Meiyu Waterfall

Meiyu Waterfall

Located in the Yanhu Scenic Area. On the left side of Shizhumen, cliffs rise sheer for over 100 meters, encircling a valley. At the valley’s mouth, the two cliffs stand like gates. The waterfall pours down from the northern cliff inside the valley, striking against a horizontally protruding rock halfway up the cliff, scattering like flying pearls and shattered jade, shifting with the wind and shrouded in misty rain—its appearance resembles persistent drizzle, truly breathtaking.

After visiting Meiyu Rock, Liang Zhi, a Qing Dynasty scholar, composed a poem: “A hundred-foot waterfall sprays from the cliff above, / While fragmented jade strikes cold stone before the rock. / Few tread where vines cling damp, / And deer tracks dot moss spread o’er the floor.” The first two lines still describe the same scenery today; the latter two, however, have become historical relics as visitor numbers increased following the opening of the West Outer Valley Highway. Below the waterfall lies a pool called Meiyu Pool. The pool is shallow and broad, with a large rock lying across it.