the lush, green forests, creating a feeling of serenity.

Guoliang Tunnel: The Most Dangerous Tunnel in the World

The Chinese Guoliang Tunnel is amazingly carved along the side of and through a mountain in China. This majestically beautiful tunnel connects the village of Guoliang to the outside through the Taihang Mountains which are located in Huixian, Xinxiang, Henan Province of China. The village name was driven when fugitive rebel during the Han Dynasty, used to fight an overwhelming imperial force to a standstill utilizing the risky local terrain. However, the access to village was extremely difficult on a path craved into the mount side; hence the life gets easy after the construction of Guoliang Tunnel. Therefore, the village is nestled in a valley surrounded by towering mountains cut off from outside civilization. In other words Guoliang was basically cut off from civilization.  The inhabitants were approximately 300 people.  It was unreachable to the outside world until a road was blasted into the cliff side.

Apparently the village is way up on a mountain.  The only way to reach it was to travel through valley surrounded by towering mountains, and then climb the Sky Ladder. The local peoples were in great trouble by transporting different in/out things to outside world. Even communication was another big issue, with no telephones, no electricity. Hence to get the villagers life ease, some villagers decide to find out a solution. In 1972, the group of villagers led by Shen Mingxin plans to carve a road into the side of the mountain.

They were really lack of funds to implement this plan, finally they decide to make a big scarify to sold out their livestock to raise funds to buy material and construction tools.  As the project gets popularity, the nearby villages also involved to start the project with one dying during construction. The peoples were lack of construction facilities, which result in to use the hammers and chisels to make the plan successful. Even though at some certain difficult stage, the tunnel progressed at a rate of one meter every three days. The Guoliang Tunnel is 1.2 KM long, 16 feet tall and 13 feet wide, and it took six years to finish. The tunnel is wide enough to surpass two vehicles easily. The motivations level becomes the project successful. Hence the tunnel was opened for public on Ist May 1977. This massive effort has turned the village into a popular tourist attraction. The area has also been used as a film location.

 Guoliang Tunnel is very distinctive from other road tunnels; because it is quiet, secluded and mysterious, bright in one minute and dim in the next minutes, full of twists and turns. Moreover, tunnel wall is uneven as more than 30 windows of different sizes and shapes. You will see different sizes of windows, some are round and some are square, however the range of dozens of meters long to standard window size. No doubt, the windows are frightening to look down where strange rocks hanging above from sheer cliff. It is not recommended to walk through twisted tunnel is like walking through a labyrinth. You’ll face problem in hearing the sound of vehicles coming from behind. Finally, considering the villagers efforts by using their own technology, the Chinese government will take some steps to make the tunnel safe for future life. Source: Charismatic Planet

Niulanjiang Waterfall China

No doubt waterfalls are absolutely natural wonders on planet earth, and would be a spectacular experience to see them up close, particularly this one in China which is entirely man-made. Therefore, the largest man-made waterfall named Niulanjiang Waterfall has opened to the public in Kunming in China’s Yunnan Province. This is easily called largest man-made water in Asia as well. 

This stunning waterfall is 12.5 meters high and 400 meters wide, and was formed as part of a project designed to divert water from the Niulan River into Dianchi Lake, the biggest freshwater lake in Yunnan. Moreover the diversion will not only support shrink flooding in the Niulan River but will also help in function as a water supply for emergencies. This beneficial project took almost two years to complete at a cost of 1.1 billion yuan (approximately 170 million US dollars). 

A beautiful park was made around the waterfalls for public could come and enjoy the scenery for free. It has created a new unique water landscape of Kunming. Furthermore it is notify that there’s 60% underground water has been polluted in China, and water quality has been a big problem for China, therefore, water resource shortage and worsened water resource environment are not only the restricted condition of our drainage area economic development, but also have led to a bad influence on human’s health. Source: Charismatic Planet