Jiuzhaigou is a narrow strip of lowland ... It got its name because there are nine Tibetan villages in the valley. As it is a remote place with unusually charming scenery and few inhabitants ...

Stretching over 72,000 ha in the northern part of Sichuan Province, the jagged Jiuzhaigou valley reaches a height of more than 4,800 m, thus comprising a series of diverse forest ecosystems. Its ...