Drunken beauty in Shexian County – a glimpse of Qingta Lake Scenic Area

Drunken beauty in Shexian County - a glimpse of Qingta Lake Scenic Area

Qingta Lake Scenic Area is located in Qingta Village, Piancheng Town, 45 kilometers away from Shexian County, Handan City. Qingta Lake, also known as Qingta Reservoir, is the highest medium-sized reservoir in the Taihang Mountains and a typical high-gorge flat lake. The whole scenic spot is full of rippling blue waves, swaying willows, the morning glow in the morning, and the sunset in the evening. It is like the scenery of Taihang West, and the charm of Xanadu. It is a good place for tourists to go sightseeing, relax and vacation.

Drunken beauty in Shexian County - a glimpse of Qingta Lake Scenic Area

Qingta Lake is located under Qingta Village. A 60-meter-high masonry and stone single-curved arch dam locks a pool of blue waves between the mountains. Standing on the levee and looking around the surrounding fields, the sow village is lifelike in the west, the ancient Qin and Han roads (passes) on the east, leaning against the steep cliffs of Gaoguantang in the north, and there are more than a thousand stone steps on the viewing platform in the south.

Drunken beauty in Shexian County - a glimpse of Qingta Lake Scenic Area

Drunken beauty in Shexian County - a glimpse of Qingta Lake Scenic Area

Surrounded by peaks, rippling blue waves, the sunset shines at night, boating and paddling, it has the scenery of “Taihang West” and the charm of Xanadu. Watching the sunrise in the morning, fishing in the evening, small bridges and flowing water, singing birds and fragrant flowers, flying waterfalls and cliffs, beautiful water and green mountains, no noisy city, no smoke and sewage from factories, quiet and elegant, poetic and picturesque, leisurely and enjoyable.

Drunken beauty in Shexian County - a glimpse of Qingta Lake Scenic Area

Content source: Handan video and network, photography: Nan Dehao.