Wudalianchi Global Geopark is located inWudalianchi City, a county-level city under the administration of Heihe City inHeilongjiang Province. The whole geopark is actually a large scenic area thatis composed of five big linked lakes, extraordinary volcanic landforms and someother natural and cultural landscapes.

At the core of the geopark are the fivegreat lakes: the Lotus Lake, Yanshan Mountain Lake, White Dragon Lake,Crane-chirping Lake and Ruyi Lake. Originally, there was a large depressedbasin lake. Because of volcanic eruption, the lake was dammed by magma andbecame five lakes connected to each other, just like a string of beads.

Fourteen young and old volcanoes stand inWudalianchi World Geopark. Volcanic eruption created a variety of landforms,such as lava cascades, lava stalactites, lava passages, flower-like lava,fumaroles, lapilli and volcanic bombs. According to scientists, WudalianchiGeopark is a ‘Museum of Natural Volcanoes’ as well as an ‘Open Textbook onVolcanoes’.

Several places in the geopark have beendeveloped as tourist attractions, including Laohei Volcano Scenic Area, LongmenStone Village, Wenpo Lake, the Northern and Southern Cold Mineral SpringsSight-seeing Areas, Wudalianchi Global Geopark Museum, White Dragon Cave,Crystal Palace and Zhongling Temple on Yaoquan Mountain.

LaoheiVolcano Scenic Area

Laohei Volcano Scenic Area has the twoyoungest volcanoes in China, Laohei Mountain and Huoshao Mountain. These twovolcanoes erupted first between 1720 and 1721. The main scenic spots are thetwo above-mentioned volcanoes, the stone sea, the fairy palace and the volcaniclandforms. Visitors can also find other spots such as the bonsai garden, thefive-color beach, the garden of grotesque pines and the garden of Chinese ilex.

LongmenStone Village

Longmen Stone Village is not really avillage. It is a volcanic landscape formed by earthquakes and crustal movementa few hundred thousand years ago. Clusters of huge stones are scattered here.Some take the shape of animals while others look like collapsed city walls and castles.Visitors can imagine this is a stone village isolated from the outside world.The region is a paradise for wild animals, such as black bear, wild boar, roedeer and pheasant.

WenpoLake

Wenpo is a volcanic lake with an averagedepth of about 2.6 feet (0.8 meters) with the deepest part about 33 feet (10meters). Five hues of mosses grow on the terrace in the lake, forming aspectacular view. Visitors can have magnetic treatments in the lake because thewater contains numerous magnetic ions good for health. Wenpo can be translatedas Warm Lake in English. The water here stays warm even in harsh winters. Nowonder colorful mosses thrive here.

Northernand Southern Cold Mineral Springs Sight-seeing Areas

Needless to say, these two scenic areas arefamous for their cold mineral springs. The cold mineral springs in the geoparkare rich in iron, silicon and calcium carbonate. It’s said that the southerncold mineral spring has a special curative effect on blood and nerve diseaseswhile the northern one is effective on the diseases related to digestivesystem. Visitors can drink the mineral spring water, take a bath in the springsor try the magnetic treatment.

In addition, Wudalianchi Global GeoparkMuseum, White Dragon Cave, Crystal Palace and Zhongling Temple are worth avisit.