Shunan Zhuhai National Park, National bamboo park in Sichuan Province, China.
Shunan Zhuhai National Park is a nature reserve in Sichuan Province with many species of bamboo growing throughout the landscape. The park features lakes, streams, waterfalls, and mountain trails for visitors to explore.
Shunan Zhuhai was designated a national scenic area in 1988, named among China's top forty tourist destinations in 1991, and became a biosphere reserve in 1999. It received the first batch of AAAA ratings in 2001 and was listed among China's ten most beautiful forests in 2005. The park covers 120 km², with a core forest area of about 44 km².
Local artisans practice traditional bamboo crafting, using the abundant plants to make furniture, building materials, and kitchen tools. You can observe how this work shapes the relationship between people and the surrounding forest.
The park lies about 60 km south of Yibin and some 300 km south of Chengdu. It covers 120 km² across 27 mountains and about 500 hilltops, with elevations between 600 and 1000 m. Cable cars and bamboo-raft trips on the river link the eight scenic areas and their 134 sites.
The Mo Valley trail passes through bamboo groves where sunlight falls in changing patterns between the stalks as the day progresses. This creates an ever-shifting visual experience that makes the journey feel different at each hour.
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