Shuttle buses are seen running up to the Changbai Mountain of Northeast China's Jilin province July 20, 2023. The 2023 "A Date with China" international media tour visited the mountain, the highest peak in Northeast China and highest mountain range on the eastern edge of Eurasia. The Changbai Mountain Reserve is the UNESCO "Man and the Biosphere Program" nature reserve and the international A-class nature reserve with its unique and diverse vertical vegetation landscape and volcanic landform landscape. Together with its Heavenly Lake, waterfalls, snow sculptures, and winding forests, Tianchi, its highest peak, has been ranked by the Guinness World Records as the highest of its kind. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
A view of Changbai Mountain waterfall. At an elevation of 2,100 meters, the fall remains unfrozen all through the year. The water comes from the Heavenly Lake. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
A view of the Heavenly Lake taken on July 20, 2023. The lake is the world's highest volcanic lake at an elevation of 2,700 meters and is on the border of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The viewing spot is closed during bad weather. [Photo by Guan Xiaomeng/chinadaily.com.cn]