Mowan Waterfall

　　Located in Tianma Village, Xiemai Town, Beibei District, Chongqing. Accessible via the road from downtown Beibei to Xiemai Town. It is about 10 kilometers from downtown Beibei. It is a natural scenic area featuring a waterfall. Named after its location at the end of Longfeng Stream on Gaokengyan Rock, it is also known as Gaokengyan Waterfall.

　　The Great Mowan Waterfall is a cliffside waterfall, 62 meters wide and 38 meters high, with thousands of white streams shining in brilliant colors, displaying a majestic momentum and a thunderous roar. At the center of the hanging waterfall, there is an artificially excavated cave sealed with stone slabs, which is inaccessible to people. To the right, there are two man-made cave rooms carved out of the rock, each 6 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 2.5 meters high. One is above the other, and the two are connected. The lower room has a stone window from which you can view the waterfall. To the left, there is a stone cave that requires climbing up to a yellow-jujube tree on the rock wall to enter. It was a hiding place for locals during bandit raids. To the left of the waterfall, lush woods block out the sun; to the right, there is a stretch of farmland closely connected to Peach Blossom Mountain. When the peach blossoms are in full bloom, the scenery is particularly beautiful. Below the waterfall lies a deep pool, over ten meters deep and more than a hundred meters wide, with rippling clear blue water and excellent visibility—rowing here is an unforgettable experience. Renowned figures such as Guo Moruo, Jian Bozan, and Yu Youren, along with many literati, have visited this spot and left behind numerous poems, among which the poem “Gaotan Sprays Snow” is the most representative: “Cliffs all day long spray snowflakes white, / Ten-mile stream runs by Mowan bright. / Since time began, skies sprinkle jade flakes light, / I come in June and still feel cold and slight.” During the War of Resistance against Japan, Sun Ke, son of Sun Yat-sen and then-president of the Executive Yuan of the Nationalist Government, built a villa here. A few hundred meters below the waterfall, there is another smaller waterfall called Xiaokengyan Waterfall, 8 meters high and 40 meters wide. Above it stands a stone bridge, where water strikes the rocks beneath, sending up splashes and mist, creating a uniquely charming scene. Below the waterfall, the river is wide and calm, with a sandbar in the middle where birds gather in flocks. On the left bank, a mountain has been cut through by the river, forming steep cliffs, while on the right bank, ancient bamboo groves flourish in rich green. A rare and beautiful scene indeed.