蓝月谷

玉龙雪山的冰雪融水自雪山东麓穿谷而过,因月亮在蓝天的映衬下倒映在蓝色的湖面上,又因英国作家詹姆斯·希尔顿笔下《消失的地平线》一书中描写的蓝月亮山谷近似于此,故名“蓝月谷”。
      蓝月谷的水在流淌过程中因受山体阻挡,形成了四个较大的水面,人称“玉液”湖、“镜潭”湖、“蓝月”湖和“听涛”湖。湖岸四周植被繁茂,远处雪峰映衬。湖水是透明的蓝,近乎凝固的湛蓝中,些许的绿意点缀其间。于湖心四顾,白云连横,浮于山际,倒映在湖面,如梦幻影,疑是仙境。
 

For the reasons of melt snow water of Yulong Snow Mountain flowing down through the valley, and the moon shadow inverts its reflection in water of the blue lake, and the blue moon valley in James Hilton's works “Lost Horizon” is similar to this one, so it is called as “Blue Moon Valley”.
The Blocked by the mountains in the process of flowing, the water of the Blue Moon Valley forms four big lakes, called “Yuye Lake”, “Mirror Lake”, “Blue Lake”, and “Tingtao Lake (Lake of Listening-to-Great-Waves)”. Around the Lakeshore is rich in vegetation, with snow pick beyond as the background. The lake water is transparently blue, decorated with a little green in almost solidified blue. If you look around from center of the lake surface, you can see continuous white clouds floating among the mountains, reflecting in water, all that make you as if being in  a wonderland.