Caohai Lake in Bijie

Caohai Lake in Bijie

In the lake, there are plenty of aquatic animals and plants, waterfowls and fish. All of these add more color to the lake. For example, every year from March to April, Caohai Lake is decorated by numerous flourishing flowers that live underwater; while large areas of azalea will cover the fields around the lake in autumn. 
English Name: Caohai Lake in Bijie
Chinese name: 毕节草海
Best Seasons: Spring and Autumn
Recommended Visiting Time: Half a day
Tickets: Free
Address: Located in the outskirts of Weining County of Guizhou Province

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Caohai Lake in Bijie

Caohai Lake (Chinese: 草海; pinyin: Cǎo Hǎi, Sea of Grass in Chinese) is a natural water-body situated in the Northwest Guizhou Province, of Southwest China. The lake is situated on the Weining Mountain, on the outskirts of Weining County. Caohai Village lies directly at the edge of the wetland.

Introduction of Caohai Lake in Bijie

Caohai is a holy place for summer tourism. It has beautiful scenery and beautiful scenery. It is also the most interesting place for Bijie. Caohai is a good place for summer vacation. The wonderful splendor of summer makes you dream. Caohai is a good place for traveling and boating. The scenery of Caohai is infinitely beautiful. It is romantic to sing a poem about Caohai in winter. Season of all kinds of beautiful migratory birds, flying under the blue sky and white clouds, grass sea boat price is low, to grass sea to take a boat you will feel no loss

Caohai Nature Reserve

Since 1985, the area around the lake constitutes a nature reserve at the provincial level, and since 1992, at a national level. Cao Hai Nature Reserve is an Important Bird Area. The reserve area is 120 km2 (46 sq mi).

Fauna

The lake area is the largest and most important wetland of Southwest China, providing wintering place of black-necked cranes, the only plateau crane left in the world. Besides, the lake is also inhabited by 184 bird species, including common cranes, hooded cranes, white storks, black storks, bar-headed geese, golden eagles, eastern imperial eagles, white-tailed sea-eagles and ruddy shelducks.

How to Get There

There are two ways to get there. One is taking a train to Guiyang and then taking a bus to Weining County. The other one is taking a train to Liupanshui City and then traveling further by bus.

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Edited by  Lynette Fu/付云锐