A boat on a calm water

Ice Valley Scenic Area is located in the north of the town named Xianrendong, over 40 km away from Zhuanghe City. Its facinating scenery is no less spectacular than Stone Forest in Yunnan and as exquisite as waters and hills in Guilin. The scenes vary in different seasons of a year: wild flowers in full blossom in spring; meandering brooks in summer; golden maple leaves in autumn; snow-capped lands and hills in winter.

Ice Valley is composed of three parts: Dragon Hill, Small River Valley and Yingna River Valley.

Strange stones stand in water

The central scenic area is 47 sq. killometers. A protection belt extends 64 sq. killometers. The planned area totals over 100 sq. killometers. There are about thirty scenic spots and some 100 places of wonders here. It is listed as a provincial level sightseeing area.

The hills in this area belong to Qianshan Mountains and have quartz stone textures. It features intact karst topography rare in the area to the north of the Yellow River. Multiple geological surveys concluded that it was formed in the glacial periods of the Quaternary Period. Traces of glaciers of many sorts are found here.

Does it look like Guilin?

The vegetative cover is wide and rich. The percentage of forest cover is more than 90%. In the 1740-hectare primitive forests live both frigid mountainous area plants and subtropical plants. There are about 150 kinds of ligneous plants and 500 kinds of herbaceous plants. It is Liaoning provincial natural reserve area. On July 25 1992, it was designated by Chinese Ministry of Forestry as National Forest Park.